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So What Games Are Porn Stars Into?

Right now, I’m playing Mirror’s Edge. Thanks for asking. I, however, am not a pornographic film star, and as such, what I’m playing is nowhere near as interesting as what they’re playing. Catching up with a select few of them at the AVN show in Vegas last week, GameDaily asked them the tough questions. Who…

Final Fantasy Creator Is Interested In Doing A Wii Game

Hironobu Sakaguchi is best known for two things: Creating Final Fantasy and his ‘stache. His resume is more than that! He’s also created Blue Dragon for the Xbox 360 and now the Nintendo DS. Since Microsoft Game Studios published Blue Dragon, we don’t have our hopes up for the game appearing on the PLAYSTATION 3.…

Take A Tour Of Microsoft’s Fake Retail Store

There are Apple Stores. So why not Microsoft Stores? It’s a good question. Turns out there is a Microsoft store. Only…it’s at Microsoft HQ, isn’t open to the public and isn’t even a real store. Confused? Let’s take a tour. It’s called the Microsoft Retail Experience Center, and is apparently designed to show how “Microsoft…

The Sun Teaches Us How To Make Sackboy

Stuck between articles on googly-eyed Amy Winehouse, UK tabloid The Sun has a helpful PDF how-to for knitting a Sackboy toy. No, really. Not exactly the sort of content one would expect from The Sun. Though, the article’s intro seems laced with typical Sun sexual innuendo: “STUCK for something to do over the New Year…

Your Insane Fanboy Form Letter

Fanboys are crazy. We hate them. They do make us snicker, so here is a fill-in-the-blank fanboy letter courtesy of game site Hardcasual. It’s supposed to be to a game company, but many of these lines echo online chatter. Unfortunately. To the folks at [GAME COMPANY], let me first say I’ve [-ED VERB] all your…

Fable 2 Gets A Halo Assault Rifle

So Fable II’s DLC is out. You got it yet? If so, head on over to the Box of Secrets and trade in some pure experience. Do that and you’ll get…a gun from Halo. Don’t believe us? Here she is. It’s called “Hal’s Rifle”. Basically a firearm that looks identical to Halo’s classic Assault Rifle,…

Here Are All Of Street Fighter IV’s ULTRA MOVES

.html?r=1&type=flv There are moves, there are special moves, and then there are ultra moves. Here are Street Fighter IV’s toughest, baddest attacks, one for each character. Love Seth’s, there’s a certain Kirby vibe about it.

Why Monster Hunter Is So Damn Popular In Japan

Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise is huge in Japan. Outside Japan? Not so huge. There must be reasons for that. There are, apparently. One of the biggest reasons seems to be the game’s ad hoc network play. For Monster Hunter, this type of play is so popular that friends often meet up just to play MH.…

“New” Pokemon Game Announced

Nintendo have announced a new Pokemon game for the DS! As you read this, millions of people across the planet are so excited they’re vibrating on the spot. Why not join them! Or you could come around and realise it’s yet another tiny, incremental update to a previous Pokemon game. That might best prepare you…

A Link To The Past Cross Stitch Map

Four months, folks, four months. Video game craft-maker Servotron toiled for four months on this A Link to the Past cross stitch. *applause* Servotron was originally planning to a screenshot from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Game Boy, but then settled on this ALTTP map. For that, we are grateful — nothing against Donkey…

Rock Band 2 DLC Is Fully Armed And Operational On The Wii

Poor Wii owners. You look at the 360 and PS3 kids madly downloading songs for Rock Band, and a single tear rolls down your soft, porcelain cheek. You feel left out. Well, no longer! After a few technical hiccups, the Wii’s Rock Band store is now open and ready for your patronage. There are 50…

Yes, Someone Has Purchased $7,000 Worth Of Famicom Cartridges

Remember that “complete set” of retro Famicom cartridges that we posted earlier today? Sure you do! Akihabara retailer Mandarake had a “complete set” of 1,051 Famicom cartridges for a mere ¥650,000 (US$7,300). Had because someone is buying the set. May he or she enjoy all 1,051 Famicom cartridges — but only one at a time.…

First Street Fighter IV Reviews Are In

Are you the type to forgo personal experience of a title as a means of determining a title’s worth in favour of the opinions of a gaming publication? Are you pumped for Street Fighter IV? Well, then, you’ll be chuffed to know that the first reviews for Capcom’s hotly-anticipated fighter are in. And they are…

Who Owns The Rights To Guilty Gear?

There are rumors that Sega Sammy Holdings now owns the rights to Guilty Gear, the flashy fighting franchise from developer Arc System Works. Game site Gamasutra tries to find out if they are true. Background: Sammy, which bought SEGA in 2004, has published Guilty Gear tiles like Guilty Gear X, Guilty Gear Isuka and Guilty…

Rumor: EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios Down Under

Electronics Arts has shuffled off Pandemic Studios’ Brisbane office, a reliable source tells Kotaku. The Australian developer was best known for Destroy All Humans! and its rumored development of an ill-fated Batman game. According to the information we were provided, Pandemic’s Brisbane staffers weren’t necessarily laid off by EA corporate, which purchased the developer alongside…

Coraline Screens Creep Me Out

I’m thrilled Neil Gaiman children’s book Coraline is getting the Nightmare Before Christmas treatment. But I can’t say the same for the video game tie-in. Something about these screens just seems too happy to me. No spoilers, but suffice it to say Coraline is not a tale of bright, shiny, happy things. So why does…

New Game Informer Reveals Activision’s Singularity

The February issue of Game Informer drops a “world exclusive” on us, Activision and Raven Software’s Singularity. What is it? A sci-fi shooter, if you can possibly believe that. According to the magazine’s teaser, Singularity “features mind-bending gameplay that not only has the player jumping through time, but using it as a weapon.” You get…

FIFA Interactive World Cup 2009 Grand Final goes to Barcelona

FIFA, Electronic Arts and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that the 2009 FIFA Interactive World Cup is going to go down in Barcelona this May. There’s still time to enter the tournament before the March 31 cutoff date. Qualifying rounds are going on worldwide via PlayStationNetwork and at FIWC 09 Live Qualifier Events. Check…

Analyst Dates PlayStation 3 Price Drop For April

Microsoft says its anticipating a PlayStation 3 price drop in the “springtime,” but what about the video game industry’s best-known analysts? One has pegged Sony for a PS3 price cut as early as April. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has consulted the spirit world (and probably a spreadsheet or two, to be fair) bringing back…

Red Alert 3 For PS3 Is The “Ultimate Edition”

There’s a good reason PlayStation 3 owners have had to wait to play Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 on their console. EA’s been busy packing the ULTIMATE experience onto a Blu-ray disc! Or so says the EA Store, which now lists the PS3 “Ultimate Edition” port of the latest Red Alert real-time strategy game.…