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CultureThe Week In Games: Empire Of Fenyx
It’s often a letdown when a holiday ends, but at least this week has some games to be excited about. Ubisoft’s Zelda-like Immortals Fenyx Rising comes out, along with Romero Games’ Empire of Sin and Dontnod’s Twin Mirror December 1 Chronos: Before The Ashes | Xbox, PC, PlayStation Empire of Sin | Xbox, PlayStation, PC,…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 30, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanWhat Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Thinks Of The PlayStation 5
“I was able to snag a PS5 on launch day!” Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai begins in his latest Weekly Famitsu column. He was fortunate enough to get a pre-order at a chain retailer, noting that the supply outweighed the demand and that it seems he was quite lucky. None of this should be surprising,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2020 -
CultureMy PS4 Was Fun, But It Was Also A Piece Of Junk
The Xbox 360 was as famous for its catastrophic hardware failures as it was its A-tier catalogue of video games. My PlayStation 4 is very close to being remembered in the same way. Let me ask you a question, and I want you to be 100% honest with me: if you have ever owned a…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureHere’s December 2020’s PlayStation Plus Games
There are three games in December’s PlayStation Plus lineup. Last month also saw the lineup depart from its disappointing standard of two, though the third game, Bugsnax, was only available to PS5 owners. December’s three games are available on PS4 and PS5, since the PS4 titles are backwards compatible with PS5. As always, the games…
By Riley MacLeod Published November 25, 2020 -
CultureMaybe The PS4 Pro And Xbox One X Were A Bad Idea
I know they’ve sold a lot of units—big techy launch things always have and always will—but there was no avoiding the fact that this month’s next-gen console launches felt a little…muted. Sure, you could blame some (or even more than some!) of that on a global pandemic and associated economic downturn, a little on an…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 18, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanHere Are Japanese Launch Sales Figures For PlayStation 5 And Xbox Series X/S
Curious to know how the PlayStation 5’s launch went in Japan? What about the Xbox Series X and S? Well, good news, because Famitsu is reporting the first Japanese sales numbers for both new consoles. According to Famitsu, between November 12 and November 15, the PlayStation 5 sold 118,085 consoles in Japan. (Note these numbers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 18, 2020 -
CulturePlayStation Boss Won’t Say If Next God Of War Will Be On PS4 Too
God of War: Ragnarok is set to come to come to PS5 some time next year. Could it come to PS4 as well? The head of PlayStation isn’t saying. In an interview with the Telegraph published today, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO, Jim Ryan, was asked point blank whether God of War Ragnarok will…
By Ethan Gach Published November 17, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanTurning A PlayStation 5 Into A Yu-Gi-Oh! Character
When the PlayStation 5 was first shown, fans had a good time ribbing it for the console’s looks. In particular were those who made comparisons with Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh! Note the high, white collar and the black shirt. The character does look like a PlayStation 5—or maybe, a PlayStation 5 looks like Seto Kaiba.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 17, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Share Games Between Accounts On Your PlayStation 5
These days, with downloadable games being the norm, sharing your games isn’t as easy as handing your friend a disc. Maybe you’ve run into a situation on your PlayStation 4 where, even though a game is downloaded on your machine, you can’t play it, since the license is technically owned by a different user. The…
By Ari Notis Published November 16, 2020 -
Fans Port Driver 2, A PlayStation Exclusive, To The PC
While the first Driver—inspired by the original GTA titles, but released before the later 3D editions—was a multiplatform affair, its 2000 sequel was a PlayStation exclusive. Until now! (Yes, I know it came out on Game Boy, but like many Game Boy ports it was basically a different game). REDRIVER2, a project led by SoapyMan, has…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 15, 2020 -
CultureOdds and EndsSome Of The Hottest Sneakers In 2020 Are These PlayStation x Nikes x Travis Scotts
Last week I had some negative sneaker news to share here on noted footwear blog Kotaku, so this week let’s flip that to something more positive. Over the last few years, some of the most hyped series of sneaker releases on the planet have been Travis Scott’s collaborations with Nike, which have been led by…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 15, 2020 -
Kotaku EastSouth KoreaThe PlayStation 5 Makes For A Good Anamorphic Illusion
Earlier this year, a massive, public digital-art project called “Wave” went up on a 75-foot-high LED display in Seoul, South Korea. Now that same screen has been graced with another anamorphic illusion. With the PlayStation 5, that is. Wow! As you can see below, the enormous PlayStation 5 and DualSense controllers appear like real, three-dimensional…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 13, 2020 -
Tips & Guides15 Tips To Make The Most Of Your New PlayStation 5
With the launch of the PlayStation 5, “next-gen” is no longer a thing of the future. We’re officially in current-gen territory now. But every period of novelty brings a period of learning—about new features, new functions, and new ways to play games. It can be a lot to take in, whether or not you’re coming…
By Ari Notis Published November 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanDemand For PS5 In Japan Means High Gray Market Prices
When the PlayStation 5 launched earlier today, there weren’t long lines wrapped around the stores. In Japan and internationally, Sony is limiting launch sales to online and pre-order pickups. “The COVID-19 situation makes us very nervous about putting stock into stores around the launch window,” Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, told…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanThe PlayStation 5 Reminds Players That Japan’s Buttons Have Changed
Now that the PlayStation 5 has been released, the X and the circle buttons are officially swapped for Japan. Since the original PlayStation, the action button has been the circle button, while this was reversed in the West. The X and circle buttons originally had meaning in Japan. Our colleagues at Gizmodo previously reported that…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 12, 2020 -
Tips & GuidesHow To Make The Most Of Your PlayStation 5’s Internal Storage
Those making the leap from a PlayStation 4 Pro to a PlayStation5 are in for a rude awakening. The PS4 Pro, of course, boasts a 1TB hard-drive. The PS5, meanwhile, is equipped with an 825GB solid-state drive (SSD)‚ but that’s only on paper. As with any modern video game console, a good chunk of the…
By Ari Notis Published November 11, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanA PlayStation 5 Event Held At An Ancient Japanese Shrine
To launch the PlayStation 5, Sony is holding a projection mapping event at Kanda Shrine in Tokyo. This makes perfect sense. Kanda Shrine is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, near Akihabara. Because of this, worshippers can get their electronics—or even IT companies—blessed at the 1,270-year-old shrine. In fact, in 2009, after I kept losing and accidentally…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 11, 2020 -
CultureOfficial Spider-Man x PlayStation Sneakers Are Blergh
As we told you last month, Miles Morales—who in the recent animated film made Air Jordan 1s an iconic part of his entire character—has lost his Nike deal in exchange for an Adidas one. And it’s a definite downgrade. While originally all we had to go on were some images from the game, Adidas and…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 10, 2020 -
Kotaku EastJapanIn Japan, Sony Will Stop Servicing The Original PlayStation 4
With the PlayStation 5 launching this month, a new console era has begun. Sony is driving that point home by revealing that it will no longer service launch PS4s in Japan Via Twitter, Sony announced that on December 25, service for PS4 CUH-1000/CUH-1100 series of consoles would end in Japan, and individuals needing their consoles…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2020
