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Entrepreneur Mario diversifies his holdings. Seen by Kotaku commenter Jedi Monkey in Tampa, Fla.

You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update

Someday soon, you’ll be asked to update your PlayStation 3’s software. When you do, you’ll be ready for the PlayStation Store’s new “recommendations” feature. Consider it a new way for you to be sold things via the console’s PlayStation Network. It’s not cross-game chat or software emulation for PlayStation 2 games or auto-syncing Trophies—currently the…

“Draft Combine” Included in NBA 2K11

Last year’s “NBA Draft Combine” for NBA 2K10 – a paid downloadable mode that went out before the game’s release – will be part of NBA 2K11’s main game this year, according to a 2K Sports community manager. Today over Twitter, 2K’s Ronnie Singh proffered that last year’s Draft Combine – a novel way to…

Valve Bans Modern Warfare Players By Mistake, Apologizes With Free Left 4 Dead 2

Were you wrongfully accused of cheating and summarily banned from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 recently? You weren’t the only one. Valve’s anti-cheat software goofed and they’re offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 as an apology. Many players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 were surprised to find their Steam…

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Deployed To PC

The PC will still be alive and thriving in the year 40,000, it seems. THQ is adding Windows-based PCs to the list of platforms it will support for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, due in “early 2011.”

President Obama Will Appear in Madden NFL 11

Click to view The Super Bowl celebrations and animations for Madden NFL 10 were, honestly, a bit underweight. This year the game goes all out – even bringing in the President of the United States for the big party. IGN first reported today, with that video, on Madden 11’s enhanced Super Bowl interstitials. NFL Commissioner…

A Comic-Con Cosplay Too Soon?

To: Ash From: McWhertor Re: Sloppy Joes, So Sloppy, So Joey Bash, consider me officially jealous of your sloppy joe partaking. I haven’t had a decent meal since… last Thursday, I guess, when I stuffed myself full of raw salmon, tuna, broiled eel and rice. Since then, it’s been nothing but fruits and cereals and…

Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock Also Features These 22 Tunes

In addition to more than 20 minutes worth of Rush, the next Guitar Hero will feature these 22 newly revealed songs, ranging from the darn good Blue Oyster Cult’s “Burnin’ For You” to the ear-searing “Unskinny Bop” by Poison. Amazon offers a look at and a listen to the newest soundtrack additions for Guitar Hero:…

Madden Soundtrack Goes For That Gameday Feeling

Seven NFL teams’ fight songs are included for the first time this year in the Madden NFL soundtrack – unfortunately (from my perspective) the best one is MIA. Probably because they didn’t want the thing sounding like a porn movie. That would be “Super Chargers” – not exactly marching band stuff as you can hear…

You Know What We Did Last Summer Of Gaming

Kotaku’s 2010 Summer of Gaming might be over, but there’s still plenty of sunshine left this season. Why not spend the time looking over the summer-related things we wrote about last week? From the first flash of the lovely Plunkett-powered opening image to this sad farewell, we’ve shared memories this Summer of Gaming that will…

Play Catch Up On Kotaku’s Comic-Con 2010 Coverage

Comic-Con 2010 has come and gone. Our coverage will continue throughout the week, but if you missed any of this weekend’s big Comic-Con stories, now’s the time to remedy that with our handy wrap-up. Keep an eye peeled for more previews, hands-on impressions, bizarre cosplay, galleries and more from the quirky, all-inclusive pop culture Con.…

Final Fantasy XIV ESRB Rating Warns Against Putting Your Manhood In The Forge

Warning! The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has passed judgement on Final Fantasy XIV, warning potential players against boozing, whoring, upskirts, euphemisms for masturbation, and creative ways to endanger a penis. I want in the Final Fantasy XIV beta so badly now I can almost taste it. The ESRB listing for the game reads like a…

Our Video Game Sand Castle Contest Winners

Last week we challenged you to make video game sand castles. We dangled fabulous prizes at you (StarCraft II books). With one weekend to accomplish the task, we got five winners. We were hoping for 10. Quality, not quantity? Contestants needed to make a video-game themed sand castle and include the word Kotaku on or…

Japan’s Weekly Hardware Race Starts & Ends With PSP

After taking a back seat to the Nintendo DSi LL for a few weeks in Japan, the PSP is back on top, outselling Nintendo’s recently cheapened platform. That said… …the Nintendo DS is still the three-way winner, selling more than 47,000 units across its three flavors. The battle between the Wii and PS3 is still…

StarCraft II, Unboxed On Our Roof

Under a blinding New York City sun, I unboxed StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the collector’s edition. It had to be done. My tan needed some work.

A Visual Guide To Real-Time Strategy

Our Kotaku genre guide series continues this month, appropriately enough, with the resource collecting, unit constructing, zerg rushing battles of real-time strategy, in The Kotaku Genre Guide to the RTS. We’ve done role-playing games, and we’ve done first-person shooters. Now it’s time for something a little meatier. The RTS demands a sharp, strategic mind, nimble…

What Did You Play This Weekend?

Our regularly scheduled Friday post, asking what it is you’re playing this weekend, was slightly delayed due to Comic-Con. So instead of asking what you were planning on playing, let us know what you really played this weekend. While I played a handful of games prior to the official weekend—Gears of War 3, Dance Central,…

While You’re Waiting On The Space War, Here’s The Shogun War

While you’re waiting for your chance to play some sci-fi real-time strategy, why not browse through some lovely screens and concept art from Shogun 2: Total War, visiting a simpler time, when war didn’t involve zergling rushes. I really enjoyed the brief time I had with Shogun 2: Total War at E3 this year, and…

Did Video Games Help Me Accept Inception’s Ending?

From the second Inception ended, I’ve been bumping into people who are trying to sort out it’s ending. I’m not one of them, thanks, I think, to video games. (Note: I won’t spoil Inception’s ending here, but commenters probably will.) The struggle people are having with the ending is sorting out what the next moment…