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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

I’m in the mood to shoot things. That’s why I’ll be plugging away at Gears of War 2‘s single-player campaign this weekend, something I’ve neglected despite the love my fellow Kotakus have shown the game. The game keeps coming up in conversation and various blogs I read, mostly for its glitchiness and “half-assed” storytelling. But…

And Now The North American Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition

Wow. Capcom certainly isn’t skimping on the North American Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition, packed with enough Kijuju-themed goodness to kill a small horse, possibly bringing it back from the dead afterwards. The $89.99 limited Collector’s Edition of Resident Evil 5 is now available for pre-order across North America, and as you can see they…

Microsoft: Peddling Add-Ons Works For Us

Sony recently called out Microsoft and Nintendo for having consoles that require add-ons in order to offer the total package. Now Xbox 360 group PR manager David Dennis responds, and fires right back. Speaking to Edge, Dennis offered his response to Sony’s add-on peddling claims, much like Xbox 360 group product manager Andrew Greenberg did…

Rest In Peace, Circuit City

After closing 155 stores and filing for bankruptcy last year, the nation’s second largest electronics retailer Circuit City is now planning to liquidate its remaining 567 U.S. stores. The troubled company had been trying to find a buyer or secure financing in order to stay afloat, but today they announced that their last-ditch attempts had…

Battlezone Coming to the iPhone

When he’s not busy maintaining an amazing personal arcade in his home, Luca City Arcade’s Peter Hirschberg is apparently spends his time developing retro games for the iPhone. Vector Tanks, soon to hit the App Store, will bring a reworked and amped up version of Battlezone to the Apple portable, reports Touch Arcade. Hirschberg, who…

F.E.A.R. 2 Demo Drops Next Week

Those of you unable to make it to the New York City F.E.A.R. Lab this weekend won’t be waiting long to get your hands on the sequel, with a demo being released next week. Warner Bros. Interactive just let slip that a single player demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is making its way to…

SOE Sells EQ Loot For Child’s Play

Sony Online Entertainment has announced a month-long Child’s Play fund raising campaign, which will allow players of EverQuest and EverQuest II to buy in-game goodies that generate donations. Basically it works like this: Players order a special in-game item from the Marketplace using Station Cash, and Sony donates $10 to the Child’s Play Charity. EverQuest…

We Get It, Deadly Creatures Is Creepy

Rainbow Studios and THQ would like to remind you that their upcoming action adventure title Deadly Creatures is creepy as hell. Not that we needed reminding, but here’s a ton of screens, just in case. Still so very much on the fence about this one. I have enough trouble playing scary video games based on…

Take-Two’s Chief Operating Officer Exits, Stage Left

It seems like just two years ago that we were reporting that Capcom Europe’s Gary Dale was heading to Take-Two as Chief Operating Officer of Rockstar. Wait it was two years ago, and now he’s leaving? Dale did spend his two years at the company doing a lot of ladder climbing, first being promoted to…

Armacham Invites You To New York’s F.E.A.R. Lab

Armacham cordially invites Kotaku readers in the New York City area to participate in a F.E.A.R. lab this weekend, where players could snag a chance to play F.E.A.R. 2 in a specially designed chair. This is of course the culmination of the mysterious case event that had us on the edge of our seats towards…

Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box For February

Criterion Games today announces an early February release date for Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box, gathering all of the DLC, adding a new Party Pack, and marking the game’s PC debut, all at once. Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box will be available in retail stores on February 5th, giving new PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and…

Here’s Star Wars Battlefront III’s Sith Kenobi

Oh man, oh man, oh man. This has got to be the coolest looking Obi-Wan Kenobi I’ve ever seen. Fresh from the Kotaku source line come these amazing concept images of what would have happened if Obi-Wan Kenobi turned to the Dark Side. Here’s what Free Radical did to turn the lovable teacher, into a…

Finally A Naruto Shippuden Game For North America

Take heart, North American Naruto fans! After years of playing through the same damn storylines over and over again, Namco Bandai is finally moving along the plot with Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden. CyberConnect2’s latest Ultimate Ninja title for the PlayStation 2 takes us on a journey past the time jump, where a more confident…

Free Radical’s Star Wars Battlefront III is Dead

Remember that amazing footage of Star Wars Battlefront III we caught a glimpse of yesterday in the leaked footage? It looks like we’re never going to be able to play that game. SPOnG reports that a former Free Radical employee has verified that the footage is genuine, but that the game has already been passed…

Trying To Stop Cussin’, Huh

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: More Memory, More Memory, More Memory Nope, no issues with Firefox. It’s stopped crashing all the time for me recently — which is, you know, good. So… you tell me you’re trying to cuss less? What’s that about? What you missed last night December’s Biggest Game In The U.S. Is……

Europe’s Resident Evil 5 Collector’s Edition: Kijuju, Yo

We’ve seen North America’s Resident Evil 5 box art. Japan’s, too. They’re…OK, but not as nice as these puppies. Pictured is the box art for Europe’s collector’s edition of the game, and it looks nice. Otherwise known as the “Steelbook” edition, as you can see, Capcom’s art team has taken the bonkers-mad “Kijuju” motif and…

Samba De Amigo: The iPod

Don’t you just love it when outdated consumer electronics and semi-obscure game characters meet? Hope you do. Because they sure as shit meet in this rare Samba De Amigo iPod. A 3rd Gen iPod, only a handful were ever made, and were handed out last year at the Nintendo World Store in NYC to winners…

Major Minor’s Majestic March Dated For Japan

The folks that brought you PaRappa the Rapper and UmJammy Lammy (game designer Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblat) have re-teamed for Wii title Major Minor’s Majestic March. Guess who’s releasing it in Japan? Square Enix, that’s who. Proving that not all Square Enix games are coated in zippers and hairgel, Major Minor’s Majestic March follows…

You Won’t Play Final Fantasy XIII Until 2010

Waiting for the latest instalment in the Final Fantasy series? Great! You just keep on waiting, because Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada has said it won’t be out in the West until 2010. Speaking with Reuters, Wada confirms that while the Japanese release of Final Fantasy XIII (which is exclusive to the PS3)…

The Bestest Arcade Piggy Bank

Screw interest rates! Is there a better way to sock money away than this? No dear reader, there ain’t. You’re looking at a mini replica Space Invaders table top arcade cabinet that’s actually a piggy bank from Takara Tomy. The bank’s LCD screen acts as the coin counter and lights up each time a hundred…