GameStop’s Black Friday Deals Look Solid, Slightly Used

Video game retailer GameStop is planning some solid, if not spectacular deals for this year’s Black Friday shopping extravaganza, deals which appear to have made their way online. While the cuts may not be as deep as the ones that, say, Walmart for example, has planned, a few of them might make it worth getting…

Day Note: The Party Starts Now

To: Ashcraft From: McWhertor Re: Your Missing Night Note Not sure if you heard, way over there in Japanland, but Big Boss Crecente’s spending his evening at the Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, looking to unload some loot and raise some money in the name of Child’s Play. Sounds like Kind Of A Big Deal, what with…

So, the Haystacks of Assassin’s Creed II – Are They Any Bigger?

Doesn’t look like Ubisoft learned their physics lesson. Matt M., who helped the Kotaku Bureau of Weights & Measures calculate the cushion Altair would need in reality, thinks the haystacks are bigger in ACII. They still look puny to me. Remember, for one of the shortest jumps in the original (Dome of the Rock), we…

3D Dot Game Heroes Launch Trailer Explains It All

Atlus will be responsible for bringing the lush pixelized environments of 3D Dot Game Heroes to North American PlayStation 3‘s, publishing duties that we sincerely appreciate. So what is this game all about? The standard fantasy drama formula is lovingly applied to 3D Dot Game Heroes. Peaceful civilization thrives under the protection of some glowing…

Monster Hunter Tri Preview: Army of Four

Monster Hunter is all about the multiplayer, which is why I think it never really took off on PSP in the US the way that it did in Japan – American PSP owners are just too selfish for the buddy system. Monster Hunter Tri, however, is going for a different audience with its exclusive Wii…

PlayStation Store Update: Adhoc It To Me

Plenty to get excited about this week on the North American PlayStation Store, including the release of adhocParty, Peggle (with Peggle Nights!) and Assassin’s Creed for the PSP. PSP owners with a hunger for playing people over the internet via their PlayStation 3‘s should grab the adhocParty app, then show your interest in seeing more…

Old News ’90: Nintendo Says NES Final Fantasy Is Geared To Adults

We’ve been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (sort of) journey back to yesteryear. I direct you to the…

Tony Hawk Ride Gets Stood Upon By Giant Bomb

We’re still waiting on our own copy of Tony Hawk Ride for a Kotaku review, but the Giant Bomb crew bravely ventured out of doors to secure a copy, offering their trademark Quick Look at Activision’s new peripheral-based skateboarding game. Not only is it informative, giving curious Tony Hawk Ride investors a 20-plus minute video…

First No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise Screens Score A Touchdown

No More Heroes finds higher resolution with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 port of the original, now known as No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. What does it look like? Like the Wii version, just a little prettier. Better textures, improved lighting, more pixels, less clothing on the female characters… it’s all here! And it…

Japan Still Loves Soccer, Favors PlayStation Games

Last week, Japan’s video gaming populace snatched up enough copies of Konami soccer sim World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 to put it in first place. This week, Sega’s J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J scores. The PSP game kicked its way to the top of the Media Create sales charts, pushing…

Star Trek Online Open Beta Stardated

Boldly go where only closed beta testers have gone before this January, when Cryptic launches the open beta test for Star Trek Online on stardate 63497. For those of you not up to par on your Star Trek calendar, that’s actually January 12th, 2010. The open beta will run through January 26th, giving players two…

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review: Nuke The Mini-fig

With the three best Indiana Jones movies already tapped in the first LEGO Indiana Jones game and rage over the fourth Indy film still not fully dissipated, LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues may be on shaky LEGO bricks. LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues spends much of its time focused on the…

The PlayStation Network By the Numbers

Outlined today during a Sony presentation to investors and analysts, the PlayStation Network has 33 million registered accounts, 5.4 million daily user sign-ins and 1.4 million daily visits to the PlayStation Store. Those 33 million users download a staggering 25 petabytes of data a month. More importantly for Sony, they’re also spending three times what…

Brad Pitt Attached To Dark Void Movie

Brad Pitt‘s production company Plan B Entertainment and Capcom have come to an agreement over the movie rights for Dark Void, now being developed as a sci-fi thriller and potential Pitt starring vehicle. Capcom’s third-person shooter isn’t out until January, but Pitt’s production company seems to think it has potential at the box office. Plan…

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Impressions: The Day After Christmas

Pick your selling point for the next Final Fantasy on Wii: (Primarily) single-player with a deep story? Sort of is 75% mini-games? Can lift cow and use udders over character’s head to shoot enemies? The last notable game of 2009? I was introduced to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers last week, discovering quickly…

StarCraft II Web Site Upgrade Complete, New Info Deployed

The official StarCraft II web site got a massive injection of new info, artwork, screen shots and story details as of this week, giving sci-fi real-time strategy fans something to soften the pangs. There’s new media to soak in, including a close look at the stars of StarCraft II’s single-player campaign, Tychus Findlay, Zeratul, and…

Supreme Commander 2 Dated For North America

A European release window yesterday becomes a definitive U.S. release date today for Supreme Commander 2, with a video showing you what you could be playing come March. Square Enix will be publishing Supreme Commander 2 in North America on March 2nd of next year on the PC and March 16th for the Xbox 360.…

No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise Screens

The BioShock 2 Special Edition Is Gorgeous, Groovy

BioShock fans ought dust off the ol’ phonograph for the release of BioShock 2’s special edition package, a gorgeous collection of unnecessary goodies that is music to the ears and a feast for the eyes. And at $99.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $89.99 for Games for Windows LIVE, it’s no small dent in…

Mortal Kombat Reboot