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  PlayStation Rewards Sends PS3 Owners On Quests

  Sony continues to tweak its PlayStation Rewards program, giving beta participants a new way to claw their way towards legendary status with the introduction of Quests. How many kobolds does a brother have to slay for a little customer appreciation? Launching in April of 2011, the PlayStation Rewards program is a loyalty program in which…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010
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  K Monthly – November 2010

  Welcome to the November 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original video game coverage, including reviews, previews, features, and weekly columns, from Kotaku. November was full of new releases, from Kinect for Xbox 360 to big blockbuster games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Gran…

  By Michael McWhertor Published December 6, 2010
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  The World’s Coziest Video Game Launch

  Foregoing a lavish, star-studded party, PopCap’s Bejeweled 3 launch party was held in a North London living room, with only a secretary, a grandmother, a librarian, a banker, and a father in attendance, representing the series’ diverse fanbase. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010
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  The Nintendo Download: Hot And Cold Running Fluidity

  Nintendo celebrates water in all its form and splendor in Fluidity, a WiiWare platformer and the star of this week’s Nintendo Download. Fluidity puts the player in control of a heroic pool of water, navigating the ancient and mystical Aquaticus encyclopedia to rid it of corruption. Twisting the Wii remote rotates the world, allowing your…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010
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  Nintendo Download Gallery

  Fluidity Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief Price: 1,200 Wii Points; demo version available for 0 Wii Points Description: A magical illustrated encyclopedia called Aquaticus has been tainted by a vial of evil ink called the Influence. As a pool of water that can take on alternate forms of ice…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 6, 2010
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  Half Way to Three Free Hot Pursuit Cars

  Gamers have just six days left to earn three new free cars for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Late last month Criterion challenged players to get the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit trailer to 1 million views by Dec. 12. As of this morning it’s hovering at roughly 510,000 views. If the video can make…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  There are people who want to discuss video games with you. They’re typing comments below this post. Join them. Thank you to Hisilarn for today’s image. Do your best and submit an image to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010
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  World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Unboxed In The Snow

  The World of Warcraft Cataclysm collector’s edition made it to the roof of our New York offices today, as part of our series of rooftop unboxings. Is the $80 special Cataclysm worth it? Take a look. Bizarre twist ending included. Fans of rooftop unboxing can relive the thrills of our previous episodes here, here and…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 6, 2010
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  Hey, It’s Somebody’s Head

  To: Crecente From: Bash It’s Monday! Cleaned the kids’ room this morning and found LEGO hands and this guy’s head. Not sure whose head it is…Maybe it’s from an Indiana Jones figure? Could not, for the life of me, find his body. Will check the rose garden. Not sure what it is about little kids…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  New Tomb Raider To Trace the Origin of Lara Croft

  Developer Crystal Dynamics is working on a new Tomb Raider meant to be an origin story for Lara Croft, the studio said today. “Forget everything you knew about TOMB RAIDER,” said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics. “This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 6, 2010
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  Report: Politics Aren’t Keeping Up Japan’s Prime Minister, Gaming Is

  Elite Japanese politicians might have different politics, but they’re joined by one thing: their love of “Go“. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is no exception. Kan is an avid Go player as well as a Mahjong and Shogi (Japanese chess) player. Before entering political office, Kan even developed and patented a machine to crunch numbers for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  Burger King Generous On Food, Xbox Japan Cheap On Kinects

  For those who bought Whopper meals, Burger King and Microsoft gave away a Kinect every fifteen minutes in America until the motion sensor launched late last month. That’s over 1,500 Kinects! In Japan, twenty Kinects will be given out. Twenty. That low number isn’t too surprising considering that there are only 36 Burger King restaurants…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  NSFW: Rap Makes Call Of Duty Better

  This may not be to everyone’s tastes, but it’s certainly to mine, as a man freestyle raps his way through an entire round of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer. It shows you all it’s going to show you by around 1:30, so if it’s grating you don’t feel required to sit around and watch…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010
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  Killzone 3’s Singleplayer Footage Is Worth Taking Cover For

  I’ve been playing, and enjoying, Killzone 3’s multiplayer beta for a few weeks now. But singleplayer? Hadn’t seen so much. Until this video showed up! It’s ten unedited minutes of raw gameplay from Killzone 3’s singleplayer campaign, taking in a boss fight and lots of trudging through corridors shooting bad guys. It says a lot…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010
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  Japan’s Arcade Seniors Come For Friendship, Stay For Blankets

  Ah, the elderly. They’re no longer content to watch re-runs and take walks. In Japan, they’re hanging out in arcades. Lower birth rates haven’t helped Japanese game centers. “These days, it’s become harder to target young males,” Japan Amusement Industry Association tells Japan’s Nikkei. Arcades, like Tokyo’s Sega Dream Factory, are having better luck with…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  Alternate PlayStation Move Had Balls

  As nice as Sony’s PlayStation Move is, we can’t help but look at this old patent for the device and think one of its original designs was a little nicer Filed last year but only recently being released to the public, this patent highlights just how much more Sony was looking at including in the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010
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  Starcraft Developers Must Construct Additional Lawsuits

  StarCraft isn’t a game in South Korea, it’s a national pastime. When gamers aren’t playing it, they can watch tournaments on TV. But its creator, Blizzard Entertainment, is unhappy. And it has every right to be. Blizzard’s Paul Sams appeared at a press conference in Seoul late last week and blasted cable channels MBC Game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  How One Man Can Make A Massive Video Game

  In his spare time over the course of a year, Matt Rix bought two laptops, paid Apple a little cash and made a video game called Trainyard. That’s all it took to develop one of the year’s biggest video games. Released in June to little fanfare, it was only when Trainyard was featured on the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010
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  Gamer Kid Threatened To Kill And Kill Again

  After this fourteen-year-old boy’s cell phone gaming site membership was canceled, he decided to get even: by threatening to murder people. The boy belonged to popular cell phone gaming site “Mobage Town”, but lost his membership after making comments like “die” to a fellow player, reports Sanspo.com, while playing “Kaitou Royal” (pictured). Mobage-Town is incredibly…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 6, 2010
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  Yakuza 4 Doesn’t Just Fight For Money, It Fights For Love, Too

  There’s a delightful little saying we have here in Australia, which goes a little something like (NSFW) “glass the c#@t“. It’s not pretty, but there you have it. Anyway, it features in this new trailer for Yakuza 4. This is the second in Sega’s new attempts to try and package the notoriously fickle Japanese crime…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010