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For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You

In Richmond, Va., a 43-year-old father of three lines up a camera at his TV to film himself playing Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. In British Columbia, a college student flips open his laptop and fires up his PS3. In San Antonio, a guy picks up another three memory cards on the way home from working…

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The Saboteur: Just Getting Started

There’s a lot more to Pandemic’s The Saboteur than sneaking in and out of brothels. Check out the latest trailer for a taste of some of the other distractions of occupied France. Totilo declared the art style of The Saboteur a winner in his recent preview of the game, and I’m inclined to agree. He…

What Don’t We Know about Dead Rising 2’s Multiplayer?

Dead Rising 2‘s taste of multiplayer, dressed up in a faux game show Terror is Reality, seems to be hiding something. During a presentation this week of Capcom’s upcoming zombie-killing action game Dead Rising 2, game writers got to once more check out the game’s four modes of multiplayer, robust mini-games that have gamers competing…

100 Million Need For Speed Games Sold

15 years, 15 games, and now more than a 100 million units sold. EA celebrates the Need for Speed franchise surpassing 100 million units sold with a shiny graphic and some fun facts. 100 million is a large number. According to EA, it represents nearly every household in America, and is three times the population…

Scenes From A Prison Break

We know what the television show Prison Break looks like, but what about the video game adaptation of said show? Take a look-see. If you look closely at this set of screenshots for Deep Silver and Koch Media‘s Prison Break game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, you will indeed see a prison.…

Podcast Fever: The PC Game Blues

Don’t forget to join us later today for our weekly live episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. We will be broadcasting live from New York… though since no two Kotaku editors can be in the same place at the same time, I’ll be at Gawker HQ while Totilo broadcasts from a secret location in Brooklyn. This…

Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde

Dead Rising’s Frank West can beat down opponents with golf clubs and baseball bats in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, but it’s his ability to call on shambling zombies that makes him a formidable opponent. Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, with its colorful cast of Capcom characters and throwbacks from Japanese animation company Tatsunoko productions, is almost more about…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Isn’t Sleep Great?

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Gawkerville This morning was rooooooough. Had a fever over 39 degrees (I dunno what that is anymore in American, sorry!), and it was extremely difficult to sit and hold my head up. Was breaking out in cold sweats, but sleep for a good couple of hours and am feeling somewhat…

Interactive iPhone Game Gets… Book Deal

Well, the “game” is an interactive audio adventure, so don’t be too surprised. Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books has inked a three-book deal with Realtime Associates’ F.J. Lennon for a series of novels based on his his iPhone title Soul Trapper: Episode 1. In the three-hour game, reports game site GameSetWatch, players are a…

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Wakes Up To Japanese Release Date

PSP role-playing-game Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep has been dated for Japan. The game will be released on January 9 and priced at ¥6,090 (US$67). Birth By Sleep is an action RPG set ten years before the first Kingdom Hearts game. Be sure to check out our impressions on the game.

Let’s Peek At The Bayonetta Photobook

We were right! The Bayonetta photobook does feature high quality photos like this. BAYONETTA Witch of Vigrid features high quality pix of Bayonetta in action taken with a high quality camera. Priced at ¥2,100 (US$23), the book is slated for October 22 in Japan. Witch of Vigirid is published by Enterbrain, which also publishes Famitsu.…

Fairytale Fights “Porn” Video Is Actually Safe For Work

I’m not sure what I was expecting when I heard three porn stars shot a promo video for Fairytale Fights. It definitely wasn’t this, though… Spotted on Machinima’s YouTube feed, this PG-rated commercial for the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 game features a whopping nine seconds of actual gameplay footage to about 30 seconds of “acting” from…

Loads Of New (And Blurry) Final Fantasy XIII Screens

This week’s issue of Japanese game mag Famitsu has a multi-page article on upcoming role-playing-game Final Fantasy XIII. These blurry magazine scans show off new character Oerba Yun Fang and her summon Bahamut — in gestalt mode, too. Sazh and his summon Brunhilde make an appearance as well.

Which Free NES Game Should I Get?

Those of you that shelled out for the Wii’s Internet Channel before Nintendo made it free can now download one NES game on Virtual Console — as long as its worth 500 points. All you have to do is dust off your Wii and update the Shop channel. A little button saying “One Free Title”…

What Happens When A PS3 IS Catapulted Into A Bravia?

Stuff breaks. Dur. This clip is from the folks at Sony Australia. PS3がBRAVIAの画面を叩き割るCM [オレ的ゲーム速報＠刃]

Yes, You Can Still Deal Coke In Chinatown Wars PSP

These screens say Rockstar hasn’t skimped on any of the coke-dealing, sniper-rifling, car chasing good fun of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars in its migration to the PSP.

This Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers Attack Is Udderly Ridiculous

On the fence about upcoming Wii title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, The Crystal Bearers? Not sure if you should pick up the game and worried that Square Enix is simply milking the franchise. Here’s at least one reason why the game is worth a closer look — make that four reason: laser shooting teats.

Sony’s Magic Wand Shouldn’t Look Like A Sex Toy

A tipster pointed out some fan-made concepts of Sony’s Magic Wand motion controller. Nothing to write home about — but it looks so much like a sex toy, I had to share the lol. Just to be clear: this is not an official concept of the Magic Wand. We even checked with Sony to be…