Here’s Your Labor Day Weekend Listening Material

During this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio, listeners called in to debate what the console wars will mean to them, the value of pre-order goodies and one lucky listener got free tickets to PAX… thanks to another listener. The hour long show also has plenty of good music and talk of games. If you’re looking for…

Contra Rebirth Will Kick Your Ass

As Stephen found out earlier today, Contra Rebirth is tough. Tough as nails that lived through two world wars and a great depression, only to emerge the other side looking for more ass to kick.

Fat Princess To Get Fatter In New Pork

Fat Princess is soon to get a little fuller in the content department, with developers Titan Studio announcing at PAX earlier today a new map for the game. Called “New Pork”, it’s an urban map, with a sewer system running underneath and plenty of rooftops overhead. No idea on when it will be out, but…

New MAG Trailer

Glad this ends up being a trailer for PS3 multiplayer shooter MAG. For the first five seconds or so, I thought it was a Streets video. In actuality, it’s a nice touch; the trailer features voice-over work done by some of the game’s community members and beta testers, giving the clip an air of people…

Uncharted 2 Collector’s Edition Includes Art Book, Knife

Introducing the Uncharted 2: Fortune Hunter Edition. It’s the game’s fancy-pants version, and includes a copy of Uncharted 2, art book, collector’s case and a replica of the game’s mysterious, ancient artefact. Sounds good. Only, there’s a catch. See, Naughty Dog & Sony want this to be a genuine limited edition deal. Not something anyone…

New Bits Of Brutal Legend, Uncharted 2 Revealed At PAX

Don’t read this post if you don’t want the Brutal Legend demo’s cut-scene spoiled and don’t want to read about a never-before-revealed level of Uncharted 2. Both were just shown at the Penny Arcade Expo. At a Friday evening panel here at PAX in Seattle called Spike Sneak Peeks, Game Trailers TV host Geoff Keighley…

And The PS3 Box Redesigns Begin

With a new PS3 comes a new PS3 logo, and with a new PS3 logo comes a new PS3 box. And a new PS3 box means all the cover art we’ve seen for upcoming games needs to be changed. First off the blocks is Uncharted 2. Old art on the left, new one on the…

PAX Cosplay Round One – FIGHT!

The doors are open and the cosplayers are out at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. Here’re the highlights of the first day. The Killzone 2 guy is by far one of the better non-sexy costumes on display, while Pyramid Head leaves a lot to be desired (like an actual prymid, perhaps). In the sexy department,…

Mass Effect 2 Screens Step Out Of Elevator, Into PAX

We see so much Mass Effect 2 stuff that sometimes it’s easy to forget that the game isn’t out this year. It’s out next year. Bummer.

Company Says It Can Predict Review Scores a Year in Advance

A U.K. company named Vertical Slice claims it’s able to predict video game review scores a year in advance of release, by reverse engineering magazine reviews, combined with an analysis method used by marriage counselors. Speaking to Eurogamer – you really should read the entire story – Vertical Slice director Graham McAllister boils down the…

3D Coming To The PS3 In 2010 [Update]

As expected, Sony have announced at the IFA Consumer Electronics show in Berlin that stereoscopic 3D will be coming to the PlayStation 3 in 2010. This kind of 3D doesn’t need a “special” TV (catch: you will need a 200hz+ set); rather, you just need a set of stereoscopic glasses, the likes of which you’ve…

SexBox, The Adults Only Gaming Console Is Coming

Finally, we adults may have a console to call our own, one on which we can enjoy adult situations, adult language and adult movies. Silicon Xtal Corporation has filed a trademark for SexBox, a console dedicated to Adults Only entertainment. Silicon Xtal Corporation, an integrated circuit and passive component manufacturer, has filed for the SexBox…

Cabin Fever

To: Luke From: Crecente Busy day today with Fahey and Totilo taking on Penny Arcade Expo with the help of Adam. Plenty of interesting hands-on impressions, pictures, videos, what have you, coming out of the show. And the stories should be hitting the site through the weekend and well into Monday. I just realized this…

Guild Wars 2: Bringing Art To Life

Most companies wait until the game comes out before they start thinking about releasing an art book. For Guild Wars 2, however, ArenaNet wants to make the art the star. When I first found out about ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 art book being available at PAX, I questioned whether or not it was the right…

Star Trek Online Preview: Boldly Going Places

The early press-access only hour on the PAX 2009 show floor was the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a Federation starship with Cryptic’s Star Trek Online. What Is It? It’s the the future of the Star Trek universe as a massively multiplayer online game. Romulus is destroyed, the Klingons hate the Federation…

New Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Screens Assassinate Subtlety

Team Ninja’s not necessarily known for their restraint, as new Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 screen shots helpfully illustrate. There’s a heavy emphasis on co-op action, should you be able to decipher what’s happening on screen here. Plenty of shots of Ryu, Ayane, Rachel and Momiji in their alternate costumes in the latest batch of media,…

No More Heroes 2: Cutting New Video and Screens

We had a chance, earlier today, to check out the new demo for upcoming action Wii title No More Heroes 2. Now take a gander at the new screens and this video.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Gallery

Scene From PAX: Ron Gilbert Inspires

Wil Wheaton was a hero. Online porn was primitive. His parents got him a computer when he was a kid that had 8K of RAM. Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island co-creator Ron Gilbert is on stage at PAX reminiscing. Choice quotes from the keynote: -“I remember when 16 colors were more than enough and I…

Sony “Aware” Of PlayStation 3 Firmware Issues

Earlier this week, reports from PlayStation 3 owners indicated that users of the latest firmware were experience problems, specifically with the game Uncharted and the DualShock 3 controller. Sony says today it’s “aware” of those reports and “looking into the matter.” Patrick Seybold, senior director of corporate communications, updated the official PlayStation.blog today to assure…