MLB 2K10 Longoria Gallery

Tampa Bay’s Longoria is — Officially — MLB 2K10’s Cover Man

2K Sports announced today that it’s chosen Evan Longoria, the All-Star third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays, for the cover of MLB 2K10, and will put six designs up to a vote of fans of the series. Ten days ago Kotaku obtained and published a confidential marketing survey showing that Longoria, the 2008 American…

Splatterhouse Gets Appropriately Splattered Shoes

We weren’t sure if Namco Bandai was taking the new Splatterhouse game seriously until we saw the exclusive Globe International Superfly model Splatterhouse shoes. We’re big video game shoe fans here at Kotaku, though Crecente’s collection is far greater than mine. Perhaps I will 1UP him with a pair of Splatterhouse Superfly high tops. I…

Why I Play World of Warcraft

Oh, not me specifically. I don’t play World of Warcraft. But I am powerful curious as to why millions and millions of people sink money into the Blizzard moneymaker year after year for a game that you can never win. Truth be told, I did actually take a stab at WoW a few years back…

Beat A Man Into A Urinal, Consider Buying Deodorant

I think I can tell when ad people are joking. I tested that skill recently at an in-game advertising event. The people from Take Two saying a BioShock Big Daddy would be a great pitchman for Black and Decker? Joking. The Ubisoft guy who preceded them? Maybe joking. He was talking about smashing people into…

Nightwing Is Still Nightwing In DC Universe Online

Dick Grayson might be running around in a Batman costume with Bruce Wayne’s son in the comics, but in DC Universe Online he’s still rocking the Escrima sticks as Nightwing. I thought DC Universe Online was going to try and coincide with the storylines currently happening in the comics, but apparently that isn’t the case.…

Watch the Wedding of Man and Game Character

Over the weekend, Owen reported on the marriage of one very lonely guy and his in-game video game character. BoingBoing’s Lisa Katayama watched the “wedding ceremony” online and reported on what she saw, noting that some who viewed the event wondered aloud if Japan was coming to an end. I’m not sure about Japan, but…

Just Cause 2 Plummets Towards March Release

Square Enix has announced a March release date for Just Cause 2, in which secret agent Rico Rodriguez parachutes his way around another island while things explode. This time around Rico hits up the South East Asian island of Panau, where his former boss Tom Sheldon has retired with a whole lot of Agency intel…

It’s Amazon Gold Box Game Deals Day Again

Amazon.com loves gamers. More specifically, Amazon.com loves the amount of money we spend on games, and are rewarding us once again with chances to spend less money with a day of Gold Box deals. Today’s Gold Box deals come on top of this week’s Black Friday game specials. So far we’re looking at an Xbox…

Rock Band Yoko Ono

For every form of expression there is a Yoko Ono, but for every Yoko Ono there is a Call of Duty. Think about it. It’s deep. Seriously. Watch the video. Rock Band Yoko Ono

Celebrate 5 Years Of Killzone With Double XP

World of Warcraft isn’t the only game turning five this week, with developer Guerrilla celebrating five years of Killzone all week long at Killzone.com, culminating in a weekend’s worth of double XP goodness. The original Killzone was release on the PlayStation 2 on November 26th, 2004. It wasn’t all that great, but it did lay…

The BioWare Community Is Legion

BioWare breaks EA web-traffic records as the developer’s community swells to more than 5 million registered users in the wake of the release of Dragon Age and the shadow of Mass Effect 2. Integrating a community website with Dragon Age: Origins and the upcoming Mass Effect 2 has paid off in spades for BioWare, bringing…

Excitebike: World Rally Micro-Review: Race back to 1985

The NES motocross classic gets updated for a trip across the WiiWare finish line. Nostalgia-craving gamers who couldn’t quite embrace Wii-fangled updates Excite Truck and Excitebots: Trick Racing will pop a wheelie over this decidedly old school-flavored entry. Loved Ah, the Memories…: Make no mistake, this is Excitebike as you remember it from back in…

Tekken 6 Online Play Less Of A Turkey On Thanksgiving

If you’ve got any strength left to hold a controller after gorging yourself this Thanksgiving, why not hop online to give the eagerly-awaited Tekken 6 lag patch a spin? Namco Bandai is releasing the free online play patch previously promised this Thursday, which includes various tweaks and adjustments aimed at making Tekken 6 somewhat enjoyable…

Ezio Is Kicking Altair’s Assassin’s Creed Sales

According to internal Ubisoft estimates, Assassin’s Creed II has sold 1.6 million units in the first week of release, 32% more than the original Assassin’s Creed sold two years ago. While Assassin’s Creed the first remains the fastest selling new video game IP in U.S. history, it’s younger brother isn’t doing too shabby itself, selling…

The DS and DSi Gift Guide

This year saw the launch of not one, but two additions to the DS family. The DSi, sporting two cameras and the ability to download games, hit in April. The DSiLL (XL to folks outside of Japan) is all of that a more, well more in the sense of size, super-sizing the screen and mondo-sizing…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Once a year, we must all shake our heads and wonder if/when Donkey Kong will be featured in his very own game again. Maybe even a good one? Talk about that and other gaming stuff in TAY. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

When Did You Stop Believing in Santa Claus?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Christmas the First Man, presents are a gianormous pain when we go the States for the holidays. Mini-Bash wrote his list to Santa yesterday. He wants a kickboard (I think it’s called a “razor” scooter in English — not sure) and Beyblade spinning tops. Not sure if we are going…

LittleBigPlanet: From Sketchbook To The PlayStation 3

As part of a recent re-launch of the game’s community portal, Media Molecule – the developers behind LittleBigPlanet – have shared with the world a ton of concept art from the early days of LBP’s development. In some ways, you can see that the game’s final aesthetic has a lot in common with its formative…

British Sales Charts: Little Italy

Big surprise this week, as Modern Warfare 2’s cross-platform domination is abruptly ended after only seven days, with the PS3 version nudged aside by a stealthy, Italian newcomer. Assassin’s Creed II has dropped from the rafters and, with a flick of the wrists, shanked MW2 in the guts, the 360 version of Ubisoft’s big franchise…