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  Rock Band Unplugged DLC Detailed

  Harmonix has released the full track list for Rock Band Unplugged, which we already knew, but they’ve also announced the first batch of downloadable content, which we didn’t know. This weekend’s video reveal of the full track listing for Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP looks a little more legitimate today, as the official listing…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2009
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  Wal-Mart Launching Video Game Trade-In Kiosks

  Wal-Mart has teamed up with kiosk company e-Play to test automated video game trade-in kiosks in several store locations throughout the Northeastern United States. The machines, currently being tested in 77 Wal-Mart locations in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, should be relatively simple to use. You scan the bar code on the game…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2009
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  E3 Round Table: Microsoft’s Big Play

  During last week’s Bonus Round, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Game Informer’s Andy McNamara, N’Gai Croal’s N’Gai Croal and Kotaku’s me sat down to talk third-party developers. This week: Microsoft’s E3 plans.

  By Brian Crecente Published May 18, 2009
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  The Nintendo Download: A Milestone Marked By Majora’s Mask

  We’ve struck a major milestone in this week’s Nintendo Download, as The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask becomes the 300th game to grace the Wii Virtual Console. If I have to explain what The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is to you people, then you might be at the wrong website. The second outing for…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2009
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  Guitar Hero 5 Brings New Look, New Features, And New Bands

  Determined to deliver more than just another band game sequel, Neversoft gives Guitar Hero 5 a brand new look, innovative new features, and introduces more than 25 new artists to the rhythm game genre. More than 25 new artists means that we’ll find at least 26 songs we’ve never played before included on the disc…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2009
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  Hello Swine Flu, Welcome To Japan

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Late last week there were something like four or five Swine Flu cases in the Osaka-Kobe area. Now there are over 130! I doubt that’s its mushroomed over the weekend, and I’m more inclined to believe previously infected people got tested for Swine Flu, but hey, I’m no doctor. Then again,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  You are cordially invited to discuss video games in the comments section of this post. No gifts required. No RSVP needed. And, please, leave your pets at home. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 18, 2009
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  Invasion of the Plastic Peripherals

  The unbridled success of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Wii are spurring game developers to look at new ways to control games. This year developers unveiled games that have players using a faux turntable to pretend to be a DJ and another that has them ride a plastic skateboard in a new Tony Hawk…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 18, 2009
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  Tatsunoko vs Capcom Might Get Online Multiplayer

  Tatsunoko vs Capcom is coming to the West. Hurrah! That’s enough cause for celebration, but more corks may need to be popped if the game makes its way over with some online multiplayer. The Japanese version of the game shipped without it (you could only play against other humans on the same console). Which may…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  These Guys Take Mirror’s Edge Cosplay Seriously

  While cosplay can often be an amateur, stinky affair, sometimes people put a little more effort into it. This gallery – of some Mirror’s Edge cosplay – is one of those times. The work of Jesse James Allen and his crew, it shows Faith (played by Yen Ryder) doing the kind of thing she does…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  Cheater Gamercards Will Be Marked

  Cheating is bad! Microsoft wants you to know it’s dead serious about discouraging users from doing underhanded things to beef up their Gamerscore. According to Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement enforcer Stephen Toulouse, Microsoft isn’t only resetting the Gamerscores of cheaters to zero, but also marking their Gamercards as cheaters. He explains, “It also puts…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  Capcom Quarantines Its Own Employees

  As we’ve seen, Capcom’s swine flu contingency plans are in full effect. Step 1 was stockpile hygeine kits. Step 2? Stop executives from travelling overseas. Mega Man creator and all-round Capcom pin-up boy Keiji Inafune was due to appear at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden this week. Was. Instead, his ticket has been…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  Life-Sized Gundam Has Nice Legs

  Work has started on the “life-sized” Gundam. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the mecha anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, an 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) Gundam statue will be erected in Tokyo this July. Part of the “Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Project,” the structure in Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park will stay up for only two months and be built…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  Lunar: Harmony Of Silver Star Screens

  Lunar: The Silver Star is getting another remake, and has been rebranded Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star. In addition to the new name, the game’s got a new look as well. These screens are, sadly, tiny, but should still give you an idea of how the updated visuals are shaping up.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  Bethesda Announcing Wii Game This Year

  Bethesda Softworks, the folks behind The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, is going to make a Wii game announcement this year — and a “really big Wii game” at that. In an interview with industry site GamesIndustry, Bethesda Europe’s Sean Brennan questioned whether there’s a market for 18-year-old-and-up Wii titles. “Is there space in the Wii…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  You Cannot Look Up This King of Fighters Skirt

  Upskirts, nipples and compromising poses, Street Fighter IV does not shy away from suggestive content. 2D fighter The King of Fighters XII, on the other hand, is showing some restraint. Hooray? In KoFXII, character Athena Asamiya has returned to wearing the sailor uniform she first donned in Psycho Soldier. Her skirt is impenetrable — like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  Kojima Takes Countdown Clocks To Their Absurd Conclusion

  They’re a passionate bunch, those Metal Gear fans. So when series creator Hideo Kojima throws up a simple flash page, you can bet they’ll go absolutely bananas. In the wake of the site being updated with a naught but a single countdown clock, the flashing of the number “5” (or the letters “S”!) and some…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  J Allard Working On Motion-Controlled “Magic Wand” For Microsoft?

  It never rains J. It pours. Fresh from his honorary nod at Boston University, Dr. Allard has now been spotted as one of the inventors of a revolutionary new Microsoft “magic wand”. In a patent that surfaced last week (but was submitted in 2007), J Allard is listed as one of five inventors on an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009
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  A Truly Creepy Silent Hill Nurse Cosplay

  Yikes! Photographer Judith Stephens scares the crap outta us all with this truly frightening Silent Hill cosplay shoot. The costumes, the make-up and the photographer are all top quality stuff. More in Stephens’ Flickr set below — if you dare. Silent Hill [Flickr via GameSetWatch]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 18, 2009
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  Now TF2’s Heavy Is Shilling Cleaning Products

  And you thought that it was only Team Fortress 2’s Scout that was moonlighting as a cleaning product salesman. Nun unh. The Heavy is too. And he’s just as enthusiastic.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 18, 2009