The PS4 Won’t Be Out in Japan Until Next Year

The PlayStation 4 is launching this November in the West. It won’t be out in Japan until 2014. The console is launching in Japan on February 22, 2014. The console is priced at 41,979 yen (with tax), which is $420. The PlayStation 4 bundled with the PlayStation Camera is 46,179 yen (with tax) or $460.…

Another Awesome Live-Action Clip From…FIFA

They don’t get much attention from gaming sites, probably because lol EA Sports, but every year Electronic Arts goes nuts with their live-action commercials for FIFA. It’s the company’s biggest-selling game pimping the world’s biggest sport, so a certain level of expenditure is to be expected, but the money they spend boggles the mind. Getting…

Your Box Art Is Drawn By Talented Humans

One of the reasons I run Fine Art is so that artists, who play such a major role in shaping our attachment with our favourite series, get some of the recognition they deserve. That goes double for the images on the front of the box. Even today, in the age of digital downloads, the single…

39,000 FPS Explosions Go Way Past “Slow Motion”

This is what it looks like when you shoot stuff at an old TV set (or a line of doomed eggs) at capture speeds up to 39000 frames per second You’ve probably seen videos like this before, but probably at speeds of around 6000 fps. 39000FPS is just…nuts. You can see buckshot in mid-air. Everything…

Sir, Your Street Fighter Collection Is An Inspiration To Us All

I love people who only collect one type of video game. Just collecting games doesn’t have quiet the same dash of mad obsessiveness as someone who specialises in a single series. As we’ll see in this case, with Street Fighter. Clarence Lim, who also does some mean cosplay, has “a complete catalogue of NTSC1 Street…

BioShock Infinite Cosplay Leaves A Bad (Good?) Taste In Your Mouth

Potential BioShock Infinite DLC, perhaps? Actually, on second thought….eewwwww. That’s comedian and TV host Chris Hardwick teaming up with girlfriend, actress and TV presenter Chloe Dykstra. Below? The rest of last week’s best cosplay, including a very special outfit: that Halo Spartan is actually the Mountain Dew exclusive DLC. Awesome. To see the larger pics…

Grand Theft Auto V Might Be The Most Expensive Video Game Ever Made

Budgets for video games are a bit of grey area, but if this report from Scottish newspaper The Scotsman is to be believed, then Grand Theft Auto V is the most expensive video game ever made. In a report focusing on the upcoming launch of Rockstar’s latest criminal opus, The Scotsman reports that the total…

Somebody Already Has An Xbox One

Last week, the first Xbox One consoles rolled off the production line. So, naturally, we’ve now got video of someone using one, a whole two months ahead of the machine’s launch. In this clip – uploaded earlier today – you’ll see the lucky/wanted man give us a quick tour of the control pad, console and…

DayZ, You’re Looking Much Nicer

DayZ’s proper, fancy and upgraded commercial release draws nearer, and in this clip creator Dean Hall takes you through a lot of the latest tweaks, additions and changes made to the game. Know this is wonky, but that’s the point. Hall is giving you a look at the development process, so don’t sweat the animations.…

That’s One Less Free-To-Play Game To Worry About

There once was a game called Hardware: Shipbreakers. Made by some ex-Relic developers, it was going to be a free-to-play game. Now that it’s got Gearbox money behind it, however, that won’t be necessary. Phew. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford tweeted over the weekend: As pretty as it looked, the fact Shipbreakers was going to be…

The Week in Games: The Good Old Hockey Game

EA Sports’ 20th revival of the NHL franchise hits shelves on Tuesday. The HD remake of Ducktales arrives on Xbox 360 on Wednesday. Peter Molyneux’s Godus arrives Friday. Monday • The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North (Mac) Tuesday • The Sims 3 Movie Stuff (PC, Mac) • The Elder Scrolls Anthology (PC)…

Watch Some Hot Sexy Xbox One Dashboard Action, Right Now

[Update:] The video has since been removed. Someone with a copy of Ryse and, apparently, an Xbox One or hardware strong enough to run that game, released this video yesterday, showing less about the game and the new console and more about how the dashboard performs on it. Awesome. The Xbox One dashboard. That really…

Kickstarter Suspension Blows Up Crowdsourced Gaming’s Next Big Idea

Ouya’s “Free the Games Fund” promises to double a crowdfunded game’s money—if it releases exclusively for the Android console. The potential for abuse should be apparent to anyone with a brain. Two games are accused of backing themselves with fake funding to claim the prize, and one has been suspended by Kickstarter. The suspended game…

Football: The Kotaku Review

Today is opening day in the NFL, as good a time as any to remind you of one of the best-designed games in the world: Football. American Football. Tim Rogers gives it a Yes

Do Not Adjust Your Picture: Yep, the super awesome watch-a-shitload-of-the-NFL-for-free offer through Madden NFL 25‘s $100 Anniversary edition promo with DirecTV is experiencing technical difficulties as thousands log in to the service on opening day. Others are saying they can watch just fine, but YMMV.

The ‘Shop Is Closed: We’re taking a break from the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest because I won’t be around next weekend to round up the results and provide a new exploitable. We’ll return with a new challenge on Sept. 22.

Sunday Comics Needs New Strips. Go Find Me Some Pledges.

Well, alright. The tree of video game webcomic humor must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of … new video game webcomics. Or something. This is the only democratically elected feature on Kotaku, and I’m calling new elections. If you haven’t noticed, we’re down two strips from our normal 10. Brentalfloss folded…

Sunday Comics: Fan Service

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published Sept. 5. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Sept.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ultimate Exploitable: The Winners

My PAX 2013 summit with Warrior—no, really, that’s his name, legally changed—was plenty enough to get your creative minds cookin’ for our latest ‘shop contest. Our winners inside feature the usual gang of suspects, plus overall No. 1 ForeverWhatever! Brandon0151 Contrarianator ForeverWhatever GiantBoyDetective Ginger Snap halfbeast JB MrEshady Orion resdog sciteach Vorgier Wiisley64 To contact…

GTA‘s Latest Teaser Shows Tennis, Triathlon, and Other Vanity Sports

Another update to the Grand Theft Auto V site gives us a glimpse of the leisure activities in Los Santos—always a draw of this series—as well as a preview of some of the radio stations in the game, less than two weeks before release. “Fitness & Relaxation,” brought to you by the “Egochaser Energy Bar”…