We’ve all been there. Humiliated, literally at the hands of some punk talking trash, reminding you not only about how much your hand-eye coordination sucks but your overall suckiness factor. That’s right, after playing a game of Madden with...

If you’re a human male, odds are you’ve played at least 9,000 rounds of Street Fighter in your lifetime. We’re no different. (Well, 9,001 rounds for us.) The newest game in the series, Street Fighter IV, which universally kicks...

Yesterday we wondered whether Spore would be a failure or a success, and today we have an answer—there’s porn involved, meaning it’s a success. That’s what’s driving a large percentage of the people to the video game’s website to...

We don’t know if there’s anything extraordinary about putting a Rubik’s Cube into a golf hole, but it’s the new viral ad that EA released in order to promote their 2009 golf game. For all we know, this could...

After the roundly panned and universal failure known as The Sims Online (you mean you don’t want to go to a virtual party at 1 AM?), Electronic Arts and Sims creator Will Wright are trying to get this whole...

EA Sports has released a new vid of Tiger Woods walking on water because he’s the savior and lord of all things golf. Actually, EA released the promo in response to a YouTube video (at the beginning of this...

We apologize for being a bit tardy on this story, but we were overwhelmed with all sorts of other, you know, topics and there was simply no brainpower left to sustain the debilitating power of another beauty. But alas,...

October 10th and 11th just got a whole lot more interesting for gamers, especially if the phrase “Zerg Rush” means anything to them. That’s when Blizzard will host its annual BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center. BlizzCon, for you...

The day that will surely never end is finally here folks. EA Sports Madden 09 will be released for sale this evening at the stroke of midnight, which means gamers all over will be revising their story to call...

If you own a gaming console, then you’ll probably be at your local retail store, waiting in line to get the new Madden on August 12 at midnight. And yes, we are positive some of you will reenact this...

The internet is full of wonderful deterrents that can string you along throughout and entire workday without you so much as moving your butt from your desk. Sure, porn is probably the biggest culprit for inducing procrastination, but there...

There’s only one thing besides fame-craving-football-player-shagging-chick that comes to mind when we think of Kim Kardashian: boo-tay. That’s it. There’s really nothing else. Oh, well, there’s a sex-tape of course, and her relationship with New Orleans Saints running back...

How big is too big for a TV to play video games on? There’s only so much detail you’re missing on a smaller TV while splattering someone’s blood in Halo. That doesn’t matter to a certain unnamed Kotaku reader...

You may not know this, but there was, once upon a time, plans for a movie based on Halo. Then the movie got caught up in development hell (rumors were that no studio wanted to touch the script because...

Get ready for Rock Band 2. Of course, we all know getting ready means grabbing about a month’s supply of Corona and blanking out a month’s worth of weekends, but that’s just how it goes. Leaked images from an...

Heads up, would-be gamers. Certain online retailers (like Amazon) are now selling the long-rumored 60GB Xbox 360. This version is the same as previous Premium models, and include HDMI output and a less crappy GPU heatsink. (The terribly constructed...

Alright, Barcelona officials aren’t really upset about Lionel Messi being the pan-European cover boy for PES 2009 from Konami, but they’ve definitely been giving him a hard time for his outside activites. In fact, Lionel Messi is capitalizing on...

Guitar Hero is not just for lazy, drunken parties any more. (Though there’s nothing wrong with those, of course.) Blackwater, the private military contractor, is putting together a video game package for troops in Afghanistan. The package includes an...

You know, there’s more to the Nintendo Wii than getting your girl to play Wii Fit, then putting the video on the Internet for all of us to see. (Not that we’re complaining, obviosuly—keep ‘em coming!) For example, Nintendo...

Not to date ourselves too much, but remember how exciting it was when MTV World Premiered videos for new songs? (Um, do you even remember videos?) Well, since the channel has gotten out of the music video business, it...

We’re quick to hate on pretty much everything, but please forgive us for actually thinking the trailer for the upcoming Max Payne movie doesn’t look too bad. No, it probably won’t win an Oscar or anything, but as far...

Even though Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since many of us here were still in elementary school, there’s good news for fans of the womanizing, trash-talking Mr. Nukem. Leaked shots of Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live...

Google yesterday launched a strange little product called Lively. It’s very much like the game Second Life, a 3D world populated with avatars of your own design who interact with other avatars. In truth, it’s very, very nerdy, but...

The new NFL season kicks off in a few weeks, and EA is ready, like always, to release a new version of Madden. Today, though, EA isn’t talking about new features or anything like that, but rather the game’s...

Accessory maker Nyko has a small gadget that may be of interest to more than one of you PS3 owners. It’s called the Media Hub and it plugs into the front of the PS3, adding three USB ports and...

If there was ever a time to sell that extra kidney you’ve got just taking up room in your body, this is it. EA, the makers of the FIFA 09, have decided to make the version on each platform...

