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Twitch Taking a Harder Look at PS4’s Playroom After Livestream Mayhem
In light of the recent livestream antics on Playroom, the PlayStation 4 augmented-reality game set in players’ living rooms, Twitch.tv has felt compelled to restate its terms of use, which in effect forbids “non-gaming content.” For those who use Playroom (shown above), it sounds like a crackdown. To recap, the PlayStation 4 allows livestreaming to…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2013 -
‘Xbox: Where’s My Free Game?’
When I hooked up my PlayStation 4, it already offered me two great games for me to play, three, if you count DC Universe Online. Had I not traded in a bunch of games for store credit the day my Xbox One arrived, I would have been able to, what? Play a fighting game with…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2013 -
Culture
The Week in Games: The Hay’s in the Barn
It is axiomatic that just about nothing in video games happens—in the West, anyway—the week the United States celebrates its most important holiday: Black Friday. However, I do tip my cap to Professional Farmer 2014 for its timely release on Thursday—Thanksgiving day itself. Tuesday, Nov. 26 Air Conflicts: Vietnam (360, PS3) Ys: Memories of Celceta…
By Owen Good Published November 24, 2013 -
Kotaku EastPersona 5 Announced for the PS3
Atlus has finally (finally!) made an official announcement regarding Persona 5. It’s headed to the PlayStation 3 next winter in Japan. Here’s the game’s teaser trailer. No word yet on a Western release. トレーラー映像 / PERSONA5 [Atlustube@YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2013 -
Meet the First PS4 Customer. He Has Come to Judge You.
For the second straight week, the subject of our ‘Shop Contest will judge the entries making fun of him. As a courtesy, we will now profile Joey Chiu (center)—who 10 days ago was first in line to buy the PlayStation 4 at its launch event in New York. Soon after hearing word over Twitter when…
By Owen Good Published November 23, 2013 -
Twitch Couple’s Strip Show Could Mean Bad News for PlayStation 4
File this one under “Why we can’t have nice things.” A week after the console’s launch, some PlayStation 4 users appear to be using Playroom, an augmented-reality game taking place in one’s living room, to broadcast ridiculous live “shows” involving nudity, firearms, and God knows what else. This is accomplished through the live-streaming of games…
By Owen Good Published November 23, 2013 -
Your Guide To The Next-Gen Consoles
Just like that, the Xbox One was released to the public, and the next generation of gaming became the current generation of gaming. In the last two weeks, we’ve gotten two new consoles in the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. Add last year’s Nintendo Wii U, and you’ve officially got a lot of new…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 23, 2013 -
What Do You Think Of Your New Next-Gen Console?
The Xbox One is now on store shelves. The PS4 has been out for a week. Maybe you picked one of those consoles up. Maybe you even got both! We’ve already told you what we think of them. What do you think? Weigh in in the comments below with your tales of next-gen gaming. Here…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 22, 2013 -
Wreck-It Ralph, Rapunzel and Frozen Disney Infinity Toys Are Out There
The third round of Infinity figures is hitting stores today, bringing Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, Tangled‘s Rapunzel, and Anna and Elsa from Frozen to Disney’s cross-property toy box. Now all you have to do is find them — at three different retailers. Dammit, Disney. Not only are you releasing four products (Anna and Elsa come…
By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2013 -
Team Fortress 2‘s Medic Just Got Some Extra Powers
The Medic from Team Fortress 2 recently got some nifty new items as part of Valve’s Two Cities update, shown off in a pretty cool official animated short. Gotta love that exploded Heavy getting reanimated. Here’s the full clip: Mann vs Machine – The Sound of Medicine [YouTube] To contact the author of this post,…
By Gergo Vas Published November 22, 2013 -
Kotaku EastCrazy Man in a PS4 Costume Tries To Crash an Xbox One Party
On YouTube, Megwin TV is a Japanese comedy collective. One of its members dressed up in a DualShock 4 costume and tried to get into an Xbox One launch party. That not only takes some balls, but also a large fake controller. Trolling Xbone Launch in PS4 Costume [Megwin TV] To contact the author of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2013 -
Kotaku East
Vampire Stripping, Otaku, and Bland Combat Abound in Akiba’s Trip 2
Akiba’s Trip 2 is the story of a boy and his friends trying to keep Tokyo’s Akihabara safe—from vampires. The only way to beat the vampire menace? Strip them and expose them to the sun! …And that summary should be enough to tell you exactly what you are in for with Akiba’s Trip 2 Good…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 22, 2013 -
Welcome To The Next Generation, Everybody
That’s it. It’s past midnight. The Xbox One is now on sale in North America, having gradually rolled out across Australasia and parts of Europe earlier in the day. With the PS4 being released last week and – depending on your definition of “generation” – the Wii U on shelves last year, the “next generation”…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 22, 2013 -
The Xbox One Is Huge Compared To Other Consoles
The original Xbox 360 may have been a bulky hunk of hardware, but the Xbox One is huge. Seriously. We did some comparisons in a video to show you exactly how huge we mean. Watch here: Be sure to stick around for my usual antics. And in case you missed it last week, we gave…
By Tina Amini Published November 21, 2013 -
Glimmers Of Hope That The PS3 Might Finally Be Getting HBO Go
PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Crytek might be taking their skills to Hollywood | We could see a new X-Men game | Insomniac could be working on a brand new game | A Sony studio might be moving from handheld to PS4 development Although much of our attention is focused on next-gen, there are…
SUPERANNUATION Published November 21, 2013 -
The Japanese voice track and lip sync animations will be available as DLC for the English version of Lightning Returns The pack, per the latest announcement from Squeenix, will be free to download for two weeks after release, after which time it becomes paid DLC. Above is the newly-released “special effects” trailer.
By András Neltz Published November 21, 2013 -
Borderlands 2 Serves Up a Thanksgiving-Themed Episode Next Week
As only it could do, Borderlands 2 is desecrating a sacred family tradition for millions with its next wildass set of missions, “The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler.” available on Tuesday for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It sounds nuts. The pretext for all of its Thanksgiving imagery is a “hunger-themed competition,” being…
By Owen Good Published November 20, 2013 -
Reviews
NBA Live 14: The Kotaku Review
It’s hard to remember, but NBA Live was once a challenger to the formidable NBA 2K. If you care about aggregated ratings, NBA Live 10 and NBA 2K10 finished in a dead heat. Live had stolen away one of 2K’s top designers. It was fargin’ war. Then EA Sports burned down everything. We haven’t seen…
By Owen Good Published November 20, 2013