Scenes From A Phantasy Star Universe Phuneral

Tonight, original Xbox games goes offline when Microsoft pulls the plug on Xbox Live support for its last-generation console. Some stalwart Phantasy Star Universe players recently experienced the pain of losing their online connection. Sega announced its plans to take the PC and PlayStation 2 versions of Phantasy Star Universe offline in January of this…

Gears of War 3 Trailer Is No Longer Too Gray

Enemies of desaturated color design wailed that the new Gears of War 3 trailer is too gray. To those people, I direct you to devilboy666x‘s remixed Gears 3 trailer. A new color has been added! How many more you need?

Looks Like Demon’s Souls Is (Finally) Coming To Europe

European PlayStation 3 owners without the courage or wherewithal to import last year’s brilliant Demon’s Souls may be in luck. Namco Bandai appears to have picked up the brutal, dark role-playing game for your continent. A new listing at Germany’s Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle ratings board all but confirms the long nightmarish wait for Demon’s Souls for…

Today’s Update On The Great Modern Warfare Developer Bailout

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward continues its slow crumble today with the departure of two more key team members, sources close to the studio tell Kotaku. Longtime Infinity Ward employees Mark Grigsby and Paul Messerly have both left the studio, the team’s lead animator and lead character animator, respectively. Grigsby had…

The Last Magic-Marker Day Note

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Game Changers: Sequels That Scared The True Fans

Yesterday 2K Games panicked some gamers with news that the turn-based tactics series X-Com will return as a first-person shooter. What other classic video game franchise have had their genres changed, and how did they weather the transformation? We’re calling the phenomenon genre bending. You take a game known as being one of the best…

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Reading Kotaku through a browser is so obvious. Now, we’ve got a handsome e-mail newsletter. Subscribe via the “Get Kotaku in your inbox” on the lefthand column of this site. Plus: Follow us on Twitter? Fan us on Facebook!

A Rash of Kirbys

Observe: a view into a world where Kirby is common and popular. “The 126 Faces of Kirby” by Buci01 at Deviant Art [Via Press The Buttons]

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The Lost Kotaku Podcast

No, not that Lost. Just lost. As in technical problems. As in the Kotaku Talk Radio featuring me, Major Nelson and a Madden guy lost due to a a) magnetic anomaly b) plane crash or c) computer malfunction. The bad news from our friends at CBS Radio is that this week’s episode, which was recorded…

This Sure As Hell Isn’t Dragon Quest X

Dragon Quest X, unsurprisingly, was not revealed today by Square Enix. Instead, another Dragon Quest Wii game was, Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory, nary an X in sight. What is Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory? It’s a Wii port of a Japanese arcade game, one that utilizes a trading card collecting mechanic that…

Speak-Up On Kotaku: Too Many Pokémon, Not Enough Gaming Clothes, Closer, And Late Bloomers

Speak-Up on Kotaku triumphantly returns this week, with Celery, Sollipse, Taggart6, and DomesticGoddess2010 sharing their thoughts on getting closer to Mario, Pokémon breeding, gaming fashions, and breaking into video gaming late. Don’t like the gallery layout? #speakup in your comment so we can find it. Every Wednesday we’ll pull the best #speakup posts we can…

Contest Reminder: Have You Made A Kotaku Micro-Game Yet?

If you have WarioWare D.I.Y., if you want prizes, if you must make a micro-game that uses the word Kotaku, then, man (or woman), do we have a contest for you. Details here. Deadline approaching.

A New Crime For Xbox Live: Witness Tampering

We’ve heard of sexual predators using Xbox Live as a means to stalk their prey and threaten the rare school shooting threat made over the Xbox 360 online network. But tampering with a witness sounds like a new one. According to a report from the New Haven Register, Anthony Hayward of Hamden, Connecticut was arrested…

Aerialbots And Stunticons Represent In Transformers: War For Cybertron

Aerialbot Air Raid and Stunticon Breakdown join the cast of warriors in Activision’s upcoming War for Cybertron today, both ditching their gestalt groups for a chance to shine in the solo spotlight. Back when the 80’s cartoon was airing, the Aerialbots and Stunticons were a big deal. Until then (with few exceptions), the Autobots were…

Splinter Cell Co-Op Conquered (Kind Of) By One Man, With Two Controllers

I had a problem. I had to complete the Splinter Cell Co-Op campaign, but my co-op buddy was gone for the weekend. So be it. I turned on the game and prepared to wield two controllers. Let me take you back to last Friday, when I decided to — ugh — work from home so…

Kick-Ass The Game Might Not Live Up To Its Name

Reminding us that the movie based on Mark Millar’s award-winning comic book Kick-Ass hits theaters on Friday is one of the few good things to come from this trailer for the PlayStation Network video game. I’m not generally one to judge a book by its cover, but the trailer for WHA Entertainment’s movie tie-in doesn’t…

Title Update 4 Never Brings Theater, Forge Support To Halo 2

It’s the last day to play Halo 2 on Xbox Live, and Bungie is taking the opportunity to deliver long-time players some thank yous and fake news via the game’s matchmaking message center. Original Xbox game support on Xbox Live dies today, and Halo 2 holdouts like Kotakuite Cmonty06 are taking some time to get…

Alienware M11x Review: Ultraportable Gaming

Gaming laptops are often an oxymoron, a device that either is too expensive or too big to really be a laptop or a computer too underpowered to play games. But Dell and Alienware have been for years trying to find the proper balance between these two seemingly opposing issues. Their XPS was a monstrously large,…

The Voice Of Xbox Live Is Now Taking Your Calls

This week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio is now live, featuring none other than Major Nelson, the living embodiment of Xbox Live. Okay, maybe not the living embodiment of Xbox Live, but Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb is the official mouthpiece for the service, bringing fans constant updates through his own weekly podcasts and the Major…