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  Celebrate EverQuest’s 10th With A Coffee Table Book

  First announced at CES earlier this year, The 10th Anniversary EverQuest Collector’s Edition coffee table book is now available for purchase at Sony Online Entertainment‘s store, or on my recliner. More than just an art book, this large, hard-bound special edition tome is filled from cover-to-cover with the history of the EverQuest franchise, from the…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009
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  Howard: Five Was Enough For Fallout 3 DLC

  “I think we’ve put enough content out there for this game,” Fallout 3’s Todd Howard told Kotaku in Dallas last week, having finished offering gamers an unprecedented amount of content fot a single-player game. The August release of the fifth downloadable mission-pack for Fallout 3 wrapped up a hefty mid-year helping of new content for…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009
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  DiRT 2 Is Rally Rally Good

  Don’t blame us for the horribly punny headline. Responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of Codemasters’ marketing and PR department. This DiRT 2 vid features the hottest cars on the hottest tracks, with real-life and in-game footage mixed together in an inspirational music video format that rally fans just can’t resist. Can you tell the…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009
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  Swine Flu: The Video Game

  While it might not actually be Swine Flu: The Video Game, a flash game created by Dutch researches aims to raise the awareness of similar outbreaks by having the player control the deadly Gamers Flu. The Great Flu casts the player as the head of the fictional World Pandemic Control. Pick a strain of flu…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009
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  QuakeCon Faces a Crossroads

  The lights in the cavernous room are off, but an electric glow fills the 70,000-square-foot room. The darkness dances in an erratic sizzle of colors from thousands of computer monitors, the pulsing pixels illuminating an electronic shanty town of home-built computers, neon, pillows and people. This room of humming computers, quietly clicking keyboards, and energized…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2009
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  Phoenix Wright Gets UDON Art Book Treatment

  How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney collects all of the artwork from the three Nintendo DS Phoenix Wright titles as well as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, into…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009
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  A Mini Demo Of Mini Ninjas This Week

  Take Eidos’ adorable little assassins for a spin later this week, as a demo of IO Interactive’s Mini Ninjas hits the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Join mini-ninja Hiro, maxi-ninja Futo, and girlie-ninja Suzume as they embark on an epic adventure to bring harmony to a world teetering on the edge of total chaos.…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2009
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  A Peek At Bungie’s Office and One Really Big Halo ODST Map

  Today’s peek inside a development studio offers a bit more than just a look at the desks behind some of today’s greatest games. This picture of Paul Bertone, Bungie’s design director for Halo 3: ODST, also affords us a chance to steal a look at what appears to be some maps for upcoming shooter and…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  What’s German for: “Please write about games here”? Welcome to GamesCom week. And get ready for some other convention, too. Plus, QuakeCon stuff that you’ll all like is still coming. Your turn, now. Have at it and start chatting. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 17, 2009
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  Guten Morgen!

  To: Crecente From: Luke So you and Mike have touched down in Germany, eh? Enjoy! Good food and beer in Germany, and places that do good food and beer are good places to spend a week in. Especially when you throw video games into the mix. Here’s what you missed while you were scoffing down…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  Hey Capcom, What Did You Think Of Bionic Commando?

  While some people cling to the belief that you could wring some enjoyment out of Bionic Commando, like blood from a cold, heavy stone, most people ignored it. Didn’t buy it. Why was that, Capcom? As part of a Q&A from the company’s recent fiscal earnings conference call, Capcom President Haruhiro Tsujimoto gave his two…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  Britain Gets A 360 Price Increase

  While there are 360 price cuts on the horizon in the US market, in Britain, consumers don’t have things as easy, because instead of price cuts, Microsoft have instead announced an impending price increase. According to a report on Eurogamer – who spoke with ShopTo and another “corroborating independent retail chain source” – Microsoft sent…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  id: No More Monster Closets, Promise!

  If you remember Doom 3, you’ll remember that the amazing visuals and creepy setting were ruined by two things: too much darkness, and those stupid “monster closets.” Looks like id have learned their lesson on the latter. To those who may not know what they are, “monster closets” were areas of a map where an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Hits 9 Million In Europe

  Much like the US in recent months, in Europe the Xbox 360 has been bucking the 2009 trend of downward sales, registering positive sales growth as it moves past the 9 million sold barrier. That’s according to Xbox Europe’s Chris Lewis, at any rate, who says that so far in 2009 the 360 is the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  Monkey Island: Episode Two Screens Wash Ashore

  The second island of Telltale’s take on Monkey Island will be out on PC this Thursday. My, how time flies. In the meantime, here are some new screens.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  And Europe’s New “Biggest Market” Is… [UPDATE]

  The answer is pretty obvious to those who know their DDRs from their FRGs, but if you haven’t the foggiest on where that image above is from, know that the United Kingdom is no longer the biggest games market. Germany is. It’s overtaken the UK in the past few months, as British game sales suffered…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  1vs100: 2.5 Million Downloads, 200k+ Playing In A Single Night

  No doubt flushed with the unexpected success of it all, Microsoft this morning released some statistics for their Xbox Live party/quiz title 1 vs 100. Most importantly, that it’s been downloaded 2.5 million times. Also disclosed were the records for players in one night (230,000 in North America, 215,000 in Europe), as well as simultaneous…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  A Couple Of Starcraft II Gameplay Clips

  As Mike has told you, Starcraft II is coming along nicely. Need to see for yourself? Here’s two new gameplay videos from the Terran campaign. Click to view Click to view StarCraft 2 Evacuation/Lava Mining Gameplay HD [GameVideos]

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  Serious Sam Now As Shiny As It Is Silly

  This is the first trailer for the upcoming HD re-release of Serious Sam. As you’d expect, it’s very HD. And as you’d expect, it’s very silly. In a good way, of course.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2009
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  First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (With Spoilers)

  We’ve played one-third of one-third of StarCraft II’s single-player campaign recently. Blizzard gave us a full day with the most recent playable build of the game, a seven-mission long journey through the Terran’s Wings of Liberty portion of the trilogy. We took notes. Lots of notes. And in this post, the full no facts-barred details…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2009