New Study Delivers Old Figure: 8 Percent are Game-Addicted

Look about six people to your left. Now five down to the right. OK, one of you is addicted to video games, says a study out of Australasia that ratifies a finding in one out of Iowa State University. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress says that eight percent of those…

IndieCade E3 Booth Gives Sneak Peek at Festival Entries

IndieCade, this year, is Oct. 1 to Oct. 4, but 25 games out of the hundreds submitted so far will be previewed at the festival’s E3 booth. This will be the first U.S. preview of games for IndieCade, whose inaugural festival was last year. Stephanie Barish, the IndieCade president, touted the entries by noting last…

At $400, Metal Gear Coat is Liquid Gold

If you got four hundred bones (Canadian) and a healthy respect for archbaddie Liquid Snake, AbbyShot Clothiers has the perfect inclement weather garment for you. The FOXHOUND Coat replicates the look of the antagonists from Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, notably Liquid Snake. I agree that they’ve done a beautiful job with this (especially…

Saturday Timewaster: Luna Online

Nothing screams “timewaster” like an MMORPG, but at least Luna Online, the latest MMO from gPotato.com, has the decency to allow you to get to the good bits without investing 5,000 hours of your life first. Equal parts casual-friendly social network (yes, there’s even online dating) and hardcore RPG, Luna Online is a genuinely unique…

How Wolfenstein Updated its Nazi Cheesecake Ladies

“Early on there was a small faction within the team that wanted the new Elite Guards to be less ‘sexy’ and more utilitarian in their look,” writes Raven’s Kevin Long. Yeah, that didn’t last long. “There was also a slightly larger faction that wanted them to be sexy and wearing skin-tight leather outfits,” Long says.…

Official PSP Go Shots Leaked

Eurogamer got their hands on what appears to be some high-resolution official shots of the PSP Go. Video, specs, games confirmed? If not it’s one hell of a hoax. Someone’s PSP GOing to Get Fired [Eurogamer] Someone’s PSP GOing to Get Fired [Eurogamer] Someone’s PSP GOing to Get Fired [Eurogamer] Someone’s PSP GOing to Get…

Weekend Coupons: Radio Killed the Video Card

Some super-low prices on GeForce video cards highlight the hardware; GameStop wants you to come in and clear off some of their used stock. Let’s cut to the chase with the Weekend Coupons. Hardware • Hardly glamorous now, being an older model on the day the PSP Go video leaks. But you can grab a…

Comparison Says PS3 Slim Box Maybe Kinda Realish

The rumored pictures of the PS3 slim immediately brought, like a chorus of boos at Question Time, denunciations of fakery. They sure got us in trouble with a lawyer-mans. But someone thinks the retail box, at least, is real. PlayStation Lifestyle took a look at the Slim Box, compared to the PSP Go Box, and…

Sieve-Like Ubi Site Leaking Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed Vids

Astute tipsters discovered some unprotected directories on Ubisoft’s site, and we now have 20-second clips of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin’s Creed 2. AC2 is up thar; SCC is down thar. These don’t feature gameplay, QT events only. We’re assuming these are meant to be played sometime at E3. Thanks to chillchillin and Byvar for…

Qore Lets Slip the First Look at PSP Go

GamersConsoleNetwork scored a big scoop this morning, pulling the first images of the PSP Go (running LittleBigPlanet) out of the latest edition of Qore, which apparently went live early. On top of that, someone managed to film the video and place it on YouTube. That’s below (with bad audio). The video reveals Sony’s plans for…

Trademark Troll Gets Mobigames’ EDGE Taken Down

This story really sets my teeth on edge. Whoops. Sorry, I forgot to ask Mr. Game Developin’ Industry Founder Dude Tim Langdell (left) for permission to use that word. You may recall EDGE, Mobigames’ outstanding and award-winning title for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It has been removed from the U.S. and U.K. Apple Store…

Search Is On for Darjeeling’s “Arcade Boy”

If someone can pull off the needle-in-a-haystack search for a kid who managed a game parlor in the Indian Himalayas 10 years ago, a “mysterious benefactor” will send the arcade a Dreamcast. Remarkably, the writer of last week’s piece on “the highest arcade in the world,” (7,000 feet above sea level) is having some luck…

Microsoft’s 2009 E3 Press Conference Live Blog Coming Soon

Don’t forget to check out Kotaku bright and early Monday morning for our live coverage of Microsoft’s big announcements. We’ll have the entire team focused on the show and what’s coming for the Xbox 360. We may even give away some pizzas and who can say no to free pizza? If you’re thirsting for E3…

Kotaku Originals: Esto es un Robo

Manos arriba, who loves robots? We sure did this week. Other highlights included the return (of sorts) of Atari, and Hideo Kojima giving us all lessons in redacting sensitive documents. Also, because a game about fuckin’ WALKING was too exciting, Nintendo had to make it include DOG WALKING, and Crecente put his pissed-off chihuahua up…

What is your gaming guiltiest pleasure? The shittiest thing that for some inexplicable reason beyond your understanding, you enjoyed, when everyone else and everything on the internet told you you shouldn’t have. Even your own senses of gaming greatness tell you that you are playing a turd, and you try to fight yourself enjoying it,…

There Is Gameplay In Ratchet & Clank’s Future

To whet your appetite for all things Ratchet & Clank ahead of E3 next week, Sony released this trailer for R&C Future that shows nothing but gameplay. Just our kind of trailer!

A Second Glance At No More Heroes 2

What’s this then? Another glimpse of No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle? And right before E3? Does that mean we’re about to learn much more about the game?

Alienware’s New Gaming Laptop May Burn Holes Through Space, Time

This is Alienware’s new m17x gaming laptop. To give you an idea of what’s going to be inside it, you should know that it weighs 12 pounds, and costs an absolute minimum $1800. We say “absolute minimum” because there are hardware options for the thing that may prove too tempting to pass up on. Like,…

Last Minute E3 Predictions – Let’s Have ‘Em!

Soon, soon, soon. E3 starts soon. But that’s next week. Today is? Today is Friday. Let’s talk. This is Tell Us Dammit, no, make that TELL US DAMMIT. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment…

Some Mass Effect iPhone Screens

Mass Effect is coming to the iPhone, in the form of an “animated 2D graphic novel-style” app. The story will bridge the events between Mass Effect 1 & 2. Here’s some screenshots.