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The First Four Secret World Screens

To compliment our rather extensive preview article, here are the first four screenshots for Funcom’s The Secret World, showing off the more paranormal side of everyday life. This is pretty much what I was envisioning when I first heard about The Secret World. Folks like you and me facing off against creatures like this and…

Two Download Packs Coming to Batman Over Two Weeks

Batman: Arkham Asylum will be getting two download packs over the next two weeks, according to the official European Playstation Blog. Insane Night will hit the Playstation Network (and apparently Xbox Live and PC) on Sept. 17, while Prey In The Darkness will hit on Sept. 24, according to Mike Kebby, with the Playstation Store…

Wizard101 Celebrates First Year, Five Million Players

KingsIsle Entertainment’s family-friendly MMO might not have taken off as fast as Sony Online Entertainment’s Free Realms, but Wizard101 is doing just fine, celebrating more than five million registered players on its first anniversary. KingsIsle is decorating the world of Wizard City and promising a “special surprise” for all players of Wizard101 this month as…

MySims Agents Sneaks In Some Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge

I went back for a second look at MySims Agents specifically to see the spooky mansion level. It turns out there’s more to that level — and the game — than meets the eye. The mansion is set up like the board game Clue, except nobody dies. Instead, somebody breaks something and your Sim has…

Marvel VS. Capcom 2 Gets A Tournament Edition FightStick

The Marvel VS Capcom® 2 Arcade Fightstick: Tournament Edition will make you forget all about those silly limited-edition PAX and Comic-Con Street Fighter IV sticks you missed out on. Sure, the Comic-Con stick was stylish and the PAX Femme Fatale controller was pretty, but neither were quite as sexy as the Marvel VS. Capcom 2…

Toys R Launches Game Trade-Ins Nationwide – Update

The trade-in program Toys R Us was testing back in March seems to have tested well, as the retailer launches said program nationwide today, accepting used games from the Atari 2600 on up. Yes, the Toys R Us trade-in program differs from many of their competition in that there is no cut-off point when a…

Adult Films Push For Presence on Gaming Consoles

The head of the largest adult video production company in the world plans to start pushing for the inclusion of porn on the Playstation Network. If Vivid Entertainment head Steve Hirsch succeeds, he will look into getting adult videos on the Xbox 360 and perhaps the Wii, the co-founder of Vivid told Kotaku. “Our point…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

The dogs know that the music game season is far from over. They also know that the commenting season continues, so let your comments about video games continue right here, right now. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Presents, I Love Presents, Getting Presents, Giving Presents, Presents

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Internetz Yes, yes, I’m not heading to America until December, but today Mrs. Bashcraft and I were trying to figure out who to buy souvenirs for. When Japanese people travel, it often seems like the vast majority of stuff they buy is for other people. There is a huge gift-giving…

European Ghostbusters Release Slips Again

Thanks to a messy, silly publishing deal between Atari and Sony, Ghostbusters is only out in PAL territories on PS3 and PS2. All other versions have had to wait. And now, will be waiting even longer. The 360, PC, DS and Wii versions were supposed to be out in October, but now won’t be out…

DIY Left 4 Dead Figure Leaps From The Shadows

It’s DIY Valve Action Figure Week this week at Kotaku, as hot on the heels of yesterday’s lineup of Team Fortress 2 toys comes this fan-made Hunter from Left 4 Dead. And doesn’t he look…hungry. User Guncannon from Hong Kong’s Toysdaily community is the man to thank for this treat, which even has front-hoodie blood…

Metal Gear Style Cardboard Box Prison Escape

There’s a device in the Metal Gear Solid stealth series in which Snake can sneak past guards by simply covering himself in a cardboard box. This isn’t just a game convention. It apparently really works. In France, at least. (And Germany. This latest escape is not to be confused with a similar cardboard box escape…

Gran Turismo’s Love Affair With European PSPs Continues

Europe’s already got one up over America when it comes to Gran Turismo on the PSP, with early PSPgo adopters getting GTPSP for free. So did they really need a couple of fancy limited edition packs as well? Pictured above, the Gran Turismo PSP: Collectors Edition is a European deal which includes a “special rainbow…

Another Gundam Game Coming To PS3

According to Hong Kong game mag Game Wave, arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next is coming to the PS3. The title has not yet been officially announced by Namco Bandai. The title is the sequel to arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam. The last rumor that Hong Kong magazine Game…

Ping Pong’s World Warriors

These guys are nuts. I mean, I’ve seen some heated ping pong matches in my time, but none of them ever got to the point where one guy took his short off, let alone two guys. [via Go Nintendo]

Street Fighter IV With Old School Sprites

Street Fighter IV does not have old school Street Fighter III sprites. But what if it did? What would it look like? Over at the Shoryuken forums, steamboy33 thinks it would look like this. We are very impressed steamboy33 — all of us! SF4 Characters as SF3 Sprites [Shoryuken via Capcom Unity]

Tatsunoko vs Capcom Gets A New Character

Capcom’s Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is going to be a little different when it’s released in the US. Like, it’ll have online play. And new characters. The first of those characters has been revealed, and it’s Tekkaman Blade, from…Tekkaman Blade, which Americans may know better as Teknoman. With four new characters promised, that’s one…

Konami Leaks Tokyo Game Show Map

Doh. Konami Entertainment, publisher of Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania, has accidentally leaked the floor map for this year’s Tokyo Game Show — before TGS organizers officially released it. The map shows the Konami booth in the central hall. Next to it is a large booth for Square Enix/Taito. Next to that booth is the…

Courtney Love Will Have Her Revenge On Activision

Creeped out by Kurt Cobain’s appearance in Guitar Hero 5? Upset, even? You weren’t the only one. Courtney Love, Cobain’s widow, is furious, and is satisfying her fury by threatening Activision with legal action. Posting on her – what else – Twitter account, Love wrote: For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of…

What Game Console Do Japanese Schoolgirls Want?

Totally unscientific data time. A Japanese marketing company has polled mostly Japanese schoolgirls about their console tastes. Here’s the breakdown: Out of the 3,339 polled, only 161 of them were male students and the rest were female. Fifty-two of them were under the age of 11 years old; 2,387 of them were between the ages…