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Rare Founders Leave Company
1UP is reporting that Rare founders Chris and Tim Stamper have left the Microsoft owned development studio. The two have reportedly left to "pursue other opportunities", with the departure supposedly having nothing to do with the poor sales reception of Viva Pinata. continue reading »
Msoft Ozy's 2007 Predictions
Ozymandias has put together his game industry predictions for 2007 which, not surprisingly, include some very bad news for Sony. Here's his list and my take: Ozy: The original PSP (with memory stick) will be discontinued, and replaced by a new model with an integrated hard drive. continue reading »
The SNES That Never Was...
The PAL SNES looked sweet. The NTSC one...did not. But judging by these ancient magazine scans, the potential was there for it to look a whole lot better. Chris Covell, a nomad who wanders the streets of Japan in search of historical artefacts, has hit paydirt. continue reading »
Plenty O PS3s But No Takers
Reports have been steadily trickling in since yesterday of stockpiles of Playstation 3s found sitting around in Best Buys untouched, or hardly touched. continue reading »
This Day in Gaming, 2007 Predictions
2007: Two questions for you, dearest readers. 1. What will it bring...price drops, new hardware, failure or success of the next gen multimedia downloads? 2. What are you most looking forward to...games, finally affording hardware, flaming Sony? 3. What were you most surprised by in '06... continue reading »
Clips: Halo 3 Gameplay
halo 3 Short but sweet, these two videos show the first brief snippets of Halo 3 in action from a beta test Bungie put on for some American troops in Iraq. continue reading »
Bungie Get US Army To Beta Test Halo 3
If you're going to let people play your game before it's released, you may as well get guys and girls who have some reference point as to how a battle rifle actually works. Their feedback at this stage of development would be invaluable. continue reading »
Happy New Years!
January 1. The first day of a new year. Time to do away with all those resolutions you drunkenly blurted out a few hours ago and come to the cold, harsh realisation that 2007 will in all likelihood transpire much like 2006 did. You won't diet. You won't get in touch with long-lost friends. continue reading »
My Darkest Moments of 2006 Video Game Reporting
Last week I posted a link to a piece Stephen Totilo wrote for MTV about his personal worst moments in video game journalism in 2006. At the time, I emailed Totilo and asked if he would mind if I stole the idea from him. continue reading »
Lieberman Joins Clinton in Line For Gaming Donations
Back in August, 2005 I broke the story that ESA president Doug Lowenstein and Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music for Electronic Arts were co-hosting an intimate $1,000-a-plate affair to raise money for the Friends of Hillary Clinton. The breakfast, set at a posh D.C. hotel, happened just... continue reading »
Readers' Top 20 Kotaku Stories
I give to you the year's most popular stories, as voted on by you our many, many, many readers and those hundreds of thousands of pageviews each story received: 20. Fatal1ty Loses Challenge at CES 19. Now This is a Zelda Revolution Controller 18. Battlefield 2142 with a Dash of Spyware 17. continue reading »
Feature: The Decline of the PS3 Grey Market
By: Michael Fahey The rise and fall of the PlayStation 3 on eBay is one of the most talked about gaming stories of the year. continue reading »
Wiis Hit Amazon In The Morning
Make sure you set your alarm early tomorrow, kids, as you'll get another chance to score a Nintendo Wii at Amazon. It's unclear what may be tacked on to this particular sale, but don't be surprised to get the bundle screwjob. continue reading »
New Sega Shirts Hit, McWhertor Wets Self
I'm totally stealing this right out of the slack-jaw of Michael McWhertor who is A) On a plane as you read this... I think B) Too classy to link to his personal site, Geek on Stun. continue reading »
Motorstorm: I'm in Love
Ok, I'm officially taking the torch from McWhertor as Kotaku's resident Motorstorm fanboy. I just got my preview copy of the game for the Playstation 3 debug and it kicks major ass. It's like what Excite Truck could have been, but with better graphics. continue reading »
Prime Minister Tony Blair's PS3 Scandal
On Boxing Day (that would be the day after Christmas to all of us Yanks) Prime Minister Tony Blair flew out to Florida with his family for a week-long holiday at the Miami Beach home of the Bee Gees Robin Gibb. continue reading »
Feature: How to Get Your 5-Year-old to Shred
By: Brian Crecente My son Tristan and have been playing Guitar Hero 2 on and off since the game came out. continue reading »
God of War 2 Goes Beta
I somehow missed this last week, while dealing with the approaching holiday and massive blizzard: God of War 2 is officially beta. continue reading »