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  Metal Gear: From Reject Bin To !

  In 1987, game designer Hideo Kojima turned out Metal Gear. That game, however, originally had a big “rejected” rubber stamp on it. Kojima today revealed photos of an early version of the game’s design document. Metal Gear, it seems, was originally called “Metal Gear (Intruder).” This version of the game never went into production —…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011
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  See Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Trailer…In English!

  We’ve already shown you upcoming role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII-2’s debut trailer, but that was in Japanese. Here it is in English, which should be much more useful to most of you.

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  Dress Like You Mean To Survive Fallout’s Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

  Thank you, Kai Norman, for this incredible costume, which well and truly brings those badass Rangers of Fallout’s New California Republic to life. The armour is hand-cut out of foam, the mask is assembled out of pieces of plastic and even the coat was sewn together. Handy work. Then again, in the dark, desolate deserts…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  How To Get Hot Hardware Like The 3DS…Easy!

  Japanese gamers lined up early this morning to place pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS. I didn’t. I didn’t leave the house until after many stores were already selling out. Yet, I had no problems getting my pre-order. So what’s my trick? Photos from this morning showed long lines in Tokyo’s Akihabara and Shinjuku. According to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011
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  There Will Be No Pikmin On The 3DS (Yet)

  You may have heard whispers of a Pikmin game being revealed for the 3DS. Those whispers are wrong. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along!

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  That’s No Moon, It’s An Awesome Star Wars Picture!

  Ansel Hsiao is both a big Star Wars fan and a talented 3D artist. Put them together and we get 3D models of Star Wars ships that are so detailed you could use them at a Corellian shipyard. He concentrates on a selection of Imperial Ships (and one lesser-known Imperial Walker), so there are no…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  Classic Video Games Deserve Classy Box Art

  As we’ve explored previously, video games — especially the classics — deserve better box art than they’re getting. Wonder what we want instead? This is the kind of stuff we want. These retro-inspired pieces by Boris Lechaftois are another take on 2010’s “video games as old books” thing, but in this case there’s no books…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  All Strategy Gaming Needed Was A Little World Of Warcraft

  You like fantasy, right? You like strategy gaming, right? You like questing with other humans over the internet, right? This is Dawn of Fantasy, an upcoming MMORTS by Reverie World Studios. That’s a massively-multiplayer online real-time strategy game. It’s a mouthful, but it basically means you will be able to — in theory, at least…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  Do Not Sell Customized Figures Online In Japan, They Will Lock You Up

  Custom action figures, like these Punch-Out!! ones or this Bayonetta one, are one-off, hand-crafted pieces that sometimes end up on online auction sites. If you live in Japan and make these figures, best keep them to yourself. Or risk getting arrested. Earlier this week, Niigata Prefecture arrested Keiichi Itoh, 35, and Jun Fujita, 36 for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011
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  New Elder Scrolls Game Will Let You Mod, Mod Then Mod Again

  Elder Scrolls fans, don’t sweat it: you’ll be able to use mods in the upcoming Skyrim, as developers Bethesda will be releasing a “Creation Kit”.

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  This Man Is Final Fantasy Come To Life

  Singer, songwriter, actor and video game character. Claiming he was a vampire, Gackt used to say he was born in the year 1540, leaving the eternal question: Is he bonkers? No, he’s not. Rather, he’s one of Japan’s most interesting (and colorful) personalities. Songwriter, fashion model, actor, novelist, restaurateur, screenwriter and psychic, Gackt’s done it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2011
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  Xbox Update Stealth Kills Call Of Duty Pirates

  Seems like that innocent little Xbox 360 update yesterday wasn’t just to restore the option to boot the console straight to a disc. It also contained secret pirate-fighting juice. Now that it’s been mentioned, it did seem a little strange that the update came out of nowhere. And for such a tiny fix clocked in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  Black Ops Caps Keep Your Head Dry And Your Brain Unwashed

  The numbers, Mason, are 59Fifty, the fitted New Era cap style for two models of Black Ops lids, $2 from each sale goes to the Army Wounded Warriors program. They’re $45. Seen via Strictly Fitteds.

  By Owen Good Published January 20, 2011
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  The Gods Must Be Crazy To Forget About This Game

  Capcom’s upcoming Asura’s Wrath was one of the big surprises out of last year’s Tokyo Game Show. So surprising, in fact, the world has been shocked into forgetting all about it ever since. Yet here it is, four months later, returning in a flurry of fisticuffs and religious symbolism. It should be noted that it’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2011
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  Get Your 3DS Game Trailers And Screenshots Right Here

  The Internet is awash in a sea of new screenshots and videos for new, third-party 3DS games. So we’ve dropped as many of the new ones we could find right here for your easy perusal. Currently the list includes games like Pro Evo 2011, Resident Evil, Super Monkey Ball 3D, Super Street Fighter IV 3D,…

  Team Kotaku Published January 20, 2011
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  D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Screens

  Black Hulk Blue Balls Flaming Ice is a study in contradiction. The Fist of Khonshu in the DC Universe?

  By Owen Good Published January 19, 2011
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  D.C. Universe Online MMO Log Part One: Making A Name For Myself — And Another

  As a boy my paper route money went to comic books, stories of people coming to terms with their strange powers and their place in the world. With D.C. Universe Online, I now take that journey for myself. Kotaku’s MMO reviews are a multi-part process. Rather than deliver day one reviews based on beta gameplay,…

  By Owen Good Published January 19, 2011
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  Mutant Footloose

  We’re going to cut loose. Footloose, that is, during tonight’s open thread where things like Syd Mead, Kevin Bacon and Mel Gibson might come up during conversation. Speaking of Bacon, did you know he’s in the new X-Men movie as Sebastian Shaw? Yeah, that’s him on the left, probably explaining his kinetic energy based mutant…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011
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  PlayStation Move and 3D Take Court No. 2

  Patched in post-release to NBA 2K11, 3D and PlayStation Move support will be in 2K Sports’ Top Spin 4 at its March 15 launch. Andre Agassi, in a game for the first time in a decade, is the cover star.

  By Owen Good Published January 19, 2011
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  Play Fotonica, A Gorgeous Mix of Rez and Mirror’s Edge

  You’ll only need to one button to play Fotonica, a first-person platform jumping game oozing with style that its creators say is created in the fashion of “ugly 3D of the 90s.” Fotonica is the work of Italian game design studio Santa Ragione—Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi—who call their game a mix of “jumping,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011