Saturday, July 18, 2009
Competitions
5:00PM David Wildgoose | Sim game Cities XL is now in beta. Kotaku readers have been vying to join the beta test all week. Here are the lucky final 20 winners. More »
Last Batch Of Cities XL Beta Winners
5:00PM David Wildgoose | Sim game Cities XL is now in beta. Kotaku readers have been vying to join the beta test all week. Here are the lucky final 20 winners. More » 
Culture
If Nintendo Won’t Make A HD Starfox, These Guys Will
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | In the absence of a high definition Nintendo console – or even new Starfox games, for that matter – some fans have taken matters into their own hands, and are building a new Starfox game: Shadows of Lylat. More »
Media
The First Valkyria Chronicles 2 Screens
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | While the game was announced earlier in the week in Japanese mag Famitsu, Valkyria Chronicle’s website wasn’t due to open until today. Now that it’s open, we’ve got our first screens of the PSP sequel. More »
Media
Here’s The Mafia II Demo We Got To See At E3
1:40PM Luke Plunkett | I walked away from my Mafia II demo at E3 pretty impressed with what the guys at 2K were doing with the series. Now it seems that demo has been released to the public, so let’s see what you think. More »
News
BioShock Designer’s New Project “More Ambitious” Than BioShock
1:20PM Brian Ashcraft | Ken Levine designed BioShock, but he’s not involved with BioShock 2. He and his team are working on another title, a very “ambitious” title. More »
Culture
Jake Gyllenhaal Is Now Wearing Clothes
News
Philly Inquirer: MW2’s Night Vision An “Invitation To Mischief”?
12:40PM Owen Good | The Inky’s video games blogger professes his love of “fake realism” but thinks the NVGs being offered with Modern Warfare 2’s “Prestige Edition” are akin to “giving away a free race car with Gran Turismo.” More »
News
Microsoft Handheld A Matter Of “When”
12:20PM Luke Plunkett | While there’s always been a lot of chatter surrounding the possibility of Microsoft entering the handheld gaming space, Microsoft themselves have always been rather evasive on the subject. Which is why these comments from Shane Kim are so surprising. More »
Culture
Mario’s Family Line
12:00PM Owen Good | It’s not a family tree – a) that would be too large and b) it assumes games mate and produce offspring. This is a family line, showing all Mario games, by generation, with their siblings. More »
Culture
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda’s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. More »
Yes, Someone At Google Is Slightly Triforce Obsessed
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda’s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. More » 