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Raskulls Preview: Dig, Please

Halfbrick Studio’s early 2010 Xbox Live Arcade Game Raskulls looks and plays like the kind of old-school platformer that surely someone must have thought of years ago. Would someone have thought of creating a bunch of side-scrolling levels that are accessed from an overworld map, a la Super Mario World, but supports four players? Wait.…

Expect More Extreme Violence When The Fist Of The North Star Heads West

Koei’s latest massive beat ’em up—known as Hokuto Musou in Japan, simply Fist of the North Star for the West—will get a little something extra when it comes westward: the extreme violence that we so desperately need. While the newly released Fist of the North Star game with Dynasty Warriors mechanics is already bursting with…

The Nintendo Download: See, It’s A Metronome, But With Donkey Kong

Kotaku was prepared to mock the release of a metronome for the DSi today, surely not the best thing in this week’s offering of DS and Wii downloads. But then we saw the picture for it. Fahey usually does these things, so I will be but a poor substitute. WarioWare DIY’s WiiWare expansion is neat,…

How Nintendo Can Help You Cook

Nintendo’s new super-sized DSi XL portable gaming system hit stores this weekend. One of the device’s key “games” also went on sale: An interactive cook book. We took both for a spin to see how they did. America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking looks and feels an awful lot like a re-imagining of 2008’s Personal…

BioWare’s Secret Countdown Ends On A Bazaar Note

The maker of Dragon Age and Mass Effect has ended its online countdown clock teasing, revealing something that isn’t a new game, isn’t a batch of fresh downloadable content and isn’t a port of Mass Effect 2. It’s the BioWare Bazaar. The BioWare Bazaar isn’t a new game feature, it’s simply a chance for fans…

A Nintendo Fanboy Made This Game

In 2002, Andrew Lum strapped a TV to his chest, a GameCube to his belt and crashed Sony parties. He was paid to do this, but, really, Andrew Lum loves Nintendo. Today, he’s making a Nintendo game. Lum’s game is Frobot, which believe it or not has to be qualified with the sentence: No, not…

Year Three In the Life of LEGO Harry Potter

I am proud to admit that I await the arrival of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 with giddy anticipation. I’ll be writing up my impressions of the DS, PC, PSP, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 title next week, but until then check out this latest video showing off the Traveller’s Tale developed game. This one…

You Got Your Kotaku In My Steam!!!

We’ve always been big fans of Steam, Valve’s game delivering and online game hosting service, but now we have one more reason to love it: Kotaku is an official news provider for the system. Now you never have to leave Steam, even to get the latest and greatest coverage of all things video gaming. To…

The Best Gamers Know These Best One-Liners

At PAX East, geek hero Wil Wheaton decided to check which generations the thousands of people attending his keynote were from by testing some gaming one-liners. People roared for each one. “It is very dark” “You have died of dysentery” “Roll initiative” “Shots do not hurt other players … yet.” “Enchantment? Enchantment!” [Update: Thanks, DeanBMV…

The Great PAX East Slurpee Caper

Come hear the tale of how one video game journalist, driven by the love of the Slurpee, overcame tremendous odds to travel one and a half blocks in two hours. I’ve never been candid about my love of the Slurpee. I’ve lived in Georgia since 1984, and back then I used to ride my bike…

Snoopy Flying Ace: High Road To Reminiscence

A brief hands-on with upcoming Xbox Live Arcade air combat game Snoopy Flying Ace at PAX East made me realize how badly I missed playing Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge. Snoopy Flying Ace, developed by Smart Bomb Interactive, is the follow-up to Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, a dog-fighting (sorry!) game for the PlayStation…

Eight Billion Years Of Dead Space

For Dead Space 2 executive producer Steve Papoutsis, PAX East was an amazing opportunity to connect with the fans that could keep the franchise going for “eight billion years.” “Eight billion years,” was the tongue-in-cheek answer Steve Papoutsis gave when I asked him how long he saw the Dead Space franchise lasting. Awash and perhaps…

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In Search Of History’s Best Video Games: Canon Fodder, Season One

This past weekend, N’Gai Croal and I launched an idea two years in the making: The Best Method Of All Time For Selecting The 10 Best Video Games Of All Time. Or, as we more humbly call it: Canon Fodder. Canon Fodder isn’t just a way of identifying the best games ever. It is is…

Mr. Pac

What if famed game designer Tōru Iwatani and famed children’s book author and illustrator Roger Hargreaves were pals? This is what! Movie Mr Men [Thanks Steven Anderson]

iPhone Chart Toppers: Justin Bieber Attacks!!!

Street Fighter IV you should be ashamed! How did you allow Justin Bieber on this list? Here’s the full list of games: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone game reviews. Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Monopoly (EA) $4.99 14 2 2 Call of Duty:…

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Preview: The Machine Girl Cometh

Ska Studios’ The Dishwasher returns in Vampire Smile, and he’s not alone, as his previously dead sister Yuki takes up arms against an army of twisted enemies, Machine Girl style. The Dishwasher was the winner of Microsoft’s first Dream-Build-Play contest, earning creator James Silva $10,000 and an Xbox Live Arcade publishing contract with its over-the-top…

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An Arcade In Every Home

I just got an arcade in my basement. It’s two floors of rooms, some themed to my favorite game makers, others made to look like a dungeon castle, a westen theme and even a room straight out of the 80s. The best part? It all fits neatly on my Xbox 360. The Game Room launched…