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  A Visual Tour Of Mytheon’s Hot Spots

  Petroglyph and True Games have released a set of screenshots detailing the various environments found in the upcoming online action RPG Mytheon. Let’s take a tour of Colchis, The Dominion of Hades, and The Shattered Isle. Mytheon is an online PC game that combines action RPG gameplay with an element of collectible strategy games. Players…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  Epic Sets The Unreal Engine Free

  Everyone else is using the Unreal Engine 3 for game development, so why shouldn’t you? Epic Games has just released the Unreal Development Kit, a free edition of the Unreal Engine 3 for everybody. Outside of mod tools included in the PC versions of Gears of War or Unreal games, the only way to get…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 5, 2009
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  A Look At Kmart’s Black Friday Game Sales

  Walmart isn’t the only retailer planning to knock down prices this month for video games. We’ve gotten our hands on the flier showing of Kmart’s big Black Friday deals as well. The deals listed, which hit the day after Thanksgiving, include DSi bundles for $170 that come with five free games and a $25 Nintendo…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Princess Peach is missing from the painting above. You could either waster your time trying to rescue her (even though she’ll just go missing again) or just comment here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 5, 2009
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  College, Why The Hell Are You So Expensive?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: TK Recently opened college savings accounts for Mini and Micro-Bash. Japanese universities can get expensive, but not crazy expensive like American universities. US schools are over priced — how can tuition keep going up year after year? What you missed last night I Clothe Gamers Valve: British People Are Quiet…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  Dragon Quest IX Is The Biggest-Selling Game In The World

  Joint figures released by the NPD Group, GfK and Enterbrain have revealed that Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX – a DS game unavailable outside Japan – was the biggest-selling game in the world between July and September. The handheld RPG sold 3.93 million units, well clear of Wii Sports Resort, the game in second place…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition Includes DVD, Book, Comic

  Electronic Arts plans to ship a “limited quantity” of Mass Effect 2 Collectors’ Editions when the space role-playing game hits the PC and Xbox 360 in late January. The collector’s edition will come in a tin case and include the game, a 48-page hardcover “Art of Mass Effect 2” book, Issue 1 of the Mass…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 5, 2009
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  I Clothe Gamers

  It wasn’t my idea to start a clothing line. It took some convincing, gentle arm-twisting from a friend who often knows me better than I know myself. That coercion worked. We started a business. And I had no idea what I was getting myself into at the time. Looking back, the timing of founding Meat…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 5, 2009
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  Time Flies In Liberty City

  Say what you will about the merits of Grand Theft Auto IV as a game, there’s no disputing how magnificent a technical achievement it is. After all, few games could make a clip like this so interesting. It’s 15 days in Liberty City, recorded via timelapse. Hypnotising, no? Sadly, it’s not embeddable, so you’ll have…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  What Game Made You Cry The Most?

  Japan’s Oricon Life polled 500 men between the ages of teen and 40-something about which games have made them cry the most and complied a list of the top five. Weepy drumroll please… 5. Mother 2 4. Clannad 3. Final Fantasy VII 2. Dragon Quest V 1. Final Fantasy X What about you? What game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  REO Speedwagon: The Game: No This Is Not A Joke

  An REO Speedwagon game. Mull that sentence over for a while, and your mind darts between reactions. Namely, from amused, to confused, to bewildered, then back to amused, via a short stop-over utter disbelief. Called “Find Your Own Way Home”, it doesn’t sound like much of a game – it’s billed as a “hidden object…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Valve: British People Are Quiet

  British people, speak up! According to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, those gamers in the U.K. are quiet. “One thing I wanted to add before I go for you Brits: communicate. Don’t be scared of a microphone,” said Faliszek. “You guys are notorious non-talkers on both 360 and PC. Americans are just chattering away, working together as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  Katamari Creator “Not Suited” To Games Industry

  Keita Takahashi is a creative guy. Pads around bare-foot, comes up with stuff like Katamari Damacy. We love him for it, but at the same time, get the impression his heart’s just not in it anymore. It’s not a feeling inspired by playing his games. Katamari was great, Noby Noby Boy, also great. It’s based…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Let’s Compare Tekken 6 Load Times

  Late last month, Tekken 6 was released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The editors at Japan’s Gemaga decided to see how the load times stack up. Both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions compared with the game running installed on the hard drive as well as running off the actual disk. When the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  You’ve Got Segata Sanshiro In My Conan O’Brien

  Segata Sanshiro was the judo master used to promote the SEGA Saturn in Japan and a parody of Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. The character has found a new life on America late night TV. An ad for Sakura Taisen 2 has been repurposed by television host Conan O’Brien. Watch the original ad here and the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  November Is LEGO Vic Viper Month

  November now has a theme we can all get behind, with a Flickr group kicking off Novvember, a month-long event aimed at building as many LEGO Vic Vipers from Gradius as is humanly possible. That’s it! People build Gradius ships out of LEGO for the whole month, post them on Flickr, we all applaud and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Sliding Like Tom Cruise Is “Not Easy”

  No, you haven’t stumbled onto Gawker.com. Fall Out Boy emo rocker Pete Wentz described the Risky Business-esque floor sliding for Band Hero as “not easy”. “I have a new appreciation for everyone that’s done that slide,” Wentz told MTV. “It’s hard to slide into once place and kinda try to look cool and do it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  Shiny, Shiny Gran Turismo 5 Screens

  Sony released some new Gran Turismo 5 screens today. Being GT5 screens, you should know what to expect by now: cars that look very, very, very pretty.

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009
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  Nintendo Hands Out Zelda Feather Touch Pen (Again)

  Back when Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass in 2007, it sent My Nintendo members a feather stylus. Bet you can’t guess what Nintendo is giving away for the upcoming Zelda game, Spirit Tracks? A FEATHER STYLUS. In Japan, those who pre-order the game can get a stylus that Nintendo was giving…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 5, 2009
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  From Making Games To Making Expensive Television Shows

  Haven’t had a chance to check it out myself, but the remake of classic sci-fi series V certainly seemed to go down OK with viewers. Making this the perfect time to hear from the show’s game-mad executive producer, Jace Hall. That name may sound familiar. Hall has been in the games business for years, having…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 5, 2009