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This Man Designed The PlayStation 4
Tetsu Sumii would in most circumstances be a man you’d never hear of. So it’s nice that Sony have given him a shout-out on the PlayStation blog. Why? Because he designed the PlayStation 4. Not the guts, of course, but he is the main man responsible for its appearance. You know, the box that so…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2013 -
The New Fables Game Is Cool, But Something’s Off
It’s a killer setup for a mystery: Hundreds of storybook fables have relocated to New York. One man—the Big Bad Wolf—is in charge of keeping order. And now, someone is murdering fables. That’s the premise for The Wolf Among Us, a new game based on Vertigo’s popular Fables comics. And while the game is often…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 10, 2013 -
Saints Row IV‘s Next DLC Stars An Evil Dominatrix
See that scantily clad dominatrix? She’s your new villain this month in Saints Row IV. You’ll be fighting her and her army of sex-workers. Seriously. Check her out: Remember the expansion we were going to get for Saints Row: The Third? It was called Enter The Dominatrix. Volition is still calling it by that same…
By Tina Amini Published October 10, 2013 -
The Fables Game Comes Out Tomorrow! What The Hell Is Fables?
The folks behind the astounding The Walking Dead games kick-off a new serialized adventure tomorrow with The Wolf Among Us, based on an award-winning comic book about fairy tale characters. If that sounds childish and prosaic to you, you’ve been reading the wrong fairy tales. Strewn about the stories crafted to entertain us as children…
By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2013 -
Kotaku EastNo PS4 Until 2014, Japan. But Here’s An MMO For Your Trouble.
The PS4 launch looks to have a wider variety of play options than previous generations. Now it looks like Japan will be getting an extra option. Video game and entertainment developer, CyberStep has announced a new MMORPG for the PC and PS4. Oni-Giri (鬼切 “Demon Slash”) will be a free-to-play online action MMO featuring characters,…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 10, 2013 -
Kotaku EastTwo Words No Gamer Wants To See During An Intro Sequence
Before or after? Sure, what the hey. During? Nooooo. The intro sequence to a video game sets both the stage and the tone of what’s to come, and Sen no Kiseki does it in a bad way. Walking around at TGS this year, I’d noticed a lot of people carrying bags bearing the logo of…
By Toshi Nakamura Published October 10, 2013 -
Sony’s PS4 Demo Consoles Look Great
The image you’re seeing here was posted this morning by PlayStation Germany’s Facebook page. It’s a PS4 demo unit, complete with big TV, games, two controllers and a camera. Smart move not just including two controllers (for stuff like FIFA), but also those big guides to PlayStation Plus and the Vita. Actually including a Vita…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 10, 2013 -
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Report: College Students Forced To Make the PlayStation 4 [Update]
While the PlayStation 3 was originally produced in Japan, Sony now outsources its hardware assembling to the Asian electronics mega-manufacturer Foxconn. So, the PlayStation 4 is being made in China. And according to reports, thousands of college students were forced to manufacture it. Shanghai’s Dongfang Daily (via China.com) reports that “thousands” of students from Xi’an…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 10, 2013 -
Illegal PS4 Preorder Scheme Sounds Nasty
SimplyGames, a retailer in the UK, has been in the news this week after it emerged it was trying to strongarm customers preordering a PS4 into spending more money. Here’s what’s happened: customers who originally preordered just a PS4 from SimplyGames were told last week that in order to remain in the “line” for their…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 9, 2013 -
Beyond: Two Souls Is Better With A Friend
Hopefully you could tell from my decidedly mixed review of Beyond: Two Souls whether or not the game is for you. And if it is for you, a piece of advice: Consider bringing a friend. Beyond can be played from start to finish in 2-player local co-op. I found that I had a much better…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 9, 2013 -
Multiplayer Isn’t So Massive Anymore
Bungie seems to have coined the term “shared world shooter” for their newest IP, Destiny, but the general concept might sound familiar. While not everyone may be a fan of huge MMOs, lots of people seem to be into multiplayer gaming and downsized, explorable worlds where you can play with a relative handful of other…
By Alex Mendez Published October 9, 2013 -
Intense Portal Short Film Will Give You Chills, For Science
Considering the fact that it’s a fan-made short put together for under $500, Portal: Survive has some truly incredible moments. Creators Colin and Connor McGuire shot the short film at the Los Angeles Youtube Space, a specialized production facility created for exactly this sort of thing. Based on both the game and its tie-in comic,…
By Gergo Vas Published October 9, 2013 -
Square Enix just released new screenshots for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII You can catch a glimpse of Vanille, the battle screen and some insane costumes. Lightning’s shoes and dimension gate-looking shield, for example, are just mad stylish. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…
By Gergo Vas Published October 9, 2013 -
XCOM Has Changed. See For Yourself.
Strategy games have a tendency to straddle an area between slow, decisive moves and the chaos of action happening seemingly out of your hands and all around you. Some strategy games are slower-paced than others. As tense as things can get in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, it’s more or less leaned towards the ease of turn-based…
By Tina Amini Published October 9, 2013 -
Glitch Turns GTA V Into An Accidental Bloodbath
In this dramatic Grand Theft Auto V cutscene, Michael and his friend Trevor have a heated conversation. A stupid-AI bug makes it even more so. Warning: This clip might contain spoilers, blood. The bug has police officers firing on both characters as they talk at Michael’s house. If only the cops could’ve given a fuck…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 9, 2013 -
Wrecked GTA Car Still Runs Pretty Well
I’m not entirely sure how this pile of junk is still functioning, but I’m also not sure I want to know. Because it’s magical and magical things deserve to be preserved in their mystery. YouTuber MetalDevils hows us how to get a fancy sports car in GTA Online all banged up while still working. Basically…
By Gergo Vas Published October 8, 2013 -
Saints Row Does Relationships Better Than Most Video Games
If you find yourself discussing the merits of relationships represented in video games, you’ll probably find a lot of people bringing up BioWare games as examples to follow. The Saints Row series doesn’t seem like a serious suggestion considering, well, how unserious those games are. And yet if you look beyond the dick jokes and…
By Tina Amini Published October 8, 2013 -
ReviewsBeyond: Two Souls: The Kotaku Review
In Beyond: Two Souls, you‘ll do some things you rarely get to do in video games. You’ll control a young, frightened girl as she hugs a stuffed animal and tries to fend off nightmares. You’ll decide whether to accept beer at an awkward high-school party, and you’ll try to pick music that’ll impress a group…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 8, 2013