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  It’s Spain vs. Italy When World Cup Demo Releases Tomorrow

  EA Sports tucked news of tomorrow’s global release of its FIFA World Cup 2010 demo inside some marketing copy about the game’s soundtrack, which no one cares about. Talk about burying the lede. The demo matches Italy and Spain, who last met with big money on the table in the quarterfinals of the 2008 UEFA…

  By Owen Good Published April 7, 2010
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  The Thoughts Behind Miranda’s Behind in Mass Effect 2

  Aside from the lack of homosexual characters, I had the chance to ask Mass Effect 2 project lead Casey Hudson at last month’s GDC about one thing my friends (both male and female) and I have noticed when we first got the game: Miranda’s ridiculously tight outfit. Here’s part of our conversation from the brief…

  Tracey John Published April 7, 2010
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  Hacker Claims To Have Linux Working (Again) On PS3

  On April 1, Sony removed one of the PlayStation 3’s original features, the option to install an alternate operating system such as Linux, with its latest firmware (version 3.21). Today, one man claims to have reinstated that feature. Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz says he has, as promised, implemented a workaround that will let users enjoy…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2010
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  Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Unveiling Soon?

  Word of a new Marvel Vs. Capcom game could be heading our way in the coming months if rumors from website Team Spooky can be believed. And here’s why I think they can: The poster over on Team Spooky saying that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is inbound is the same person who last summer leaked…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010
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  New Xenoblade Trailer Is Personal, Positive, Pretty

  Our previous look at Monolith Soft’s upcoming Wii role-playing game Xenoblade—formerly known as Monado: Beginning of the World—may not have convinced you that the game is worthy of carrying the “Xeno” prefix. But what about this new trailer? Sure, this one’s in Japanese, just like the last one, so the finer points of the story…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2010
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  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s Other Big Crossover? Front Mission

  If you thought Konami and Kojima Productions’ collaboration with Capcom’s Monster Hunter series was a bizarre fit, you’ll likely find the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker tie-in with Square Enix just slightly less weird. Kojima Productions announced in Tokyo earlier today that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker feature some level of interactivity with Square Enix’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2010
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  Zynga Man Withstood Your Calls And Our Farmville Innocence On Today’s Podcast

  You can download our newest podcast today and hear a few firsts: 1) Me trying a game live on the show 2) A caller asking a developer how it feels to have about four million people hate his game 3) A man from Zynga, makers of Farmville, admit that a Farmville movie would be terrible.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  This Week In Comics

  A couple of big-brand video game comics series end this week, but I can’t stop shaking my head at the Superman series that feels like it should never have started. You all know the origin of Superman, right? Krypton. Rocket. Smallville. Superpowers. Metropolis. Every too often, the powers at be at DC Comics decide that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  Modern Warfare 2 Goes Free On Steam This Weekend Only

  Want to see what all that Modern Warfare 2 fuss is about, PC gamers? Then play the game’s multiplayer mode for free this weekend, courtesy of Activision and Valve’s Steam service. That “weekend” starts a little early, as the free Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer action starts Thursday, April 8. You can pre-load…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2010
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  Left 4 Dead 2: The Zune

  Chet over at Valve just sent us this sweet personalized Zune with fancy Left 4 Dead 2 engraving to give away on the site. But how?

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010
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  New Word For The Day: Scrotality

  Scrotality: name of the Achievement awarded to players of this month’s upcoming Dead To Rights: Retribution should they make the game’s playable dog chomp a bad guy’s groin. I committed this maneuver — in the game! — this morning. It’s some frightful business. As is Shadow’s ability to rip a guy’s throat out when he…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Beta Is Totally Nigh

  Blizzard isn’t putting a hard date on the third major expansion to its popular online role-playing game, but the Cataclysm add-on for World of Warcraft is on the verge of going beta. Blizzard is now sending out beta opt-in invites to press. The WoW developer is “starting to gear up for the World of Warcraft:…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 7, 2010
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  Twenty-Two Gaming Flashdrives You Can’t Buy

  Gamers get tons of swag, and we post just about all of it here on Kotaku. But there’s one thing we’ve never shown off. USB Drives!!! I hardly want them, but with more and more laptops leaving out the DVD drive and FTP sites not able to handle a sudden deluge of downloads, USB drives…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010
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  Motion-Controlled Video Game Ad

  Sign #6583 that the Wii has made it big: There is an EA Sports Active ad on my orange juice carton.

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  Crime, Vampires, Cows, Our Live Podcast Has it All Plus Zynga

  Kotaku Talk Radio is coming to you live RIGHT NOW, well maybe ten minutes, with special guest Marcus Segal, the chief operating officer for Zynga. Zynga Games Network is the company behind Mafia Wars, PetVille, Vampires, Dragon Wars and FarmVille. Segal is on Kotaku Talk Radio giving you a chance to quiz him on everything…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010
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  The Great Scrabble Panic of 2010

  Do not mess with the rules of Scrabble. That was the lesson of yesterday, the day many people thought the rules would soon be changing. Blasphemy by the Scrabble-makers? Snobbery by the fans? The heated reactions seemed familiar. There are, after all, people who don’t want the rules of Scrabble to be changed. There are…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  Life As A God Of Sims

  I’m a great game god. Let me tell you a story. At current, my Sims in The Sims 3 live in a world of my design. [fuzzylogicdishwasher.blogspot.com] They live in a house of my design, they are made by me, I have literally crafted everything about their lives. But an interesting situation arose recently: I…

  AchromaticMagus Published April 7, 2010
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  The Popular Dark Void Coming to iPhone, PC

  Capcom’s jet-pack shooter Dark Void didn’t do so hot when it hit consoles earlier this year, but the mini 8-bit game released on the DS was another story entirely. Dark Void Zero, seemingly the product of marketing, was a fantastic little retro homage with 8-bit graphics and sound and gameplay reminiscent of early Metroid titles.…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010
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  The Voice Of Crackdown Had A Cold

  Good news, Crackdown fans: The signature voice of the 2007 Xbox 360 game is back for this summer’s sequel. Better news: He’s not sick this time. Michael McConnohie was the no-nonsense voice of The Agency, the seemingly benevolent (or were they?) police force of which the playable hero of Crackdown was an officer. McConnohie’s voice,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2010
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  Crecente’s 1/10 Of A Second Colbert Report Appearance

  Not only did my face manage to make it’s way onto the The Colbert Report last night, as I slept, but it did so as the voice of the Twittersphere Next time you want steamy quotes about Scrabble, Colbert, have the decency to wake me. Click to view

  By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2010