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World Of Goo Birthday Sale Final Results: America Represent

2D Boy‘s pay-what-you-like sale on World of Goo has ended, with statistics showing that Brazilians are generous, PC gamers are cheap, and posting mid-point results is an excellent way to up your price averages. On October 13th, developer 2D Boy launched a birthday sale for World of Goo for the PC, Linux, and Mac, allowing…

Kotaku Talk Radio Programming Alert: GTA, MW2 and a Surprise Topic

Don’t forget to join us later today for our weekly live episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. This week we’ll be talking about the latest episode of Grand Theft Auto, DJ Hero, Tekken 6, as well as the most recent controversies surrounding Modern Warfare 2. Also, there’s some gaming news coming later today that we can’t…

Guybrush Threepwood’s Execution Scheduled For Friday

Guybrush Threepwood faces trial and execution in the fourth chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island saga, due out on PC this Friday, October 30th. The third chapter of Telltale Games‘ episodic adventure game hit the Nintendo Wii on Monday, and the PC version of chapter four is coming out on Friday? What a difference…

New Star Trek Online Screens, Fresh Off The Replicator

The closed beta test for Star Trek Online is currently underway, and here’s a look at what you’re missing if you aren’t in it. It’s strange. I don’t remember Star Trek Online looking this pretty when I played it at PAX last month, but it was pretty early on the first day, and I was…

Left 4 Dead 2 Getting Avatar Awards? [Update]

Left 4 Dead 2 will award the avatars of skilled Xbox 360 gamers with frying pans, themed T-shirts and med kits, according to text found buried in the game’s demo by Steam forum posters. Steam poster Fade Guy said he found a list of Avatar Awards in a file that also mentions a commentary mode…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Niko. Johnny. Luis. Discuss them or any other gaming icons here in TAY today. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

When Did The Cape Wearing Stop?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Blizzard Mini-Bash is dressing up as Dracula, and I’m dressing up as… Well, I’ll be putting on actual clothes that day, like the kind you wear outside! Working at home has made my wardrobe comfortable. Pictured, is Mini-Bash’s baby brother, Micro-Bash sporting a cape. Why don’t people wear capes anymore?…

What’s Underneath, Mario?

As seen on Mad Marios and Phantom Leap.

Xbox 360 System Update

Just a reminder! A mandatory LIVE update is hitting over the next couple of hours for the Wireless Adapter Wi-Fi Protected Access support and not Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune features. Those hit later next month. Xbox 360 System Update – Wireless Adapter WPA2 support [Major Nelson]

Here’s What Avatar Looks Like On The Wii

If you’re curious to know what James Cameron’s Avatar looks like on the Wii, watch these videos for a quick rundown of both the ground combat and the flying. Unfortunately, you can’t get much of a feel for how nifty the flying is without watching someone flail around on the Balance Board. But the scenery…

Adult Video Maker Loves Bayonetta

V, the Japanese gonzo adult video maker behind titles like Would You Like To Get An Enema Until You Poop? and I Saw A Bowel Movement!, has dubbed Bayonetta as the “Number 1 Erotic Actress of 2009”. The site’s official blog calls Bayonetta’s revealing hair moves “erotic”. “This right here is high-grade peeping!” says staff…

Buzz Looks More And More Like Kermit The Frog

At first, I thought the announcer from the Buzz games looked a lot like a co-worker of mine at GamesRadar. Now I think he looks like Kermit the Frog post cosmetic surgery. But why would Kermit the Frog need cosmetic surgery? Perhaps to escape Miss Piggy? Say it ain’t so! Anyway, here’s a Buzz! Quiz…

Dedicated Servers Not Likely for Aliens vs. Predator, Either

Modern Warfare 2, of course, done stepped in it with the dedicated-server thing. CVG talked with a producer and got less-than-assuring answers that Alien vs. Predator PC will support dedicated boxes, too. In an interview with the Rebellion senior producer David Brickley, CVG pointedly mentioned that “There’s been a lot of controversy this month surrounding…

Tetris Chair Where Your Butt Is The Tetronome

A chair made by Mexican industrial designer Gabriel Cañas, as seen on Technabob. So awesome!

Amazon Deal: Useful, but Tread Carefully

Between now and Saturday, an $80 purchase on Amazon nets you another $40 in store credit toward the purchase of another game. But let’s think about this for a second. First off, most new console games are $59.99, right?. So while Uncharted 2 and Borderlands are eligible on this deal, unless you’re poaching MSRP-reduced titles,…

Get S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl Now For $5

From now until November 2, you can score S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl for only five bucks on Steam. That’ll give you something to do on Sunday while you nurse your Halloween hangover. Shadow of Chernobyl has been out for a while, but now might be the time to check it out what with 4A Games’…

Why Jay-Z Is Involved With DJ Hero

Rapper Jay-Z is appearing in DJ Hero: Renegade Edition. Why, you ask? Well Jay-Z will tell you why: The success of Guitar Hero and Jay-Z’s desire to spread hip-hop. “Immediately, of course, with the success of Guitar Hero, it piqued my interest,” Jay-Z tells MTV. “Then, you know, on top of that, it was something…

Watch Modern Warfare 2 Gameplay

In case you failed to read the headline, Spoiler Warning! This is the opening of Modern Warfare 2 and it’s so spoilerific, it’s been yanked from YouTube. Enjoy, despite the somewhat lousy quality! Click to view Modern Warfare 2 Airport [LiveLeak]

Is This A First Look At The New Mistwalker Game?

Mistwalker, the developers behind Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, are hard at work on a new title. In a recent blog post, Mistwalker head Hironobu Sakaguchi wrote, “I am working hard on a new project. Now we just started going into the final phase of the production. No matter what, I will make it really…

Fairytale Fights The Elaborate Uboxening

About the only thing I didn’t find in my elaborate collector’s edition of Fairytale Fights that I expected to find but didn’t is the severed head of a gnome. Instead, I got a box that looks like a book (handy for hiding stuff in), a mini art book, some bizarre playing cards with the main…