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Search Is On for Darjeeling’s “Arcade Boy”

If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlor in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a “mysterious benefactor” will send the arcade a Dreamcast. Remarkably, the writer of last week’s piece on “the highest arcade in the world,” (7,000 feet above sea level) is having some luck…

Microsoft’s 2009 E3 Press Conference Live Blog Coming Soon

Don’t forget to check out Kotaku bright and early Monday morning for our live coverage of Microsoft’s big announcements. We’ll have the entire team focused on the show and what’s coming for the Xbox 360. We may even give away some pizzas and who can say no to free pizza? If you’re thirsting for E3…

Kotaku Originals: Esto es un Robo

Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents. Also, because a game about fuckin’ WALKING was too exciting, Nintendo had to make it include DOG WALKING, and Crecente put his pissed-off chihuahua up…

What is your gaming guiltiest pleasure? The shittiest thing that for some inexplicable reason beyond your understanding, you enjoyed, when everyone else and everything on the internet told you you shouldn’t have. Even your own senses of gaming greatness tell you that you are playing a turd, and you try to fight yourself enjoying it,…

There Is Gameplay In Ratchet & Clank’s Future

To whet your appetite for all things Ratchet & Clank ahead of E3 next week, Sony released this trailer for R&C Future that shows nothing but gameplay. Just our kind of trailer!

A Second Glance At No More Heroes 2

What’s this then? Another glimpse of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle? And right before E3? Does that mean we’re about to learn much more about the game?

Alienware’s New Gaming Laptop May Burn Holes Through Space, Time

This is Alienware’s new m17x gaming laptop. To give you an idea of what’s going to be inside it, you should know that it weighs 12 pounds, and costs an absolute minimum $1800. We say “absolute minimum” because there are hardware options for the thing that may prove too tempting to pass up on. Like,…

Last Minute E3 Predictions – Let’s Have ‘Em!

Soon, soon, soon. E3 starts soon. But that’s next week. Today is? Today is Friday. Let’s talk. This is Tell Us Dammit, no, make that TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment…

Some Mass Effect iPhone Screens

Mass Effect is coming to the iPhone, in the form of an “animated 2D graphic novel-style” app. The story will bridge the events between Mass Effect 1 & 2. Here’s some screenshots.

A Week In Comments

You Cannot Stop Mai Shiranui Figurines Comment by: BubbleF**kingBuddy Nominated by: Sutekh_Slain @Dude From Dubai: I’d like to give her a rigid 4 inches. Dohohohohohohohohoh wait… The DS Can Do Naked Ladies Slipping On Banana Peels Rather Well Comment by: ShadowOdin finally got a copy of… Nominated by: gwilson @Jesse Hays: You’d think the title…

Bayonetta’s E3 Trailer

What do you do when you’re Hideki Kamiya, you helped invent Devil May Cry, and now can’t make Devil May Cry games anymore? You make something that looks, well, better.

Developing Ten Games In Ten Hours

Game developer Mark Cooke did just that — all for Pecha Kucha in Tokyo. For those who aren’t hip to Pecha Kucha, people give presentations. Twenty slides at twenty seconds. The embedded video is a screencast of Mark’s presentation. Check out the actual presentation here, complete with crummy sound quality. Mark goes through and talks…

Team Fortress 2 Update Adds Back Achievement Based Unlocks

Valve has issued one more update for Team Fortress 2 today, apparently another attempt to bring balance to the method that allows for unlockable weapons and items. Achievement based unlockable items are back. But according to the newest update, those milestone achievements are an “additional way” for Team Fortress 2 players to get newly added…

Tiny Ninja Fights Flatulence

Mini Ninjas‘ Hiro continues to impress in these latest screens of upcoming adventure Mini Ninjas from Io Interactive. Witness the diminutive hero… Hiro, taking on a slew of foes in these new screens for the game. My favorite bad guy from the batch? The flatulent samurai. Yes, seriously. Eidos’ Mini Ninjas will be coming to…

Still Can’t Believe A Need For Speed Game Looks Good

With E3 almost upon us, EA have reminded us of what I like to think is the spiritual successor to the Project Gotham series, Need for Speed: Shift. Still freaks me out that I’m interested in a Need for Speed game. Then again, it freaks me out even more that EA had the good sense…

Electronic Gaming Monthly To Return

EGM is dead. Long live EGM! The struggling game magazine that shut down in January after nearly twenty years in print is returning later this year, courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly founder Steve Harris. According to an announcement, Harris has acquired publishing rights and trademarks to EGM, with plans to restart the print publication in…

Brutal Legend: Meet the Halfords

Here’s a glimpse at some of the introductory story behind Brutal Legend and its glorious rock fiction. It’s just enough to whet your appetite for next week’s big show.

Next Week’s Rock Band Update A Big Bunch Of Bonnaroo

MTV Games will ring in this year’s Bonnaroo music and arts festival with a batch of downloadable tracks featuring artists from the show. If you’ve ever wanted to jam along with Phish, this one’s for you. A half-dozen tunes will comprise the “Bonnaroo Pack,” due for release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions…

The Final Countdown

To: Owen From: Crecente Man, today has been stressful what with all of the news breaking, still juggling E3 scheduling and the stories and interviews. I can’t wait to relax for a day before flitting off to LA to prepare for our E3 coverage. My in-laws are coming into town from Australia the day I…

Shadow Complex: Orson Scott Card’s Empire Meets Super Metroid

Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has been hard at work on video games based on Orson Scott Card’s Empire novel, the first of which is likely to be the recently trademarked Shadow Complex. Sources claiming to have already played that game told us about their experience with the title, a side-scrolling shooter likened to classics Super…