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‘Worst’ PS4 Game Is Getting Rebuilt From Scratch

Normally, if a new release is lacking in some way—be it in terms of quality or because of bugs—the developers will simply patch the game. But in this case, the situation is so grim that the developers are starting over and redoing everything. Basement Crawl is a Bomberman-like horror game that is rated so poorly…

​World War I Game Is… Pretty

Used to be that we’d get loads of war games based on World War II. Despite being an ugly conflict full of large-scale action and human drama, World War I never got as much consideration from video game creators. Valiant Hearts is going there, and it’s going to look damned pretty in doing so. We…

Minecraft Comes To Xbox One, PS4 and Vita This August

And if you already have a last-gen version of the hit construction adventure game, the new-gen upgrade will cost only $5. For those who don’t own the preceding console ports, the full cost of PS4 and Xbox One Minecraft will be $20. The new-gen versions will support bigger worlds and save transfers but there are…

The Metro Games Are Coming To PS4 And Xbox One

4A Games’ grim post-apocalyptic shooters are finally getting the next-gen treatment they deserve with Metro Redux, series publisher Deep Silver announced today. Redux features re-mastered and updated versions of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light and is coming out for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles. They’ll also come to PC for any gamers…

Unnecessary Censorship Makes Diablo III Inappropriate

“Already, Belial’s sh** has fallen upon Caldeum”… and other bad news from Tyrael in this funny but also disgusting censored version of Diablo III, put together by Unnecessary Censorship Oh, and our follower friend, the always polite Kormac, finally loses it completely in the clips below: Part 1: Part 2: Unnecessary Censorship – Diablo 3…

The New LOTR Game Made Me Fight Dirty

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a revenge story. Sauron has returned to Mordor and a mystery wraith with a grudge has resurrected you to kill him. But from everything I played in a recent demo, it seems like the orcs and other creatures of Mordor should want revenge against me. In the roughly one hour…

The Latest Idolm@ster Game is All Fan Service, in a Good Way

Coming off of their recent movie release, THE IDOLM@STER girls are back with a new game that looks like it’s learned from past mistakes. The latest addition to Bandai Namco’s ever popular IDOLM@STER franchise, THE IDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL came out on the PS3 last week and so I decided to see what it had…

Evolve will release on October 21 this year for PC, Xbox One and PS4. 2K and Turtle Rock Studios also revealed four new playable hunters, which you can read my impressions of here

Evolve Feels Different Every Time I Play It

I have played roughly six rounds of Evolve and it’s been a different experience every time. By now many of you get the basic premise: Evolve is a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter. You play either as one of four humans on a team of hunters going up against a fifth player, the monster. Last week…

​PS4 Karaoke Puts The Phone in Microphone

Listen, being able to use your smartphone as a microphone for the just-announced PS4 version of SingStar just-announced PS4 version of SingStar is a brilliant idea. But there’s no escaping the fact that it looks a little silly, too. Previous entries in the PlayStation karaoke series had players warbling pop hits into microphone accessories. This…

Consoles Are A Lot Prettier When They’re Made With Wood

The dream of boutique video game consoles has been alive for a while now. But has wood paneling ever looked this good on a PlayStation 4? This Balolo cover certainly puts last year’s attempt to shame. Check out more of Balolo’s work for the PS4 and Xbox One below. If you like what you see,…

The studio that helped bring many a Littlebigplanet to life is spreading its wings with an original game of its own. It’s called Hunger, and its concept art looks gorgeous in a gloomy sort of way. Learn more about it on the Tarsier Studios website

Clever Gamer Dresses Up As An Enemy In Dark Souls II, Confuses Everyone

Wearing an enemy’s costume in Dark Souls II and scaring the hell out of others when they invade? That’s absolutely doable. YouTuber GuardianHX tried it out and got some incredible results This trickworked as well in the first Dark Souls but is harder to pull it off in the sequel, since characters have unique stances…

Here’s Your First Look at Batman: Arkham Knight Gameplay

Why look, it’s gameplay footage of the next Batman game! Here’s the new-gen-only Batman: Arkham Knight In this impressive new trailer, you’re seeing footage of many of the scenes from the live game demo we got of Arkham Knight this past March. You’ve got Batman swooping through Gotham, calling in the Batmobile, and even using…

There’s no better way to show how much graphics have changed in the last 22 years than B. J. Blazkowicz, the main character of the Wolfenstein games, dressed as a baby. He’s wearing the same silly costume in Wolfenstein 3D from 1992 and in Wolfenstein: The New Order. It just got 100% more realistic and…

Share Your PS4 Stories

Six months ago, the PlayStation 4 was released unto the world. For a half a year since then, Sony’s angular new chunk of plastic has sat in our living rooms, letting us play games and watch movies. How’s all that going? While most of us on staff at Kotaku have our own PS4s and plenty…

Listen To All Of Transistor’s Incredible Soundtrack Right Here

Transistor came out today, and it’s pretty great. But you know what’s even better? An original soundtrack posted in full on YouTube, you say? My thoughts exactly! Thankfully, it seems like the good people over at Transistor developer Supergiant Games had the same idea, because that’s just what they did. You can listen to the…

Child of Light will be coming to PlayStation Vita on July 1. Ubisoft’s very pretty role-playing game will be a digital download for Sony’s handheld game system. You can read Kotaku‘s review of the game right here.

Transistor: The Kotaku Review

“Jesus, how much longer is this?” I texted my friend, putting down the PlayStation 4 controller to pause Transistor “I think I’m just bad at video games,” I added. “About 5 hours maybe,” he wrote back, laughing in the way that one makes clear through a text message. He had finished the whole thing in…

Snake has a lot of abilities we haven’t seen yet. He is a designated driver after all. The main story in Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes might be short, but as you can see there’s fun to do Gif via r/analogygifs by reddidd Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…