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The PS4’s next system update, which will add YouTube streaming among other features, goes live tomorrow. Here’s hoping it fixes that bug where you can’t access the PS Store without rebooting!

What To Make Of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, One Month Out

Less than a month from release, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is likely to be judged as much on its own merits as on how well its publisher listened to fan discontent about the flagship series and what it’s been willing to change. Companion apps are out. Platform-exclusive DLC is back. The overall plan for the…

Mobile Gaming Didn’t Kill The Vita — Sony Did

I have long been a fan of the PlayStation Vita. So this quote from one of Sony’s head honchos about portable gaming seriously bums me out. Here’s Shuhei Yoshida at a recent Q&A, as transcribed by Eurogamer, when asked if Sony will ever develop a Vita successor: “That’s a tough question. People have mobile phones…

Hack Makes PlayStation TV Remotely Useful

PlayStation TV: good idea, poor execution. Mostly because there were a ton of great Vita games that the little box wouldn’t support. But hey, where Sony came up short, users are getting the job done. While Sony had a reason to exclude a bunch of Vita games from PSTV support—traditional controllers couldn’t replicate things like…

Pausing In A Porta Potty In Metal Gear Solid V Makes Me Happy

As I write this, Venom Snake is waiting in a Porta Potty north of Kabul during a sandstorm. I feel a little bad about it, to be honest. I’d rather leave him at Mother Base or with Pequod in his helicopter. In a pinch, though, when Snake is in the field conducting an operation and…

Madden NFL 16’s Best Mode Almost Turns Football Into Hearthstone

Ten years ago, I wrote one of the most wrongheaded articles of my career. In a review of 2005’s Blitz: The League for Slate, I predicted that Madden NFL’s then-new monopoly on the National Football League’s license for video game football would restore variety to the virtual gridiron. Surely the single-minded pursuit of NFL realism…

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Rocket League Goal Is Painful To Watch

The good thing about Rocket League goals is that they don’t require the best players out there to end up being awesome. Or painful. Or both. Zer0Ping’s footage is probably both. It’s seriously hard to count all the misses. There are so many of them. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Here’s the trailer for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s Jack the Ripper DLC campaign. It’ll be available as part of the game’s season pass, and it will feature Jack the Ripper as its villain, with Scotland Yard chief inspector Frederick Abberline trying to hunt him down (with your help, of course).

The PlayStation 4 Gets a Price Cut in Japan

The PS4 is now cheaper in Japan. Starting October 1, its new price is 34,980 yen ($293). Previously, the console was priced at 39,980 yen ($335) in Japan. This is for the 500GB PS4 (the 1TB PlayStation isn’t available yet in the country). No word yet on whether other regions will see a price drop.…

Hey, They’re Making a New Danganronpa 

Do you like Danganronpa? Oh, lovely. Would you like more Danganronpa? Good news, because that’s exactly what you are getting. New Danganronpa v3 is heading to the PS4 and the PS Vita. No word yet on when to expect it. In the future, I imagine. Here’s the TGS trailer, courtesy of YouTuber XCageGame: To contact…

Resident Evil Turned into a Multiplayer Shooter 

Remember when you couldn’t run and shoot in Resident Evil? It’s skill based. It’s class based. There are zombies. Resident Evil puts its own spin on online shooters with Resident Evil Umbrella Corps The shooter throws zombies into the mix in a multiplayer shooter. The game is slated for the PS4 early next year in…

The SaGa series gets a totally new title with SaGA Scarlet Grace. It’s headed to the PS Vita next year in Japan.

Based on an Akira Kurosawa Script, This Samurai Game Is Finally Coming Out

Apparently! Announced in 2005, Ni-Oh is apparently coming out next year. That’s eleven years after it was originally announced. The game was first slated for the PS3, but has since been moved to the PS4. It’s based on an unearthed Akira Kurosawa script that follows the adventures of a blond-haired samurai in 16th century Japan.…

The King of Fighters XIV Announced for PlayStation 4

If you were wondering when a new King of Fighters title was coming, wonder no more. KOFXIV is coming to the PS4. The fighter is slated for 2016. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the…

Yakuza 6 Is a PlayStation 4 Exclusive

They’re making Yakuza 6! Of course, they are! And the latest numbered entry in the Yakuza series is PS4 only. That shouldn’t come as a surprise as other Yakuza titles are PlayStation exclusives. Sega didn’t show any footage of the game, but expect to see tough dudes punching each other in the face. Yakuza 6…

Gravity Rush 2 Is Coming to PS4 in 2016

Kat is back. Gravity Daze returns to defy the laws of nature with Gravity Rush 2 Sony’s Japan Studio is bringing the eagerly awaited sequel to the PlayStation 4 next year. Footage of the game looks stunning. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is…

PlayStation Vita hit Gravity Rush is coming to PS4 in Japan on December 10, 2015 and February 9, 2016 in the U.S. All three original DLC packs included.

Aeris’ House From Final Fantasy VII, Rebuilt In Unreal Engine 4

The flowery home of Final Fantasy VII’s Aeris, a tiny, fragile island of peace in the middle of the Sector 5 Slums, now has a fan-made Unreal Engine 4 version. It’s the work of Clémence Maurer and he remained faithful to the original one. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Madden NFL Should Be a 22-Player Game

It is one of the oft-old tales in the three-decade (!) history of Madden NFL: When Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts, approached John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, about collaborating on a new version of video game football, Madden stipulated that any game with his name on it would include…