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Blockbuster Online Game Rentals Head To Seattle

After successfully launching the pilot program in Cleveland, Ohio, Blockbuster Video‘s Gamefly-challenging Games By Mail rental service expands into the Seattle area. Announced in February of this year, Blockbuster’s Games By Mail program is an extension of the company’s Total Access movies by mail service. Competing with Gamefly the same way Total Access competes with…

Report: Activision Sets Up Third Call Of Duty Team

Having two teams dedicated to annual output of Activision’s Call of Duty franchise may not be enough for the publisher. A report from the LA Times says that a third team is now tasked with Call of Duty development duties. While the news outlet doesn’t name the studio responsible for providing gamers with even more…

Win a Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Xbox 360

Tomorrow’s the day. Come join us in Denver Thursday evening to help raise money for Child’s Play, to play games on stage and off, get a chance to win some amazing door prizes and bid on our silent auction. While my guest room is already overflowing with sweet, sweet swag to giveaway at tomorrow night’s…

Frankenreview: Assassin’s Creed II

Ezio faces off against a squad of game reviewers in the Assassin’s Creed II Frankenreview. Does he triumph, or does he get lost in the crowd? Assassin’s Creed II picks up where the first game left off, with assassin descendent Desmond Miles once again delving into his genetic memories to explore the life of another…

Final Fantasy XIII Impressions: Looking For XII

Despite the enthusiasm among gamers for Final Fantasy XIII, I have, from afar, assumed and feared that the game represented a creative backslide. On Friday, during a demonstration of the game, I was able to test my opinion. A pair of Square-Enix representatives was in New York to show the company’s holiday lineup and tease…

Why Isn’t LittleBigPlanet PSP On The PlayStation Network Yet?

Several readers have emailed us wondering why the downloadable version of LittleBigPlanet PSP wasn’t yet available on the PlayStation Network, with the UMD version already hitting stores. Sony responds. Like many of you, we assumed the UMD-less PSPgo meant that popular new PSP titles would be released for download on the same day the retail…

Kotaku Talk Radio is Live: Lets Talk With Tim Schafer

In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking with Tim Schafer, about the recent spate of layoffs, holiday gaming and anything else that crosses our phone lines. Call now! Ask away. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website. Want to be…

Tony Hawk: Ride Versus Skateboarding Dog

This dog obviously has had more time to play Tony Hawk: Ride than 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I’m going to assume you’ve all seen at least one skateboarding dog video in your lifetimes. If not, welcome to the internet. This rather obvious viral ad for Tony Hawk: Ride plays off the skateboarding dog…

Halo: Reach To Premiere At Spike VGA Awards

GameTrailers TV host and extreme Twitter enthusiast Geoff Keighley has announced that the world premier for Halo: Reach will be aired during the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards. Voting is now open for Spike’s 2009 VGAs, with 28 categories awaiting your input to help determine this year’s winners, though according to a Keighley tweet, Halo…

Hey, Modern Warfare 2, Lighten Up

Modern Warfare isn’t funny. Not intentionally, anyways. In an effort to make it funny, our brothers at sister site Gizmodo asked their readers to hit the Photostop circuit, see what cold be done. Here’s just a small selection. There’s over 50 at the link below. One featuring Captain Commando. 56 of the Most Hilarious and…

Supreme Commander 2 Secures Spring Release

Square Enix has announced a Spring 2010 release window in Europe for Gas Powered Games‘ RTS Supreme Commander 2, dispatching a celebratory batch of screenshots along with the news. Set 25 years after the original Supreme Commander, Supreme Commander 2 features an extensive campaign mode and online multiplayer, all wrapped up in an engine that…

Oh Look, More Leaked Witcher 2 Footage

Witness our hero Geralt fighting a giant, blurry Kraken in the latest leaked footage of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which CD Projekt has decided to talk about openly. This marks the second time leaked footage from CD Projekt’s sequel to the hit PC RPG The Witcher has surfaced on the internet, and the…

Mastiff Rights The Wrongs Of The Duck Hunt Dog

After more than 25 years of relentless hunter-mocking, Mastiff’s Remington Great American Bird Hunt introduces Rockford, a hunting dog that won’t laugh at your obvious shortcomings. Hunting video games don’t get a lot of play here at Kotaku, as I feel they are marketed towards a demographic that doesn’t read things on the internet on…

Square Enix Makes Kane & Lynch 2 Official

After trademarks and teases and rumors of naked grizzled men, Square Enix finally announces Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, with developer IO Interactive taking inspiration from documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era. That last bit certainly explains the teaser video that McWhertor posted awhile back, featuring the two criminals running through a Chinese restaurant…

Chat With Tim Schafer Today on Kotaku Talk Radio

Later today, Double Fine‘s Tim Schafer, the man behind Brutal Legend, joins us on Kotaku Talk Radio to chat about gaming and take your calls. If you’ve ever had a burning question for Schafer, now is the time to get it answered. We expect a high volume of calls during this show, so it’s probably…

Talk Amongst Yourselves II

We all know the secret, right? These sequels this season haven’t been too bad. Talk about that and other gaming stuff here in this first-ever sequel to TAY. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Me Too, Me Too

To: Crecente From: Luke Re: Xbox Going Down Funny you mention that. I got home from my honeymoon to find my third Xbox 360’s power supply had died while I was away. When it wasn’t even being used. The machine itself still works, but the power supply just…gave up the ghost. Good times. Less good…

Modern Warfare 2 By the Xbox Live Numbers

Luke already pointed out that Modern Warfare 2 is an entertainment industry record setter, so today’s Activision confirmation isn’t too surprising. But the Xbox Live numbers included along with that confirmation sure are. More than 2.2 million gamers logged more than 5.2 million multiplayer hours playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first…

Team Fortress 2 Gets Updated A LOT

There’s an interesting statistic to be found in a Gamasutra interview with Steam’s Jason Holtman, published earlier today. Concerning Team Fortress 2, and just how often Valve feel the need to tinker with and improve the game. Apparently since the game was released two years ago, there have been 97 updates for the game. 97!…

Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died

Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. 1,128 gamers were polled (note: it was a self-selected survey, not a blind study), with 562…