Which DJ Hero Commercial Convinces You To Buy The Game?

I’d argue game trailers for the Internet and TV commercials are two different beasts. In game trialers, we expect to see actual gameplay, shiny cinematics and a clear statement of both the release date and the platforms. But in TV commercials, there’s also the expectation of amusement and brevity because we want to get back…

Future Site of Kotaku’s Child’s Play Fundraiser

As seen during my tour of Cervantes today. Make sure to swing by next month’s party if you can! The money goes to a good cause.

Video Games and Balloons: Because Everyone’s Talking About this Right Now

The saga of Colorado’s Balloon Boy had me and Crecente nostalgic for our days of four-alarm all-hands coverage at the Rocky (which only happened every week). So I’ve localized today’s report to include the video game angle to balloons. So here we go: All the games I could think of involving balloons, their age relative…

Here’s Why LEGO Indiana Jones 2 Needs Your Attention

Sounds like people (e.g. my boss) weren’t excited about a second LEGO Indy game, despite the awesome driving mode they added. Here’s why you should be. 1) Two-Player Split Screen of Awesome You can see the new split screen in action during the vid we posted earlier. But in case you can’t quite tell what’s…

Rockstar Getting Playstation Network Store

A s the Playstation Network store expands, bringing in tons more downloadable games for the Playstation Portable and PSPgo, it looks like some publishers will be able to highlight their goods. Rockstar today announced that beginning today Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Midnight Club: L.A. Remix and Manhunt 2 will be available for digital download…

Old News ’96: Nintendo Also Increasing Storage Capacity, Hopefully, Maybe

The PlayStation 3 may be expanding to 250 Gigabytes in the United States next month, but a mere 13 years ago Nintendo was working on its own storage expansion. A whole 64MB more storage capacity was coming. With Zelda. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly journey back to yesteryear. This week I am comparing Sony’s newest…

Paid for the Party

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Never Forget This Day, Never. I drove down to Denver today to pay for the venue where we will be holding this year’s Child’s Play fundraiser here in Denver. The place is amazing, lots of really cool art painted on the walls, and a place where the likes of BB…

EA More Nice Than Naughty, In Terms Of Floorspace At Least

Quick observation that might counter the impression people inside and outside of the gaming sector have of the big companies in the business: EA’s games are Nicer than they are Naughty. By a factor of two, in fact. I’m kicking myself today for not having visual proof for you. But I can make a sketch…

Only PC Dragon Age Has Baldur’s Gate Camera

Dragon Age: Origins controls well on a PlayStation 3, BioWare proved to Kotaku yesterday — mouse and keyboard not required. But if you want the overhead view seen in this game’s spiritual predecessor, a mouse (and computer) is a must. I got a chance to try a PlayStation 3 build of Dragon Age yesterday at…

LittleBigPlanet Meets LEGO Indiana Jones 2?

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues didn’t sound like a whole lotta new to me when I first heard about it, but this play mode looks like it’s worth the price of admission alone. Now when are we getting this mode for the Star Wars and Batman games?

Half-Minute Hero Review: A Good Risk

Have you ever had your intelligence insulted or your time wasted by a Japanese role-playing game? This one won’t do either. Half-Minute Hero, XSeed and Marvelous Entertainment’s unusual, experimental role-playing game is smart, sharp, surprisingly long — given its title — and sloppy in a way that somehow doesn’t break the game but instead makes…

DJ Hero Does NASCAR

Target and Activision have teamed up to plaster Martin Truex Jr.’s No. 1 Chevrolet with giant DJ Hero logos at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in North Carolina this Saturday. It’s DJ Hero day at North Carolina’s Lowe’s Motor Speedway this weekend, as Target and Activision bring together DJ Hero and NASCAR fans for…

No NPDSs Today

The monthly surge of industry excitement about industry sales figures has been postponed until Monday, the NPD group announced today. The sales-tracking firm was scheduled to release today its listings of U.S. video game hardware and software sales for September. The report would have provided a glimpse of how the likes of Halo 3: ODST…

250GB PlayStation 3 Priced And Dated For North America

Already released as a series of bundles in the UK, Sony has announced a November release date for the North American 250GB PlayStation 3 Slim. The new system goes on sale on November 3rd, just in time for holiday shopping. The unit is the same size and shape as the 120GB PlayStation 3 Slim, only…

Not Exactly Three Of A Kind

Mailing from Ubisoft today. You figure it out, because we can’t.

EA Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Through PlayStation Home

EA’s black and pink football jerseys are a piece of PlayStation Home avatar clothing we don’t mind spending $2 on, with all proceeds going towards New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’ breast cancer awareness charity. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and EA is using PlayStation Home to spread the word. Now through November…

Bakugan Training Camp Invades Toys R Us

To prepare for the October-launch of Bakugan Battle Brawlers U.S. Toys R Us stores will be hosting a Bakugan Training Camp this weekend. The Oct. 17 event will give players a chance to check out the game, due out on on Oct. 20 for the DS, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Attendees…

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Real Racers Talk Forza 3

In these two new videos, F1 driver Stephane Sarrazin and Takata time attack driver James Elterman discuss the level of realism Turn 10 has packed into Forza Motorsports 3. The story of James Elterman finding a cheap livery designer via the Forza community forums is inspiring, but I’m much more interested in watching Peugeot 908…

Dante’s Inferno Grants Achievement Points For Baby Killing

The fact that Dante’s Inferno features an achievement awarded for killing unbaptized babies might sound horrendous, but to be fair they are pretty ugly babies. Pretty ugly babies with knives for arms, to be exact, and I’m not sure there is a court in the land that would prosecute you for kicking a few of…