The Week In Review: Retail Therapy

We’re just 24 hours into the Christmas shopping season and we’re thankful there are no reports of tramplings, maimings or tear-gassings. Yet. Update: Apparently there was a Buffalo stampede. No, really. There was a trampling at a Buffalo-area Target. None were seriously hurt. All that said, all of the holiday shopping is not done within…

A Visual Guide To Gran Turismo 5

Working windshield wipers come at a premium. Literally. They are available only on the Premium cars. Mario Kart, this ain’t. As players level up, the level of car damage increases as well. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. GT5 has a replay function for the online multiplayer. Not only does GT5 have…

Review: Gran Turismo 5 Is Premium Class

When I bought a PlayStation 2 my wife told me flat out, “If you are going to get a PS2, you need Gran Turismo.” I knew this, but it underscored the series’ impact. Nearly a decade later little has changed. Gran Turismo 5 is a racing game that brands itself as “the real driving simulator”.…

Can You Guess Who This Is In 16 Pixels?

“An experimental pixel art project by David Stoll,” 4×4 Pixels has 23 entries so far, some of video game characters, some not. Stoll promises a new entry every day. Above, Sonic the Hedgehog. [via 4×4 Pixels]

Col. Sanders Phantasy Star Screens Are Phinger-Lickin’ Good

Back in September we learned that Col. Harland Sanders would be appearing in Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Japan. We now have five screengrabs of his secret recipe in action. The Colonel appears in game as a partner character. Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity is out…

MLB 2K11 Gets The Numbers Right

The first screenshot of MLB 2K11 has been released and it – quite deliberately I think – shows that the hideous uniform numerals from MLB 2K10 have been corrected and made consistent with real life. Roy Halladay (pictured), the game’s cover star, also looks much better, as Pasta Padre’s side-by-side comparison shows. First MLB 2K11…

None More Black

Did you successfully manage to avoid being trampled today by the Black Friday shopping masses? Are you nowhere near the events of Black Friday madness? If you want to vent about these subjects or any other, this is the place. I’m limiting my Black Friday shopping to clothing. I really don’t need any more video…

Col. Sanders Phantasy Star Screens

The Smart Way To Launch An Xbox Live Game May Be To Keep It A Secret

You can play adorable, clever cooperative puzzle game ilomilo via Xbox Live Arcade right now, a small surprise of a video game launch that somebody’s trying to keep “secret.” Xbox 360 owners can now download the demo version of ilomilo via Xbox Live Marketplace, but only if they access a special site and receive a…

This Is The Monster Hunter Effect On The PSP In Japan

The power of red plastic on Wii sales in Japan is nothing compared to the promotional power of the Monster Hunter series. How else can we explain the PlayStation Portable more than doubling its sales this week overseas? The PSP sold another 96,000-plus units in Japan this week, the week before Monster Hunter Portable 3rd…

Cops Zap PCP-Using Rock Band Enthusiast (With Video)

From the University of Maryland comes this tale of holiday cheer – starring GameStop, Rock Band 3, a guy on PCP, cops, and the requisite taser. A Maryland senior headed to a shopping center on Monday intending to get a new ATM card. Instead, he saw a guy alone inside a GameStop, game cases strewn…

The Mountain

To: Owen From: Crecente The wood has been delivered, the main floor emptied, so we’re heading to the mountains for most of a week. T&T and I our going to go find solace at my parents’ mountain cabin while a team of people tear apart the flooring on our main floor and put in all…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

One might think that with an extended weekend and cheap video games abound that some of us at Kotaku Towers would be swimming in things to play. But this weekend, I’ve got but two things on the agenda. One is to help pack Meat Bun orders from our Black Friday sale—why do we always do…

PlayStation Move Cosplay Pushes Korea’s Buttons

Or should we say, Korea pushes the PlayStation Move’s buttons? Because that’s what’s happening here, and the controllers, bless them, don’t seem quite sure what to do about it. Snuggling babies, playing with kids, taking punches in the face, there’s nothing these valiant console mascots won’t do in the name of platform promotion. As seen…

What Deals Did You Get?

Stores online and off had all kinds of sales on today for video games, consoles, accessories, even clothes. Did you score anything? Let us know? What was your best deal of the week? [Pic]

Massively Multiplayer Gotham City

Back in grade school my friends tried to convince me that Batman was cooler than Superman. While they were probably right, Gotham City is no Metropolis. Here’s a flythrough trailer for Batman’s Gotham City as it is featured in the early 2011 massively multiplayer PC and PlayStation 3 game DC Universe Online. Arkham Asylum is…

Saturn’s moon Rhea may have a breathable atmosphere

Saturn’s icy moon Rhea has an oxygen and carbon dioxide atmosphere that is very similar to Earth’s. Even better, the carbon dioxide suggests there’s life – and that possibly humans could breathe the air. It seems oxygen is far more abundant than we ever suspected, particularly on moons that seem to be completely frozen solid.…

Four Score And Seven Games Ago

Well, they both grew up in log cabins…as seen on Threadless, via Gamefreaks

Capcom Slashes Prices on Games, Clothes, Flummery

Capcom Store’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales includes 20 to 50 percent off a wide selection of dealios, thingamajigs and video games. Among the list: Dead Rising 2 Bobble Budd Sett for $15.96 Okami for the Wii for $13.99 Resident Evil 5 for the Xbox 360 for $10 Monster Hunter Freedom for the PSP…

Monster Hunter Portable 3rd’s Astounding Opening Movie

This won’t be what you see while playing the soon-to-hit-Japanese-PSP Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, but it sure sets the mood. Capcom told folks earlier this year that Monster Hunter 3rd would be arriving on the PSP this month.