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  Fry’s Knocks $50 Off PSPgo Price

  Retailer Fry’s may be the first chain to start offering the PSPgo at more reasonable prices, dropping $50 from the new portable’s price for a limited time. Don’t have a Fry’s nearby? Call in a favor from a friend! Because, unfortunately, it appears that the deal is in-store only. And if you’ve ever been to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Early Play on Illegit Forza, Borderlands Resulting in Permabans

  Illegitimately obtained early copies of Forza Motorsport 3 or Borderlands, being played online over Xbox Live, have resulted in permabans for the accounts of offending players, Microsoft has confirmed. The Microsoft chief of police Stephen Toulouse has said that his enforcement team is inspecting early play and applying permabans only to those with illegitimately obtained…

  By Owen Good Published October 16, 2009
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  GameStop: Super Street Fighter IV Has Low, Fierce Price Of $40

  Here’s your Street Fighter pun for the day: “Juri’s out on Super Street Fighter IV this March.” The GameStop listing was spotted by MTV Multiplayer earlier today and Capcom has yet to deny it. The pre-order ship date of March 23 certainly syncs up with Capcom’s Spring 2010 goal. Super Street Fighter IV introduces several…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 16, 2009
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  SuicideGirls Release Dating Sim iPhone App

  Alt porn outlet SuicideGirls is getting into the dating sim game, bringing its brand of “naughty, internet, art-sleaze superstars” (read: naked girls) to the iPhone with the app Seduce A SuicideGirl. It may be shallow, but it may also be brilliant. The official announcement may call it “our version of those old choose your own…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Limited Edition Xbox 360 Pad Is Either For Fallout Or Forza

  The combination of carbon fiber styling and giant red radioactive warning symbol can only mean one thing: GameStop and Microsoft have partnered for a limited edition Xbox 360 controller? Does that sound right? Well, they have—officially this time—putting a wireless Xbox 360 controller with… unique styling inside an impenetrable plastic shell along with one of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Move Along

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Nothing But Good Times At The Library A hectic day packed with troubleshooting and review angst quickly churned up a migraine for me today. So fun. How is it that the business of covering an entertainment industry can be so incredibly stressful at times. Don’t get me wrong. This isn’t…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 16, 2009
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  APB Closed Beta Is Go!

  As promised, closed beta invites for Realtime Worlds‘ massively multiplayer online cops and crooks game APB have been distributed to the registered masses. That means? Check your email! According to beta invites going out to accepted users, beta playtesting times appear to be limited, but you get what you pay for. If you got in,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Notebook Dump: Missing High School

  There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? Oh, man. So late today for a Friday appointment that this post will barely even contain full sentences. Busy week. Exciting new tech on the site. Our first fashion review.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2009
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  Mortal Kombat vs. Donkey Kong Continues Proud Game Mash Up Tradition

  After news that dozens of capable game developers have lost their jobs, a LOL-tastic video game mash-up—in this case, Mortal Kombat vs. Donkey Kong—can cheer us up. Oh, Scorpion! You ham! (Yes, this is another impressively succcessful video bite from the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Pac-man and Contra vs. Duck Hunt. I’d say…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Romero’s Slipgate Ironworks Hammered Down, MMO Project Still On

  Slipgate Ironworks, the game development company founded by ex-id Software, ex-Ion Storm designer John Romero, has been pared down by parent company Gazillion, Kotaku has learned, with the start up’s unnamed MMO still in development with a “smaller core team.” Word of the San Mateo, California based developer being hit with layoffs came earlier today…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  The Saboteur Impressions: It’s Not Just Black And White

  The build I played of The Saboteur this week was a month old, so if I had fun and was impressed, what does that mean? I’d only previously seen the game played by a developer and that was in mid-Summer. Back then I wrote a positive preview based on the number of interesting ideas the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2009
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  Wii, PS3 Sales In Dead Heat In Japan

  This week’s report from Japanese sales tracker Media Create shows that recent price drops on Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 are having nearly equal impact on sales of each console, a slight edge going to the PS3. A curious tie, we suppose, as Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus continue to sell better…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Free Realms Holds Halloween Spooktacular

  Many MMO games host special Halloween events, but only Sony Online Entertainment‘s Free Realms has the guts to use the words Super Spooktacular, which is at least 10 times as awesome as a normal Spooktacular. Free Realms’ Super Spooktacular runs from October 14th through November 11th, at which point everyone will give up and start…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 16, 2009
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  Solution To Ubisoft Mystery Less Thrilling Than Surmised

  Remember this mystery mailing I reported receiving yesterday? Your theories as to its true nature were, sadly, off the mark. Some readers thought the package, which came with the three pictured games and no explanatory note, was an elaborate tease of a new Prince of Persia game. Some suggested that these three games were bound…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2009
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  Japan Snaps Up A Lot More Pokemon Heart & Soul

  Nintendo shows this week’s Japanese software chart its Pokemons, once again proudly displaying them atop Media Create‘s list of bestselling video games overseas. It’s nearest competitor? Once again, Wii Fit Plus. The only new video game release that came close to threatening Nintendo’s software domination this week was Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. The Nintendo…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  Retro Meets Rap In Pato Pooh’s “Follow Me”

  Swedish hip hop artist Pato Pooh leaves no 8-bit game untouched in this amazing video for his latest track “Follow Me.” I’m not generally one for rap music alone, but combine it with just about every other genre and I’m sold, and that includes chiptune. This video for “Follow Me” by Pato Pooh ft. Adam…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 16, 2009
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  Party For Borderlands With Mix Master Mike

  With self-dubbed role-playing shooter Borderlands set to his the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 early next week, game developers Gearbox Software are ready to par-tay! So the studio is hosting a party on Oct. 17 in Dallas to celebrate the launch of their game with the help of Mix Master Mike of Beastie Boys fame.…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 16, 2009
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  First God Of War Collection Trailer Looks Pretty, Familiar

  The Blu-ray disc combo release of God of War and God of War II is out… hey, next month! As if you weren’t going to get the hi-def God of War Collection for your PS3 anyway, here’s a new trailer. Is it convincing enough? Lower resolution though it may be, the God of War Collection…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 16, 2009
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  The Cars Of Need For Speed: Nitro Part 2

  The cars of Need for Speed: Nitro might lack the detail of Forza 3 or Gran Turismo 5, but they make up for it in sheer brightness. Here’s round 2 of the grand vehicle reveal. Ten more rides join the nine previously reveled vehicles for the Wii and Nintendo DS racer this week, and so…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 16, 2009
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  Castlevania’s Igarashi Involved In WiiWare Rebirth, Secret Stuff

  In the summer we reported that longtime Castlevania developer Koji Igarashi, absent during the franchise’s appearance during E3, was still at Konami, involved in a project that would emerge at Tokyo Game Show. That didn’t come to pass. I checked in with Konami, wondering if the recently-announced 2D downloadable Wii game Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 16, 2009