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Stylish Robber Shoots Man for Wii

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man in Air Jordans who broke into a home in West Palm Beach Tuesday night and shot a man before stealing his Wii. Air Jordans? Really? The fancy footwearer and a pal broke into the home about 7:30 p.m., demanded money and jewelry from the person…

Your Next Xbox Original Is…Blowout?

The Xbox Originals program selection process continues to confuse, as the Gamerscore Blog revlelas the next addition to the lineup of downloadable “classics” for the Xbox 360, Terminal Reality’s Blowout. Only the fact that Crecente might actually be reading this post keeps me from just writing “Why?” 200 times and calling it a day. For…

Resident Evil 5 Demo Premiers On 360 January 26th

Xbox 360 owners will be getting an early taste of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 come January 26th, when a one-week timed exclusive demo hits Xbox Live. The demo, much like the one released late last year in Japan, features two levels from the full game, Assembly Place and Shanty Town, allowing 360 owners to play…

EA Responds to Pandemic Rumor

In the face of rumors that Pandemic’s Brisbane, Australia studio has been let go, Electronic Arts said today that their upcoming cuts will affect studios, but declined to be more specific. “In December, EA announced a cost reduction initiative that will impact facilities and headcount,” said Mariam Sughayer, Electronic Arts spokeswoman. “We do not expect…

New Final Fantasy XIII Character Has A Fabulous Afro

A scan from the latest issue of Japanese gaming and manga magazine V Jump reveals the first new playable black character to appear in Final Fantasy since FFVII, Sazh Katzroy. Sahz is an unusual design from FF artist Tetsuya Nomura, foregoing the normal pretty boy looks for a much more masculine looking black character, the…

Russian Warhammer Online Dated And Rubled

EA and Mythic Entertainment are getting ready to invade Russia next month, as they announce the official February release date for the localized version of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Announced back in July of last year, the Russian version of Warhammer Online will be shipping out on February 5th, in 3 different flavors and…

A Guide to Proper Commenting

Let’s start with what is the heart of Kotaku’s commenting principals: Commenting is a privilege not a right. Whether today is your first day reading the site or you’ve been reading it since the day I stepped foot in Kotaku tower, you don’t have the right to troll, to name call, to get off topic…

2K Boss: Wii Market Is Full Of Crap

Anyone who has browsed the Nintendo Wii section of their favorite video game retail outlet lately has to agree with 2K Games global president Christoph Hartmann – the Wii market is flooded with crap. There are a ton of games out for the Nintendo Wii to be sure, but for the uninformed consumer, finding a…

Zork Returns In MMO Form, Somewhat

The classic adventure game Zork is back, this time in the form of a browser-based casual MMO Legends of Zork, published by Ireland-based Jolt Online Gaming. The Great Underground Empire is in ruins, FrobozzCo International has implemented massive layoffs, and a newly unemployed traveling salesmen sets off in search of treasure and adventure in this…

Welcome To the Family: A Letter From Xbox 360’s John Schappert

Welcome to the Family is a series of three letters that will run this week from the heads of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. We asked each of the companies to write up a welcome letter to new owners of their consoles. They did the rest. We are running them in the order they were received.…

So… How Is The Baby?

To: Crecente From: Bash RE: TV That’s the question I’m getting a lot these days. It’s a nice question! While Mrs. Bashcraft’s pregnancy was rather rough on her (her morning sickness was so bad she needed to be hospitalized), the actual delivery was smooth. Taking care of Micro Bash has been smooth as well. Sure,…

GAME To Offer Rentals As Well As New Games

GAME, GameStop/EB’s biggest competitor in both Europe and Australasia, currently sell new games. And sell used games. But soon, they’ll be offering a third way of getting hold of a game. And that’s rentals. Having recently partnered with rental group SwapGame, the retailer are to offer British customers the option of paying a monthly subscription…

How Is The iPhone Different From The DS & PSP?

Easy. It’s a phone. But hey, like I said, that’s easy. For a more complicated answer, why don’t we see what VP of iPod and iPhone product marketing Greg Joswiak has to say. In a departure from some of the company’s more boisterous, were-gonna-git-you-DS claims, Joswiak tells Edge that the DS and PSP are from…

Watchmen Artist Says Watchmen Game Is “Completely Canon”

Watchmen: The End is Nigh is a video game tie-in for the movie version of the Watchman graphic novel. No, don’t leave yet! Keep reading. The beat-’em-up-meets-puzzle-game will be released in an episodic format to coincide with the upcoming film. While Watchman writer Alan Moore is off being bonkers and not involved with the game,…

A Control Pad For Those Who Roll Twenties

Or have “Magic Happens” stickers on their bumper. Either or. I have neither, but might still pick one of these up, if only to scare small children and sensitive house guests with. It’s called the “Dragon”, and while it doesn’t breathe fire, it does have eyes that light up. But that’s not the best part.…

Is Nintendo Making A Motion Sensing DS Card?

Maybe! A Nintendo trademark that’s appeared on the Japanese trademark database indicates such. The trademark is for a “DS Houi Sensor Card” with “houi” meaning “direction” or even “cardinal point” in Japanese. Website Siliconera wonders if that means it refers to the ability to sense motion or detect direction. (Maybe Nintendo is making some sort…

Your Geometry Wars Megamix Is Here

It’s a late happy new years from Bizarre, with the release of a 13-minute long track entitled “46860 Choices” going out to all the Geometry Wars fans in the house. Put together by Chris Chudley of Audio Antics, the track is free, and if you’re wondering why it sounds so familiar, it’s a mix tape…

“Wii Is Driven By Girls And Women”

Hey! Girls play video games. I know that, you know that, and even Tim Curry knows that. But what’s more, publisher Ubisoft says, females drive the Nintendo Wii. According to Ann Hamilton, senior brand manager with game publisher Ubisoft, “What’s driving the Wii sales is the use of Wii by women, girls and families… It’s…

Sony Sue Over Hacker-Friendly PSP Battery

Datel – makers of the Wii’s Freeloader, amongst other things – were working on a third-party PSP battery that would have made it easier to hack the PSP-3000. That is, until Sony sued. A notice to customers pre-ordering the device – called the Lite Blue Tool – apologises for the fact the product will now…

Hey Game Developers, Learn How To Use Your Game Writers!

Video game writing is still in its infancy. It’s a baby, so to speak. But, it’s maturing. Mirror’s Edge writer Rhianna Pratchett says the key to integrate scribes into the team. According to Pratchett, “I think far more developers are aware of the need for writers but they don’t really know how to integrate them…