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  Tiny Legendary Cars Hidden In Burnout’s Big Surf

  Fans of Burnout Paradise‘s Legendary cars might want to give the recently released Big Surf Island a closer look, as toy versions of all four movie-inspired vehicles are unlockable in the new DLC. Tiny versions of the cars based on Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Knight Rider are unlocked by…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  Brutal Legend Fans Set Air Guitar World Record

  Fans of Brutal Legend gathered in England over the weekend to rock out with EA, shattering the world record for the most people simultaneously performing air guitar. Such is the power of the gamer. The record-breaking feat took place during the UK Download Festival in North West Leicestershire’s Donington Park over the weekend. Kerrang FM’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  This Week In Arcade: Sam And Magic: The Gathering

  Sam & Max Save the World this week on Xbox Live Arcade, just in time for Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers to come along and ruin it. Sam & Max Save the World is a compilation of the first season of Telltale Games’ Sam & Max episodic PC adventure game series, lovingly…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  Rock Band Country Track Listing Stumbles In Late Reeking Of Beer

  Country music loving Rock Band owners who’ve exhausted all their favorite genre has to offer will soon be on the road again, as Harmonix reveals the track list for the Rock Band Country Track Pack. While eight of the twenty-one songs in the Rock Band Country Track Pack have already been released, thirteen of the…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  Aliens: Colonial Marines Still Coming, To DS Too, But Not This Year

  Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox’s Aliens shooter, is still very much on, but won’t be arriving this year. When it does hit, there will be a DS version as well though, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford tells Kotaku. Colonial Marines was first announced in 2006, then slated for a 2008 ship date. Later that was pushed back…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 15, 2009
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  Three New Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Screens

  While other developers tend to keep their PlayStation Portable game screenshots small, Konami has no such qualms, delivering three hi-res screens of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. The new screens don’t really show us much outside of what we’ve already seen in the announcement trailer from E3. We’ve got multiple Snakes in various outfits, leading…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  The Nintendo Download: Toast, Rainbows, And Plumber Utilities

  This week in the Nintendo Download we have three catchy new WiiWare titles, one welcome to the Fantasy Zone, and another clock/calculator combo for the DSi. It’s a triple dose of WiiWare this week, and at least two of them seem pretty interesting. You can’t help but be curious about a game called Eduardo the…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  Ten Big Stories You May Have Missed During E3

  E3 brought with it an avalanche of news, previews and interviews. So much hit the site over two weeks that plenty of great stories may have missed your radar. Here’s a quick list of ten big stories you may have missed had you not been paying attention. Shigeru Miyamoto accidentally confirms “Kind Code” to Kotaku…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 15, 2009
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  Console Owners Love Their Streaming Video

  A study conducted by market research firm In-Stat indicates that video game consoles are the preeminent device for delivering web video to televisions in the U.S., generating $2.9 billion in revenue by 2013. A few years ago, analysts predicted that media-center PCs would be showing up in huge numbers across the country as more people…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  iPhone Gets It’s Own Advance Wars…Sort Of

  Luc Bernard bounces back from the release of Eternity’s Child with Mecho Wars, an Advance Wars-esque strategy game now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Remember back when we reported that Mecho Wars was due out in March? We were a little off. It’s available on the iTunes App Store now for $4.99 though,…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 15, 2009
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  Blizzard Preps For StarCraft II Beta

  Blizzard is starting to gear up for the StarCraft II Beta, the company said recently in an email sent out to game writers. The email, which asks game writers to make sure they have a Battle.Net account set up and a request in, says that Blizzard has no date yet to announce for the start…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 15, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Bonus points today … if you comment about games here in TAY, and take the extra time to make your comment rhyme. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 15, 2009
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  The American Toilet Is Very American

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Had to the U.S. Consulate today to renew Mini-Bash’s passport and make one for Micro-Bash. Something I noticed: At the U.S. Consulate, there are not fancy Japanese toilets. Like, there are regular American toilets — no seat warmer, no bidet, no butt washer, nothing. What’s more, they have toy cars for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  British Sales Charts: On, On You Most Noble…Sims

  Poor ol’ Prototype. You’d think June would be a good month to launch a solid piece of new IP and, with Activision’s backing, see it take the top spot. Thing is, The Sims 3 was released this month, and retains its #1 position ahead of the hoodie-clawing simulator. Something it’ll probably do for a few…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009
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  Don’t Expect Much Story From Mario Galaxy 2

  There were two big surprises to be found with Mario Galaxy: firstly, that it had a substantive story, and secondly, that the story was good. Pity, then, the sequel won’t be doing anything of the sort. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has said that, despite the love fans had for the first game’s plot (centred around…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009
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  Peter Molyneux Wants To Help Rare “Get Well Known”

  What is developer Rare best known for? Doing games for Nintendo in the 1990s? Making Banjo Kazooie? Battletoads? Viva Piñata? Peter Molyneux, creative director of Microsoft Europe, wants to help Rare have more of an identity. Here, let’s let him say it in his own words: “Actually one of the things I really want to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  Here Are Some New Lost Planet 2 Screens

  Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 trades the snowy landscape of the first game for the firey landscape of the second. This makes us wonder what’s in store for the third game. Rain, we hope rain. 海に囲まれた要塞…？『ロストプラネット2』新たなステージ公開 [Gpara]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  Erotic Game Makers Give Games “Cleaner” Titles

  With “rape games” officially banned in Japan and politicians cracking down, the country’s erotic game makers are feeling the heat. What to do? In order to avoid another outcry or to prevent falling target of international protests, adult game developers are giving new and upcoming titles less sensation names. So, Slippery Pregnancy Princess (our translation)…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009
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  Prison Bans PS3 Consoles Over Escape Fears

  We’ve heard how the PS3’s Cell processor can be used for not just games, but other things like cancer research. But prison breaks? That, we hadn’t heard. Until now. Apparently inmates at Rye Hill prison, near Rugby in the United Kingdom, had been “found to be using the consoles’ built-in wireless connections to chat to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2009
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  Nintendo And McDonalds Japan Serve Up DS Service

  Following on the test program Nintendo launched in Tokyo last spring, the Kyoto-based game company and the fast food giant announce “Mac de DS”. Way back in 2005, Nintendo of America teamed up with McDonalds to offer free WiFi in the United States. This new nationwide service is a first for Japanese McDonalds. Starting June…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 15, 2009