Let These New Thief Screens Steal Your Attention

So far, all we’ve seen of the upcoming Thief game during E3 is an impressive but gameplay-free cinematic trailer. These new screens are helpful, then, in terms of figuring out what all that skulking and theft is going to look like.

How Big is the PS4? Let’s Find Out.

Unlike the rest of Kotaku’s NYC-based staff, I’m not out in Los Angeles for E3. But Kirk and Jason are there and they’ve heroically pulled stuff out of their bags to measure against a PS4. Keep in mind that the unit in the video behind a glass partition, so questions about smudge resistance or build…

Let’s Rate The Major E3 Press Conferences

Sure, you may think you know who “won” yesterday’s E3 press conference throwdown. But there’s only one way to know for sure: A reader poll. And so I turn it over to you, fine readers: how would you rate yesterday’s press conferences, and this morning’s Nintendo Direct?

A New Super Smash Bros. Challenger Appears…

Breaking Smash Bros. news out of Nintendo’s E3 booth event — along with Mega Man and Animal Crossing‘s villager, the Wii Fit trainer girl will be joining oh who cares. *sits at his desk eating pistachios, shaking his head* What are… *sighs* I… I’ve got nothing. To clarify, this is a real thing — a…

Sony’s President Drops A Victorious Mic

Sony had a good day yesterday. They said basically everything every gamer and press member in the audience—and watching on livestreams—wanted to hear. (Everything except for good news on The Last Guardian, that is *sadface*.) So when Jack Tretton was invited on Spike TV to reminisce about the grand announcements, host (and Kotaku friend) Geoff…

This Nine Minute Metal Gear Solid V Trailer Is Pretty Gross

Nine minutes! That’s a long freakin’ time. Not all the footage is brand, brand new, but be warned, it’s rather graphic in places. Heads up, if you are squeamish. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft

Killer Instinct On Xbox One Is Free, For Your First Character

Tekken isn’t the only major fighting game series with a sequel that starts off costing nothing. The Xbox One’s launch day fighting game Killer Instinct will also be free. You’ll get one character, Jago, to play against anyone. And you’ll get a rebirth of a long-dormant series. You can then pay for other characters. “We…

The Next-Gen Moneysaver: PS4, Xbox One, SodaStream, Game and Wario

Moneysaver does unfortunately require an Internet connection to read, and you will have to check in once every 24 hours to get new deals. Now that you’ve had time to let Sony’s landslide E3 victory sink in, it’s time to break out the wallet. Amazon has both the Playstation 4 and Xbox One available for…

New HD Remastered Scenes From Final Fantasy X/X-2 Are Always Welcome

Final Fantasy X was not my first Final Fantasy, nor is it my favorite by a long shot, but it was the Final Fantasy that gave the characters voices, so it’ll always be strange and wonderful to me, especially in HD. Here we get a taste of both sides of Square Enix’s HD re-release —…

Who Needs an E3 Booth? Here are Nine New Grand Theft Auto V Screens

Jetskis! Biplanes! Burning helicopters! Pyschopaths! Hey, maybe it’s not at E3 and it’s not on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, but Rockstar Games didn’t want you to forget about Grand Theft Auto V, so here are nine more screenshots to pick apart. No, really. That’s all I got. Here they are. To contact the author…

Third-Party Publishers Will Have Final Say On Used Games for PS4 [Update]

In an interview with Game Trailers’ Geoff Keighley, Sony CEO Jack Tretton shed more light on how used games will work on the PlayStation 4. It seems that, while the system’s first-party games will be free to trade in or share without restriction, third-party publishers can choose to behave otherwise. Tretton’s remarks start at about…

So Far, Next-Gen Is Being Won By Crap You Can Already Do

Progress! Turns out that what’s next is what’s now. After watching two big press conferences for two big consoles (Xbox One and PS4), it looks like the future is being decided by the present. It’s still early, yes. But the knee jerk to Microsoft’s Xbox One, and all that it entails, is severe. Whether it’s…

The Last Guardian Is ‘On Hiatus’ [UPDATE: Sony Was Wrong?]

Sony exec Jack Tretton just told Spike that hotly-anticipated PlayStation game The Last Guardian is on hiatus. UPDATE: Actually…Sony says Tretton misspoke. The game is still in “active development.”

Pikmin Are Infiltrating Nintendo’s E3 Booth

And they’re doing so adorably. D’aww. As captured by Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton, at Nintendo’s E3 demo area in Los Angeles.

Mad Catz Enters The Android Console Market With M.O.J.O.

There’s just no stopping Mad Catz’s mad expansion plans. The peripheral maker has turned software publisher over the past couple of years, and this holiday season it takes a stab at console manufacturing with the M.O.J.O. Android console. Another Android console? Isn’t this just a super-charged Android phone without the screen, like the Ouya or…

You’ll Be Able to Play Kingdom Hearts III on Both Xbox One and PS4

The game made its debut during last night’s PlayStation press event but Kingdom Hearts 3 won’t be a PS4 exclusive. It was revealed that it’s also coming to the Xbox One during a Square Enix briefing today.

Jimmy Fallon Wants To Watch You Play Games With Your Mom

Do you ever play video games with your mom? If so, Jimmy Fallon wants to put you on TV. In honor of Late Night‘s upcoming “video game week,” the host wants you to shoot a video of yourself playing video games with your mom. He explains in the clip above. If your submission is good…

If you were displeased when Drake took the stage during the EA presser yesterday, you weren’t the only one.

Final Fantasy XV Is Not a PS4 Exclusive

Final Fantasy XV is coming to the PS4 and the Xbox One, Square Enix just announced. “FFXV is being developed with a tool called Direct X 11,” Square Enix’s Shinji Hashimoto said at today’s Square Enix press conference “With this tool it’s possible to port the title to various hardware,” Hashimoto added. “Following yesterday’s announcement…

Find Out About the Future of Square Right Now (Updates Complete)

I’m at a press conference all about the future of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts and who knows what else. Here we go…. I’m one of about 200 people in a conference room at the Marriott near E3. They’ve got banners here for Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III. But we’re starting with Naoki…