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Lara Croft Trading Sexy Hot Pants For Gritty Torn Threads

Square Enix is rebooting Tomb Raider, and wiping the slate clean means no more 1990s-style sexy game heroine pandering. But what does that mean for Lara in 2010? Two words: ripped clothing. According to Art Director Brian Horton, the goal isn’t playing up the character’s sexuality “for sexualities sake”. “If for any reason we wanted…

This Is The Future Of Guitar Hero

The current “plastic instruments” phase of the music game scene seems to have run its course. Next up must surely be the genre’s logical conclusion: Air Guitar Hero. This concept clip by British artist Chris O’Shea shows what Microsoft’s Kinect could do in the hands of somebody who’s serious about making a rock n’ roll…

Starcraft’s Queen Of Blades Is One-Of-A-Kind

While Blizzard do a better job than many other game developers in getting toys based on their games out to the masses, some people still prefer to forgo official figures and make their own stuff. Sculptor and custom toy creator Chris Hooton spent two months making this one-of-a-kind “Queen of Blades” figure, going to such…

Ni No Kuni’s First Fifteen Minutes Translated For Your Listening Pleasure

Ni No Kuni, the Nintendo DS title from animator Studio Ghibli and Professor Layton developer Level-5, is out in Japan. Those outside The Land of the Rising Sun are out in the cold. This video might make things all better. It might not. It might make you want the game more. Here are the first…

Dead Space 2 Looks Pretty Rough, Isaac

Aside from the inclusion of multiplayer, probably the biggest addition to Dead Space 2 is “The Sprawl”, the confined, segmented sections of the first game’s spaceship replaced with the cavernous interior of a space station That’s a lot of ground for our hero Isaac Clarke to cover, so you can excuse him for popping the…

Super Deluxe And Ready To Destroy Cities

Matsuko Deluxe is a Japanese columnist who also appears on variety shows. Matsuko might be deluxe, but is the writer deluxe enough for new Wii game Karaoke Joysound Wii Super DX? Matsuko Deluxe got started at Japanese gay magazine “Body”, before moving on to mainstream television appearances. Apparently, Deluxe does not dress in drag outside…

Your Kids’ Grubby Gaming Fingers Could Cost You Some Clams

If you’ve got small kids, you may want to keep them away from your iPad or iPhone, as many of the latest games on Apple’s platforms could see them inadvertently racking up a fortune in credit card payments. A report by the Associated Press points out that some of the App Store’s biggest games, like…

What’s The Least You’ve Paid For A Game?

Some video games are expensive. Let’s not talk about them. We already did! Remember? Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know…

It’s Like System Shock, Only Without The Evil Green Lady

Prominence is a first-person game with no shooting. Just clicking, and problem solving, and wandering around the deserted corridors of a science-fiction facility. Interestingly, it’s the product of Digital Media Workshop, a firm that normally specialises in design work, but in this instance is trying to leverage some of that experience into making a video…

Gran Turismo Series Races To 60 Million Sold

Driving simulator Gran Turismo 5 is finally out. People are buying it! And that’s helping the series pass a very important checkered flag: the 60 million units sold one. According to Sony Computer Entertainment, the Gran Turismo series has now sold over 60 million units, with newly-released GT5 selling 5.5 million copies worldwide in its…

I’m Commander Shepard, And Mass Effect 2 Has A Release Date On PS3

The Mass Effect series will be making its first, long-awaited appearance on the PlayStation 3 in 2011. Question is, just when will it be out? BioWare has revealed that PS3 owners itching to get their hands on Commander (or Commanderette) Shepard and save the galaxy will only have a few more weeks to wait, with…

Top Final Fantasy XIV Makers Booted In Wake of Crappy Game

Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV is a bit of a mess. Critics aren’t thrilled, players aren’t thrilled. Heck, even Square Enix isn’t thrilled. Know what that means? Heads will roll. And they have. Director Nobuaki Komoto and producer Hiromichi Tanaka are being taken off the game and replaced by Naoki Yoshida. In an official…

This Was Supposed To Be The Day Australian Gaming Grew Up

But it’s not, after a lengthy meeting between government officials earlier today wound up without, as was expected, an adults-only video game rating being introduced. Bummer! Ever since video games were first certified for classification in Australia, there has been a maximum rating of MA15+ available for titles, because in the 1980s it was believed…

Tokyo’s Geek Mecca Bounces Back From Deadly Stabbing

In 2008, everything came to a head in Tokyo’s Akihabara. The frequency of public flashing was up, and cops worried about growing mobs. Then tragedy struck, leaving seven dead and more injured. Akihabara is now ready to return to normal. On Sunday June 8, 2008, 25-year-old Tomohiro Kato drove a rented truck into a crowd…

Hey, PS3 Thieves, Don’t Punch Women In The Face

Look, crime is a part of life. Some people are jerks and will try and steal things. But there are limits, and punching a female Radio Shack employee in the face just to get a PS3 is stepping over those limits. Excuse the “armed robbery” jokes from the Fox pundits, who eventually get around to…

Going Off The Rails On A Guitar Made Out Of An NES

Here’s a late entry for our 2010 Gift Guide Obscene Nicety and Sublime Naughtiness: an electric guitar made out of an NES. It’s $150, though currently its maker only has one in stock. You can get it through GetLoFi.com’s web shop, according to the caption on the YouTube video. “The signal is routed through the…

This Amazing Deus Ex Trailer Will Need Some Popcorn

This is a new cinematic trailer for next year’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s, uh, pretty great. You’ve seen some of the sequences before in previous clips, but much of it is all new, and is looking incredible. Not from a gameplay standpoint, as you see precisely zero in-game action over the space of five…

Black Ops Has Probably Already Outsold Your Favorite Video Game

Call of Duty: Black Ops was released a month ago today. In that time, it has already sold more copies in the USA than games like Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Kart and Halo 3. Looking for specifics? That’s 8.4 million copies sold. In just the United States. Of course, it helps that the game…

Butterbean Returns To The Ring In Fight Night Champion

Yesterday we saw Eric Esch – aka Butterbean – getting his flab knocked around in Fight Night Champion. He’s one of 13 new boxers on a roster of 54 licensed personalities appearing in the game when it releases next year. Here’s the full card: Boxers New To Fight Night Champion “Butterbean” Eric Esch Chad Dawson…