The PlayStation Vita is a good, powerful handheld machine that's run some piss-poor first-person shooters. After rushed, clunky Resistance and Call of Duty shooters, the system will get a Killzone in September. It merely needs to be mediocre to improve Vita FPSing dramatically.

Some games nearly make me miss my subway stop. Some games tempt me to keep on playing them while I'm walking down the street. This is one of them.

The PS Vita is doing much better these days. The game library is still not as robust as I'd like, but I don't get depressed so much when I check the Vita section of my regular game store.

Megaman creator Keiji Inafune's Soul Sacrifice is hardly a cheerful game, but it is certainly a joy to look at, if what these people are saying is anything to go by.

CounterSpy, an upcoming indie game for PS3, Vita, and mobile, looks pretty neat, like a stealthy Metroidvania stuck inside a Pixar world. More on the PS Blog.

When One Piece: Pirate Warriors was released on the PS3, I found myself playing it and enjoying it—despite having next to no knowledge about the source material.

Like most shonen anime and manga, One Piece is filled to the brim with crazy attacks and special moves. But what would these attacks be if they weren't all given names to be shouted at maximum volume whenever said attack is used?

Most interviews with game developers are stuffed with predictable hype about how wonderful everything in their game will be. It's pre-release time. A season for optimism! Here's something different—something brutal yet refreshing...

Sony has announced that last year's Jak and Daxter Collection for the PS3, a compilation featuring HD remakes of the three PS2 Jak and Daxter games, is getting a Vita release.

Life is all about change. So are The Bests, the lists of games that Kotaku's editors think are the most superlative gaming experiences on various platforms. We've promised that these rosters will evolve over time, incorporating new releases that are deemed must-play titles.