Wednesday, December 10, 2008

DS Sets New British Sales Record

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | Britain loves the Nintendo DS. Regular followers of our British Sales Charts may already be aware of this. But last week, Britain’s love for the Nintendo DS reached new heights. More »

How Skate Plans On Not Becoming The Next Tony Hawk

9:00PM Luke Plunkett | I love Skate. I love it because it’s about skating, and not about riding toilets with Jackass characters. Which, while we’re on the subject, is the reason I stopped playing Tony Hawks. More »

Please, Economic Crisis, Put An End To The Christmas Rush

8:00PM Luke Plunkett | As a part-time gamer, Christmas must be brilliant, because not only do you get some time off work to play games, but you’ll probably receive games for Christmas as well. Double score. More »

Dragonball Movie Trailer Is All Kinds of Stupid

7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Look, I don’t even like Dragonball. But still, I know enough about it to know this trailer will make people upset. More »

Screw Consumers, Actual Bands Prefer Rock Band

7:00PM Luke Plunkett | You may like Guitar Hero. That’s fine. But while you’re enjoying Activision’s soulless take on Rock N’ Roll, know that artists prefer Rock Band. More »

And The Home Marketing Onslaught Begins…

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | We always knew Home was going to be heavy on advertising and corporate sponsorship. But this heavy this soon? It’s a little unexpected. More »

Home Launches On December 11

5:15PM Luke Plunkett | Just got a press release from Sony. All about Home. It’s pretty long. Basically says that, after months of promise followed by months of delay, Sony’s Home service for the PS3 now has a “release date”. More »

Nintendo: Animal Crossing’s Resetti ‘May Be Disturbing To Young Children’

5:00PM Luke Plunkett | Resetti may be just about the best thing about Animal Crossing. His furious tirades are, after all, both entertaining and informative. More »

What Was Your 2008 Highlight?

3:23PM David Wildgoose | ‘Tis the season to, well, start making lists of your favourite games of the year, of course. But we’re not going to do that just yet here at Kotaku AU. Instead, we want to hear about your favourite gaming moment from 2008. More »

Dragon Quest X Coming To Wii

2:40PM Michael McWhertor | Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series, revealed at a Square Enix press conference in Tokyo today that the next entry in the role-playing game series, Dragon Quest X, is in development for the Wii. More »