Rock Band Gets Even Pearl Jamier

Just when you thought you had all of the Eddie “Crazyeyes” Vedder you needed with the full album release of Ten, Harmonix slips in three nearly-new tracks into the game this week. Now I am not saying the man can’t sing. I am only saying that he can’t sing without his eyes rolling up into…

Growing Up Kotaku

To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Tomorrow, Mini-Bash Is Six Wow, six! Tristan just turned 8 not too long ago. So strange to see our kids growing up as we continue to thrive on Kotaku. One of these days we’re going to need to have a Kotaku family picnic. What you missed: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown…

MAG Devs Talk About How Awesome MAG Is

In this developer diary for the PlayStation 3’s MAG – Massive Action Game, Zipper Interactive talks about the challenges of creating a first-person shooter in which 256 players can participate all at once. While this clip does go into some of the technical side of creating a game for 256 simultaneous players at once, the…

Is there anybody who vists Kotaku who is either aspiring to be, or is a Game Journalist? I’m entering University this september (hopefully, just finished A-Levels) to do English and Media Studies, with looking to eventually become a Journalist in the Games Industry. Just wanted to know if there are any likeminded people on here.

MX Vs. ATV Reflex Preview: Right Stick Re-Imagined

Like the King Kong Vs Godzilla movie, the MX vs ATV gaming series cannot provide a satisfying answer about who or what would win in its titular contest, but the newest installment, Reflex, at least has a few very good ideas in it. Few dirt bikes or ATVs are driven in close proximity to Kotaku’s…

Give Your iPhone A Control Bone

Love playing games on your iPhone or iPhone Touch, yet hate using simulated touch screen control pads? Australian company 22Moo looks to throw you a bone, with the GameBone Pro iPhone controller. It looks like the answer to the iPhone gamer’s prayers. The bone-shaped device features an 8-way D-pad, four face buttons, and two shoulder…

Ghostbusters Breaks New Ground In… Jewish References?

Video games arguably have not had their Citizen Kane. Less debatable is the absence of a video game Seinfeld or Mel Brooks movie. Enter Ghostbusters, the rare game with a Jewish joke. A writer from the online magazine of Jewish news and culture, Tablet, reports delight at playing enough of the new Ghostbusters game to…

Xbox Live Team Working On Their 360 Dash Speed

According to Major Nelson’s latest podcast, the Xbox Live Team is working towards making a harder, better, faster, and indeed stronger Xbox Live Dashboard for the next update later this year. Some of you have taken issue with the slow speed of the New Xbox Experience, and Major Nelson and the rest of the Xbox…

The Fake, Half-Transformer Portable Xbox

No official portable Xbox is on the horizon, but that can’t stop people from dreaming. The latest mock-up comes from a reader in Vancouver who has some creative ideas for advanced portable gaming. Vancouver-based Video game artist David Delisle is building his portfolio and looking for feedback. He writes to Kotaku that he’s not a…

Like Sands Through The Warhammer Online Office

We might have received a fake human skull, but we were much better off that Mythic’s Gabe Amatangelo, who found his office transformed into the very Land of the Dead he helped create. Office pranks are always entertaining ,and that goes double for video game developer office pranks. Seeing as the new Land of the…

This Week In Live Arcade: Garou Marks And Droplitz

Puzzles and punches come to Xbox Live Arcade this week, with the release of SNK’s beloved fighter Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and Atlus’ Xbox Live Arcade debut, Droplitz. One of the best Dreamcast releases comes to the North American Xbox Live Arcade this week in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. The latest title in…

This October, Yoshimitsu Is The Cardboard Tube Samurai

Not only is Penny Arcade’s Cardboard Tube Samurai making a surprise appearance as a pre-order bonus for Tekken 6, Namco Bandai is rolling out a limited-edition joystick bundle for the game’s October launch as well. The rumors are true, somewhat. The Cardboard Tube Samurai will be appearing in Tekken 6, at least in spirit, as…

Darksiders Preview: Blasts From Pasts

The first game we’ve ever been told will include a “badass door” is also scheduled to be the first game released in 2010. And so much of it seems so familiar. Pay no attention to the 2010 release dates for the next of mythical action champ God of War and the game already occupying the…

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Update: THQ Opens Giant Austin Office

THQ just signed a deal to open a 33,000-square foot office in Austin, Texas. The publisher for Red Faction, Darksiders and others, will move their Vigil Studio into the new office building this fall, according to the leasing firm. The news comes about four months after THQ announced plans to layoff about 600 employees, or…

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Launch Trailer

Say what you will about Michael Bay, but the moment Peter Cullen starts talking about powerful forces and Megatron, I sit up and pay attention. The last great war is upon us tomorrow, when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is released for just about every system imaginable, and this just happens to be the launch…

Got Game Bringing ArmA II Boxed Copies To North America

Developer Bohemia Interactive teams up with Got Game Entertainment to make sure all of us North Americans have the option to pick up ArmA II at retail next month. While the sequel to the spiritual successor of the original Operation Flashpoint hits Steam this week, many of us still prefer the unique smell of a…

Bioshock 2’s Creepy Grade School Art

I received an envelope in the mail over the weekend. Inside, grade school drawings of a Little Sister and Big Sister. Creepy.

Amazon Has Cheap PS3 Games All Day Long

Looking for some relatively cheap, older-type PlayStation 3 games? Amazon’s doing the PS3 deal day thing once again, kicking things off with a little Modern Warfare and seeing where things go from there. Judging from the clues and the games already on sale, Amazon seems to be trying to move games that everyone who owns…

What Not To Do With Xbox 360 Avatars: Drugs, Decapitation, Fluids

The Xbox 360’s avatars are a pretty stoic bunch, they just stand around all day doing very little. But game developers can put them into games as long as they follow Microsoft’s laundry list of what not to do. Among the acts that avatars can’t commit are dismemberment, decapitation, excreting obscene bodily fluids and drug…