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In the Preseason, 2K Sports Reports First

The preseason may not matter in the standings. But look at the NFL’s, look at baseball’s spring training. It matters to those sports, and to their bottom lines. And it’s starting to matter to video games. NBA 2K10’s Draft Combine released Thursday for the PS3, a week after it went out to Xbox Live. The…

Scenes And Screens From Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank

Behold screenshots and a trailer for Ron Gilbert‘s DeathSpank, due out 2010-ish for too many platforms to mention. DeathSpank is a 3D action RPG from Ron Gilbert, the man behind classic PC games like The Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. With that sort of pedigree, you can expect a game that’s at the…

Weekend Coupons: Sniagrab

Back in Denver, Labor Day weekend was when the Gart sports castle downtown ran the legendary “Sniagrab” -“bargains” spelled backward. Any skier in that city knows what I’m talking about. In its honor, we present this weekend’s coupons. Hardware • If you’re willing to take out a new credit card – and you should think…

What’s Inside The Aion Launch Party Goody Bag?

What glorious treats were hidden within the depths of the gift bag handed out at NCsoft’s Aion launch party at the Space Needle in Seattle yesterday evening? Though technically more of an open beta launch party, NCsoft’s soirée held atop Seattle’s landmark Space Needle was full of good food, a bit of excitement, and a…

Kotaku Originals: Is a Man Not Entitled to the Sweat of His Brow?

No, says the man in Seattle. It belongs to PAX. Labor Day might be the working person’s holiday, but persons such as Fahey, Totilo and Adam will be working there this weekend. Otherwise, we’ll be having an abbreviated holiday weekend. Here’s your programming guide. My posts will run every two hours beginning with this one.…

Here’s Your Labor Day Weekend Listening Material

During this week’s Kotaku Talk Radio, listeners called in to debate what the console wars will mean to them, the value of pre-order goodies and one lucky listener got free tickets to PAX… thanks to another listener. The hour long show also has plenty of good music and talk of games. If you’re looking for…

Contra Rebirth Will Kick Your Ass

As Stephen found out earlier today, Contra Rebirth is tough. Tough as nails that lived through two world wars and a great depression, only to emerge the other side looking for more ass to kick.

Fat Princess To Get Fatter In New Pork

Fat Princess is soon to get a little fuller in the content department, with developers Titan Studio announcing at PAX earlier today a new map for the game. Called “New Pork”, it’s an urban map, with a sewer system running underneath and plenty of rooftops overhead. No idea on when it will be out, but…

New MAG Trailer

Glad this ends up being a trailer for PS3 multiplayer shooter MAG. For the first five seconds or so, I thought it was a Streets video. In actuality, it’s a nice touch; the trailer features voice-over work done by some of the game’s community members and beta testers, giving the clip an air of people…

Uncharted 2 Collector’s Edition Includes Art Book, Knife

Introducing the Uncharted 2: Fortune Hunter Edition. It’s the game’s fancy-pants version, and includes a copy of Uncharted 2, art book, collector’s case and a replica of the game’s mysterious, ancient artefact. Sounds good. Only, there’s a catch. See, Naughty Dog & Sony want this to be a genuine limited edition deal. Not something anyone…

New Bits Of Brutal Legend, Uncharted 2 Revealed At PAX

Don’t read this post if you don’t want the Brutal Legend demo’s cut-scene spoiled and don’t want to read about a never-before-revealed level of Uncharted 2. Both were just shown at the Penny Arcade Expo. At a Friday evening panel here at PAX in Seattle called Spike Sneak Peeks, Game Trailers TV host Geoff Keighley…

And The PS3 Box Redesigns Begin

With a new PS3 comes a new PS3 logo, and with a new PS3 logo comes a new PS3 box. And a new PS3 box means all the cover art we’ve seen for upcoming games needs to be changed. First off the blocks is Uncharted 2. Old art on the left, new one on the…

PAX Cosplay Round One – FIGHT!

The doors are open and the cosplayers are out at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. Here’re the highlights of the first day. The Killzone 2 guy is by far one of the better non-sexy costumes on display, while Pyramid Head leaves a lot to be desired (like an actual prymid, perhaps). In the sexy department,…

Mass Effect 2 Screens Step Out Of Elevator, Into PAX

We see so much Mass Effect 2 stuff that sometimes it’s easy to forget that the game isn’t out this year. It’s out next year. Bummer.

Company Says It Can Predict Review Scores a Year in Advance

A U.K. company named Vertical Slice claims it’s able to predict video game review scores a year in advance of release, by reverse engineering magazine reviews, combined with an analysis method used by marriage counselors. Speaking to Eurogamer – you really should read the entire story – Vertical Slice director Graham McAllister boils down the…

3D Coming To The PS3 In 2010 [Update]

As expected, Sony have announced at the IFA Consumer Electronics show in Berlin that stereoscopic 3D will be coming to the PlayStation 3 in 2010. This kind of 3D doesn’t need a “special” TV (catch: you will need a 200hz+ set); rather, you just need a set of stereoscopic glasses, the likes of which you’ve…

SexBox, The Adults Only Gaming Console Is Coming

Finally, we adults may have a console to call our own, one on which we can enjoy adult situations, adult language and adult movies. Silicon Xtal Corporation has filed a trademark for SexBox, a console dedicated to Adults Only entertainment. Silicon Xtal Corporation, an integrated circuit and passive component manufacturer, has filed for the SexBox…

Cabin Fever

To: Luke From: Crecente Busy day today with Fahey and Totilo taking on Penny Arcade Expo with the help of Adam. Plenty of interesting hands-on impressions, pictures, videos, what have you, coming out of the show. And the stories should be hitting the site through the weekend and well into Monday. I just realized this…

Guild Wars 2: Bringing Art To Life

Most companies wait until the game comes out before they start thinking about releasing an art book. For Guild Wars 2, however, ArenaNet wants to make the art the star. When I first found out about ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 art book being available at PAX, I questioned whether or not it was the right…

Star Trek Online Preview: Boldly Going Places

The early press-access only hour on the PAX 2009 show floor was the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a Federation starship with Cryptic’s Star Trek Online. What Is It? It’s the the future of the Star Trek universe as a massively multiplayer online game. Romulus is destroyed, the Klingons hate the Federation…