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QuakeCon Faces a Crossroads

The lights in the cavernous room are off, but an electric glow fills the 70,000-square-foot room. The darkness dances in an erratic sizzle of colors from thousands of computer monitors, the pulsing pixels illuminating an electronic shanty town of home-built computers, neon, pillows and people. This room of humming computers, quietly clicking keyboards, and energized…

Phoenix Wright Gets UDON Art Book Treatment

How big a following does the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney series have? Large enough to spawn a 240-page art book, due out in October from UDON Entertainment. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney collects all of the artwork from the three Nintendo DS Phoenix Wright titles as well as Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, into…

A Mini Demo Of Mini Ninjas This Week

Take Eidos’ adorable little assassins for a spin later this week, as a demo of IO Interactive’s Mini Ninjas hits the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Join mini-ninja Hiro, maxi-ninja Futo, and girlie-ninja Suzume as they embark on an epic adventure to bring harmony to a world teetering on the edge of total chaos.…

A Peek At Bungie’s Office and One Really Big Halo ODST Map

Today’s peek inside a development studio offers a bit more than just a look at the desks behind some of today’s greatest games. This picture of Paul Bertone, Bungie’s design director for Halo 3: ODST, also affords us a chance to steal a look at what appears to be some maps for upcoming shooter and…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

What’s German for: “Please write about games here”? Welcome to GamesCom week. And get ready for some other convention, too. Plus, QuakeCon stuff that you’ll all like is still coming. Your turn, now. Have at it and start chatting. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

Guten Morgen!

To: Crecente From: Luke So you and Mike have touched down in Germany, eh? Enjoy! Good food and beer in Germany, and places that do good food and beer are good places to spend a week in. Especially when you throw video games into the mix. Here’s what you missed while you were scoffing down…

Hey Capcom, What Did You Think Of Bionic Commando?

While some people cling to the belief that you could wring some enjoyment out of Bionic Commando, like blood from a cold, heavy stone, most people ignored it. Didn’t buy it. Why was that, Capcom? As part of a Q&A from the company’s recent fiscal earnings conference call, Capcom President Haruhiro Tsujimoto gave his two…

Britain Gets A 360 Price Increase

While there are 360 price cuts on the horizon in the US market, in Britain, consumers don’t have things as easy, because instead of price cuts, Microsoft have instead announced an impending price increase. According to a report on Eurogamer – who spoke with ShopTo and another “corroborating independent retail chain source” – Microsoft sent…

id: No More Monster Closets, Promise!

If you remember Doom 3, you’ll remember that the amazing visuals and creepy setting were ruined by two things: too much darkness, and those stupid “monster closets.” Looks like id have learned their lesson on the latter. To those who may not know what they are, “monster closets” were areas of a map where an…

Xbox 360 Hits 9 Million In Europe

Much like the US in recent months, in Europe the Xbox 360 has been bucking the 2009 trend of downward sales, registering positive sales growth as it moves past the 9 million sold barrier. That’s according to Xbox Europe’s Chris Lewis, at any rate, who says that so far in 2009 the 360 is the…

Monkey Island: Episode Two Screens Wash Ashore

The second island of Telltale’s take on Monkey Island will be out on PC this Thursday. My, how time flies. In the meantime, here are some new screens.

And Europe’s New “Biggest Market” Is… [UPDATE]

The answer is pretty obvious to those who know their DDRs from their FRGs, but if you haven’t the foggiest on where that image above is from, know that the United Kingdom is no longer the biggest games market. Germany is. It’s overtaken the UK in the past few months, as British game sales suffered…

1vs100: 2.5 Million Downloads, 200k+ Playing In A Single Night

No doubt flushed with the unexpected success of it all, Microsoft this morning released some statistics for their Xbox Live party/quiz title 1 vs 100. Most importantly, that it’s been downloaded 2.5 million times. Also disclosed were the records for players in one night (230,000 in North America, 215,000 in Europe), as well as simultaneous…

A Couple Of Starcraft II Gameplay Clips

As Mike has told you, Starcraft II is coming along nicely. Need to see for yourself? Here’s two new gameplay videos from the Terran campaign. Click to view Click to view StarCraft 2 Evacuation/Lava Mining Gameplay HD [GameVideos]

Serious Sam Now As Shiny As It Is Silly

This is the first trailer for the upcoming HD re-release of Serious Sam. As you’d expect, it’s very HD. And as you’d expect, it’s very silly. In a good way, of course.

First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (With Spoilers)

We’ve played one-third of one-third of StarCraft II’s single-player campaign recently. Blizzard gave us a full day with the most recent playable build of the game, a seven-mission long journey through the Terran’s Wings of Liberty portion of the trilogy. We took notes. Lots of notes. And in this post, the full no facts-barred details…

First StarCraft II Single Player Campaign Hands-On (Now Spoiler-Free!)

Blizzard offered a day-long hands-on demo of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy. We played about a third of the game and we’d like to tell you about it—minus the spoilers. While there wasn’t much in the way of massive story revelations in what we played—we were just…

StarCraft II: The Unit Upgrades That Make Single-player Shine

While StarCraft II multiplayer may be the long-term draw of Blizzard’s highly anticipated real-time strategy sequel, the game’s single-player campaign is also packed with depth and replayability. That’s due, in part, to the game’s technology upgrade system. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty’s campaign mode features units and buildings that players won’t be able to use…

One-Inch Xbox Is, Yes, Slim

While the world waits impatiently for a PS3 Slim, this modder has gone ahead (well…backwards) and created an Xbox that’s even slimmer. The guy’s name is Bandit5317, and his Xbox is one-inch wide, losing the clunky disc drive and replacing it with a 320GB HDD. It’s like the Xbox of the past and the Xbox…

I Need a Couch

To: Luke From: Owen Re: I Should Probably Start Packing When I moved in to my new apartment, I knew there was no way my old couch was fitting through the door. And I was right. The frame must have been three inches narrower than its shortest axis. I kept the damned thing in the…