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What Do You Want To Know About Castlevania: Lords of Shadow?

Konami’s new take on the Castlevania franchise has arrived. We’re now in the process of reviewing developer Mercury Steam and Kojima Productions’ new action-adventure game and want to know what you want to know about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. In an effort to ensure that Kotaku’s reviews are better informing you about the content, the…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010

DJ Hero 2 Preorder Bonuses Abound

Who wants a Puma-branded DJ Hero 2 carrying bag? How about a hard shell turntable case stand, or a copy of the original DJ Hero? Where you pay decides what you’ll be playing with when DJ Hero launches October 19. If you’re planning on sticking with the original DJ Hero deck and just picking up…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Adam Sessler

This ad for Gunnar’s Retweet to Win-This Giveaway has me wondering if Gunnar’s gaming eyewear comes in an opaque variant. I’d rather not see anything anymore. That Sessler is a far braver man than I. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

The Gamer I Really Am

I’ve never been much for online multiplayer. I play video games to get away from other people, I always say. I like a good campaign, totally solo. Or so I thought. A close look at my gaming habits taught me a few new things about the gamer I really am. We’re now in an era…

Leigh Alexander Published October 6, 2010

Left 4 Dead ‘The Sacrifice’ Visual Guide

The cinematic trailer for The Sacrifice add-on offers a preview of some of the expansion’s key battles and dramatic events. Gameplay of the opening level in The Sacrifice, as seen on YouTube. The original trailer for Left 4 Dead 2. You won’t see any of these folks in The Sacrifice, but you will see those…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2010

Sega: Yakuza 4 Cuts Will Be Minor

There will be far fewer content cuts in the Western release of Yakuza 4 than in the previous overseas release of the Japanese video game crime series, a Sega of America representative told Kotaku yesterday. Hostesses will be back as will be a hostess dress-up mini-games, elements that are sure to please non-Japanese gamers who…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010

Play Dress Up With Dead Rising 2 DLC

The Dead Rising 2 dress-up fun never stops, as Capcom reveals four themed packs of downloadable content that add new looks and new abilities to Chuck Greene’s arsenal. Capcom is releasing a fresh set of gear for Dead Rising 2’s protagonist on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network every week through November 2, starting with…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

Red Dead Redemption Presents Nuns With Guns

Part of Rockstar’s Undead Nightmare Original Artwork Series and one of the best images I’ve seen on the internet all day.

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

Halo Creators Tease MMO As Their Next Big Thing

Speaking at Game Developers Conference Online 2010, creative director Joe Staten hinted that Bungie’s next project could feature “a world that was always there for you.” Does Bungie have a shooter MMO up its sleeve? Kotaku contributing columnist and Gamasutra news editor Leigh Alexander was in the audience this morning as Bungie’s creative director Joseph…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

Free Realms Does The Mac, What About The PlayStation 3?

As Sony Online Entertainment reveals plans to release the free-to-play MMO Free Realms on the Mac later this fall, fans are still wondering what happened to the PlayStation 3 version. We tapped SOE for an update on the console port. Back in 2008 Sony Online Entertainment let the world know that MMOs The Agency, DC…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

Where Are You On The 2010 Map Of Online Communities?

Randall Monroe from the webcomic XKCD just released his massive 2010 Map of Online Communities. Can you find Kotaku? Hint: Look for the fish. We had to add the fish ourselves, but since Kotaku is an island nation in the blogosphere, one can assume there would be plenty of fish there anyway. This map is…

By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2010

N.O.V.A. 2 Looks Amazing

Here a look at upcoming iPhone game N.O.V.A. 2 in action. The graphics look unbelievable, but I wonder if they’ve tweaked the controls at all. I’m starting to think the auto-fire method is the best way to go on iPhone shooters.

By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010

Blizzcon 2010 Schedule Has Diablo III, No New StarCraft

You can now stare at the Blizzcon 2010 schedule and dream. What will they reveal at the keynote if we got Cataclysm revealed last year? What’s with the Diablo III panels? Where is StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm? This is the official Blizzcon schedule, revealed today for anyone attending the annual convention for all…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is your place to talk about video games. Don’t mind the fish. Thanks to reader KindaGamey who is on a roll with these images. You too can have your work featured in Talk Amongst Yourselves. Submit your image to #TAYpics

By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2010

Dead Rising is coming to the iPhone

Dead Rising is headed to the iPhone for the holidays, bringing with it the ability to beat up zombies with a wide assortment of objects, but not, it seems, the ability to separate zombie limb from zombie body. Slide to Play says the game won’t have boss fights, escort missions, photography, costumes or driving vehicles.…

By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010

Dead Rising 2 Visual History

Dead Rising: Case Zero introduced gamers not only protagonist Chuck Greene and his cute-as-a-zombie-button daughter, but also the game’s love of alcohol, vomit and funny, but crass humor. Case Zero also gave Xbox 360 owners a chance to check out the new gunplay mechanic for the game. Dead Rising 2 isn’t just about wading through…

By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010

Time To Get A Jump On Halloween

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: I Should Read That Today was Halloween costume fitting day at chez Ashcraft. Micro-Bash is going to be a pirate. We didn’t ask him what he wanted to be. He’s one! Pirate is fine. Mini-Bash wants to be a racing driver on the McLaren Mercedes team. Anyone is okay, he…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010

The Most Delayed Game Of 2010 Must Be…

“Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi” (“The Bridge over the Starry Sky”) was originally slated for release on December 11, 2009. Then it was delayed. A whole bunch. The next release date for the 18-years-old-and-up adult adventure game was penciled in for February 26, 2010. The release slipped to April 23. And that turned to May 28,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010

Hey Video Game Industry, You Are Not Hollywood’s Junior Varsity!

Does the game industry have a Hollywood complex? BioShock designer Ken Levine seems to think so. “I think there’s a sense in the entertainment fields that video games are seen as the junior varsity,” Levine tells Develop. “There’s this feeling of ‘oh one day you can come up to our league’.” Back in the late…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2010

What Boos Are Made Of

You probably never stopped to look at one too closely, but if you had, you’d have noticed the Boos of the Mushroom Kingdom are made of thousands of tiny, individual horrors. As seen on Teefury

By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2010