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Looks Like Everything’s Going to Burn in Bloodborne
The new trailer for From Software’s next dark action game just dropped and it’s looking just as grim as fans have hoped. Some of this footage was shown behind closed doors at E3 in June, but now everyone can take a look at the gothic carnage coming from the makers of Dark Souls.
By Evan Narcisse Published August 12, 2014 -
Watch The PlayStation Press Conference Live, Right Here
Gamescom continues this afternoon, as Sony takes the stage to talk all things PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Will we see some Uncharted 4? Maybe a big exclusive to compete with this morning’s Tomb Raider bombshell? ONLY TIME WILL TELL. Sony’s conference starts at 1pm Eastern. We’ve got the stream running for you right here,…
By Jason Schreier Published August 12, 2014 -
Journey‘s coming to the PS4 later this year, along with cult PS3 fave The Unfinished Swan, according to a post on the official PlayStation blog. A line in the YouTube video’s description mentions cross-buy: “Get more for your money with Cross-Buy – purchase this game for PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 and get the other…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 12, 2014 -
Dark Souls veteran Vaati continues to amaze with his and detailed theories about the Souls games and their backstory. His latest one might be spoilerish if you haven’t finished Dark Souls II and its first DLC, but this might be the best source to speculate about the ending and what we’ll see in the two…
By Gergo Vas Published August 12, 2014 -
ReviewsHohokum: The Kotaku Review
Hohokum is almost definitely the strangest video game I’ve ever played in my life. I swear I can hear the new game giggle at my attempt to describe it or pin it down. I’m going to try, because you should know what you’re getting into. And, yes, Hohokum is very much a thing you should…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 12, 2014 -
Assassin’s Creed Unity‘s Paris Looks Damned Good
Paris is a great choice to show off the evolution of the tech powering the next crop of Assassin’s Creed games, n’est-ce pas? In this new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Unity, you can get lingering looks at the bustling crowds, interior spaces and improved parkour that will be hitting the Xbox One, PS4 and PC…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 12, 2014 -
Destiny‘s Beta Characters Aren’t Transferring to the Final Version
Millions of players might have been hoping—assuming, even—that all the work they’d put in leveling up and customizing characters during the Destiny beta would continue on in the final version of the game. Nope. The characters built in this summer’s pre-launch test are being wiped and all players will be starting fresh. News of this…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 11, 2014 -
One Of The PlayStation’s Greatest Heroes, Reborn (Again) In Skyrim
The ever-rising Sir Daniel Fortesque shall live once more, thanks to a mod aimed at recreating the first four levels of the classic MediEvil in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The mod, crafted lovingly by KorinOo of Nexus Mods (via Reddit), aims to breathee new life (sorry, it’s too easy) into a PlayStation mascot that’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2014 -
Want All The Cool Stuff At Launch? Buy More Than One Copy Of The Game.
You might think it’s cool that you can dress Lara Croft and her next game’s three co-stars as if they were actually starring in a Hitman game. You might think it’s cool that you can dress them up as if they were in a Deus Ex game. Well, bad news. On December 9, the day…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 8, 2014 -
CultureThis Tony Hawk Speedrun is Flat Out Bonkers
I was pretty solid at Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 in my day. But I don’t hold a candle to GeorgeThePlushie, who demolished the game in 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Take a look at it, and bathe in your game-playing inadequacies! See how fast he moves through the menus! George mentions that fraps was…
By Chris Person Published August 8, 2014 -
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Playing in a World of Japanese Watercolors
Back at the Tokyo Game Show last year, I got some hands-on time with Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines. At that time, I said it was the prettiest game I saw at the show. And now, as I play through the full version, I find myself loving the art style more and more. Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines is…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published August 8, 2014 -
Aladdin And Princess Jasmine Are Coming To Disney Infinity
Seeing how the movie came out 22 years ago, Aladdin isn’t exactly “a whole new world” at this point. Disney Infinity certainly took its sweet time bringing the nineties-era classic back in video game form, though. Today, Disney finally revealed its plans to bring Aladdin and Princess Jasmine to the Disney Infinity Toybox 2.0. Don’t…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 7, 2014 -
Kratos Is A Loser Even When He Wins
If there was ever a video game character that needed to go into therapy, it’s God of War star Kratos. Even David Jaffe, one of his creators, has said that the guy should calm down But can you really blame him? He lost his entire family before the original God of War even started. And…
By Yannick LeJacq Published August 6, 2014 -
Someone’s Suing Sony Because A PS4 Game Isn’t 1080p
Proving the theory that anyone will sue anyone for anything, a legal firm filed a class-action lawsuit for $5 million against Sony yesterday because the multiplayer mode in PS4 game Killzone: Shadowfall doesn’t run at a “native” resolution of 1080p. Yep, this is for real. The suit, which you can read below, alleges that Sony…
By Jason Schreier Published August 6, 2014 -
This Is Why You Don’t Give an Axe to Little Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood is going to be the protagonist of her very own “cinematic” action platformer called Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries. This Red Riding Hood is vengeful, angry, and wields an axe. In this case, “cinematic” basically means that the game looks great: It’s like the evil, bloodthirstier twin of Trine, with a…
By András Neltz Published August 6, 2014 -
ReviewsRoad Not Taken: The Kotaku Review
Yes, it’s named after the Robert Frost poem. No, it’s not clear why. The lovely new game from development studio Spry Fox is full of mysteries, most of them with gameplay consequences. It’s basically a game about a person who lives in a village, makes friends and then heads out into the wilderness year after…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2014
