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Kotaku-Tan, The T-Shirt For The Kotaku Fan

It’s been a long time since we’ve had Kotaku tees for sale… But now we have Kotaku-tan. Based on the moe anthropomorphism style of 2chan’s OS-tans—or if you prefer, console-style-tans—Kotaku-tan taps into references that are probably familiar to the longtime reader: the friendly Pointer Fish, our unhealthy love of cake, the ‘K’ logo, the… um……

Warcraft Plushies Now Available

The cutest little transportation systems ever rendered in plushie form are now available for purchase at Blizzard’s online store. At what price, cuteness? The plush Gryphon Cub and Wind Rider Hatchling, which I sort of reviewed last week, are now on sale at the Blizzard online store, complete with code redeemable for in-game pet counterparts…

Unreal Engine 4 “Still A Long Ways Off”

Attending the DICE gaming summit to promote his company’s Unreal Engine technology and celebrate the conclusion of the Make Something Unreal modding contest, Epic Games’ Mark Rein said that the next generation of Unreal game-making tech is a ways off. Rein told Kotaku that work is still underway on Unreal Engine 4, but that the…

Fret Nice Isn’t Your Only XBLA Game of the Week

Fans of the weekly downloadable Xbox Live Arcade offering will have more than just guitar controller based platforming to enjoy starting Wednesday, as puzzle platforming and online multiplayer strategy gaming combine for 2800 Microsoft Points-worth of new games. Sure, Fret Nice isn’t so new, as PlayStation 3 owners will have been enjoying Tecmo and Pieces…

Red Steel 2 Has Live Action, But Not How You’d Think

While checking out Red Steel 2 earlier this month I couldn’t help but notice that the game, like Mad Dog McCree, has its own form of live action. No, you won’t be slapping leather against the likes of One-Eyed Jack, instead you’ll be following along as a woman shows you how to play the Wii…

Mile Marker 17: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity. In A Sentence Part score-based sky-diving game, part re-imagining of please-the-crowd-while-you-plummet (snowboarding game) Amped 4, the…

Zenonia 2 Brings More RPG Goodness To The iPhone

Gamevil is looking to one-up its own success next month with the release of Zenonia 2: The Lost Memories, the sequel to one of the best role-playing games available on the iPhone. The original Zenonia was one of the best gaming experiences I’ve had on the iPhone, hearkening back to the heyday of Super Nintendo’s…

The Search For The Video Game Auteurs

As with movies, big time video games need huge numbers of people. Hundreds of developers toil away on AAA titles. With all those hands in the development of a game, is it possible to pin the title to a single author like critics have for films? Traditionally, film producers and directors get their names at…

The Party Is Complete

First Black Mage, then Fighter, Red Mage, and finally Thief. Let’s go see if we can rescue a princess in exchange for a bridge. As seen on my arm this weekend.

Microsoft Prices And Dates The Xbox Live Block Party

Microsoft gets its Xbox Live Block Party started right, scheduling the weekly releases of Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, and Game Room, with a chance for players to score Microsoft points and a month of Xbox Live Gold. The Xbox Live Block Party is a month-long celebration of….something or another, taking place over the…

The Nintendo Download: Brought To You By The Letter F

Family Go-Kart Racing, Flipper, Faceez, and Flight Control welcome you to this week’s downloadable celebration of the letter F. We’re not sure how Nintendo’s Aura-Aura Climber for DSiWare, Gevo Entertainmnet’s Wii MotionPlus-enabled GhostSlayer, and Big John Games’ Mouse House made the cut this week. Perhaps the lack of any virtual console titles whatsoever made Nintendo…

BioShock 2 DLC Begins With The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack

2K Games bolsters the multiplayer experience in BioShock 2 next month, with the release of the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, bringing new trials, weapon upgrades, playable characters, and a rank increase to our second dose of Rapture. The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, due out next month for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, is…

Hands-On, Sword Out With Red Steel 2

Whether Ubisoft likes it or not, for many Red Steel 2 will define the potential of Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus. While the sword and gun action title isn’t the first game to use Wii’s improved motion-sensing add-on, the franchise is inexorably connected to the Wii. The original Red Steel launched in 2006 alongside the Wii. While…

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WeMade Brings Digimon Online

The cartoon series that’s all about battling monsters in an online virtual world is finally getting an online virtual world, as WeMade Entertainment shows off Digimon Battle, coming soon to a PC near you. Digimon Battle seems to be the North American version of the Korean Digimon RPG, which was originally scheduled to be released…

GDC Awards Honor John Carmack’s Lifetime Achievement

id Software co-founder and one of the fathers of the first-person shooter, John Carmack is being presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. John Carmack has been pushing video game technology past its limits for more than two decades, pioneering real-time 3D graphics, creating and honing countless game development…

How To Do A Red Carpet Right: Add Video Games

Attention, Joan Rivers. Heads up to the E! Network. Pay attention, producers of the upcoming Academy Awards pre-show. I am about to show you how to do a Red Carpet right. Because everything is better with video games. Last week, I consented to perform what I believe is the lowest act of journalism practiced in…

iPhone Chart Toppers: Surprise, Surprise, Guess What’s Number 1?

It took Plants Vs. Zombies just hours to claw its way to the number nine spot last week, so it’s no surprise that the PopCap game hit the top spot after a week in the sun. Here’s the full list: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all of our iPhone…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

The truth is that it’s just about never good Boktai weather, but it always just the right climate for talking here about video games. Go for it. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Motion Control in Gaming: Rationalizing a New Dissonance

Everything changed in 2001, the year Nintendo decided that the future of gaming didn’t lay in faster processors and photorealistic images, but in interaction. Years later, when the Wii hit stores, it brought gaming and motion control to the masses, showing grandparents, gamers and soccer moms that video games didn’t have to be high-def to…