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PC Arkham Asylum Players Play Dress-Up

Console Batman: Arkham Asylum players may have gotten the game first, but they’ll never be able to dress Batman up like Captain America. One of the joys of PC gaming is the ability to screw with stuff, like Batman’s costume skin in Arkham Asylum. Over at the official game forums they’ve got a fan-made skin…

Microsoft Confirms They Are Testing Live Reward Program

Yesterday word rumbled in, via countless tips and screengrabs, that Microsoft was preparing to roll-out a test of some sort of Xbox Live rewards program for the Xbox 360. Today Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku that they are indeed looking into it. “We are always exploring ways to provide the most value for our members and…

PS3 PAIN Developers Hit With Lay-Offs?

The Colorado-based developers of Playstation 3 downloadable game Pain were hit with lay-offs today, sources at the company tell Kotaku. We’ve contacted Idol Minds for comment but have not yet heard back. The layoffs at the company, based in Louisville, Colorado between Boulder and Denver, have been coming in waves we’re told, with the latest…

Write a Walk-Through Maybe Win Kick-Ass Stuffs

We know you’re out there! You game-obsessed walk-through writers. With the launch of our new commenting system we want to see what you can do with the system and maybe win some cool crap from us. Here’s the deal: We want you to write up a complete and original walk-through of a game in our…

Rooster Teeth

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PVP

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Penny Arcade

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Nerf Now

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Little Gamers

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Extra Life

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PS3 Version Of Borderlands Has Co-op Issues, Gearbox Promises Fix [Update]

The PlayStation 3 version of Borderlands is a bit broken, according to early reports from owners of that game. The game’s cooperative multiplayer mode won’t recognize other Borderlands players on the PS3’s friends list, an issue Gearbox is already addressing. In addition to problems with the PSN friends list, Borderlands is reported by users to…

Dueling Analogs

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Action Trip

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Frankenreview: Borderlands

It’s a first-person shooter! It’s an RPG! What the hell is it!? It’s Borderlands. So how is it? A ragtag quartet of adventurers wander across the surface of the planet Pandora, searching for the Vault of legend. Along the way they shoot things, gain levels, and gather enough weapons to choke something large that eats…

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions: EA Vs. Capcom

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles may have shown better a month ago, but the preview build I saw yesterday had the unfortunate fate of trying to follow-up last month’s EA’s on-rails shooter, Dead Space Extraction. Is it fair to compare? Not completely. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, a follow-up to 2007’s Resident Evil: The Umbrella…

Perfect Dark XBLA: Re-Skinned Elvis Has Entered The Building

Three new screenshots for the Xbox Live Arcade remake of Rare’s Perfect Dark have surfaced on the developer’s website, showing off some re-skinned weapons and a new look for Joanna Dark’s Maian pal, Elvis. 4J Studios seems to be doing a fine job of updating the original Perfect Dark to HD for its Xbox Live…

Kotaku Talk Radio: Past, Present and Future of PC Gaming

In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about PC gaming, where it came from and where it’s headed. Are you a PC gamer? A console gamer? Both? With the roll out of Windows 7 later this week and recent news of Modern Warfare 2‘s lack of hosted servers I’m sure you…

Australia Rates Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Predator

We’ve been patiently waiting for more on Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon 4 since June. Now a listing appears on the Australian ratings board website for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Predator. Coincidence? Ubisoft announced Ghost Recon 4 way back in April, and since then we’ve not heard a peep. No screenshots; no concept art; and no actual…

Uncharted 2, Street Fighter IV, And Tekken 6 Come Home Tomorrow

As promised, Uncharted 2 gets it’s very own game-riddled PlayStation Home space this week, with Tekken 6 and Street Fighter IV coming along for the ride. The Uncharted 2 home space, which we’ve discussed previously, is set inside a Nepalese village, where players can hunt for an ancient Ganesh mask, participate in a torch race,…