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wii

Nintendo Takes Wii To The Streets

Limpit over at WiiDs found this outdoor Wii kiosk in his home town of London. Two young gentlemen in white puffy Wii coats and hats demoed Wii Sports outdoors to an adoring crowd of onlookers on a Samsung HD TV. more »

2:00 PM ON SAT JAN 13 2007
BY FLYNN DE MARCO
150 views 18 comments


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Delta Airlines Opens DS Stations in Atlanta

Starting today, DS owners will be able to download game demos from kiosks installed in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. more »

6:00 PM ON MON NOV 20 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
710 views 13 comments


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Attack of the Sony Marketeers


With the Playstation 3 launch a reality here in the United States in just days, Sony has unveiled their latest marketing campaign. more »

12:01 PM ON THU NOV 16 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
196 views 9 comments


wii

Castrated Wii Kiosks Hitting Gamestop

Just returned from my local Gamestop, where the store manager informed me that their Wii demo station would be arriving tomorrow afternoon, sans the Wiimote, which would be hand delivered early next week by their regional Nintendo rep. His store and one other would be the first in the Atlanta area to receive the kiosks, with other stores getting staggered shipments up till launch. more »

3:20 PM ON THU NOV 2 2006
BY MIKE FAHEY
692 views 27 comments


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Wii Kiosks Showing Up At Gamestops

They may still be in bland cardboard shipping boxes, but they're there. Restless Wiis are now patiently waiting to be freed from their corrugated prisons by the local Nintendo reps and set up for the unwashed masses to poke, prod, molest, and fondle. more »

6:40 PM ON WED NOV 1 2006
BY MICHAEL MCWHERTOR
295 views 20 comments


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Playable Wiis Hit Nintendo World This Week

Starting Saturday, gamers will be able to play Wii games at the Nintendo World store in New York City. more »

10:00 AM ON WED NOV 1 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
635 views 15 comments


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Inside the PS3 Kiosk

Some of the Playstation 3s we played on at Gamers' Day were just sitting around on tables, like they would be at your house, but others were strapped inside the fancy PS3 kiosks that will be hitting stores in the near future. more »

9:17 AM ON FRI OCT 20 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
409 views 18 comments


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Wii Kiosk Image Not Fake, But Wii-eal.

And is PLAYSTATION 3 unit is also NOT FAKE. Last month, tipster sirpilf sent along images of the Wii and PS3 demo units, along with info as to when they'd be hitting American shops. Some doubted them, but here's video proof that those kiosks are for reals. more »

8:22 AM ON WED SEP 6 2006
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
143 views 13 comments


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PSP Kiosks Invade Boulder Next Week

We posted last week about the Playstation Portable kiosks set to hit the U.S. in the near future. Today I received official word that the FlatIron Crossing Mall will be one of the first three malls in the country to test the new kiosks out. more »

3:00 PM ON WED JUN 21 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
82 views 1 comment


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PS3 Kiosk Hits GDC

Sony just announced that they will have a Playstation 3 kiosk set up in the GDC expo hall tommorrow. Before you get too excited it sounds like the kiosk won't be showing much. The release says they will be "showcasing the latest hardware and development tools for the next-generation console including Unreal Engine, COLLADA, Playstation Graphics Library and performance analysis tools." more »

2:26 PM ON TUE MAR 21 2006
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
33 views 6 comments


xbox 360

Giant Kiwi Xbox 360 Bus

On March 23rd, the Xbox 360 finally launches in idyllic New Zealand. To promote the event, a custom metallic bus is bringing 360 goodness to all Kiwis. Inside the bus, there are playable demos of Project Gotham Racing 3, Fight Night Round 3, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Call of Duty 3, Perfect Dark Zero, Dead or Alive 4, Kameo: Elements of Power and Amped 3. The bus will be touring Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and loads of other cities throughout the North and South islands. Kiwis, you have no excuse not to get your game on! more »

