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​The Xbox One Launch, Minus The Hype

Microsoft has had a noisy year. The response to the Xbox One’s unpopular always-online DRM was deafening. The response to the eventual reversal of those policies was even louder. In the midst of all the noise, beyond the cancelled policies and muddled messaging, lies a video game console. What’s that thing all about, eh? Last…

Let’s Be Cool, Guys. The Xbox One And PS4 Aren’t Even Out Yet.

The Xbox One and PS4 are nearly upon us. People are excited. Some people are also, as people are prone to be, getting a little weird. “Fans” of both systems are eager to prove that one console is somehow “better” than the other, and will use any piece of information they get their hands on…

Aaand nailed it. That’s one unorthodox GTA V stunt move, but it works! XR33P3E11X has more of these in his excellent montage video. Now do a perfect drop from similar heights into a half pipe while riding a bike. That would look neat. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…

The Licensed Rambo First-Person Shooter Looks Kick-Ass. No, Really!

Here’s the gameplay trailer for the aptly named Rambo: The Video Game, currently in development at the Poland-based Teyon. Yes, it’s a licensed title, but… it actually looks pretty darn good! The game comes out on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 early next year and has you play through the events of the first three…

Buried in the PS4 launch details for South Korea is the news that the PS Vita TV will go on sale there on January 16. It’s priced at around US$120 for the console only. [Thanks, Sang!]

A Guy Had To Protest Outside A Blockbuster To Get A PS4 Refund

Adam Sibley had preordered a PlayStation 4 from his local Blockbuster. He later decided to cancel that preorder. It turned out to be an even worse idea than preordering from Blockbuster in the first place. Sibley’s local store, in Dunstable in the UK, had initially refused his request for a cash refund on the money…

Sounds Like Destiny Probably Won’t Be Coming To PC

I wrote a headline in May that read “Destiny Might Actually Come To PC“. So today is a total downer. While there was initial hope that the 360/PS3/PS4/XB1 shooter would make the jump to the personal computer, a lot of that has been extinguished last week following comments from Bungie community manager Eric Osborne (as…

Here’s Call of Duty: Ghosts Compared on PS3, 360 & PS4

Are you curious as to what Call of Duty looks like on current gen hardware versus next gen hardware? Here’s an IGN video that should help. It’s worth noting that the Xbox One is missing from this comparison footage—still, this should give you a general idea of what kinds of improvements next gen will bring,…

The PS4’s Baseball Game Just Saved Thousands of Promising Careers

There’s a ritual dedicated sports gamers go through with each new season. The excitement of peeling the shrinkwrap off the latest edition of NHL or NBA 2K quickly gives way to the realization that, once again, we’re going to throw away our promising careers. With MLB The Show, that will soon come to an end.…

From Poverty to PlayStation…One Game Dev’s Climb Toward Success

Shawn Allen is a restless game developer. And a hungry one. Growing up on welfare will do that to you. But growing up on welfare isn’t enough to hold Shawn Allen back. In fact, soon, you might finally play one of his games. Allen is 30 and when I ran into him several months ago…

Four New PS4 Commercials Hype Up Next Week’s Launch

We are officially ten days away from the PlayStation 4, and to mark the occasion, Sony’s got a bunch of new sizzle reels for their upcoming next-gen console. Today we’ve got four new commercials, all PS4-centric, all super-hypey. I think the most interesting is the look at Remote Play—for me, that feature could be a…

Wrestling Game Or Greatest Super-Hero Game Ever?

One of the WWE series’ longstanding virtues is its deep character creation toolkit, which fans have used to create all sorts of wrestlers who don’t appear in the main game’s roster. Such as Captain America, and Wolverine, and Spider-Man. Touring the Community Creations tab of WWE 2K14‘s online menu I found more than 7,000 custom…

How To Get The Jungle Ghosts Achievement In Call Of Duty: Ghosts

Every Call Of Duty has its required stealth mission, and the “don’t get caught” achievement to go with it. The Jungle Ghosts achievement is somewhat frustrating to get, but check out this video and you’ll ghost right through it. Of course, the other requisite achievement is the “do something difficult on veteran”. Piece Of Cake…

Call of Duty: Ghosts: The Kotaku Review

Three men huddle around a campfire, eager to hear the story of an elite force of highly-feared soldiers. Ghosts, they’re called. Two of the men listening—the sons, Logan and Hesh Walker—are skeptical. Surely the tale-spinning father doesn’t expect them to believe such an outlandish story? They’re skeptical, but we know the story is true, because…

PS4 Launch Game Looks Phenomenal In Slow Motion

This is the PlayStation 4, folks, flexing its muscles. The game you’re seeing is called Resogun. It’s an arcade shooter coming out on launch day (November 15) for the PS4. It’s not just meant to be a game. It’s meant to be a showpiece. The game comes from the Finnish studio Housemarque which previously made…

PC Point and Click Fans, Get Ready For A Christmas Treat

The Kickstarter campaign which intended to revive Charles Cecil’s Broken Sword adventure game series ended successfully a bit over a year ago, so it’s about time we know more about when the follow-up will actually be here. Released as two episodes, the first part of The Serpent’s Curse will arrive to PC on the fourth…

Velocity Ultra, the teleporting vertical shoot-em-up for the Vita which we rather liked, is making its way to PC. The port is being handled by Curve Studios of Stealth Bastard fame, and will include customizable controls and graphics enhancements. Expect it to pop up on Steam around late December.

The PocketStation Returns! For The…Vita.

Come on. When Sony started teasing the return of a quirky PS1 peripheral – the PocketStation – you didn’t really think they’d re-release the actual hardware, did you? No, instead it’s returning in the form of a PlayStation Vita application (literally called PocketStation for PlayStation Vita), which is being made available free to PlayStation Plus…

MLB 14 The Show on PS4 is the Only Next-Gen Baseball Game

Forget about baseball on Xbox One next year, if this image touting MLB 14 The Show is any indication. Sony announced the next edition of MLB The Show for PS4, PS Vita and PS3 tonight at the MLB Players Choice Awards on the MLB Network. But that’s not the real news because it, like baseball,…

Get your Vita ready for PS4: In preparation for the PS4 launch, Sony will soon be releasing a 3.00 software update for their Vita handheld. The new software will allow you to access the PS4’s remote play functionality and take panoramic photos, among other things. This video from Sony outlines the new features, and gives…