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Kotaku East
The Final Fantasy VII That Could’ve Been
Most modern-day gamers know or at least know ofFinal Fantasy 7. The monster hit that single-handedly brought the Playstation into the fore-ground and secured its place for years to come. Now, 15 years after its initial release, director Yoshinori Kitase has released some of the few remaining development notes to the Weekly Famitsu. Among the…
By Toshi Nakamura Published May 17, 2012 -
A PlayStation 3 Game Will Be Part of a Church Service This Sunday
Move over, Sunday service collection plate. You’re being replaced this coming Sunday by ThatGameCompany’s Flower, as the brightly colored PlayStation 3 title becomes possibly the first video game to be incorporated in a religious service. The idea for bringing Flower to church started with Andy Robertson, a writer who runs the GamePeople website and writes…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 10, 2012 -
See How Papo & Yo Tries to Recreate the Fantastic Realities of Childhood
“I want to take all these rich kids into a poor environment and make them realize they can enjoy it.” That’s a bold statement from game designer Vander Caballero, who’s leading the development of Papo & Yo But the upcoming PlayStation release aims for bold things, like letting players experience the dysfunctional relationship Caballero had…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 10, 2012 -
One Man’s Quest to Redesign a Video Game
Jet Moto, aka Jet Rider, is a bit of a cult classic from the PlayStation days. It did well enough to get a bunch of sequels, but even then, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a new game in the series. Which has upset designer Ian Galvin, enough to drive him to imagine…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012 -
Gravity Rush Looked So Damn Beautiful From the Very Beginning
Raise your hands if Gravity Rush is the reason you got a PlayStation Vita or plan on getting one. Wow, that’s a lot of hands! All the anticipation for Gravity Rush comes from the game’s combination of a clever core mechanic with a unique aesthetic. A new post over at the PlayStation Blog shows a…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 3, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallOmega Boost’s Intro Might be the Coolest Thing 90s Video Games Ever Did
This is Omega Boost. It was an OK shooter released in 1999 on the PlayStation. I remember it, and pay tribute to it here today, not for the game, but for everything around it. Like the incredible FMV intro sequence, which goes from corny to amazing to “wow those aren’t bad props and costumes for…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2012 -
This Acid-Trip Game Looks Amazing, Even When I’m Playing It Wrong
I’ve never experimented acid or done any kind of psychedelics. People say it’s great, except for all the flashbacks and stuff. From my never-tripped point-of-view, Dyad looks like it simulates an chemically altered mindstate pretty damn well. It’s got a lot more going for it than just that, though. Shawn McGrath is making Dyad and,…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 16, 2012 -
The Xbox 360 Is Ridiculously Old And Now We Can Prove It
The Xbox 360 is very, very old. It’s older than the iPhone, which came out a year and a half after we got the 360. It’s older than Barack Obama’s presidency by three years. We got the Xbox 360 before three even-year Modern Warfares and the three Call of Duty games that came out in…
By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2012 -
Report Claims That These Are the Next PlayStation’s Processing Specs
Following up on news broken by Kotaku on Sony’s next PlayStation, IGN is reporting that the console codenamed Orbis will use two AMD chips for graphics and processing. Citing unnamed sources, the article says that the Orbis might be sporting AMD’s A8-3850 APU and Radeon HD 7670 GPU. The 7670 is an update of the…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 4, 2012 -
Sony’s Smash Bros. Rip-Off is Looking for a Name
The first-party fighting game it seems Sony is almost certainly working on doesn’t have a proper name beyond a working title of “Title Fight”. Most people just call it “that Sony Smash Bros. game”, since in concept it sounds almost identical to Nintendo’s famous brawling franchise. Going by these images though, it looks like Sony…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2012 -
Sketches of ‘PlayStation Orbis Features’ Surface, Then Disappear
The design firm Coque Design may have worked on illustrations for certain features of the next PlayStation, according to pictures a tipster spotted on its website today. The pictures, which have since been removed from the site, were labeled “Illustrations & Sketches for new PlayStation Orbis features.” Orbis is the codename for Sony’s next gaming…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 -
The Next PlayStation is Called Orbis, Sources Say. Here are the Details.
While the official reveal of Sony’s next home console could still be months away, if not longer, Kotaku has today learned some important details concerning the PlayStation 3’s successor. For one, the console’s name—or at least its codename/working title—is apparently Orbis. And it’s being planned for release in time for the 2013 holiday season. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2012 -
Persona 3 Portable And Other Atlus Games Are Now Much Cheaper
You can get the third Persona game for $20 on the PlayStation Network for your PSP. Other discounted games include the first and second Personas, Knights in the Nightmare, and Crimson Gem Saga. [PlayStation Blog]
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 -
This Could Be The Most Realistic Foosball Game Ever
There’s a question that has been passed around the gaming industry for decades now. It’s been debated on blogs and message boards, discussed in countless GameStops and Best Buys. It’s what we’re all asking. “When are we going to get a more realistic foosball game?” Today, we have the answer. Developer Grip Games is bringing…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Former PlayStation Exec Taking Over Microsoft Studios Europe
The man who helped usher in the PS3 for Sony will now be the Xbox 360’s chief evangelist in Europe. Microsoft’s announced that Phil Harrison—formerly president of Worldwide Studios for Sony’s PlayStation division—has joined the tech giant’s leadership team. Harrison assumes some of the duties left open by the exit of respected game designer Peter…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 13, 2012 -
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These PlayStation Certified Games Are Xperia In-Bound!
With Sony’s PlayStation Suite, Xperia smartphone owners can enjoy PlayStation titles on their handsets. Starting today, Sony revealed the 21 PlayStation 1 titles that can be downloaded for ¥600 (US$7.30) a pop on the Xperia NX and Xperia acro HD via PlayStation Suite. They are: Addie no Okurimono：To Moze From Addie, Arc the Lad, Bealphareth,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 13, 2012 -
Finally, a Music Game That Lets You Look Cool While Playing
It’s hard to look cool when you’re playing most music video games. You may think you look cool with your dinky plastic guitar or humorously scale-sized drum set, but in reality you look like… well, a person playing a plastic instrument. At a recent Penny Arcade Expo, a group of contest finalists assembled on-stage to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 12, 2012