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Kotaku East
There are Guns, But From Software’s Bloodborne Won’t Be a Shooter
The trailer for the upcomingBloodborne was shown at E3 this week and fans of Dark Souls/Demon’s Souls promptly lost their shit. But aside from what’s in the trailer, what do we know about the new game from From Software? Hidetaka Miyazaki, director of Demon’s Souls, the original Dark Souls and the upcoming Bloodborne sat down…
By Toshi Nakamura Published June 12, 2014 -
Sony: GTA V Will Have Some Sort Of Special Perk For PS4 Owners
This is going to be vague, but it’s too intriguing not to share. During my interview with PlayStation’s North American marketing v.p., John Koller, we were talking about exclusive perks for PlayStation 4 owners for multi-platform games and we got to the topic of GTA V We’d just discussed how Activision and Bungie’s Destiny game,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2014 -
The Loneliest Game At Sony’s E3 Booth
Sony’s spot on the E3 show floor is mostly bustling with activity—people playing games, posing for photos with dressed-up mascots, and waiting in line to try out Project Morpheus VR. I say mostly bustling because, well, there’s also Minecraft for PS3. Poor Minecraft for PS3. You’re a known quantity. No one wants to play you.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
Video Games Can Be This Beautiful
Earlier today I mentioned that the the sky in Destiny is gorgeous. It’s even prettier in motion, as you can see in this new video from Digital Foundry, lifted from footage of the Destiny alpha running on PS4. Man. Those clouds.
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
Assassin’s Creed Unity‘s Paris Is Huge. Really Huge.
The city of Paris in Assassin’s Creed Unity will be the largest city in the series’ history, the game’s developers told me yesterday as we played the game and I grilled them with tons of questions. Unity’s Paris will be bigger than the combined island landmasses of Assassin’s Creed IV. It’s rendition of the famous…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 10, 2014 -
We Finally Got To Play A Big Chunk Of Destiny
Over the past weekend, a couple of us at Kotaku had a chance to sink a good half-dozen hours each into an alpha version of Bungie’s sprawling (but still somewhat mysterious) online shooter Destiny. The chunk we played was pretty enjoyable, and gave me a much better sense of what Destiny is all about. Destiny…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 10, 2014 -
Maybe I Don’t Need The Last Guardian Anymore
Sony’s press conference came and went last night, filled with pregnant pauses. None of those silences gave birth to any news about The Last Guardian, making it five years of barely suppressed longing. High time, then, for me to think about where I’m going to put this game in my heart, whenever it comes out.…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 10, 2014 -
A Handy List Of Yesterday’s Big E3 Moments
Now wasn’t yesterday quite something? Phantom Dust, GTA V for current-gen, dragons from the new Dragon Age and elephants from the new Far Cry… It’s hard to keep track of everything that happened. So let’s take a look at yesterday’s events, as told by our headlines, in (a mostly) chronological order. Microsoft Microsoft did the…
By András Neltz Published June 10, 2014 -
Mortal Kombat Looking Good and Gory, Like It’s Supposed to
There was never any question what the developers of Mortal Kombat were going to use the new consoles’ increased processing power for, was there? Ok, it’s not just blood. In the clip above, you can see Scorpion, Sub-Zero and a slew of other Kombatants dueling to the death with environmental interactions a la Injustice. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
PlayStation TV Is Coming West This Fall For $99
The wait is finally over, microconsole fans! Sony just announced that it’s bringing its super teeny tiny PlayStation TV to the U.S., Canada, and Europe this fall. Sony originally released the gadget last year as the PS Vita TV. Even then, the thing sounded like a great bargain: a small and decently-priced machine that could…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 9, 2014 -
PlayStation Now Game Streaming Starts on July 31st
Starting next month, PlayStation owners will be able to play Sony’s first-party back catalog via the PlayStation Now service. PlayStation Now’s open beta starts on July 31 for PS4 owners in the U.S. and Canada. It moves to PS3, Vita and Sony brand TVs sometime after that. 100 PS3 games will be available as part…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
Hey, It’s ‘Torture Porn: The Video Game’
Good or bad, nobody makes games like Suda51. Could this be one of the good ones? The next game from the creative lead on Killer7 and No More Heroes will be a PlayStation exclusive. Let It Die looks like it’s a brawler with the same sleaze-shlock cinema DNA as Suda’s other work.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
Your PS4 Friends Don’t Need Far Cry 4 to Play Far Cry 4
Sony VP Adam Boyes just announced that PS4 players will be able to invite friends into a game of Far Cry 4, even if they don’t own it. Game sharing like this has been seen on handhelds before but making it available for a beefy, open-world game like Far Cry 4 is an impressive feat.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 9, 2014 -
PS4 Owners Can Play Destiny This Weekend
It’s just been announced that Destiny’s beta will be available first on PlayStation consoles. It’ll go live in July 17. Though if you can’t wait a month, you’ve got another option. This weekend, anyone who owns a PS4 console will get the chance to play the game’s early alpha. To get in on that action,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2014 -
Ubisoft’s MMO racer, The Crew, is out on November 11. A closed beta for the game’s PC version is starting on July 23, for which registrations are already open. Up top is the new Coast To Coast trailer, which shows off a two-hour driving mission from Miami to Los Angeles.
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
What Fighting A Dragon Looks Like In Dragon Age: Inquisition
Today at E3, EA showcased some combat-filled gameplay from Bioware’s upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Inquisition During the fight, we get to see both a more in-your-face third-person view and a tactical top-down view as the group faced off against the Dragon Age world’s apex predator, the high dragon. Dragon Age: Inquisition arrives to PC, Xbox…
By András Neltz Published June 9, 2014 -
The punishing fighting-desperately-for-survival simulator Don’t Starve is coming to the PlayStation Vita, Developer Klei entertainment announced today. The Vita version will come with the original game and the Reign of the Giants expansion. Kotaku wishes one of our favorite PS4 games well in its new mobile-friendly home.
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 6, 2014
