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We Can Only Hope 2009 Brings Us These Sackboys

Looks like LittleBigPlanet fansite LittleBigPlanetoid got a copy of Photoshop for Christmas, because they’ve been busy dreaming up, then drawing up, a wish list for celebrity gaming sackboys for the new year. Some appear feasible (Dante), some appear possible (Vader), some appear impossible (Master Chief). All, however, are adorable. Oh, and before you start bitching…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2008

Alone In The Dark With Added Crecente Creepy

Burno sends along this entry. It is TOTALLY UNSETTLING. Adds Burno, “It’s AO, so you better get that trenchcoat and Fedora if you plan on picking this one up.” We’re giving away a copy of Alone in the Dark to one of you reader people. Here’s the contest: Make your own Alone in the Dark…

By Brian Ashcraft Published December 29, 2008

ESRB Denies Working With Iran

A report from last week claimed Iran had ‘joined’ the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The ESRB, meanwhile, has no idea where that came from. “We have not had any discussions with Iran about adopting our rating system,” said Eliot Mizrachi, Assistant Director, Communications at the ESRB. More questions were raised, however, when a second report…

By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008

Call Of Duty Series: 35 Million Sold

Ever stop and wonder just why it is Activision have two development teams working on Call of Duty? It’s not for the hell of it. Or even, mm mmm mmmm, for the smell of it. It’s because people can’t seem to stop buying the various iterations of the franchise. An innocent little Reuters story from…

By Luke Plunkett Published December 29, 2008

“Sony Is Doomed!” Ray Redirected Toward PSP

It’s been a rough couple of months for Sony and the PlayStation 3, particularly in the mainstream press. Now that the two year old console has been sufficiently thrashed, we think the PSP is due. And so does Yahoo! Games, who paints a very bleak picture of the PSP’s current performance and its future. Clearly,…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Wii Fit Moves Out Of Electronics, Into Women’s Clothing Department

Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: the mega retailer is currently doing massive reductions on women’s self-esteem, moving the Wii Fit advertising kiosks from the electronics department to women’s clothing. A diabolical tactic! Yes, that’s a full length body mirror adjacent to the Wii Fit kiosk, a deviously placed hint that’s not so subtly telling Wal-Mart shoppers “Hey,…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Yuji Naka Explains Why He Left Sega, Created Let’s Tap

When Sonic the Hedgehog programmer and Nights creator Yuji Naka left Sega, we expected big things from his Prope studio. We got Let’s Tap instead. So why’d you leave Sega again, Mr. Naka? In a nutshell, Naka wanted to get back to real game development, away from that high level managerial nonsense. He tells Gamasutra…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Soulja Boy Tells ‘Em With His NXE Avatar

Soulja Boy’s new song "Grind On" makes its video debut by way of his Xbox 360 Avatar. As horrible as it is for me to say this, I think it’s actually a semi-catchy song. The video itself isn’t anything spectacular. It’s just him spinning his avatar around for three or four minutes with a few…

By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008

Classic Metal Gear Moves Work, But Only On Pro Wrestlers

Hiding from your enemies in a cardboard box doesn’t work too spectacularly in the real world, or even in Metal Gear Solid, but it works in the squared circle, as proven by Akiba Pro Wrestling. Famitsu.com reports that the wrestling league recently tried to lure in the video game otaku — and probably promote some…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

What Star Wars: Battlefront III Might Have Looked Like

With Free Radical Design having effectively kicked the bucket, shedding most of its workforce and desperately seeking buyers, here come the leaks. We’ve already seen what Timesplitters 4 might have looked like—how about Battlefront III? High poly-count renders and in-game meshes from the third Star Wars: Battlefront were leaked by one of Free Radical’s former…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Amazon’s “Best of 2008” Video Games Are All Wii

Amazon.com, still bursting with self-promotion from what it called its best holiday shopping season ever, has revealed its “Best Of” products from 2008. In the video game category, it was all Wii, all the time. How did Amazon decide what was the “best” of the past year? It let its customers decide, breaking down the…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Capcom Has A “Whole Slew” Of Titles Coming To PSN And PSP In ’09

I think Sony’s PSN could use some more PSone downloadables. I’m glad to see Capcom agrees with me. John Diamonon from Capcom writes on the Playstation Blog: “So what’s in store for 09? Well, I’m working with Grace and Ro at SCEA to come up with some innovative ways we can offer games and programs…

By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008

Here Comes the New Year

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Get A Present? Give A Present So we’re a little more than half way through publishing our in-game podcast interviews. I should be able to wrap them up by the end of the year. Tomorrow I’ll be running or nominations for Kotaku’s Game of the Year. I wonder how the…

By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008

Namco Bandai’s Fragile Looks Really Good*

*You know, for a Wii game. And we mean that in the nicest way possible, as if there were three GameCubes powering this role-playing game. Oh, I kid! Fragile just looks plain old good. No word yet on whether Namco Bandai’s bringing this one to our side of the Pacific yet, seeing as how we’re…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

Gears Of War 2: The Ultimate Glitch Collection

Gears of War 2 attended Glitch Fest 2000. We know that. But just how glitchy? Here’s a video that shows off just about all of them. There’s 16 total with some honorable mentions. Not only does the video do a great job of highlighting said glitches, but it also takes shots at Epic Games and…

By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008

The Top Gaming Videos of 2008

With the year quickly wrapping up it’s time to start rolling out some lists, lists of popular things on Kotaku! First up: Our most popular videos of 2008. Leading the charge of original videos is Owen’s first-hand experience with Grand Theft Auto and a bottle of whiskey. Other popular original vids include Tristan checking out…

By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008

Could The $60 Standard Be Reversed By The Recession?

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the economy’s in the toilet. Even the supposed “recession-proof” video game industry is feeling the pinch, with publishers slashing prices even on best-selling titles. Could last-gen pricing return? Forbes points to cuts on titles like Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War — currently Amazon.com’s deal of the day…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008

SF Chronicle’s Best Games Of 2008 (GTA IV Doesn’t Make It)

While 2009 is almost upon us, there’s still some time to pass out gaming awards for 2008. I bet you didn’t think No More Heroes would be making anyone’s list. The San Francisco Chronicle handed out their gaming awards for the year. Noticeably missing from this list are the usual suspects, like Grand Theft Auto…

By Jim Reilly Published December 29, 2008

Cortex Command, My Secret Holiday Joy

I’ve spent the past week or two methodically playing though a list of Independent Games Festival entries as a judge for the annual indie awards. The process, which puts both fantastic and less than appealing titles before the judges, is always entertaining. Through it, for instance, I discovered this fun little flash game. Over the…

By Brian Crecente Published December 29, 2008

Disgaea 2 Getting Downsized For PSP

Nippon Ichi is giving Disgaea fans even more hot Prinny action on the go, announcing that a port of the PlayStation 2 game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will get a PSP port next year. Just like the PlayStation Portable port of the original Disgaea: Hour of Darkness — which shrunk down in the form of…

By Michael McWhertor Published December 29, 2008