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Rumor: GameStop Stops PS2 Trade-Ins in June

According to this poster, beginning June 1, GameStop will no longer accept any PlayStation 2, nor any PS2 game, nor its accessories. We’ve reached out to GameStop for official confirmation, but this does not seem so farfetched. I traded in a Slim about three weeks ago and got about $12 for it in store credit,…

Oh, Good: A PlayStation Vita Game About When Guys Need to Pee

The rise of smartphones and mobile gaming means that there’s also been a rise of bathroom gaming. (Don’t act like you don’t do it.) But there hasn’t been an uptick in games about bathrooms. If you’ve been waiting for one, Men’s Room Mayhem offers you some relief. MRM looks like it’s going to be fairly…

In Soul Sacrifice, Death Can Be A Good Thing

Soul Sacrifice wants you to embrace the power of mortality. Because nothing says ‘I want to beat this goddamn boss’ like sucking the soul energy out of your girlfriend’s body so you can use it to trigger a massive magical attack. Yeah, it’s that kind of game. Out today, the new game from Mega Man…

These Excellent Films Might Become Commercials For The PlayStation

Sony recently announced that they’ve hired MOFILM—a community that holds regular contests meant to “inspire” filmmakers—to crowdsource their advertisement efforts. Which is great! Because MOFILM’s Barcelona 2013 contest churned out some really dramatic films. Here are the winners. Here’s what the winners got You can check out one of the first place winners up top.…

Thomas Was Alone Dev: Indie Means ‘I Get to Do Exactly What I Want’

Mike Bithell’s had a crazy year. He went from being one of a few dozen developers at U.K.-based Bossa Studios to becoming a solo indie creator supporting a game on multiple platformers. What prompted the drastic lifestyle change? The steady climb of acclaim around his minimalist platformer Thomas Was Alone. Thomas just came out this…

Game Developers Hype Up The PS4 Controller

The PS4’s controller is a shiny device with some really interesting features: a touchpad, an LED sensor, and a Share button that will let you stream gameplay footage to your friends and Internet enemies. Today, Sony has releaseda new video to showcase the DualShock 4. Check it out above.

The Evil Within Will Be More About Using Your Brain Than Your Gun

Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series is making a new survival horror game, The Evil Within. You’ve seen thetrailer, now let’s see what the man behind the madness has to say about it. The Evil Within – titled Psycho Break in Japan – will supposedly be a return to the more “horror” side…

Gamasutra’s got a very technical look at the PS4’s specs, courtesy designer Mark Cerny. “The launch lineup for PlayStation 4 — though I unfortunately can’t give the title count — is going to be stronger than any prior PlayStation hardware,” Cerny says.

The PlayStation Store has finally updated after being down for the better part of a day. So, if you’ve been waiting for stuff like the Soul Sacrifice demo or Dragon Fantasy, you can finally go get ‘em.

Hey Sony, Please Add A Fast Forward Button To PS1 Classics

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. Everyone loves getting wistful about old games, old experiences, old characters that they worshiped and cherished. It’s fun. What’s less fun is revisiting those old games and finding the flaws you’ve forgotten. I recently re-bought the PS1 classic Final Fantasy IX to play on my Vita, and while it’s a…

Want Your Vita Game To Be A Best-Seller? Just Don’t Tell Anyone It Exists.

Last month, the Japanese publisher Tecmo Koei released the Vita version of Japanese role-playing game Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. They told nobody that it was out. In an e-mail to Kotaku at the time, one of Tecmo Koei’s PR representatives joked that this was a “new tactic to get the community involved and…

Take A Look At How Hotline Miami Plays On The PlayStation Vita

This spring, Vita owners will be able to play Hotline Miami. That much we know. But what does the game look like in action on the portable? Kirk Hamilton and I are at the Game Developers Conference this week, and we captured some footage of the game. Turns out, the gruesome indie game is a…

I Felt Yoda on My Shoulder Throughout Soul Sacrifice

I remember watching The Empire Strikes Back, when Luke was training on Dagobah. At one point, he looks over his shoulder at Yoda and asks, “Is the Dark Side stronger?” Yoda, in his ever-wise (at least until the prequels) way answered firmly, “No. Quicker. Easier. More seductive.” I kept remembering those words pretty much through…

The Console Version Of Diablo III Could Very Well Be The Best One

There are two reasons the console port of Diablo III, announced by Blizzard last month and shown off at PAX East this weekend, could be the definitive version of the game. The first reason is obvious: you can play offline. You don’t have to worry about server errors or Time Warner Cable while playing this…

The Moneysaver: 1000 Indie Games On Sale

In a week already bursting with crazy discounts, Steam has announced their Indie Spring Sale, featuring 1000 discounted indie titles. Since indie titles are already typically pretty cheap, we’re talking extremely low barriers to entry here. Given the quality, fun factor, and artistic merit on tap, this is an amazing dollar-to-entertainment ratio. There are also…

This Is What One Guy Thinks the PS4 Will Look Like

Let’s all remember: we haven’t seen the PlayStation 4 yet. Along with games that were purportedly running on the system specs, Sony’s event last month only showed viewers the controller. So it’s still up for grabs as to what the actual console will look like. That means that renders like the one above are still…

Sony has announced a partnership with Unity that’ll let the popular dev tools work with their platforms, including PS4.

The New Moneysaver: Bioshock Infinite Pre-Order Bonuses

Hi, Moneysaver readers. Welcome to the slightly-different but still wallet-friendly version of the Moneysaver. Going forward, this feature will be brought to you by a member of our company’s new Commerce Team. Fancy! What this means is that you’ll no longer see Moneysavers penned by those of us in editorial but by the good Shane…

Japanese Gamers’ Favorite Games of 2012 Might Surprise You

Japanese people have different tastes from their Western counterparts (Heck, many of Kotaku East‘s Culture Smash columns focus specifically on this sociological difference), and Japanese gamers are no exception. Every week, Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu collects user impressions of newly released video games. Users rate games from 1 to 10 and comment on what…

Nvidia has announced that the PlayStation 4 will support their nifty PhysX physics software.