Sony, it seems, is teasinga new version of the PocketStation. The device, originally released in 1999 and discontinued in 2002, was PlayStation 1 Memory Card peripheral with a monochrome LCD screen. But will it be new hardware or an app? An announcement is expected on November 5. [Thanks, Jan!]
I really don’t remember the last time I was excited for a Jackie Chan movie. Maybe 1996? It was sometime during the 20th century, that’s for sure. This movie, however, has my attention. Out this December in China, this is a reboot of Chan’s Police Story flicks, which already got a reboot. The title of…
I’m a sucker for clear electronics. I love seeing what’s inside. You know, the innards. Sony’s new DualShock 3 controller almost lets me do just that. As Gamer notes, the color is called “Crystal,” and it’s more of a frosted clear plastic. You may remember that Sony previously released a clear plastic DualShock 2 controller,…
On Halloween, around a thousand zombies descended on Tokyo Tower. That’s a lot of zombies. The zombies weren’t real zombies (sorry!), but comprised of beauty school students, people who dig dressing as zombies, and former sumo champ Akebono, who also might dig zombie make-up but isn’t a beauty school student. The event was part of…
Over this past week, I’ve been working through the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD remaster collection and that made me curious about another Tales series game: namely, the Japanese mobile game Tales of Kizna. …And now I wish I wouldn’t have. Recently, I’ve been going through a lot of tie-in social games linked to bigger…
It was recently revealed that Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be out March 6 next year in Japan.
You know, I’ve never really thought how a fan oscillates. It’s never occurred to me to ponder for a second the way it moves and does its fan thing. But now I can’t stop watching this magical GIF explanation. So fascinating. This was originally shown on Japanese educational television. Educational, it is! こういう「仕組み」がわかるGIFとか画像あげてけ [Hayabusa] To…
Track: Bang | Album: Gorky Park | Artist: Gorky Park Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.
You don’t have to drivearound killing people and scooping up dirty money in Grand Theft Auto V. The game gives you a camera. You could just walk around taking beautiful photos, like Luis Serrano here. A lover of video game photographysince the days of San Andreas, he’s been using GTA V’s camera phone to take…
Are we ready for leaner, tighter shorter experiences? Is that something we’d like to see in our video games? Having trudged through most of this year’s AAA video games, mindlessly blasting my way from cut-scene to cut scene, I’ve started to wonder: is it time the games industry learned to edit itself more effectively? (Warning:…
American Tim Cannon is a “biohacker”. That unsightly bulge on his arm there is where he stuck a giant computer chip beneath his skin, which transmits his biometric data to Android devices. Which will be interesting data and all but oh God just look at those stitches The chip is kept safe because it’s sealed…
Martin Deschambault is a senior concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal. The last time we gave him his own feature on Fine Art was foran Assassin’s Creed game, so let’s not go changing things just for the sake of change. Deschambault’s work on Assassin’s Creed IV is, as you can see, fantastic. So good, in fact,…
Here’s a cute little video from Nintendo, showing some guys building a replica of Wind Waker’s Windfall Island out of sand. Such craft! Such whimsy! Except… THAT IS THE OUTSET ISLAND THEME SONG, NOT THE WINDFALL ISLAND THEME SONG.
At least at launch, Sony is playing it safe with its DualShock 4 designs. You can get them in black, black or black. But if you want to get something a little more adventurous, there are still options. Evil Controllers, having already got hold of a batch of the new pads, have customised them and…
Mystery surrounded the unveilingof an enormous Xbox One in Canada earlier in the week. Well, mystery solved. It opened up tonight, and out came…zombies. Part of a marketing stunt for the console and Dead Rising 3. Perhaps of more practical use is the fact that once the zombies had cleared out, inside the giant Xbox…
I’ve played thousands of games over the years. And only once has a game ever given me a bonafide outbreak of goosebumps. Head-to-toe. It was during this past console generation, and it was while I was riding a horse. If you’ve played Red Dead Redemption, you already know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t,…
Nintendo just turned off one of the online features of the 3DS, seemingly forever, deactivating the online support for its note-sharing SwapNote service on systems worldwide. The company did this, effective 10pm ET today, after saying SwapNote was “actively misused” to transmit “offensive material” among system users, including minors. SwapNote is a cute, free Nintendo-made…
Surely there will be some costumed pets tonight, given that it’s Halloween. Many of these pets will be dressed at video game characters. But none will be as awesome as Salsa the bearded dragon here, who is dressed up as Charizard from Pokemon. Salsa is owned by piochips, a pet owner who is dressing up…
Happy Halloween, everyone. Hopefully you are ringing in this most ghoulish holiday by dressing up, eating candy, watching scary movies and playing scary games. Speaking of scary games… I’m curious what freaks you guys out. I love horror games, even thought I hate being scared, but I get scared by things that other people don’t…
Dem Battlefield moments: talk about a close call in Battlefield 4—the player had to stop piloting and start repairing before the aircraft hit the ground. Just baaarely does. Damn! (h/t r/gaming)
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