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Missing Tokyo

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: We Have Arrived In Tokyo Man, I miss going to Tokyo this year. It was my call, and likely the right one. I’ve been traveling way too much lately and the house remains on the market. But still, a nice Japan visit could have been fun. Are you guys planning…

Remember the Halo: Reach Launch Parties

People were already starting to line-up this morning in New York’s Times Square for the official launch of Bungie’s Halo: Reach. Halo fans in New York will be treated to a live performance by hip-hop’s Kid Cudi at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square. That even will also be broadcast live in HD on…

When The Game Comes On, Madden Goes Off

An interesting little graphic EA Sports sent us today illustrates what most would expect: An actual NFL game crashes Madden NFL’s participation numbers. But it still holds on to about 34,000 hardcore users from kickoff to final gun. These two charts (click to zoom in) show the online traffic for Madden NFL 11 on PS3…

Video Games Help Us Make Faster Decisions

Scientists from the University of Rochester have found that playing fast-paced action video games helps players make decisions 25 percent faster than normal, yet no less accurate. We’ve long known that playing video games helps sharpen reflexes and motor skills, but a new study proves that gaming also has a strong effect on our cognitive…

Heavy Rain Becomes A PlayStation Move Game Next Week

Next week, September 22 to be exact, Quantic Dream’s psychological murder mystery Heavy Rain magically transforms from vanilla PlayStation 3 game to thrilling, motion-controlled PlayStation Move game. Alright, alright. It’s not magic. It’s just a free software update that will add PlayStation Move controller support to the already released PS3 exclusive. Just boot up Heavy…

Halo: Reach Launches Jet Packs In Trafalgar Square

Using jet packs as marketing tools has been done before, but in the case of the Halo: Reach launch event held in London’s historic Trafalgar Square this morning the spectacle was quite appropriate. What better way to introduce the people of London to a Halo game that introduces jet packs than a man wearing Spartan…

Geek And Gamer Girls Will Likely Be Irritated By This Video

Break.com gathers Katee Sackhoff, Stan Lee, a rapping Seth Green, and several scantily clad models for this parody of Katy Perry’s “California Girls,” “Geek and Gamer Girls,” which are apparently attractive women who love posing naked with toys. Click to view The video scores points for namedropping the likes of Final Fantasy and Doctor Who,…

Red Faction Armageddon Hits in May, Saints Row 3 Next Fall

THQ today detailed their release plans for a half-dozen games, including Red Faction Armageddon which is now planned for a May 2011 release day. MX vs. ATV Alive is meant to hit during the spring of 2011, while Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is set for a summer 2011 release. Saints Row 3 and a new…

Saving Professor Layton’s London In San Francisco

People puzzling in the streets of San Francisco during Nintendo’s Professor Layton and the Unwound Future special event. Be sure to read Kotaku’s full review!

Section 8 Returns With Prejudice

The solid game that hardly anyone played returns for round two next year in TimeGate Studios’ Section 8: Prejudice. How the hell did Section 8 get a sequel? The original Section 8 for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 received an average score of 70 or so on Metacritic, which isn’t really all that…

Monster Hunter + Cute = Great Success In Japan

Monster Hunter is huge in Japan. So in MonHun, the softer side of the monster-slaying, loot-hunting adventure series and still the bestselling game in Japan. It’s more popular than Metroid this week, which is worth noting. The latest figures from sales tracker Media Create puts Capcom’s Monster Hunter spin-off—MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura for…

Become A Necromorph In Dead Space 2 Multiplayer

Dead Space 2 is bringing four-on-four multiplayer to EA’s survival horror series, giving players a choice to play as the human members of the Sprawl Security Team or the evil Necromorph forces. What side are you on? In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Dead Space 2 producer Scott Probst details the game’s new mutiplayer…

A Kid With a Gun! A Teddy Bear With a Gun! A Party With Lots of Guns!!!

How did nobody get pistol-whipped at Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 Los Angeles party? I figure you leave that much duct tape, axes and pistols lying around in downtown LA, something bad is bound to happen. I figured wrong. Thanks to reader itsjono for going to the big event and videoing the whole thing.

Frankenreview: Halo: Reach

Is Bungie’s final game in the Halo series a masterpiece, or is that a bit of a reach? We turn to a crack squad of video game reviewers for the answer. It’s been a long road from Halo: combat Evolved to Halo: Reach, and along the way Bungie has done a lot of growing. This…

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Apple’s Game Center Launches — Let the Battle For Bragging Rights Begin

If there was ever any doubt that Apple was serious about making a splash in the world of gaming, then the launch of its new online social gaming service Wednesday should certainly put those doubts to rest. Apple just made playing iPhone and iPod Touch games with other people a whole lot easier with the…

Hidden Gems: Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to run an item shop in a Japanese role-playing game? EasyGameStation’s Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the fast-paced world of RPG commerce. Capitalism, ho! Ever since Recettear appeared on Steam last week, fans of the game have been bugging us to give…

Have Halo: Reach Early? Go Ahead and Play

Bungie tweets that they won’t be banning people for playing a legit copy of Halo: Reach online early. I’m sure the 30,000 or so people already playing will be happy to hear that.

Company Of Heroes Designer’s Widow Tells Her Story

Erin Wood, the widow of Company of Heroes Online lead designer Brian Wood who died tragically in a car crash earlier this month, appeared on NBC’s Today this morning to discuss the accident and how she’s coping with her loss. Click to view Seeing Erin talk about the accident that claimed Brian Wood’s life earlier…

Game Obsessed Woman Neglects Children, Kills Dogs

When officers arrived at a house in Swanley, Kent, earlier this year to investigate appalling conditions reported by a neighbor, the game obsessed homeowner’s two dogs had been decomposing in the dining room for two months. The unidentified 33-year-old widow living at the residence with her three children tried to bar officers from entering the…