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See a PlayStation Vita Skinned Alive, so the Internet Can See its Insides
If you’re at all squeamish about seeing naked electronics, with chips and wires lying exposed in broad daylight, go elsewhere and make yourself a cup of tea. If you can handle seeing the insides of a PlayStation Vita, though, read on! Here is one, torn apart by a Japanese site to satisfy the internet’s need…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 19, 2011 -
Nope, the Vita Only Supports One Account at a Time
Confusing! First the PlayStation only supports one PlayStation Network account per handheld, then it doesn’t. Now, it does again. What? Sony told Wired that, contrary to reports that were contrary to reports, the PlayStation Vita will indeed only permit one PlayStation Network account per unit. If you want to change accounts you’ll have to reset…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2011 -
Culture
The First Art From The Last Of Us
Naughty Dog’s The Last Of Us, an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive, only made its public debut over the weekend, and already we’ve got a look at its first concept art. Most of these pieces are by Maciej Kuciara, an artist who we’ve featured before here on Kotaku and who previously spent some time at Crytek,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2011 -
Gran Turismo 5 Gets More New Cars Via DLC
Next week, Gran Turismo 5 owners will get access to a load of new vehicles, some for money, some for free. In addition to a $4 car pack that includes a 2012 GT-R and some Volkswagens, there are bonus items for players who bought the last DLC and a free car (the Toyota FT-86) for…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2011 -
3G PlayStation Vita Delayed In Canada [Update]
The 3G edition of the PlayStation Vita will be delayed in Canada “due to extensive planning and testing with their 3G partner”. Customers have begun receiving emails informing them of the delay, while EB Games sources have confirmed the hold-up with Kotaku, saying that internal systems now have the handheld releasing in April instead of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2011 -
The Making of a Transformers Game Trailer So Powerful It Moves Its Devs to Tears
Is it me, or is High Moon Studios president Peter Della Penna on the verge of tears when describing a touching moment between Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in this making-of video for the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Video Game Awards trailer? This is why the folks at High Moon Studios keep getting to make Transformers…
By Mike Fahey Published December 13, 2011 -
Yup, Ico’s Creator Has Officially Left Sony
Fumito Ueda, the driving force behind both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has confirmed that he is no longer employed at Sony. Having joined the company in 1997, and until recently overseeing his own development team at Sony (Team Ico), Ueda’s departure is a blow to Sony’s home-grown talent stocks, what with him being…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 13, 2011 -
Sign Up for the Gotham City Impostors Console Beta Before Some Joker Gets Your Spot
Now that November’s PC beta test has come and gone, Warner Bros. and Monolith are ready to get console players into the dopple-gangbanger fun of Gotham City Impostors The war between the madness-embracing Jokerz and stalwart-but-misguided Bats is heating up, and Gotham City Impostors is now inviting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 players to participate…
By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2011 -
Everything You Need to Know About Final Fantasy XII-2 In Four Minutes
After spending months handing out information on the follow-up to Final Fantasy XIII one snippet at a time, Square Enix brings the accumulated sum of Final Fantasy XIII-2 knowledge together in one handy-dandy four-minute-and-change primer video. We’ve got the story, the characters, the battle system in all its newfound complexity, and anything else that might…
By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2011 -
South Park: The Game is Sorta Like Paper Mario, Only With More Bleeding, Crying Children
Given the paper cutout origins of South Park, it’s no surprise that Obsidian’s upcoming RPG South Park: The Game would take cues from the most famous paper role-playing game of them all. After selecting your character class in South Park: The Game (fighter, thief, mage, cleric, or Jew), you’ll enter a fantasy adventure filled with…
By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2011 -
Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD Was My Favorite VGA Surprise
You can keep your Command & Conquer Generals 2 and The Last of Us; for me the biggest news out of the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards wasn’t a new game but the return of something old: Tony Hawk. Well, not Tony Hawk himself, of course. He’s only 43, and five years older than me…
By Mike Fahey Published December 12, 2011 -
Dirt Returns, Only It’s Missing a Few Things
I’m going to tell you a secret. My favourite racing series of this generation has been neither Gran Turismo nor Forza. It’s been Codemaster’s Dirt series. A new game in the franchise should be cause for joy, then, but, well. Hrm. The next game isn’t Dirt 4. It is, as GameSpot describes it, “an arcade-style…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 12, 2011 -
Surprise! That PS Vita Wasn’t Lost at the VGAs After All
Yep, that DeadMau5 is a real funny fucker. To no one’s surprise, the DJ revealed this afternoon he did not, in fact, lose an unreleased PlayStation Vita in a Los Angeles cab after his performance at last night’s Spike Video Game Awards. “I just wanted to see how much management would freak out over it,…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2011 -
DJ Loses Unreleased PS Vita in LA Cab
Following a night of performing live at the Video Game Awards on Spike TV, famed DJ Deadmau5 apparently left a yet-to-be-released PS Vita sitting in a L.A. cab. Joel “Deadmau5” Zimmerman tweeted about the loss shortly before 1 a.m. pacific time. “FUCK! I left my PSP Vita in a fuckin cab, calling cab company and…
By Brian Crecente Published December 11, 2011 -
Record of Agarest War 2 Bringing PlayStation Move Bathing Mini-Games to North America
Last year Aksys Games gave many Western gamers their first encounter with character pillow covers and breast mouse pads with Record of Agarest War. Unfortunately the game packed with these goodies wasn’t particularly good. Second time’s the charm, right? Aksys is gearing up to bring Idea Factory, Compile Heart and RED Entertainment’s Record of Agarest…
By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011 -
Watching Dante’s World Get Torn Apart in DmC Gets Me All Excited
While I enjoyed the Japanese-developed Devil May Cry series and adore English developer Ninja Theory, I had absolutely no interest in this new DmC until I saw this video. And to think all it took was the world crumbling apart. The fighting gameplay video we posted earlier this month did nothing for me, mainly because…
By Mike Fahey Published December 8, 2011 -
The Adventures of Tintin and the Poor to Passable Review Scores
One of the most popular comic strips in Europe is now a major motion picture, and where there is a major motion picture based on a comic strip, there is a video game tie-in. Generally they aren’t very good. Can Tintin save the day? The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn tells the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 7, 2011 -
“Nearly Decapitated” Gamer’s Collection, Consoles Being Investigated by Police
Nearly two weeks after the brutal murder of Oregon man David Grubbs (pictured), in which he was “nearly decapitated”, local police have decided to start going through the victim’s video games to see if there are any clues to help them catch his killer. Despite the fact there are 15 detectives working the case, there…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011 -
It Might Soon be Cool to Jailbreak Your Consoles
It’s totally cool to “jailbreak” an iPhone to get around its DRM. Apple may not like that, but the courts say otherwise, so it has to abide. Video game consoles? Less cool. But that could soon change. The reason the iPhone is exempt is because a few years back the Electronic Frontier Foundation successfully lobbied…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2011