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iPhone Game Sells Extra Lives Through In-App Store

Popular touch title Parachute Panic recently updated their iPhone and iPod Touch game with an interesting in-store item. Once updated to the latest version, gamers can choose to spent 99 cents to unlock another five lives for the 99 cent game. The more patient can choose to max out their in-game lives by playing the…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Gamefly App Lets You Carry Community, Controls With You

Video game rental service Gamefly rolled out a free application for the iPhone this week that they hope will become the one-stop-shop for gamers looking to get the lowdown on available and upcoming video games. And it probably wouldn’t hurt if it boosted paid subscriptions for the service too. The app, which requires Wifi or…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Preload Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Now

If you pre-purchased Left 4 Dead 2 via Steam now’s the time to start pre-loading the game demo, which is due to launch for early access on Tuesday, October 27. Early access to the L4D2 demo is available for both retail (360, PC) and Steam (PC) customers. Those who pre-ordered via participating retailers should be…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Hellboy Pumpkin

Continuing Amanda’s tradition, here’s a pumpkin featuring occasional video-game star Hellboy.

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Video Game Speakeasy Slips Into Soho for a Night of Raucous Fun

Nights in New York City’s upscale Soho neighborhood always offers something at which to Gawk. Models and hipsters wander the streets mingling with star-truck tourists and Hollywood starlets. Restaurants and boutiques vie for curb-space among million-dollar apartments and two-by-two patches of grass and trees. But last Thursday night the biggest crowds weren’t those forming to…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Insomniac Took Fan Reaction To Resistance 2 Pretty Hard

Resistance 2, Insomniac Games’ follow-up to PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man, reviewed better than the original sci-fi first person shooter. So why is Insomniac so bummed about reception to that game? The developer’s senior community manager James Stevenson tells Videogamer that it was the long-running fan reaction to Resistance 2 that weighed…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 24, 2009

The Lighter Side Of Sega

Any Sega fan worth his or her salt would gladly take up smoking and/or arson as a passion, now that lighter maker Zippo is making Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn lighters in collaboration with Banpresto. Don’t expect to see too many of these classic Sega consoles lighting up butts. They’re only available for order until…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 24, 2009

You’re Invited: The DJ Hero Launch Party

Excited for next week’s launch of mash-up sporting rhythm game DJ Hero? Then you better hustle over to the DJ Hero launch even today in New York‘ Soho. The launch party, on the corner of Wooster and Spring streets from noon to 4 p.m., will be hosted by Fab 5 Freddy and feature performances by…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

Kotaku Originals: Tough Love

With Owen, your favorite uncle, on vacation I’m afraid you’re going to be stuck with cranky Crecente these next couple of days. Let that sink in as you peruse our stories on topics as varied as Capcom, Modern Warfare 2 and reviews. Where are the categories you ask? No reader of mine is going to…

By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2009

What Do You Hate About Video Games These Days?

Okay, so, it’s Friday. You know the drill. Maybe you don’t. I do. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know oodles…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2009

Bayonetta TV Commercial FIGHT

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of upcoming action game Bayonetta have already been compared. Game mag Famitsu says the Xbox 360 version is superior. But which TV commercial is better — the Xbox 360 or PS3? We’ve already seen this lips-lickin’ glasses lady before and are merely revisiting for the purposes of comparison. That…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2009

With Japanese Price Cut, PS3 Sales Up 700 Percent

A spate of price cuts has hit game hardware. Famitsu publisher Enterbrain examines how it has affected each platform. Let’s have a look, shall we? On September 3, the price of the PS3 was dropped by ¥10,000 to ¥29,980 from the previous price of ¥39,990. In that week, 150,832 units were sold. By October 11,…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 24, 2009

Does Bon Jovi Add Anything to Final Fantasy? Judge For Yourself

The latest Japanese television ads for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers features the music stylings of New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi. The ads are short (16 seconds or so), and there are three of them so far. They’re so short that it’s hard to make out the Bon Jovi song. I checked out…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 23, 2009

Big Daddy Needs a Big Pumpkin

A couple more jack-o-lanterns for the weekend then we’re in the home stretch. Big Daddy comes from Kotaku user Crabcraft and Master Chief is Josh Ray’s masterpiece from last year. Five more days of pumpkin-loving left, Kotaku. Get ’em done!

By AJ Glasser Published October 23, 2009

Online Status Check: Borderlands

Gearbox Software’s shooter-RPG hybrid is an addictive blend of loot hunting and cooperative play. Now that the game is in the hands of a larger audience, we wanted to see how well the game holds up in the real world. When we played Borderlands for our review, the number of people playing numbered in the…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009

Sega Genesis & Saturn Zippo Lighters

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By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009

Elder Scrolls Novel Potentially Confirms Elder Scrolls V

Author Greg Keyes is better known to me by his Star Wars Expanded Universe contributions, but as the writer on The Elder Scrolls: Infernal City, he’s been promoted to “potential Bethesda informant.” A book blurb on the Waterstone’s retail site reads “A novel that takes places forty-five years after the Oblivion Crisis, which is the…

By AJ Glasser Published October 23, 2009

PlayStation 3 Wins The Console Ad War With A Little Montage

Sony’s revamped PS3 marketing campaign has won us over, thanks to the efforts of unexpected console mascot Kevin Butler, VP of whatever the job requires. Tapping into the power of a good montage, SCEA’s latest spot is its best yet. Sure, it could use a little more footage from games that aren’t Uncharted 2: Among…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009

Modern Warfare 2 Getting The Steam Works

PC gamers still planning on picking up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may want to take a look at the Steam version, which is getting full Steamworks integration, including Steam achievements and Steam Cloud support. The achievement stuff is just delicious candy, really, but the Steam Cloud support is nice. That server side storage…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009

Netflix Hinting At Streaming On Other Consoles?

Movie rental company Netflix may be expanding its internet streaming of movies and TV shows beyond PCs, set top boxes, internet ready TVs and Xbox 360s. The company revealed yesterday it was adding another well-adopted platform to its service. Netflix wouldn’t name the device it planned to add to its arsenal of stream-ready electronics, but…

By Michael McWhertor Published October 23, 2009