Junot Diaz is a gamer, and sometimes that pulls more cred around here than winning the Pulitzer Prize (which Diaz did for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which is required reading around these parts). But something shook...

The video game that made singing off key cool again is back. Rock Band II will hit the Xbox 360 in September. Harmonix (the developer), MTV Games (the publisher) and EA (the distributor) all eagerly await your hard-earned money....

During last week’s Madden 09 launch party, past Madden cover boys shed their wheelchairs and braved steps to get up in front of the crowd and share their wildest Madden betting stories. Included on the panel were Daunte Culpepper,...

Could Sony be working on a PSP cellphone? It’s the rumor that refuses to die, and there’s new info today that has us thinking it just might happen. Anonymous sources—remember, they brought down Nixon—say the PSP cellphone won’t be...

Out of all the Grand Theft Autos released, which do you think would make the best movie? The Miami Vice aura of Vice City? The Menace II Society known as San Andreas? Or how about the most recent one...

This throw isn’t the hardest, but those dunk tank balls are usually hard at the core like a softball. Hence, it’ll probably crack your nose at a meager 25mph. Why this girl was standing directly behind the line of...

France is about to get knocked out of the Euro 2008 tournament and the Dutch are destined for greatness the way they’ve been playing. No matter, this French Toyota commercial pokes fun at the Dutch’s notoriety for diving. Unfortunately,...

Are you tired of meeting face-to-face with your fantasy football league-mates, especially after that one dude totally dicked you over with that Marques Colston trade a couple of years back (Tight End our ass)? Then EA Sports has something...

Unlike Lauren Burnat’s boyfriend, Hugh Hefner won’t be apologizing for this video. Here’s Playboy Cyber Girl of the Year Jo Garcia taking part in a sexier version of that viral hit Wii Fit Girl video we’ve all been admiring...

Might the PS3 be getting a new motion-sensing controller in the near future? Thats the rumor going around the Interweb this afternoon. The initial rumors suggested a controller with the ability to break apart, one with Wii-like motion-sensing. That...

Would you like to spruce up your boring and drab home? Or how about covering up those holes you made while trying to put up some shelving or that blacklight poster of Carlos Santana riding a unicorn while playing...

Is John Madden going to be the Obi-Wan to our Luke in the upcoming Madden 09? This video of him upping our Football IQ in the upcoming makes it seem that he’s channeling us from the great beyond (or...

Yeah, gamers have to live with the stereotype of being lonely, friendless nerds, but now science says otherwise. A recent study in Australia found that only one percent of problem gamers—gamers who spend more then 50 hours a week...

For the mainstream fan, Guitar Hero is the best time around. Even for some of us geekier gamers who prefer the company of Master Chief in Halo, attempting to kick out an Avenged Sevenfold tune while simultaneously trying to...

Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s first half strike had controversy draped all over it, but Wesley Sneijder’s strike five minutes later exposed the Italians faulty defense. We’re not really sure a healthy Fabio Cannavaro would have inhibited Sneijder’s shot because, frankly,...

Here’s another controller mod for your enjoyment, and this time the Nintendo Wii gets involved. WiiSpray, designed by a German student, turns the Wiimote into a virtual spray paint canister. You plug the WiiSpray into the Wiimote and, tada,...

Ben Heck has a sterling reputation for creating some of the best video game mods out there, but unfortunately very few of them ever get released commercially. We’re happy to report that this mod, the Access Controller, will in...

Baby steps. That’s what we were thinking when we got our first look at the new Tecmo Bowl that’s being released for the Nintendo DS. We don’t have a DS, so we’re hoping for the Wii version to come...

Wii Fit hit stores May 19th in hopes of providing fitness-phobic gamers with an outlet to shed some lard. It costs $89.99 retail, but we imagine it to be a worthy expense because it’s much cheaper than a gym...

So, um… how many days are you taking off work to veg out and play Grand Theft Auto IV? According to Metacritic, it’s the best game the world’s seen since ball-in-a-cup, scoring a 99 out of a 100 in...

Not since EA dropped that damned “QB sight” from the Madden football series has a development been met with such overwhelming applause. Of course, we’re talking about the news that after every touchdown in next year’s game, the player...

Last month we gave you El Fuerte’s introduction to the world of Street Fighter gaming and now Kotaku unveiled some interesting screen shots of the Lucha Libre street fighter who is also a part-time “gourmet” cook. Of course. The...

While everyone was glued to their TVs watching the NCAA (and wondering where we’re using our bracket sheet as kindling), this wonderful piece of information was released. It looks like that quintessential original Nintendo sports game Tecmo Bowl (pipe...

Most of our Junior High experience can be summed up in three words… well, two words and a number—Street Fighter II. Ever since then, we’ve been fixated with the 2D fighting franchise to the point of dressing up as...