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Nintendo Won’t Commit To A 2010 Zelda

4:30PM Luke Plunkett | During an interview on GameTrailers TV yesterday, Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Aime was quizzed on whether we’d see Zelda on the Wii next year. His response? Hedge-betting. More »
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Rock Band 3 Will Teach You How To Play Proper Music

3:40PM Luke Plunkett | In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison — son of former Beatle George Harrison — has revealed that he’s not only working on Rock Band 3, but that it’s going to take the series in a new direction. More »
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Trials Dev Pirated Its Own Game To Drive Interest

2:40PM Owen Good | RedLynx, the developer of the well received downloadable title Trials, said that it seeded pirate torrent sites with neutered copies of the game in order to stoke interest in the title. More »
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God Of War PS2 Vs God Of War PS3

2:20PM Luke Plunkett | The upcoming God of War Collection for the PS3 boasts remastered editions of two of the PS2’s finest games. But just how remastered are they? More »
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Germany’s Censored L4D2 Runs Faster

2:00PM Owen Good | Australia isn’t the only nation receiving a power-cleaned version of Left 4 Dead 2. Germany, no doubt because of the killerspiele hysteria, has a similarly sanitised demo. But guess what, it also runs 40 per cent faster. More »
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PC Version Of Dragon Age Patched, Explained

1:00PM Owen Good | The PC version of Dragon Age: Origins got a 1.01 patch not 72 hours after release; lead designer Mike Laidlaw jumped onto BioWare’s forums to explain its necessity. More »
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Smash TV “Will Rise Again” Says Co-Creator

12:20PM Michael McWhertor | Midway’s seminal twin-stick shooter Smash TV, the bloody, futuristic game show arcade game of yore, may be getting a proper update from Midway. And the guy saying that’s in a position to know. More »
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Notebook Dump: Mass Effect 2’s New Helpers And A Failed Quest

11:00AM Stephen Totilo | There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? More »
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EA’s MMA Gets It On With “Premier League” Strikeforce

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | EA Sports may not have the UFC licence, but it does have Strikeforce. The publisher of the very descriptively titled EA Sports MMA announced the mixed martial arts promoters as one of the game’s “premier” leagues. More »
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NetFlix In Action On The Playstation 3

10:20AM Brian Crecente | This week Netflix started mailing out the disc needed for PlayStation 3 owners to use the movie and television streaming service on their consoles. More »