Between PS1 Classics and newer games like Persona 4 Golden, the unheralded PlayStation Vita has become an essential beast for JRPG fans and today brings news of more cool Japanese stuff for western gamers.
Freedom Wars, announced for Japan last year, is coming to North America at some point in 2014. Sony announced the news on their YouTube channel alongside this new trailer (above) for the upcoming Vita game, which lets you team up with other players to take down monsters and shoot your way through prison colonies.…
When I sat down at a park bench in the Yerba Buena gardens by the Game Developers Conference last week to play a build of Road Not Taken—a game named after the Robert Frost poem—my initial thought was that it seemed too adorable to say anything particularly deep. Like say, commenting on the inability to lead a perfect…
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Trippy game gets trippy, interactive trailer. Metrico—which charmed the heck out of me when I saw it at PAX Prime last year—offers a small glimpse at the gameplay and design sensibilities inside its infographic, puzzle-heavy world. There's a bit more about the upcoming Vita release at the official PlayStation blog.
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The creators of Magicka have never made a console game before, but their first—Helldivers—is one hell of a doozy. The chaotic co-op charm of Magicka never quite felt right on a gamepad, but with Helldivers, Arrowhead Game Studios hits that mark hard.
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Welcome to version 2.0 of our pre-order guide. We've turned our list into a calendar, and we'll be expanding to include things like movies and books in addition to games. Find a deal we missed? Is a deal we posted expired? Got a solid release date on a game missing from our list? Let us know in the comments, with…
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These beautiful compendiums are must-buys for Walking Dead fans, and the perfect way for those new to the series, or even to the medium, to jump in. At only $25/piece, no reason to hesitate in adding these to your collection.
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In the biggest Kotaku Deals roundup so far this year, we've got pre-order discounts on all the biggest games of 2014, deals on PS+ and LIVE subscriptions, Xbox One bundles and the Playstation 4 in stock, a new Humble Weekly, the new Playstation Vita up for pre-order, your PSN/LIVE/eShop updates, and more.
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The new Playstation Vita is lighter, slimmer, and has a better battery, and this bundle includes the excellent Borderlands 2, complete with cross-save functionality with the PS3 version. $200 gets you the console, the game, and an 8GB memory card, and you can pre-order now with price-match guarantee. No charge until it …
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The new, slimmer version of the PlayStation Vita is coming to North America as part of a $200 Borderlands 2 bundle, Sony just announced. It'll be out this spring.
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She'll make your PlayStation Vita virtually sing. Today Sega announced a March release for the portable version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f. The PlayStation 3 version, released in North America last year, was one of my top ten games of 2013. This one is just like that, only with a touch screen. Joy!
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Not content to just delivery a great month of free games for Playstation Plus members, Sony has announced the 14 for '14 sale, which is actually a lie since there are 28 games discounted. Normally we would pick the cream of the crop to post, but almost everything on offer is both worth playing and a good deal. As…
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A retailer in the UK has accidentally sent some customers a free PlayStation Vita. And is now resorting to some heavy methods in an attempt to get them back.
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Never one to be outdone, Amazon has thrown in $5 instant video credit to make their version of the $30 Playstation Plus membership just slightly sweeter. Enjoy. [Amazon]
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Amazon has made their exclusive Playstation Vita bundle available, which packs in Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Retro City Rampage, The Walking Dead, 400 Days, and a 4GB Memory Card for $175. An excellent start to your Vita library. [Amazon]
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At midnight ET eBay will have a year of Playstation Plus, the second best value in gaming behind the Humble Bundle, for a ridiculously low $22. This is the lowest price ever for the membership, and quite possibly the lowest we'll see it before next Black Friday. The rush to buy this is going to be insane, and it's…
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Black Friday is just about upon us, Cyber Monday is just around the corner, and there's a Steam Autumn Sale happening, and yet we still have an entire additional set of great deals for you to pick through below. It's a great day to pick up Enslaved on the PC if you missed it on the consoles.
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Our Black Friday Deals Guide is coming later today, but there's no need to wait for that, because three of the biggest games of the year are all on sale at historic low prices, in addition to a slew of blu-rays. Friendly reminder, follow us on Twitter or you will miss time-sensitive deals.
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The PlayStation Vita needs more games like Ys: Memories of Celceta, a Falcom-developed action-RPG that comes out today for Sony's portable system.
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