The NGP Reveal Summarized In Convenient Video Form

Want to hear all about the reveal of Sony’s Next Generation Portable without reading words? NetworkWorld’s video summary’s got gameplay, Sony executives, and the dulcet tones of IDG’s Tokyo bureau chief Martyn Williams.

Give Us Your Video Game Baby Names

Kotaku commenter LordDisco’s wife is pregnant with a bouncing baby boy, so he’s on the lookout for interesting labels to attach to this potential gamer in today’s Speak-Up on Kotaku All right, everyone. Open for suggestions. My wife and I went to the doctor today for her 20-week checkup (She’s pregnant, by the way). That…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is Kotaku’s official forum. Please, huddled masses, talk here about video games. Thanks to Hisilarn for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

Brink and Hunted Have Spring Release Dates

Brink, the first-person shooter designed to make elite team play possible for everyone will be out on May 17 in North America. Hunted, the Gears-of-War-style fantasy game arrives on June 3. Both are for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

A Beginner’s Guide To The NGP (Or, If You’re Just Joining Us, The PSP2)

Good morning, world! if you’re just waking up to news of Sony’s new handheld gaming platform, here’s a handy cheat sheet to get you started. It should give you all the basics. Then, when you’ve got a cup of tea and/or your breakfast ready, you can work your way through the rest of the evening’s…

A Sleepy Guy Talking NGP

Hey, I’m tired. But I bet you’re tireder. What you missed last night Yes, I’ve Played With Sony’s New Gaming Portable, The NGP Hands On With The NGP’s Brand-New Uncharted, And A Deviant Surprise Let’s See How Big This PSP2 Really Is The First Sexy Pics of the PSP 2 The PSP2 Is Here: Dual…

Guild Wars 2’s Guardian Is A Master Of Self-Sacrifice

ArenaNet replaces Guild War’s Monk with the better armed and armored Guild Wars 2 Guardian, a brand-new fighting profession that can sacrifice its own defenses for the sake of its allies. Where did the Monk go? There are no dedicated healing classes in Guild Wars 2. One of developer ArenaNet’s goals in creating the second…

Hands On With The NGP’s Brand-New Uncharted, And A Deviant Surprise

Another techy Sony product with more big promises. We’ve been here before, right? Not this time, though. If the NGP, or Sony’s Next Generation Portable, seems different, it’s because the way the portable lets gamers game. There’s something about the NGP that is simple, something that pops. Nintendo might’ve pioneered touch-based gaming, but Sony is…

NGP: Sorting The Myths From The Facts

For nearly four years, we suffered through rumours of what the PSP’s true successor would actually look like. Now that it’s finally here, let’s revisit those rumours, see how right we (and others) were! First things first: In October of last year, we heard a bunch of stuff from developers and other closely-linked sources. That…

A Visual Guide To The NGP

Yes, I’ve Played With Sony’s New Gaming Portable, The NGP

Today in Tokyo, Sony unveiled it’s newest PlayStation Portable, codenamed Next Generation Portable, or NGP. And I’ve played with it. During Sony’s event, the NGP’s beautiful OLED screen was stunning. It looks even more stunning up close. The touch elements on the front screen were more than serviceable, offering a new experience for PlayStation Portable…

We Have A New High Score!

Jazon, your high score just saw some serious shit. If you have no idea what is going on, see here for reference (via ALBOTAS).

Sony’s New Handheld Is Not Called The PSP2 (Yet)

For the past few months – and over the past few hours, for convenience’s sake – we’ve labelled Sony’s new handheld gaming device the PSP2. That has to stop, because it’s not the thing’s name. As you may already be aware, what we all thought of as the PSP2 has actually been given the working…

How To Avoid Our PSP2 / NGP Coverage

Can’t bear to face any more stories about Sony’s new handheld? That’s cool. Bookmark this URL, use it for the next day or so, and if pain persists, please see a doctor.

Our Camera Adds Ten Pounds to the PSP2

Viewed in the spectacle of a media feeding frenzy, the PSP2, codenamed NGP, suddenly seems to have more girth than the sexy device spotted in Sony’s official pictures Those fade-away edges no longer seem to fade-away. The touch-sensitive back suddenly has “back.” Prepare yourself and then flip through the untouched, unfilitered images of a PSP2…

The Not So Sexy PSP 2 Photographers

The PSP2 Has A Slick Little Logo

Here’s one of the less obvious, but nevertheless classiest things about the new NGP/PSP2: its branding. While the handheld bears the working title NGP, or Next Generation Portable, that’s neither its final, formal name, nor is it present anywhere on the case of the new device. All you get is…PlayStation. In that nice, clean font…

Deadwood, NYPD Blue Producer to Work on Heavy Rain Movie Adaptation

David Milch, whose credits include some of my personal television favorites like Deadwood, NYPD Blue and Hill Street Blues, will be adapting Playstation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain into a feature film with Warner Bros., Variety reports. Milch will be working with Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne to turn Heavy Rain the movie into Rain the…

Metal Gear Solid 4, Lost Planet, Yakuza Shown In PSP2 Form

The PSP2—or the NGP, as its currently codenamed—may be powerful enough to play PlayStation 3-quality games. At today’s coming out party for the next-generation PlayStation Portable, Sony and friends showed just that. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida likened the power of the next PSP to that of its current home console, the four-year-old PS3. A handful of…

Catch The PSP2’s Debut trailer

Here’s the first trailer for Sony’s new PSP2 (or NGP as it’ll be known). It’s heavy on concepts and light on actual footage of the thing (or its games), but it does at least get across the main points Sony’s trying to make with the thing.