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The PS4 Has Tiny PlayStation Screws Inside
German site Computer Bild have got hold of a devkit PS4 and cracked it open. Their findings aren’t terribly important to the average user – though it looks like swapping HDDs will be a cinch – but they did find one thing of interest. Dat screw. Such needless effort. So adorable. Playstation 4: Exklusiv –…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2013 -
The PS4 Sure Makes Basketball Look Good
Okay, yes, this is a marketing video by the folks who make NBA 2K14, which is already out on current-gen consoles and will be released for Xbox One and PS4 later this year. The real game might not look this good. But still… they’re claiming this footage was captured off a PlayStation 4. It’s pretty…
By Jason Schreier Published October 17, 2013 -
Try To Think Your Way Through The PS4’s First Big Puzzle Game Right Now
We’ve been talking about The Witness, the upcoming puzzle/exploration game from Braid-creator Jonathan Blow, for some time now. But for all the words we’ve spilled and the concept art we’ve shared, it can still be difficult to explain just how the game’s puzzles work Yesterday at a Sony-hosted PS4 preview event, I chatted with Blow…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 17, 2013 -
PlayStation 4 Will Cost $1,850 in Brazil
And we thought Argentina had it bad. In Brazil, the land of high video game import taxes, PlayStation fans will have to shell out 3,999 Brazilian Real for Sony’s next console come November 29. That’s roughly $1,850 USD. Ouch. The $100 price advantage the $399 PlayStation 4 enjoys over the $499 Xbox One here in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2013 -
This Is What Car Battles Look Like In GTA Online… In Mid-Air
I guess this is, like, jousting on helicopters? Chicken with helicopters and cars? Whatever this is, it’s amazing. And it’s all thanks to the crazy minds at Achievement Hunter What you do is, basically: lift your best cars up, meet your friends in mid-air and start ramming each other. This would probably make even less…
By Gergo Vas Published October 17, 2013 -
There’s a Musical Surprise In Skylanders: Swap Force
I was not expecting this at all. Don’t click if you don’t want to spoil it. As if aintricately lovely score by Lorne Balfe — the man behind the music for the first two Skylanders games, Assassin’s Creed III and Beyond: Two Souls — wasn’t enough, Vicarious Visions audio designer Matt Pirog put together this…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2013 -
That was probably a bad idea. These silly GTA V mansions. Although there are several solutions for this, lifting it out with a cargo helicopter and not dropping it into the pool would be the funniest. 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 October 17, 2013 -
Kotaku East
How To Access Your Vita’s Battery
Thanks to hackers, the words “portable console” and “removable battery” used to spell “nightmare” for Sony. The battery of the PSP famously offered hackers an easy back door into the console that until then required hard-to-find exploits in games. It’s no wonder the PSP Go was a closed system. So what about its younger brother,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 17, 2013 -
Kotaku East
How Japanese Gamers Felt After Touching the PS4 and Xbox One
The PS4 and Xbox One won’t be out in Japan until next year, but many attendees to last month’s Tokyo Game Show got to try out the upcoming consoles and voice their opinions. Here’s what they thought. This week, Weekly Famitsu published the results from its TGS 2013 poll. One of the questions were on…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 17, 2013 -
GTA V‘s Trevor Sure Likes Forklifting Some Weird Things
My new favorite Tumblr find of this week? Why, it’s “Trevor Lifting Stuff.” On it, Trevor lifts all kinds of stuff. Like a stepladder, for instance. The Tumblr is actually titled “Trevor soulève des trucs” in French, but it depicts the international language of lifting. Trevor lifts up a garden table. A cow. A mailbox.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2013 -
Is PS4 Launch Game DriveClub Delayed To 2014? [UPDATE: Yes.]
Has one of the PlayStation 4’s big launch exclusives has been pushed back to next year? Rumors are swirling that DriveClub has been delayed to 2014, but Sony won’t comment on the matter. UPDATE (10/18): Sony has confirmed the delay A website called The Same Coin sparked the rumor earlier today, claiming they’d heard from…
By Jason Schreier Published October 16, 2013 -
Xbox One Or PS4? Top Comic Artists Chime In.
Sure, they may be able to do render amazing versions of Superman, Batman and Spider-Man but comic-book artists are just like you and me. Some of them even use their talented fingers for video gaming. And, like game enthusiasts everywhere, the visual stylists who contribute DC, Marvel, Image and others are excited for the Xbox…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 16, 2013 -
GTA V Demolition Derbies Are Better On Skyscrapers
What’s needed for a GTA Online skyscraper battle royale, like the one above, is only a few friends (and their cars), a cargo helicopter, and the biggest building in the game. The fun, shared by YouTuber Kyoto-Moto, starts around the 3:00 mark in the video below. And yes, they fight until only one car remains:…
By Gergo Vas Published October 16, 2013 -
Over 15 Minutes Of The PS4 Dashboard. Menus, Menus, Menus! [Update]
Whoever said “shoes are the window to the soul” was full of crap. Because system menus are the window to the soul. They’re the first thing we see every time we boot a system up, and are the tools by which we do pretty much everything to do with a console outside of actually playing…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 16, 2013 -
Zebras Made My PS3 More Beautiful
One of the key games used by Sony to demonstrate the graphical prowess of the PlayStation 3 prior to its North American release, Majesco’s safari simulator Afrika came out three years after the console launched and wasn’t very good. It’s dynamic theme, on the other hand, is exquisite. This was originally to be a post…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2013 -
Motion Controls, The Most Popular And Most Broken Idea Gaming Ever Had
It was an idea so good that it vaulted Nintendo into first place last-gen with a console using last-last-gen technology. It was an idea so flawed that a Kotaku reader—the moment this series of best and worst features of the outgoing console generation was announced—shredded it. Motion controls… boy did they mostly suck. If you…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2013 -
We’re Finally Excited About a WWII Game Again. It’s… Minecraft?
World War II is not something we see every day in the ocean of blocky castles and rollercoasters that usually make up Minecraft‘s visually compelling constructions. That makes this WWII-themed Minecraft map that much more unique and amazing. It was made by two friends, Rythma and Sycoinc, who compiled this dramatic video to show off…
By Gergo Vas Published October 15, 2013 -
This is what a timelapse day-night cycle of Los Santos looks like in GTA V. That is, if you climb Vinewood Hills, stand there for hours, and take pictures with the in-game phone—just as Plonkey on the GTA V subreddit did. Incredible! Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…
By Gergo Vas Published October 15, 2013 -
Kotaku East
Arcadias no Ikusahime is Pretty, Light-Hearted, and Fun to Play
The past week or so, I’ve had a lot to say about Arcadias no Ikusahime (The Warrior Princess of Arcadias). I’ve praised the art style and music, and have taken an in-depth look at the gameplay. But even after all that, there’s still much more to say about a game that is just so enjoyable…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published October 15, 2013