3:44 PM ON MON MAR 6 2006
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
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Latest by Sockatume: It's like the truck from Universal Soldier! Awesome. more »


australian

Xbox 360 Demo Kiosk Automobile

Remember those customized Xbox 360 Holdens? The cars have been cruising around Down Under, promoting the MSoft console's upcoming March 23rd launch. Reader DunnyPanMan spotted one at The University of Queensland, Brisbane. The Holden was expanded in full repose, displaying the Samsung HDTVs and multiple speakers. What games were on hand? "They seemed to only be playing PGR3," writes our tipster. more »

9:24 AM ON FRI FEB 24 2006
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
1,100 views 5 comments


ninety-nine nights

N3 Demos Playable Soonish

Some of you have already had a hands-on, some of you haven't. But for those living in Japan, heads up, there will be playable Ninety-Nine Nights demos at the end of February or early March. For those living in Tokyo, Jean Snow sends word that there is (and has been) a demo at the Xbox Lounge. more »

4:24 PM ON FRI FEB 3 2006
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
65 views 4 comments


xbox 360

360 Kiosks Hit the United Kingdom

UK Kotakuites: Don't let all these horror stories yer hearing from us Yanks scare ya away. By the time the 360 is released in Europe, all these kinks in the console should be ironed out. The key word here is "should." more »

12:03 AM ON FRI NOV 25 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
85 views 6 comments


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Japan's Adidas-Xbox 360 Kiosk

Starting this weekend, Microsoft will be rolling out FIFA 2006 kiosks at Adidas stores in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. The kiosks are bound to look way better than this crappy Microsoft Paint creation. more »

8:22 AM ON FRI NOV 18 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
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xbox 360

Another Japanese 360 Event, Few Turn Up

Last Friday at the world-famous Bundoukan, Microsoft dragged out those Xbox kiosks to promote their Japanese wrestling game, Wrestle Kingdom. I wouldn't exactly call it a mob scene. more »

5:20 PM ON MON NOV 7 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
72 views 1 comment


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Dead, Dead, Dead Xbox 360 Kiosk

On the screen: "System Error, Contact Xbox Customer Support."
Below the monitor: "You're watching games in high definition.
Only on Xbox 360
*The best Launch line-up of games ever
*Enjoy movies, music and photos" more »

8:10 AM ON MON NOV 7 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
131 views 5 comments


xbox 360

Microsoft Confirms Issue With 360 Wireless at Kiosks

I just received an email from Microsoft confirming that they have indeed been having issues with their Xbox 360 kiosks because of wireless interference. Apparently the 360's wireless system can interfere with a store's network-based inventory managment system. more »

2:15 PM ON MON OCT 24 2005
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
358 views 1 comment


xbox 360

More Walmart Kiosk Images

Another Kotaku reader hit the local Walmart for some hands-on Xbox 360 action. more »


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HANDS ON: Xbox at Walmart

Kotaku reader Galt sent us some images and vids he took from a trip to the Walmart in Albuquerque New Mex. Playable demos included Call of Duty 2 and Kameo. more »

8:29 PM ON WED OCT 19 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
75 views 6 comments


xbox 360

GameStop 360 Kiosk Info


We just got an anonymous tip, saying that there could be Xbox 360 kiosks at GameStop stores tomorrow (yippie!) or as late as November 22nd (crud). The roll-out will apparently begin on both the West and East Coasts, and it will then work it's way toward the center of the U.S. more »

8:07 PM ON WED OCT 19 2005
BY BRIAN ASHCRAFT
93 views 7 comments


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Xbox 360 Kiosks Confirmed for October

Just got an email from a retail manager who confirms that the Xbox 360 kiosks are coming towards the end of October. His company (he declined to name it, but I m guessing EB or Gamestop) is going to be doing a test role out first and if they did well there would be a larger roll out. The idea will be to have retail content available for upload on memory units at the kiosks as well (like dashboard skins, gamer icons, backgrounds and such) in the hope that people will pick up a memory unit while they are in the store to use the feature. more »

5:00 AM ON WED OCT 12 2005
BY BRIAN CRECENTE
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