The New Rhythm Heaven’s Saddest Stage

Rhythm Heaven the Best + is full of cute Nintendo musical mini-games—and one surprisingly depressing one. At first sight, it doesn’t seem so sad. After all, it’s just a blue bear holding two sacks of groceries—one full of doughnuts and the other full of cake. But then he starts eating—popping cake and doughnuts up into…

Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda, who previously left Sony, has set up his own studio. It’s called genDESIGN and you can visit its official page here.

Sword Art Online Is a Lot of Fun Even without Its Main Character

Sword Art Online focuses almost exclusively on its hero, Kirito—and when it doesn’t, it tends to follow the main female lead, Asuna. But what happens to all the other characters when Kirito and Asuna are busy with the main story? The answer is this manga: Sword Art Online: Girls’ Operations The first volume of Girls’…

Virtual Schoolgirl Demo Now Goes International

In Summer Lesson, there’s studying, singing, and head shaking. Lots of head shaking. Thelast time we saw Summer Lesson, we were in a Japanese schoolgirl’s room. There was so much leering learning. This time, we’re just hanging out, it seems and not really even feigning that much studying. This VR tech demo is for Sony’s…

Today, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One is gettingbackwards compatibility. But how will it work? Here, let Microsoft explain.

Artist: Mika Nakashima | Track: Glamorous Sky (Acoustic Version) | Album: The End & Best Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

I shouldn’t care about this game. Disney Infinity was terrible, and 2.0 wasn’t much better. And yet, there is hope for 3.0. Mostly because of the involvement of Ninja Theory (Enslaved) and Sumo Digital (Outrun 2006). And just partially because of the sweet figures.

The PS4 Now Supports MKV Files

The PS4’s new Media Player should now be available for download. Which you should do: it finallytransforms the PS4 into a proper media centre, allowing for playback of movies and music over both wi-fi (DLNA) and USB. Here are the supported formats: Video MKV Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2 Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby…

Call of Duty DLC Now Coming To PlayStation First, Xbox Waits

Call of Duty: Black Ops III wasn’t at Microsoft’s press conference, where the series has debuted for years. How come? It was at Sony’s event, and Microsoft’s DLC deal appears to have swapped hands. DLC is premiering first on PlayStation 4. This is only good news for Sony, not gamers. Exclusive DLC is shitty, regardless…

We haven’t seen much of Firewatch, Campo Santo’s first-person adventure game. So new trailers are always welcome. (Note: this game is also coming for the PC)

Destiny: The Taken King Is Official, Out In September

Last week, we told you all about The Taken King, Destiny’s next expansion, which will pit you against Oryx, father of Crota. Today we get to see it in action. As we reported, the new expansion will give you access to three new subclasses with special supers—an electrical storm for warlocks; a void bow for…