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​Watch The Last of Us: One Night Live, Right Here

Tonight in Santa Monica, something strange and wonderful took place: The actors, writers, musicians and game developers who made The Last of Us put on a performance, live onstage. The show was streamed live, but if you missed it (or want to catch it again), you can watch a recording of the whole thing right…

‘GayStation’ Is Now A Real Thing

If you’ve frequented many gaming message boards, you’ve probably seen the term “GayStation” tossed around as a cheap slur. Seems it’s about time LGBT activists tried to reclaim it. This custom rainbow PS4, dubbed the ‘Gaystation’ by its creators, is being auctioned during Sweden’s pride week to benefit the Swedish LGBT rights group RFSL. Current…

​Should You Get The Last of Us Again On PS4?

The Last of Us came out on the PlayStation 3 last year. It was very, very good. This week, a new and improved version of the game will come out for the PlayStation 4. But can a game that was already so good really be “improved” all that much? Tomorrow, The Last of Us: Remastered…

What We Want Changed After Destiny’s Beta

As betas go you can’t argue with Destiny’s success. I’ve heard more than a few people saying it’s the most they’ve played on their PS4 since launch for example, while it seems to be basically the only thing that happened over the weekend. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Now we’ve all had a…

Video Game Lets You Drive From Miami To L.A. In 40 Minutes, Seamlessly

We’ve seen games that let you run from one end of a huge, real city to another. But Ubisoft’s The Crew promises an altogether more impressive spectacle: one smooth drive from Miami Beach to the beaches of Los Angeles. Take a look. The footage above was captured and uploaded by YouTube user Birds AT (and…

They’re Making a PlayStation Optimus Prime Transformer

You thought they’d stop at a Mega Drive Megatron? Ha! Oh, no. There’s an Optimus Prime PlayStation Transformer in the works, too. Currently, there is only an artist rendering, but this 19cm Optimus Prime will transform into the first generation PlayStation. It is slated to be announced in early 2015, so it will be a…

Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes Comes Out on September 23

The next game in the Disney Infinity series hits store shelves a little while after school starts, just in time for teachers to start confiscating figures from kids who won’t stop talking about the game in class. On September 23, Disney Infinity: Marvel Superheroes adds a major overhaul for Toy Box mode and 16 new…

HULK HATES BEING TIMED PLAYSTATION EXCLUSIVE

The Incredible Hulk figure for Disney Infinity 2.o will not be available at launch, except to those who spend $179.99 on this lovely PlayStation exclusive collector’s edition. Rage….building. Available this fall for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, the collector’s edition of Disney Infinity 2.0 comes with the game, the Avengers playset, six figures, including…

Four great indie games will be at the heart of Sony’s annual PLAY summer sale when it starts next week. Hohokum and CounterSpy will be PlayStation exclusives, while the others—Rogue Legacy and The Swapper—are making their debuts on Sony’s game systems. Learn more on the official PlayStation Blog

​Iconic Video Game Series Reimagined as Anime Girls

The Neptunia series has a long history of turning video game consoles and companies into anime girls for their games. But the new spin-off game, Hyper Goddess Faith Noire: Ultra Goddess Black Heart, takes it a step further and gives famous Japanese game franchises their own anime girl treatment. [Note: As the names of these…

Sony Is Selling the PS Vita with a Dick Joke

As part of a PS Vita summer campaign, Sony has released a new Japanese ad on YouTube that can be described as ballsy. That, or a cheap sight gag. In the spot, schoolkids are getting changed for their summer swimming lessons, and after one kid drops his towel, another kid’s jaw drops and he says,…

There Appears To Be A Female Assassin In The Newest AC: Unity Video [Update: Alt Theory: She’s A Templar?]

We can’t tell who she is, and it’s unlikely that she’s playable. But it nevertheless looks like Assassin’s Creed: Unity, like earlier games in the series, will have female assassins. No comment from Ubisoft. The lady appears briefly at around the 7:24 mark of a new making-of video posted today by gaming site IGN Unity,…

Sony will be staging a live reading and musical performance of The Last Of Us in Santa Monica on Monday, July 28 at 10pm ET. The performance will feature the game’s voice actors and is overseen by the game’s creative director, Neil Druckmann. Livestreamed on PSN/Twitch/YouTube. More details at the PlayStation blog

Reminder: the Destiny beta’s going bye-bye for a bit, for scheduled maintenance. The preview test of Bungie’s sci-fi shooter will be down starting today and returns on 7/23, the first day Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners will have access to the beta.

Big-Time Doom Fans React To Yesterday’s Doom Reveal

We didn’t see the new Doom that was shown exclusively to Quakecon attendees in Dallas this week. You probably didn’t either. But all the people in a video shot by the folks at the unofficial Quakecon Forums did. They just saw it minutes before this video was recorded, and they were pumped. Skip to 50…

How BioWare Plans Who You Can Romance In Their Games

Creating romances in a BioWare game isn’t just a matter of writing and art. It’s also a matter of math. That’s one of several insights in a really good 48-minute talk delivered by the writers of Dragon Age Inquisition at last week’s GaymerX2 convention. The topic was romance (read: who your character can eventually have…

Custom Metal Gear Rex Has A Working Gun

Made by really talented modeler NG78, this custom Metal Gear Rex is a bit more different than the ones we’ve seen so far. It might not be the biggest one, but with a custom built-in gun, it’s definitely the most dangerous. The builder shared a few more pics here: [Kotobukiya] Metal Gear REX Electromagnetic Gun…

Alien Isolation’s Worst (Best) Aspect: The Unpredictable Alien

One thing I noticed playing Alien Isolation was its unpredictability. Multiple replays showed the alien and other characters never did the same thing twice, which is entirely the point, explains creative lead Alistair Hope. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “We realised early on that if you could learn its behavior then it would…

Gundam Side Stories is Nothing But an Inept Play on Your Nostalgia

For decades, Gundam has had some impressive side story games that explore the war in the original Gundam. So you’d think an HD collection like Gundam Side Stories would be a godsend—and it would be if it were more than just an inept play on your nostalgia. Good – A New Gundam Side Story When…

It’s Like Playing Assassin’s Creed In Real Life (Without The Stabbing)

Ubisoft has created an official Assassin’s Creed obstacle course minus any bales of hay or annoying guards. You can run through it at San Diego Comic-Con next week (location info here). Cool or not? What do you think? Let the game’s Chief Parkour Officer (!?!) walk you through it: