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Infamous: Second Son‘s Protesters Are Terrible At Protesting
It can’t be easy, being an innocent civilian in the world of Infamous: Second Son. The government has put your city on lockdown, everyone’s suspected of terrorism, and a guy with superpowers just blew up your car. It’s enough to make you want to take to the streets and protest. That’s just what a group…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 24, 2014 -
PlayStation’s ‘Origin Story’ Is Today’s Funniest Video
If you thought you knew how Ken Kutaragi, onetime CEO of Sony, turned the PlayStation into a success, you were way wrong. This is the real story: Comedy group Mega64 have outdone themselves with this one. Don’t miss the top-secret Kutaragi cameo at the end. (Top gif via NeoGAF)
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2014 -
One Of Infamous: Second Son‘s Best Parts Doesn’t Happen On the PS4
I thought I Finished Infamous: Second Son. Turns out there’s plenty left. Infamous: Second Son came out on Friday. If you picked up before the weekend, it might be the case that you’ve blown through the main storyline already, soaked up all those tasty powers and are purging the Department of Unified Protection out of…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 24, 2014 -
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – PS4 vs. Xbox One vs. PS3 vs. 360
With every new cross-gen video game comes a new opportunity to compare technical performances across most of today’s big gaming consoles, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is no exception. The super-technical folks at Digital Foundry have put together a great breakdown of the technical specs in the latest MGS game, complete with video…
By Jason Schreier Published March 24, 2014 -
Your PS3s and PS4s are about to get 37% more radical. OlliOlli—the hit side-scrolling skateboarding game that came out for PlayStation Vita earlier this year—will be coming to Sony’s home consoles this summer. There’s also an update on the way that will fix a crash bug and include other stuff, too.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 24, 2014 -
ReviewsInfamous: Second Son: The Kotaku Review
I was worried about Second Son The first two Infamous games—both personal favorites of mine—stand as high points in Sony’s first-party publishing portfolio: wonderfully crafted superhero playgrounds infused with a great sense of flow and urgency. Both of Cole McGrath‘s adventures held inspirations and commentary drawn from the real world but those elements lay nestled…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 23, 2014 -
Sony’s Working Hard To Make PS4 VR That’s Cool And Won’t Make You Sick
A couple of days ago, I felt like I was standing in a shark tank. Some time before that, Sony’s head of PlayStation game development, Shuhei Yoshida, fed a dinosaur and the company’s top PlayStation researcher, Richard Marks, stood next to the Mars rover—all in virtual reality, of course. With any luck, you will eventually…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2014 -
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Tips for Playing Infamous: Second Son
Today’s the day when the latest installment in Sucker Punch’s open-world action/adventure series launches up, up and away into PS4s all over the planet. While it resembles its predecessors a fair bit, Infamous: Second Son does do a few things differently than them. Check out the advice below for ways that you can be a…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 21, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWatch Us Play the Cowboy Bebop PS2 Game
Cowboy Bebop, the immensely popular classic anime, has had a series, a movie, and two manga—all of which have come to the West. However, there is one Cowboy Bebop story that you may not be aware of as it has never left Japan: the PlayStation 2 title Cowboy Bebop: The Serenade of Reminiscence. To see…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 21, 2014 -
Sony Tech Lets You Play Games Using Your Eyes
Sony’s had some VR tech on show at this year’s GDC, but it’s also showing off some eye-tracking gear that’s just as impressive. In this clip, The Verge get some hands-on time with a special test build of the new Infamous game, and…throws some fireballs using their eyes. You’re not controlling the entire game using…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 20, 2014 -
Watch Us Play Infamous: Second Son Live, Right Here [Stream Over]
Maybe you’re going to pick up Infamous: Second Son tonight at midnight. Maybe you’re going to start downloading it as soon as you can. Or it might just be that you’re still not convinced that the new PS4 game is worth your time. Now you can take a look for yourself. Kotaku video editor Steve…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 20, 2014 -
Latest Wolfenstein Trailer Shows a Pretty Messed-Up Nazi Card Game
Nazi coffee. Nazi robots. Nazi cigarettes. Nazi old ladies. Nazi psych tests. This new teaser for the upcoming alternate reality take on the Wolfenstein franchise doesn’t offer up any gunplay but it does give a glimpse into the messed-up psychology of a world where the Third Reich won out. Knowing what we now know about…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 20, 2014 -
We Tried Sony’s PS4 Virtual Reality Headset. We Like It.
Yesterday, Sony entered the virtual reality fray by announcing Project Morpheus, a new virtual reality initiative aimed at making a VR headset for the PS4. Today at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Stephen Totilo and I swung by Sony’s booth to check it out. In a private meeting with Sony’s Anton Mikhailov and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 20, 2014 -
Here’s Dark Souls II with the chosen ones gathering around the bonfire, reimagined in glorious 16-bit by pixel-wizard Bandygrass. Pretty neat animation, and it reminds me of the superb character selection screen in Diablo II Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that…
By Gergo Vas Published March 20, 2014 -
Borderlands 2 on the PS Vita looks… pretty much like you’d expect. Courtesy of YouTuber AtomixVG, here’s four minutes’ worth of footage of the portable version of Gearbox’s loot-happy shooter, straight from this year’s Game Developers Conference. Vid’s above, enjoy.
By András Neltz Published March 20, 2014 -
Let the Next-Gen Engine for The Division Blow Your Mind Even More
Quick, think of the burliest video game engines that you’ve seen lately. Frostbite 3. Unreal Engine 4. That Luminous Studio demo Square Enix showed off at E3 2012. Project Cars. Pretty soon, you’re going to have to add Snowdrop to that list. Ubisoft first showed the tech behind its upcoming Tom Clancy game at E3…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2014 -
9 Things To Know About The PS4’s Virtual Reality Headset
Sony only just officially announced the existence of a virtual reality headset they’re working on, named Project Morpheus, so you can imagine details will still be trickling in as we learn more about this Oculus Rift competitor. Enter PlayStation Access, who have a few more details about this headset. They cover a little bit about…
By Tina Amini Published March 19, 2014 -
Leaked Images Reveal One Of This Fall’s Two Assassin’s Creed Games
One of this fall’s big Assassin’s Creed games, called or code-named Unity, is set at least partly in 18th-century Paris, according to early leaked screenshots obtained by Kotaku These screenshots, sent to me by a source who requested anonymity, show Unity‘s new assassin roaming around what appears to be Paris. You can see Notre Dame,…
By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2014 -
PS4 Video Sharing Is Getting Some Big Improvements
The mega-success of Twitch. The popularity of top Let’s Play video creators. Sharing your video game experiences has become an increasingly important part of how folks talk about the stuff they love and hate. So, it was a bit of downer when Sony launched the PS4 with recording and sharing options that presented owners with…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2014
