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Infamous: Second Son Is A PlayStation 4 Exclusive. Here Is Some Footage.

Today, in an event in New York, a PlayStation 4 event revealed a new, exclusive game by Sucker Punch. It sounds as if it’ll riff off the recent trend of paranoia, government and such similarly to Watch Dogs—only, there will be folks with super powers. That’s because it’s inFAMOUS: Second Son More as it develops.

Jonathan Blow’s The Witness Will Debut On PlayStation 4

Braid creator Jonathan Blow will debut his next game on the PlayStation 4. The Witness, a Myst-inspired game in which you explore an island and solve its mysteries, has been in development for three and a half years now. We’ve been following the interesting indie game for a while now, and it’s been impressive during…

You Can Play PS4 Games On Your Vita With ‘Remote Play’

Gaikai’s Dave Perry took the stage to announce a bunch of new “social” features for the PS4 today: including Ustream/Facebook support, streaming capabilities, and and “remote play,” which allows you to play PS4 games on your Vita. “Our vision is to create the first gaming social network with meaning,” he said. Perry said the long-term…

The PlayStation 4 Can Share Video, Includes Facebook Integration (Plus, Here’s The New Dashboard)

It had been speculated for a little while, but Sony just made it official: a big part of the PlayStation 4 will be a “share” button, that plays a big part not just on the dash and in your games, but in the way your friends lists are managed as well. Your friends list can…

Knack Is The First Announced PlayStation 4 Game. Here’s Some Footage.

Today, in an event held in New York City, Sony revealed that the next PlayStation—the PlayStation 4—has a new franchise. It’s called Knack. Check out what it looks like above. The game features a little robot dude. Watch footage above. You will be able to access remote play on Knack via the PlayStation Vita, similarly…

Here’s Sony’s New PS4 Controller, The DualShock 4

Here’s your first look at Sony’s new controller for the PlayStation 4. It’s got a touchpad, motion control and a “light bar” for identification. There’s also a “share” button, and the light bar, as well as being used to identify players with colour coding, is also the means via which a new PlayStation camera can…

Sony Announces The PlayStation 4, Coming This Holiday Season

After months and years of rumors, the PlayStation 4 has finally been revealed. It’ll be out this holiday season. Sony announced the new machine at a two-hour presentation in New York City, during which the Japanese hardware maker showed off a whole bunch of gorgeous games and sizzling demos for the next PlayStation—their first home…

Watch Sony Announce The Next PlayStation Right Here

Ready for a new console? Tonight at 6pm Eastern, Sony will announce their next Dubstep Machine PlayStation, and we’ll be here all night reporting the news as it happens. You can follow along with the livestream right here. We’re also liveblogging over here, as Stephen, Chris, and Evan cover the festivities live from New York.…

PlayStation Memories Are Tearing Up Twitter [Update]

Later tonight, Sony is slated to unveil its successor to the PlayStation 3. Right now, the hashtag #PlayStationMemories is trending on Twitter. What a kwinky dink! A large number of the memories center around PlayStation 2 and original PlayStation games like Grand Theft Auto 3 and Crash Bandicoot. These are distant memories! Others are writing…

Wondering where to catch the PS4 announcement tonight? We’ll have both a livestream and a liveblog right here on Kotaku

Sony Will Announce The PlayStation 4 Tonight. Here’s Everything We Know So Far.

Assuming Sony hasn’t just been screwing with us for the past few weeks, this is it: tonight, we’ll get our first look at the next PlayStation. At 6pm Eastern, Sony will hold a big event in New York City to announce the highly-anticipated PlayStation 4. Kotaku will be in attendance, and we’ll be reporting everything…

Goodbye Fantasy PlayStation 4s! It’s Been Fun.

Later today, Sony is expected to reveal the PlayStation 3’s successor. Kotaku has already dished exclusive details about the console and its controller. The idea of the PS4 (or whatever Sony ends up calling it) is becoming concrete. Soon, the console will become tangible. Kotaku already published exclusive photos of the controller, so we’re confident…

Source: The PS4 Will Be Out This November, And You’ll Be Able To Control It With Your Phone

A reliable Kotaku source has informed us that the PlayStation 4, codenamed Orbis, will be out this November in the United States. Our source—the same reliable source who back in early 2012 told us the codename for Sony’s next console and the codename for Microsoft’s next console—tells us that there are two models planned for…

Sony Registered Domains For Something Called ‘PlayStation Cloud’

On Friday, Sony registered domains for URLs based on something called “PlayStation Cloud,” as discovered by Kotaku sleuth Superannuation today. The domains include playstation-cloud.com and playstation-org, among others. The domains were registered by someone from Gaikai, the cloud gaming service that Sony bought last year. Gaikai allows people to play games via cloud-based Internet streaming.…

These Long-Lost GamePro TV Episodes Are Like A 90s Acid Flashback

Remember the 90s? What am I talking about, of course you do. But if you want to really remember them, like, vividly, watch these episodes of the 1996 edition of GamePro TV, which have been uploaded by the Oakland-based Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment These aren’t to be confused with the 1991 GamePro show—these…

Let’s Look At What Sony’s Past Console Reveals Could Say About Tomorrow’s PS4 Reveal

As you might have heard, Sony’s (most likely) officially announcing the next PlayStation tomorrow. This isn’t the first console reveal Sony has done, though. Let’s think back to those times. What information was Sony willing to part with during their very first reveals for their other big consoles? It might give us some insight into…

Thanks for All The Memes, PS3!

Massive damage! Second jobs! Spider-Man font! Boy, I’ll tell you what, the PlayStation 3 has been entertaining at times—and that’s not even when the console’s switched on. The PS3 has produced some of the best (and most loved) memes of this generation. With the PlayStation 3’s successor right around the corner, it’s time to look…

“A new era of deep, immersive, high definition gaming.” This time, Sony remembers the PlayStation 3.

There’s A Playable, If Broken Build Of An Unreleased Resident Evil Game Out There

One of the more famous unfinished games on the PlayStation is Resident Evil 1.5, a title that was originally intended to be Resident Evil 2 before it was scrapped at the 11th hour and replaced with, well, Resident Evil 2 The title’s unfinished and mysterious nature has led it to develop a bit of a…

“The biggest thing to come along since TV was invented.” Sony’s console retrospective moves to the PlayStation 2.