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If You Love Final Fantasy X-2, You’ll Love Lightning Returns

When people ask me what Lightning Returns is like, I always respond that it’s a lot like Final Fantasy X-2. A lot of people seem to take this as an insult to Lightning Returns. It’s not. While I feel like I am in the minority, I loved FFX-2 and much of what made it so…

Daisenryaku Perfect: Ruler of the Battlefield, delayed like eight times, has another release date: February 6, 2014. The previously announced Xbox 360 version of the game, however, appears to have vanished from the game’s official site. I eagerly await the next delay!

Lightning Returns Isn’t Revolutionary, But It Is a Lot of Fun

Few sequels are as different as Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is from the other titles in the FFXIII series. It has a new world and a battle system so highly modified as to be nearly unrecognizable. But when it comes down to it, these changes are all for the good as they make for…

See PlayStation and Xbox Controllers Evolve Before Your Eyes

A new generation means new controllers—but the road to the current PlayStation 4 and Xbox One controllers was full of tweaks. Not all of these changes are visual, of course, but it’s still cool to look at these GIFs by Gadget Love and see just how much has changed since the PS1 and Xbox days.…

Reminder: The Witcher 3 Is Going to Look Pretty Damn Good

The last part of CD Projekt Red’s trilogy will be hitting the PS4. It looks pretty freaking great. Watch the trailer and you’ll see glimpses of bustling medieval hamlets, ominous storm-drenched beaches and impressive-looking combat. The game is also hitting PC and Xbox One and should be out some time next year. Read Kirk Hamilton’s…

Square’s Going All Out For The Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remakes

Here are a bunch of new trailers for the upcoming HD remakes of sports sim Final Fantasy X and pop star emulator Final Fantasy X-2, which will be out for PS3 on March 18 (and Vita at some point in the undetermined future, unless that version is mysteriously cancelled.) They’re looking good. Certainly better than…

Battlefield 4‘s one-hit-kill bug might be dying today on PS4. The delayed update due earlier this week has started rolling out for Sony’s next-gen platform. But DICE warns that this patch isn’t a total fix for some of the game’s other issues

Is this… The Valvengers? The Hulk, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Captain America and Thor (poor Thor) all transformed into Valve characters. With the Scout and the Soldier from Team Fortress 2 and a zombie from Left 4 Dead, teaming up with Gordon Freeman, this team probably wouldn’t function smoothly. Dayshot is an…

I’d Have Killed A Man To Go To Gran Turismo 6’s Launch

I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with Gran Turismo over the years. I used to love it. Then I hated it, bored of how sterile and lifeless it had become. Now…I appreciate it for what it is. I’ve got Forza for when I want to get behind a car and go “WWWAAHAHHHHAHAHHAH”. For those times I…

You Can Spend $140 On One Car In Gran Turismo 6

Gran Turismo 6 is coming to the PlayStation 3 on Friday, bringing with it the first real-money microtransactions in franchise history. It’s a game where five bucks can buy you 27 1998 Mini Coopers, or 2.5 percent of a ’66 Jaguar XJ13. European and UK microtransaction pricing for the sixth game in the storied racing…

EA Won’t Work On New Battlefield 4 DLC Until Flawed Game Is Fixed

Flagship first-person-shooter Battlefield 4 is so troubled that the game’s development studio won’t proceed on development of any new, planned expansions until the game’s problems are sorted out, BF4 publisher EA told Kotaku in a statement today. That update comes at at an awkward moment. Online connection issues have been frustrating some players of the…

Doki-Doki Universe Launches Tuesday on PS4

Doki-Doki Universe arrives on Dec. 10 for the PlayStation 3 and 4 and PlayStation Vita, the game’s developer, HumaNature Studios, said earlier today. It will be $14.99. The game is available over PlayStation Network and cross-buy is supported, so getting it for one system is as good as getting it for all three. Doki-Doki Universe…

Zen Pinball 2 Flips Onto PS4 This Month

Zen Studios continues its never-ending quest to put pinball on everything capable of playing it with the December 17 release of Zen Pinball 2 for the PlayStation 4, with free tables for previous purchasers and a little something strange. Players who’ve already purchased tables for Zen Pinball 2 on the PlayStation 3 or Vita will…

The elevators in Battlefield 4? They’re fine, as long as you ignore stuff like this, straight from a horror movie. But glitchy elevator physics is the price we have to pay for collapsing buildings and levolution moments. Dayshot is an image-based feature, that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

Giant Phone or Small PlayStation Controller?

Quick! Answer! Which is it: a jumbo phone or a teeny PlayStation controller? Here, I’ll give you a hint: It’s not a huge phone. Big hint, I know! These “ear phone jack mascots” go on sale next April in Japan. No word yet on pricing. 2014年”プレイステーション”旋風到来！！ [あみあみ] To contact the author of this post, write…

Here’s Another Call of Duty: Ghosts Comparison For Xbox One and PS4

Last month, we saw Call of Duty: Ghosts compared on PS3, Xbox 360, and PS4. In the following video, you can finally see the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game compared. It’s really getting harder and harder to tell the difference. At least for me. Can you spot any discrepancies? It’s a YouTube…

​Your Xbox One Responds To ‘Sexbox.’ The PS4? ‘Babe Station.’

To access the voice-control functionality on an Xbox One, you say, “Xbox.” To access it on PlayStation 4, you say, “PlayStation.” But those greetings aren’t very fun or sexy, are they? As Stephen found when he tested it out, the PlayStation 4 actually responds to some pretty casual language. You can say “A.C. Four” or…

Battlefield 4 PS4 Patch Delayed

You’re supposed to be able to stay connected and absorb at least a few bullets during the online frenzy of a Battlefield 4 multiplayer battle. But persistent bugs on the PS4 have made crashes, one-hit kills and general instability rampant problems in EA’s flagship shooter and it looks like the wait for a fix will…

PS4 Voice Recognition Is Surprisingly Casual

Here’s a game you can play on your PS4 without leaving the main menu. 1) Plug a PlayStation Eye Camera into the console or a headset into the controller. 2) Say “PlayStation” 3) And then start naming games you’ve installed. Important! —> Be playful. Try variations. I did that and happily discovered that PS4 games…

​The Best Next-Gen Game. The Worst Next-Gen Dialogue.

Y’know, the collective chatter amongst Kotaku writers has unofficially dubbed Need for Speed Rivals as the best next-gen game so far. Several among us have raved about the way it draws you in and entices you to keep playing. But, man, the lines coming out of the characters’ mouths in this racing game are terrible.…