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Chinatown Wars Gives it a Go in this Vid

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars arrives in less than two weeks for the PSP. The PSPgo guest stars in Rockstar’s debut trailer for the game. Try to refrain from touch the screen. Not that it’d do any good. Here’s the video. You can check out Totilo’s impressions of the game while you wait for it…

Jam Sessions 2 Preview: I Fought The Law And Nobody Won

I missed out on the first Jam Sessions game for the DS – but given the near over-saturation of the music sim market, can you blame me? Answer: Yes, go right ahead. You see, Jam Sessions wasn’t like other music games in that it wasn’t really a “game.” It was a tool to let people…

2K Sports Indicates NBA 2K10 Patch Coming in Two Weeks

Framerate and connectivity issues have plagued NBA 2K10 since its release date Tuesday, and 2K Sports have put out word that they are working to put out an update fast and correct multiplayer issues even faster. Many have complained of bad framerate issues that some say render the game almost unplayable, although I myself have…

Did That “Kill 1000 Kids” Achievement Make The Cut?

Playlogic has released an Achievement/Trophy list for the upcoming Fairytale Fights and that “Kill 1000 Kids” one we were told about doesn’t seem to be on it. However, there are six “secret” Achievements/Trophies and a whole slew of “kill xx enemies this way” awards that suggest the game hasn’t been watered down at all. My…

Wii, PSP Price Drops Invigorate Console Sales In Japan

Nintendo and Sony both issued hardware price drops in Japan, effective October 1, on the Wii and PSP-3000, respectively. The clear winner from those cuts? The PSP. The PSP’s new 16,800 yen price almost helped dethrone the nearly unstoppable Nintendo DSi. The cut tripled week-over-week PSP sales, but fell short of surpassing the DSi by…

iPhone Rock Band Delivers 20 Songs and Multiplayer

EA Mobile’s Twitter feed spilled the beans ast night, and the company made it official today by announcing Rock Band for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’ll feature multiplayer, vocals, and 20 songs, listed on the jump. A news release from EA mobile promises “live Bluetooth multiplayer” – OK, that part was all-capped, but we…

Rock Band iPhone Gallery

No Plans for Layton on Wii

In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, the Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino has said the studio has no plans to bring Professor Layton to the Wii, despite the series’ strong popularity on the DS. Hino said the current trilogy will close out with “Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel,” and a new one…

Turbo: The Movie Is Better Than Most Street Fighter Films

Jarrett Lee Conaway’s slick looking short film about fighting games in the future and the attractive teenagers who play them, Turbo, previously featured on Kotaku, is now live. Yours for the watching and, of course, buying! The film’s self described plot crafted “in the tradition of The Karate Kid and Tron” couldn’t be more accurate.…

Someone Just Paid $20,000 For This NES Game

Spending $15,000 or even $17,500 on a collectible Nintendo Entertainment System cartridge, that we can understand. They’re covered in gold! But $20,100? That’s simply too much, even factoring in Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991’s rarity. But spend $20,100 on said ultra-rare NES game someone did, snapping up the “one of a kind” item on eBay. That…

Snow!

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: No School Because of Typhoon (Typhoon Day?) You’re getting typhoons and we’re getting snow. That’s right it snowed today, which is a tad early for Denver in my experience. Usually we get our first snowfall the week of Halloween. They’re expecting a day of snow come this weekend, which suits…

PlayStation Store Update: Crunch Time

Let’s call this week’s North American PlayStation Store update… efficient. There are just a handful of playable games new to download, but thankfully one of those games is the adorable Critter Crunch. The rest? Well, there’s “Gay Bar.” It’s now available to owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band. That’s pretty exciting. The…

Old News ’82: Video Games Threaten The Model Industry

Before video games were a threat to society at large, they were a threat to the hobby of model-making. We’re not talking about the creation of attractive people who appear on magazines. No, this is the other kind of modeling. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (sort of) journey back to yesteryear. This week I wanted…

To Be Perfectly Clear, Epic Mickey Is Wii “Exclusive”

Any lingering doubts that Warren Spector’s new Disney game Epic Mickey was bound for the Wii? Didn’t think so. But if you’re wondering if it will also be coming to, well, anything else, here’s your unfortunate answer. Game Informer, as part of their epic Epic Mickey coverage, reconfirm that the game is a Wii “exclusive.”…

Cyberball 2073 Season In Doubt, Says Robot Player’s Union

Bad news for robot football fans, as The Onion is reporting that the 2073 season of Cyberball may be in danger of not happening at all, according to the ICBL Robot Players Union. [The Onion]

Will Wright Now A Part Of The “Play Industry”

Talking to VentureBeat about, fittingly, his new venture, Will Wright made it clear how he relates to the gaming industry these days — and provided clues as to what he will do next to entertain us. Wright tells reporter Dean Takahashi that his post-EA venture, the expanded Stupid Fun Club, is staffing up but staying…

Here’s How MagnaCarta 2 Combat Works

Namco Bandai‘s MagnaCarta 2 is in stores today, which makes it an excellent time for a combat walkthrough video! It occurs to me that complicated RPG combat manuevers don’t translate very well into video tutorial form. I’m a little more confused than I was previously after watching it. I’m sure after I play the game…

Eliza Dushku Ponders Live-Action Wet

Actress Eliza Dushku tells MTV News that she’s interested in a movie or TV role as Rubi, her “working-class Lara Croft” character from Bethesda and A2M’s Wet. She’s only provided voice to the character so far, but Dushku seems ready to get in front of the cameras for a live-action take on Wet. In the…

…And You Will Know Fairytale Fights from the Trail of Bloodied Bunny Corpses

Once upon a time…there was a band of psychotic fairytale heroes whose twisted objective was to hack through the magical forest and regain their notoriety. Click through for a photo gallery of the sick little buggers of Fairytale Fights. In Fairytale Fights, Playlogic Game Factory’s Unreal Engine 3 hack ‘n’ slash platform game, you can…

Left 4 Dead 2 Gets “Realism” Mode For Hardcore Zombie Killers

For players who find “expert” difficulty too easy in Left 4 Dead, it appears that Valve is upping the challenge for the sequel with “Realism” mode, a game modifier that made an unplanned appearance last night. The folks at 1UP spotted the Realism modifier nestled away in one of the game’s options, then squeezed Valve…