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Well, At Least Microsoft Are Using Home

After the first few days, how many of you are still using Home? Hands up? Yeah. That’s what I thought. Ah well. Hey, Sony, look on the bright side; at least Microsoft are using it! A program instituted by Portsmouth University in the UK – aimed at cutting the cost of travel and communications for…

Rock Band’s January Lineup Includes Roy Orbison, Lenny Kravitz & Steve Miller Band

Someone’s accidentally posted most of Rock Band’s January DLC lineup on the game’s forums. Oops. The listings were quickly taken down but, like an elephant, the internet never forgets. Seems we have at least three bands lined up for the month. As we reported last month, Roy Orbison is coming to the game, and the…

Americans Spent 2008 Playing World Of Warcraft, PlayStation 2 Games

We get a fair idea of which games sell the most. But what about the games we play the most? Little harder to quantify. That hasn’t stopped surveyors Nielsen from trying to find out! According to their “best of 2008” lists – which record stuff like the ten highest-grossing movies, biggest-selling albums, etc – America’s…

Kotaku’s Most Read and Commented Stories of 2008

We’ve given you the site’s most popular videos, features and reporting, but what single story was the most read on Kotaku in 2008. And which story elicited the most comments? Surprise! The most popular involves nudity! Most Read Playboy’s Jo Garcia Pwns Wii Fit Girl Nintendo Announce New DS: The Nintendo DSi The Top 50…

Welcome to 2009, What Are Your Gaming Resolutions?

Last night I shot off a few Kotaku resolutions, things I hope to do on the site during 2009. But what about you? We’re officially a short sleep into 2009, so you’ve had plenty of time to ponder your slow death and gamer failings. What do you hope to do this year gaming wise and,…

My New Year’s Resolutions Are…

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Kotaku Resolutions Happy New Year’s! Last night we spent the evening watching a music program on NHK and trying to teach Mini-Bash how to say the Japanese New Year’s greeting — he kept putting it in the past tense for some kooky reason. Regarding New Year’s resolutions, I have only…

Your Three Favorite Dioramas

Our Arcade Mania diorama contest has come to a close, and Kotakuland has picked the winners. What to see your favorite dioramas? Winners, please send an email to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom to claim your copy of Arcade Mania. Be sure to include your address and let us know if you’d like your copy signed. Arcade Mania is…

What’s Nintendo’s Year End Tokyo Stock Exchange Ranking?

Let’s take look back at something very exciting: Nintendo’s year end Tokyo Stock Exchange market ranking. What number did the company come in? Oh, the suspense! Here is the 2008 year end Tokyo Stock Exchange market cap ranking: 1. Toyota Motors: 10.160 trillion yen 2. NTT Docomo: 7.915 trillion yen 3. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group:…

More SEGA Dreamcast Game Trademark Re-Registering Fun

SEGA has re-registered yet another trademark for yet another Dreamcast game. This time, it’s puzzler ChuChu Rocket. On December 22, SEGA U.S. re-registered the ChuChu trademark — one of many DC titles to get their TMs renewed. According to game site Siliconera, this year SEGA has re-registered trademarks for following Dreamcast games: Sonic Shuffle, Cosmic…

Dumb Lady Physically Puts Credit Cards In Wii

There are smart people, and there are dumb people. Here is the story of a dumb person, her credit cards and a Nintendo Wii. Over at game forum NeoGAF, member HUELEN10 told the following tale. We cannot vouch for the validity of it, but here goes: My neighbors which I don’t really know to well…

Uncharted 2 Also Takes Place In War-Torn Tibet, Has New Love Interest

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has a new game mechanic (stealth) and a new dead famous guy (Marco Polo). Both we knew. What are some things we didn’t know about Uncharted 2? Creative Director Amy Hennig tells EDGE magazine, “Our last story was about Francis Drake… Our ‘what if’ was: what if Francis Drake hadn’t died…

PlayStation Home And Second Life: Worlds Apart

Ever since PlayStation Home was first announced in January 2007, people have been calling it Second Life for the PlayStation 3. We take a look at what separates these two very different virtual worlds. Having been immersed in Second Life for the better part of two years now, I first ventured into the virtual world…

A Year In Review: The Top Reviews Of 2008

2008 was the year that we decided to get off our butts, start reviewing games and finally tell the game blog reading populace exactly what we thought of Haze. It was a very good year. While we’d “reviewed” games in the past, we didn’t have a format that we were happy with. We settled that…

Reminder: Steam Holiday Sale Ending Soon

Just a heads up, as we’re going to be light on posting tomorrow that the massive Steam holiday sale, full of bargains, ends January 2nd. Maybe at midnight! Get your cheapness before it’s gone!

Show Me The Games You Got In 2008 & I’ll Show You Mine

As 2008 comes to a close (or has already for those of you in The Future) it’s always fun to look back on a year’s worth of purchases and obsessively list twelve months of consumption. This year represents, as far as I know, my biggest haul. The reason? This is the year I started to…

Kotaku Resolutions

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Oh, 2009, Hi Despite not being a big celebrator of New Year’s Day, I still make resolutions. The thing is, when kept private, resolutions are rarely kept, at least by me. So here are my Kotaku resolutions: Roll out the new format for previews Bring critiques back Update our Work…

Reminder: Blizzard Customer Support Still Not A Teen Suicide Hotline

Teenage suicide? Don’t do it. And don’t threaten that you’re going to kill yourself to Blizzard Entertainment customer support representatives via online chat, because that will land your ass in jail. (Pro tip!) Unfortunately, one 17-year old doofus from Middletown, Ohio hadn’t learned that lesson in time, making a phony threat while chatting in-game with…

Way of the Samurai Finds Path To Xbox 360

Former PlayStation exclusive series Way of the Samurai is making the platform jump. Publisher Spike announced its intentions to bring Way of the Samurai 3 to the Xbox 360 in February. Originally released on the PlayStation 3 in November, Way of the Samurai 3 (aka Samurai Dou 3) debuted in Japan with 81,000 units sold.…

Play Pinball, Learn About Farts

I’ve seen plenty of edumacational games and I’m always delighted to explore how they surreptitiously teach people as they play a game. But this is the first time I’ve played a edu-pinbal game. Early on in the touring Grossology exhibit there are two Gas Attack Pinball machines. The game appears to be a standard pinball…

Wall Street Journal: Playing The Fool

An article from the Wall Street Journal highlights some eyebrow-raising stories from the new book “The Race for a New Game Machine,” written by designers who worked closely on the Cell and 360 processors. The book details the entire roller coaster ride of development, including when Microsoft contacted IBM to have the 360 chipset designed…