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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A Dark Lord Trailer Is Not Dark

Square Enix‘s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A Dark Lord is coming to WiiWare, the sequel to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King. It’s surprisingly pink. While My Life As A Dark Lord may imply that players will delve into the dark heart of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles universe,…

Next Week In Rock Band: From Franz Ferdinand To The Allman Brothers Band

Next week is a big one for Rock Band, with Harmonix announcing ten tracks hitting the Rock Band Music Store from six bands, including The Allman Brothers Band, Luscious Jackson, and triple-dose of Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” finally makes its way to Rock Band next week, having been a popular song amongst…

This is Not Peter Jackson’s Halo

District 9 may be about aliens and their technology, it may be directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, but it’s no Halo. We first mentioned Jackson’s other, other movie back in 2007. Now you get a chance to check out the trailer, which sort of makes it look like an indie college…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

My backlog is either impressive or pathetic, depending on your point of view. The number of marquee, triple-A releases that have gone largely untouched (or even unwrapped) may stagger you, dear reader. Games like Gears of War 2, Call of Duty 4, Resident Evil 5, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and BioShock have remained…

Activision Supports Scottish Weasel Mating

In a bit of marketing that could theoretically bite someone at Activision in the ass, the company is promoting X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the UK by backing giant weasel mating. There are two Logan’s in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo today, all thanks to the marketing efforts of Activision. The zoo’s only male wolverine, which is a…

Left 4 Dead Is Free AND 40% Off This Weekend

Valve sweetens the free 24-hour trial for the PC version of Left 4 Dead that kicked off today by dropping the purchase price by 40%. Today only, PC gamers can download Valve’s Left 4 Dead via Steam and play it completely free of charge for a 24-hour period, after which you have to purchase the…

Is Point Look A New Fallout 3 Expansion?

Several online retailers are listing a DVD containing the Fallout 3 Broken Steel expansion and something called Point Look, leading to speculation that more downloadable content is on the way. Three separate online retailers are now listing a Fallout 3 Expansion Pack – Broken Steel and Point Look product for the Xbox 360, including eStarland,…

Naughty Dog Talks Uncharted 2 DLC, Coop

Uncharted 2 lead game designer Neil Druckmann talks environments, cooperative play and downloadable content with the Playstation Blog in this video. I sat through the entire video hoping to hear a question from

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Diverse Worlds

BioWare helps us move past the problems of the past week, with a new developer diary exploring the planets of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The video explores the creation of some of the planets included in the next massively multiplayer Star Wars title, from the writing to the art design. There’s still no planet…

27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards Voting Opens

Now’s your chance to make sure your favorite games make it onto the short list in the 27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards. It’s that time of the year again. One of the world’s oldest video game award programs seeks gamers to flock to its website, nominatting their favorite games in fifteen different categories. This is…

SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3: A Closer Look

Earlier this week Sony released this fresh batch of screens from upcoming Playstation Portable shooter, SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3. If you missed it, here’s the video as well.

3D Resident Evil 5 Coming to PC

Resident Evil 5, Bionic Commando and Street Fighter IV will start hitting the PC this summer, each with new features, Capcom announced today. Street Fighter IV and Bionic Commando will hit the PC this July, with Resident Evil 5 coming to the platform later this year. Street Fighter IV will feature online play, higher screen…

Lips Gets New Edition In May

Microsoft’s karaoke game Lips adds a ton of new music this month, but none quite as impressive as the New Edition Song Pack. No, there’s nothing wrong with your line. The New Edition Song Pack for Lips is coming on the 15th of May, adding three of 80’s group’s biggest hits to the Xbox 360.…

New PAIN Download Brings Daxter, Nine New Games to PSN Title

Later this month the Sore Spots add-on for Playstation Network title PAIN, hits the console bringing with it the PAINalympics. The add-on will also come with a free download of a playable Daxter. The PAINalympics has two to four players competing in nine new events within the game: Horseshoes – There are four giant horseshoes…

Jumpgate Special Edition Is Full Of Stars

The special edition box set for NetDevil’s Jumpgate: Evolution certainly doesn’t suffer from a lack of space and space by-products. Discovered by a curious reader via a product listing at UK retailer Game’s website, the Special Edition of Jumpgate: Evolution is packed with exactly the sort of things you’d expect to find in the special…

Stephen Totilo Bio

Stephen Totilo is a reporter based in Brooklyn, New York. He’s the editor-in-chief for video gaming site Kotaku. Prior to joining Kotaku, Totilo worked for four years as MTV News’ first full-time video game reporter. His work appeared on-line and on-air across MTV, MTV2, MTVu, MTV’s international channels, MTVNews.com and the MTV Multiplayer blog, which…

Wow, Check Out One Of Wolverine’s Secret Places

In the frozen wastes surrounding the Akali Lake Weapon X facility, Wolverine stumbles upon an artifact of untold power from another world…of Warcraft. I’m placing the main image below in case the spoiler warning tag isn’t enough to keep you from peeking inside. It really is one of the more humorous little cross-title nods I’ve…

Thrustmaster Unveils DSi Stand For One-Handed Net Browsing

Thrustmaster today unveiled a stand for the DSi and a strap that doubles as a charger for the portable. The T-Standee Charger is a multi-position docking station for the DSi that also allows uses to charge their console. The stand can rotate so you can play or view your DSi either horizontally or vertically. I’m…

Next Week Is GOLDEN

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Lucy In the Sky With Vestibular Disease Next week is Golden Week in Japan. You know, the week of national holidays which causes the entire country to shut down. Don’t really have any plans myself other than unpacking. You? What you missed last night Why Won’t Japanese Gamers Buy The…

Nintendo’s Record Court Fine Reduced By Soft-Hearted Judge

Back in 2002, Nintendo were busted by the European Union for price-fixing. Their punishment was a €149 million (USD$200 million) fine, which is still one of the biggest penalties ever handed out by the EU. But for being such co-operative so-and-sos with the whole thing, a judge has reduced the company’s fines to “only” €119…