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LittleBigPlanet Spin-Off Is A Five-Player Game

A LittleBigPlanet spin-off called Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves will be out this December for download to the PlayStation 3. It’s multiplayer-only, requires a Move controller and… it’s not clear if you’ll have to pay for it. Sony’s PlayStation blog shares the details of what essentially is a 10-level co-op mission pack set in prehistoric times and…

So This Is What Splatterhouse’s Hero Is Fighting For

If Splatterhouse hero Rick’s blood runs cold, it’s probably because his memory has just been sold. His angel Jennifer is the video game centerfold in the December issue of Playboy. Judging by Jennifer Willis’ Playboy Data Sheet, Rick doesn’t have anything to worry about. She’s totally into guys with a dark sense of humor, hidden…

Kotaku’s 2010 DS Gift Guide

The busiest shopping day in the U.S. hits next week. Time is running out! You better start thinking about what you want to give (and get) this holiday season. The Nintendo DS has a slew of solid titles that would make wonderful presents. Here’s our take on the ten best Nintendo DS games to give…

The Untold Story Of The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North

While the Fellowship of the Ring is slowly realizing that everything would have gone much smoother had Gandalf called the eagles in the first place, a great evil stirs in Middle Earth’s Northern Reaches. While I appreciate the attempt to inform players of the story behind Snowblind Studios’ The Lord of the Rings: War in…

Black Ops Multiplayer Works A Little Bit Better Today

Finding an online match in Call of Duty: Black Ops should be a little less of a chore today, as a full title update hits for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, addressing many of the game’s more pressing multiplayer problems. Treyarch has been steadily releasing small updates for Call of Duty: Black Ops since…

The Bold Gamble Of L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire is a detective story, a refreshingly unrushed noir video game adventure. It also may be the toughest road to greatness the acclaimed creators of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption have yet traveled, the destination not guaranteed. Earlier this week, I visited the New York offices of Rockstar Games to get a…

Kevin Butler Commits Gran Theft Turismo

With each new major PlayStation 3 release comes a new video starring Kevin Butler, Sony’s VP of game commercials. In this Gran Turismo 5 spot he claims responsibility for the game’s greatness, and claims a sporty little number for himself. Should I purchase Gran Turismo 5? Every time a new game in the series comes…

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The Next Pirates Of The Caribbean Game Will Be LEGO-ized

Following in the footsteps of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean is the next film franchise to get the LEGO treatment from TT Games. The Captain Jack Sparrow image you see here is not an official model from the upcoming game, but this custom creation from Devon Syvertsen shows…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Remote Killing and Elbow Sword

Deus Ex: Human Revolution looks like it’s shaping up quite nicely. In this second gameplay video, we get to see some of the weapons, gadgets and settings in the upcoming game. I love how customizable Adam Jensen appears to be. And elbow swords? Yes, please.

Nintendo Getting Better With Its WiiWare Demos, But Not Nailing It Yet

More demos of WiiWare games are coming — finally. But they’re still only going to be offered for a limited time and won’t be for all titles. For several years, Nintendo has been selling some terrific downloadable games in its WiiWare store: World of Goo, Thru-Space, Swords & Soldiers, Art Style: Light Trax, and plenty…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Hull Zero Three – An Excerpt

Author Greg Bear isn’t just a one-time Kotaku guest columnist and a prize-winning science fiction author. He’s also the guy working on the origin story for the entire HALO universe. But before The Forerunner Trilogy kicks off, Bear has another book hitting stores: Hull Zero Three. A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its…

Call of Duty: Black Ops Continuing Domination Over Books, Games, Movies, President Bush

Call of Duty Black Ops set a five-day record for getting people to part with their money, according to its creators today. $650 million in copies sold around the world in the span of a work week. Black Ops publisher Activision, you know, the one a lot of gamers love to hate because of their…

Shoot Down Friends’ AR.Drones With Parrot’s Augmented Reality iPhone Game

Remember Parrot’s awesome iPhone-controlled AR.Drone? Of course you do. Grab an AR.Drone-owning friend and when the augmented reality app hits the App Store, get downloading for some healthy Bluetooth-based competition. It’s a two-player game, which rather limits the app, as you’ll need to find someone else who owns a $300 (£300) drone as well as…

Vaporware Legend Returns From The Dead

Wardevil, a game five years in development that was reportedly cancelled last month, is for some reason now being brought back from the dead and given a new name. British creators Ignition have decided that, rather than develop the game in-house, it will now be built via a combination of local and outsourced talent, and…

Dead Space, Figure, Doopedy-Do

Toy company NECA has released the first official shot of their upcoming figure based on the upcoming Dead Space 2. Seeing hero Isaac in colour and in such clear detail for the first time makes me realise he looks…familiar. He looks like he did in the first game, sure, but look down. Past the helmet,…

They Really Need To Stop Making These Mega Man Online Trailers

Why? Because all it makes us want is a Mega Man movie, not some side-scrolling online game. These teaser trailers for the Korean online game Rockman Online (or Mega Man Online) are getting better and better, turning the cute platformers into dark, violent, exciting affairs. Which makes it all the more disappointing when you see…

How Long Until Kinect Turns Into Skynet?

Why play games on Kinect when you can hook it up to a robot, teach it how to learn from its surroundings then take your orders with the wave of an arm? Philipp Robbel, a student at MIT’s Personal Robotics Group, has done just that, connecting Microsoft’s motion-sensing peripheral to a small robot (a hacked…

Tattoos Are A Last-Gen Feature

It’s…just…yes. As seen on Pichu, via Gamefreaks Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.