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Hong Kong Fans Read A Lot Into A Hideo Kojima Tweet

To promote Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima has been going on a world tour. It was announced early last month with Kojima visiting cities across the globe. Below are the locations included in the original announcement. It was recently announced on the PlayStation Hong Kong Facebook account that Ludens Ducks signed by Kojima would be part…

Dueling Translations Of Hideo Kojima’s Thoughts On Critics Cause Confusion

Whatever you think about Hideo Kojima’s latest fever dream—which imagines a world exactly like our own, except that Norman Reedus can’t walk good—you likely figured it was going to be divisive. Initial reviews lent credence to that idea; some critics adored Death Stranding despite its sharp corners and long, uneventful stretches. Others thought Kojima sacrificed…

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: The Kotaku Review

Across thousands of years of existence, we as a people have come to regard war as pretty bad. Senseless violence and the loss of irreplaceable lives, usually in the service of petty men who wield the power of nations indiscriminately, is just fucking stupid. Yet it still happens, and in America, the necessity of the…

Nioh And Outlast 2 Are November’s PlayStation Plus Games

If you haven’t played Nioh yet, this month’s PlayStation Plus lineup has you covered. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. November’s PS Plus games are: Nioh Outlast 2 They’ll be available November 5 through December 3.

Sony Has Shipped 102 Million PS4s

The PlayStation 5 might be on the horizon, but the PS4 continues its impressive run. As of September 30, Sony has shipped 102.8 million PlayStation 4 consoles, surpassing even the Nintendo Wii. Sony announced the news in its most recent financial statements, revealing that 2.8 PlayStation 4s were moved in the last quarter. Twitter user…

MediEvil Looks Great But Has A Lousy Camera

When I think of classic PlayStation games, I think Crash and Spyro. If I think a bit harder I eventually remember MediEvil, a wacky, gothic-inspired action-adventure game released in 1998 for the original PlayStation. It didn’t set the world on fire, but it did get a sequel before the series mostly went dormant. Now, after…

Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers now has a Japanese release date and a brand new trailer. The musou take on Persona drops in Japan on February 20, 2020, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. It also looks slick as heck, as you might expect from a Persona 5 spin-off.

In Japan, Man Arrested For Modding And Reselling PS3

Forty-four-year-old Tadaaki Abe has been arrested in Kagawa, Japan, for modding a PlayStation 3 and then selling it. According to NHK, Abe is accused of jailbreaking PS3s so game discs could be copied and then played without re-inserting them. He was arrested for selling a modded PS3 for 15,555 yen ($145) to a Tokyo man…

Space exploration game Outer Wilds is coming to PlayStation on October 15. We loved the game on PC.

The PlayStation 5 Will Launch In Late 2020, And Yes, It’s Called The PS5

Sony isn’t waiting for any more leaks. They revealed more details about the PlayStation 5—and, yes, it will be called the PS5—to Wired today as well as announcing more about the console on the company’s blog. Here’s the key info: It’ll be called the PS5 and be out for holiday 2020, as we’ve been reporting…

The PS4 No Longer Connects To Facebook [Updated]

Starting today, the PlayStation 4 will no longer support Facebook integration. This means you can’t share your screenshots and trophies with your Facebook friends from your console, as well as a few other limitations that, though minor, are annoying. As Sony points out in their article on the issue, “Facebook will no longer be offered…

The PlayStation 4’s firmware update 7.00 is set to launch this week. The update brings Remote Play to Android devices running Android 5.0 or later, adds DualShock 4 support for Remote Play, and increases the max party size to 16.

Do Not Underestimate The Power Of The PlayStation Lunch Box

In Japan, there is an official PlayStation 1 lunch box. It’s a crane game prize and comes in packaging that looks like the cardboard box for the first PlayStation. How cool is it? Very cool! While you might think here’s a difference in nuance between “lunch box” and “bento box,” the packaging reads ランチボックス (ranchi…

Shawn Layden, Head Of PlayStation’s Game Studios, Departs

Sony has announced that Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios and a mainstay of PlayStation’s E3 press conferences, will be leaving the company. No reason was given for his departure, and a successor has not been named. Formerly president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (until Sony’s regions were brought under one roof…

Tiny PlayStation Toy Even Has The Internal Circuitry

Next year, Bandai will be releasing some 2:5 scale models of famous old consoles. They’re nice enough to be sitting on a shelf as is, but what’s really cool about these is that they replicate the machines both outside and in. The models—and their controllers—pop open to reveal intricate little reproductions of the circuit boards…

MediEvil‘s Demo Has Some Nostalgia Value, But That’s About It

Did you know there’s gonna be a new MediEvil game? Sony’s been showing it off at events, like the most recent State of Play livestream, but details have been a little scarce. A new limited time demo that came out today offers a sneak peek into the upcoming exclusive action-comedy game. The brief preview shows…

Everything PlayStation Announced In Today’s State Of Play

Sony’s Nintendo Direct-style State Of Play livestream series returned today, with a deep look at The Last of Us II as well as short updates about other games coming to PlayStation, including Civilization 6. Here’s a rundown of the news. The Last Of Us Part II will be released on February 21, 2020. A demo…

The Last of Us Part II Will Be Out In February

During Sony’s State of Play stream Tuesday afternoon, the release date for The Last of Us Part II was finally announced. You’ll be able to play Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated sequel on February 21, 2020. The release date comes alongside a brand-new trailer that starts slow and quickly escalates to become the most violent and action-packed…

Borderlands 3: The Kotaku Review

Take a bag of potato chips—any brand, anywhere—and you more or less know what you’re going to get. Crispy, greasy salt and oil delivered via thin layers of starch, they make a mess of crumbs and grease, and they’re terribly delicious, extremely difficult to stop eating once you’ve caved into the first, and likely to…

The Sights Of The Tokyo Game Show

Today is the first press day for this year’s Tokyo Game Show (the four-day expo won’t be open to the public until Saturday). Let’s have a look inside. Neither Nintendo nor Microsoft attends the show. Traditionally, Sony has dominated, but this year, Sega (and Atlus), Konami, and Square Enix all have booths of roughly equal…