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Features, Music, News
Parents Let Kid Drop Out Of School to Become a Guitar Hero

Might wanna soften up your palms, because they’re about to hit your face at record speed. Blake Peebles, a sixteen-year-old more…

Casual, Events, iOS, Mobile, Previews
EA’s Latest iPhone Goodies: Spore Origins and Scrabble Bonjour

EA was showing off four iPhone games yesterday at their Studio Showcase, and while two of them (Tetris and Sudoku) are more…

News
Valkyria Chronicles Hits Stateside November 11

Sega’s PS3 exclusive Valkyria Chronicles looks good. It looks really good. Alternate WWII-timeline, elegant painterly more…

Events, PC, Previews, Third Person Shooter
Hands-On Preview: Battlefield: Heroes

EA’s free-to-play online shooter, Battlefield: Heroes, hits press beta this fall, but we got to take a turn yesterday at EA’s more…

Events, Misc, News
Capcom: Our TGS “Ace” Will Pucker Your Balls

When speaking to Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft, Ben Judd, Capcom’s Producer of all things Bionic Commando, claimed that: “We more…

Events, First Person Shooter, Previews, Wii
Hands-On Preview: NERF N-Strike

Think of NERF N-Strike as E-rated training wheels (“rails,” actually, since it’s a rail-shooter) for more mature first-person more…

MMO, News, PC
New Jumpgate Evolution Trailer

If, like me, you are looking forward to the brand new space-based, real-time-combat-using, better-than-WoW, totally-awesome more…

Action, Events, Previews, Strategy, Third Person, Xbox 360
First Look: The Godfather 2

While the original The Godfather game was more of a typical thug action game, with extortion and racketeering seen as more…

News, PlayStation 3, Role Playing Game, Sony
Final Fantasy XIII Demo Over Two Hours Long

The latest issue of Famitsu is all about the recent Square Enix DKS3713 event, and according to reports, the Playstation 3 more…

Arcade, Fighting, News, PlayStation 3, Retro, Trailers, Xbox 360
A New Challenger Appears! Akuma Confirmed for Braw- Er, Street Fighter IV

Long time fans of Super Street Fighter II Turbo (and the Street Fighter Alpha series) will be pleased to know that today, more…

Action, Art, Fighting, News, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
First Screenshots of Batman: Arkham Asylum

It seems there’s a trend lately in the industry- whenever a company announces a game, you can bet that they will probably more…

Genre, Microsoft, News, Nintendo, Platformer, PlayStation 3, Retro, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360
Retro Refueling: Capcom Makes Mega Man 9 Energy Tank Drink

In Asia they take their food and drink merchandising strategies seriously. Pop star-branded Pringles, Final Fantasy soda, you more…

Action, Genre, Microsoft, News, PlayStation 3, Sandbox, Sony, Xbox 360
Rockstar Games Announces Japanese Grand Theft Auto IV Release Date

On October 30, 2008, the land of the rising sun will be treated to a fictional Bosnian with a blazing gun. In other words, more…

Microsoft, Misc, News, Retro, Xbox
Old Meets Older: Angry Father Punishes Kids, Nails Original Xbox to a Tree

This “news” comes straight from the angry father files. A Virginia family was having problems with their three children more…

Genre, News, Platformer, PlayStation 3, Sony
Huge LittleBigPlanet Ads Adorn Germany Near Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig

The infamous SackBoy and his LittleBigPaintbrush have painted their way onto the German cityscape just in time for this years more…