Kotaku: The Future

Watch Humanity Take Its Next Leap Toward Real-Life Galaga

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:30:00 EST

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Nano quadrotors fly in formation in this great video from the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. All we need is a spaceship that can shoot these things down and we're good to go. More »

Now You Can Shoot Doom Demons ... With Your Mind

Kirk Hamilton — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:40:00 EDT

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First wireless controls, then motion controls, then motion-tracking like the Xbox Kinect... sooner or later, someone's going to come up with a computer (and therefore a video game) that can be controlled entirely with our minds. More »

Rumor: The Next Nintendo Console's Controller Has a Front-Facing Camera?

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:40:00 EDT

According to an "insider", a report on Develop is claiming that Nintendo's next home console will ship with a controller that features a front-facing camera. Just like the DSi and 3DS. More »

What Will Mario's Creator Do When He's Done Making Games?

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:30:00 EDT

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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has been making games for decades now, with classics like Mario and Zelda on his resume, yet even if he says otherwise, he can't make games forever. So what does the man want to do when he hangs up his boots? More »

Fresh Details About Wii 2's Unusual Controller (And Why It Won't Kill The Wii Remote)

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDT

In the week since reports about Nintendo's next home console began appearing in the gaming press, several aspects of the controller of the system's controller have become more clear. More »

Microsoft And Sony Targeting 2014 For New Consoles, Leaving Nintendo In The Clear

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The next Xbox and the next PlayStation won't be released until 2014, if Microsoft and Sony have their way, industry sources tell Kotaku. More »

Kinect Hack Shows Star Wars Holograms Not So Far, Far Away

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:30:00 EST

The tech behind the Xbox 360's new camera controller, Kinect, is now being used for an impressive—most impressive—new feat: to capture 3D images, stream them over the internet and display them in holographic form. More »

The To-Do List For The Goliath Of Video Games

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:00:00 EST

You're a giant video game company. You've released StarCraft II this year, and Call of Duty: Black Ops is selling ridiculous amounts. Your first name's Activision, last name's Blizzard. You have a plan for the future and, today, you shared. More »

Irony Of The Future

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:40:00 EDT

Veteran game designer Dave Perry predicts a flaw in the possible plans for PlayStation 4, Wii 2 and Xbox Whatever, not that the backer of streaming gaming service Gaikai doesn't have a vested interest in disc-free gaming. (Via Dperry Twitter) More »

Will We Still be Able to Play our Games in 20 Years?

Jesse Gregory — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EDT

I really enjoy playing old games. This will come as no surprise to readers that keep up with our Friday Old Games series. But when I do get in the retro mood, I almost always play on the real console. More »

30 Things We Will Know About Video Games In 30 Years

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:20:00 EDT

How can I know what video games will be like in the year 2040? How can I do anything but speculate? Preparing for a futurist panel tonight, I've determined 30 things we will know about about video games by 2040. More »

The Car Dashboard of the Future - A New Place To Play?

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:30:00 EDT

The same kind of touchscreen-controlled, widget-enabled technology that lets us customize and personalize devices like the iPad and Android-powered phones could be coming to your car dashboard. Naturally, we're thinking "So, what kind of games can we play on it?" More »

A Look At The (Possible) New York City Of The Future

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:00:00 EDT

New York City is one of the most played locations in games, serving as the inspirational backdrop for games like Grand Theft Auto, Prototype, Crysis 2 and many, many, (perhaps too many) more. Will future visions of the Big Apple be... fun? More »

Not That Far From The Truth

Mike Fahey — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:20:00 EDT

We didn't turn out too badly, did we? A comic from famed 80's - early 90's prophet Gary Larson, found via Reddit. More »

Someday, We'll All Look This Goofy Playing Games

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:30:00 EST

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Ubisoft CEO Predicts New Apple Gaming Hardware

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:40:57 EDT

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicted today not just a coming generation of consoles and a gaming revolution in set-top boxes, but a bigger gaming play by Apple than just the iPhone. More »

Photorealism Is "Inevitable" In 10-15 Years

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:00:00 EDT

Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there's a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. More »

Star Trek Predicts Future Of Video Games

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

There's much that Star Trek tells us about the future of collared shirts, the U.N. and torpedoes, but we've been trying to figure out what it says about the future of games. More »

Naughty Dog On PS3 In 3 Years

Mark Wilson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:20:40 EST

Naughty Dog is surveying the land with its chest stuck out, planning its worldwide conquest following the critically solid launch of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Where will things be in three years, someone asks (a child, maybe). Naughty Dog inhales deeply and ponders the questions. Somewhere off in the distance, wind chimes can be heard.

..., it's anybody's guess. At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2.

And then, as quickly as it came, Naughty Dog disappears into the horizon. More »

PS3: 10 More Years!

Kim Phu — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:40:00 EDT

SCEA president, Jack Tretton, is standing by his console as a story in the LA Times reported that Sony confidently sold only about half as many units of PS3s in 2007 as the Nintendo Wii. Apparently, it doesn't matter if a million units weren't sold here or there because, as Tretton puts it, "We're into this for the next 10 years and beyond", implying that their commitment to the console is going to win out in the end. More »

The PS 9: Gaming's Answer to Good Coke

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:22:26 EST

The PS3 is not high tech. It does not come in a clear ball that splits open and sends particles up your nose, causing you to see a giant octopus. According to this retro PS2 ad, the PS9 should hit in the year 2078. My question: Will it be the PlayStation 9 or the PLAYSTATION 9? Brian Ashcraft More »

Newest Anime Star: The DS Lite

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:22:43 EDT

How popular is the DS Lite in Japan? Appearing-in-anime popular. Reader Magus was checking out the second season of School Rumble when he noticed a familiar handheld. Magus writes: More »

Analyst: PS3 to Lead Eventually, 360 Close Behind, Wii Brutally Shunned

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:20:40 EDT

I hate analysts. They are industry charlatans, fortune tellers, spouting their "predictions," which are based on nothing more than projected lines. Their contribution to society? Flame wars, and for that, they deserve a post. More »

Like To BS? Make a Prediction

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 03 May 2006 10:22:23 EDT

Are you bold? Like are you audacious enough to wear shoes without socks and drink day-old milk? Well, have we got a website for you. Appropriately called "Bold-Claim," the site lets daring individuals post this opinions on everything from economics (not our readership) to video games (bingo). Just register, post your own or comment on others. I've taken a quick look around, happened upon a couple Kotaku reader's bold claims and made my own: More »

Control Video Games... With Your Brain!

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:18:43 EST

"A computer controlled by the power of thought alone has been demonstrated at CEBIT in Germany." Woah. That's the lead-in to Cognitive Labs report on the "mental typewriter" (aka Berlin Brain-Computer Interface), a device that not only makes you look 8000% dorkier, but will let you control your video games and entertainment devices with pure thought. It could also allow the paralyzed control computers and let amputees control artificial limbs, but the real news is that we can finally dump those crappy Wavebirds! More »

Poll: Download or Actual Games

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:22:11 EST

Eurogamer, via GamesIndustry, reports that EA important dude Dr. Jens Uwe Intat says the future will bring a continuous pipeline of downloadable games. Ten years from now (sometime after we get those overdue Hoverboards from Back to the Future 2) gamers won't necessarily be buying the latest titles at actual shops, but downloading. "All entertainment media will be downloaded to a device," says Intat. Certainly, this isn't much of a revelation. It's not a revelation in the least. However, bigwig Intat also stated that there will be physical product in stores for a long time. Which brings us to an interesting question: More »