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Bayonetta’s Easy Mode Lets You Play Like A Pro, Automatically

Our Gamescom demo of “climax action” game Bayonetta ended with a minor surprise. PlatinumGames producer Yusuke Hashimoto was playing the game on easy—easy!!—cluing us in to an interesting concession in the game. Now, demos played on easy difficulty settings or “god mode” aren’t that uncommon. But it was the “automatic” setting that was the source…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 21, 2009

Assassin’s Creed II Kills Repetition With All-New “Secret Missions”

Ubisoft’s slow roll out of Assassin’s Creed II information continued at Gamescom, with the game’s creative director Patrice Desilets highlighting additional ways the sequel has improved. One major addition is a series of “secret missions” that feel Prince of Persia-esque. Assassin’s Creed II’s killer Ezio accessed that mission by showing off one of his new…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 21, 2009

Modern Warfare Wii Gets Coop With a Catch

In the Wii’s Modern Warfare Squad Mate mode, a second player can use a second remote to fire off shots at enemies, but has no control of the movement and only their reticule will appear on the screen. It’s kind of like a shooter’s version of Co-Star Mode, the cooperative two-player option in Super Mario…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Four Reasons Wii Owners May Want to Wait For Band Hero

With Guitar Hero 5 coming out this September, it might be hard to imagine why someone would want to pick up a copy of family-friendly Band Hero in November. Here’s four reasons why Wii owners may want to wait: Setlist Manager: Players can use a DS or DSi to connect to the Wii and change…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Kotaku Theater: The Madden 10 Glitch Collection

We all know how it works: Another year, another Madden. Like any game that has a yearly deadline, sometimes there might be a lack of polish. We’ve collected 10 videos of glitches from EA’s newest outing (Beware: foul language). There are some ridiculous sights to see here. Some players fall through the ground, others have…

By Andrew Freedman Published August 21, 2009

Final Fantasy XIII To Ship On “About” Three DVDs On Xbox

Square Enix’s long in the making Japanese RPG epic Final Fantasy XIII is… well, epic. It’s going to be huge, expanding beyond the confines of your standard Xbox 360 game disc. Possibly on three (possibly more) DVDs when it ships. Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama said during our Q&A session today that, while the…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 21, 2009

Uncharted 2 Performance Art

They came, they jumped around like monkeys, they promoted Uncharted 2: Among Thieves above the heads of a bewildered audience.

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

PSP’s Metal Gear Solid Will Require “Hundreds of Hours” to Complete

In an open letter to fans, MGS designer Hideo Kojima says that Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker will be a “full-featured” sequel that will be so full of content it will “require hundreds of hours to complete.” “The main team from MGS4 is participating in the development of this title and I am involved in…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Sony, GameStop Indicate PS3 Slim Available In U.S. Before September

We expected the PS3 slim to reach American gamers on September 1. Wrong. Sooner. A listing on GameStop’s website indicates that the new 120 GB PlayStation slim will ship on August 25, a full week earlier than the September 1 date that Sony ballparked for Kotaku earlier this week while discussing the system’s U.S. launch.…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 21, 2009

Uncharted 2 Will Be 40 Percent Adventure, 60 Percent Action, 100 Percent Awesome

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will be about 40 percent exploration and puzzle-solving and 60 percent action, but developers Naughty Dog hope you don’t notice that. What they want you to notice instead is the pacing of this second entry in the franchise, that the action is more tense, the exploration more seamlessly integrated into the…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Special Ops Brings More Mile High Club to Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 won’t just be about a chunky single-player campaign and endlessly playable multiplayer, it’s also going to be bringing quick drop-in-and-play single missions meant to be tackled as a two-person team or solo. The levels, Activision told Kotaku today, were inspired by the single Mile High level that unlocked at the end of…

By Brian Crecente Published August 21, 2009

Stuff You Can Buy At BlizzCon

A series of displays outside the main hall at BlizzCon 2009 gives con-goers an early look at what Blizzard goodies they can purchase once the doors open later today. Let’s take a look! I see several things here I want desperately, like the vinyl nOObs StarCraft firgures, and the plush murlocs, and the Diablo Fresh…

By Mike Fahey Published August 21, 2009

What’s DJ Hero’s “Through The Fire And Flames”?

Serious Guitar Hero fans know just how difficult power metal band Dragonforce’s “Through the Fire and Flames” is to play, even on a plastic guitar with five buttons. DJ Hero has its own “TTFAF” equivalent, we’ve learned. According to DJ Hero lead Jamie Jackson from FreeStyleGames, the turntablism game pretty much maxes out with Scratch…

By Michael McWhertor Published August 21, 2009

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s not over yet, folks. Maybe Blizzard will announce World of Warcraft Slim today? Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

By Stephen Totilo Published August 21, 2009

Today I Am 31

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Public Daze Just like Baskin Robbins. You know that they’ve got Baskin Robbins in Japan, but nobody calls it Baskin Robbins, but rather, 31? Probably because the sign has “Baskin Robbins” in English and “31” written in katakana. Fascinating! Anyway, off to eat my birthday cake. Yum, yum, gimme some.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2009

A PSP For Gran Turismo Fans

The old PSP is going out with a bang in Japan later this year, with the October release of a special Gran Turismo PSP hardware bundle. The bundle includes a copy of Gran Turismo PSP and a PSP-3000, which is black with a wee little Gran Turismo logo on the front. Pricing for the bundle…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009

Blizzcon 09! Ozzy Talks! Hands on With the Monk! Lvl 85!!

Click here for all BlizzCon 09 coverage on Kotaku.

By Stephen Totilo Published August 21, 2009

Battlefield 1943 Won’t Be Out On PC This Year

Hey, PC users. Sorry if you thought Battlefield 1943 would be out on PC sometime in 2009. Really sorry. Because it won’t be. Instead, the game has been delayed into 2010, DICE’s Gordon Van Dyke telling G4TV: We haven’t released a Frostbite [DICE’s game engine] built game on PC, so going into this project we…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009

You’re Confused About Metal Gear? Hideo Kojima Is Confused, Too

Let’s be honest here, the Metal Gear Solid saga is hard to follow. Fascinating and intricate, sure, but like a daytime soap with clones, nanomachines and mechas. Don’t worry if you are baffled at times. Series creator Hideo Kojima gets baffled, too, scratching his noggin while figuring out plot points. “I personally get confused too…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 21, 2009

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Gamescom Gamescom Gamescom

For some reason, while the American update was a little thin this week, the PAL PlayStation Store sees the arrival of a ton of content, from live Gamescom press conference videos to a demo for Bethesda’s WET. Games & Demos Colin McRae DiRT 2 (demo) WET (demo) Mini Ninjas (demo) IL2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 21, 2009