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A new Sony division called PlayStation Productions aims to be the Marvel Studios of PlayStation, developing and producing movies based on Sony’s game franchises, the Hollywood Reporter said today. Rather than license out the rights, Sony has decided to produce the films itself and retain creative control.

Report: Microsoft And Sony’s Cloud Gaming Collaboration Caught The PlayStation Team By Surprise

It was a surprise to say the least last week whennews broke of a vague agreement between Microsoft and Sony—normally arch rivals in the console gaming space—to team up on “new cloud-based solutions for gaming experiences”. If you think you were shocked, though, spare a thought for the PlayStation team. According to this Bloomberg report…

Many PlayStation Credit Card Users Aren’t Getting Their Promised Rewards

The Capital One Playstation credit card looks like a great deal. After making your first purchase on the card, you get a $50 gift card to the Playstation store, and from then on, every time you make a purchase with the card, you’ll get up to five times the credit card points in return (you…

Shut The Hell Up, Deacon

The world of Days Gone is serious stuff. Zombies Freakers are everywhere, killing anyone who dares get close to them. Society has collapsed. Water and food are scarce. Bandits torture, kidnap and murder innocent people. But I can’t really take any of this stuff too seriously because the game’s main protagonist won’t shut up. Days…

Overcooked And Edith Finch Are May’s PlayStation Plus Games

May’s PlayStation Plus games are here, and even though it still feels weird that there’s only two of them, they’re not bad. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus account. May’s PlayStation Plus games are: What Remains of Edith Overcooked

PlayStation Now Has Gotten A Lot Better

PlayStation Now used to be a pricey way to stream the PlayStation’s back catalogue of games, which was only useful for people with good internet and no bandwidth caps. Last September the company added an option to download certain games directly, allowing users to play them offline. PlayStation Now is now a lot more like…

The Making Of Wipeout’s Logo, An All-Time Classic

1995’s WipeOut was one of the coolest video games ever made, as we’ve previously established here, and a big part of that was down to the game’s pioneering visual style. That went for the obvious stuff, like the ship design and team logos, but it extended right through to the game’s logo. For a very…

We Talked To The Only Two People With Every Final Fantasy Trophy

Talan Kirk has spent the last 10 years in pursuit of a highly specific and extremely time-consuming goal: earning every Final Fantasy series trophy available on the North American Playstation Network. Last week, he did it—joining only one other person online to have scaled this imposing gaming mountain. A software engineer from Idaho, Kirk explains…

Sony Reveals First PlayStation 5 Details

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 looks like it might be a mother of a console, a report from Wired indicated this morning. Featuring a solid state drive and—yes!—backwards compatibility with the PlayStation 4, the PlayStation 5 seems big and bad, although it won’t arrive this year (maybe in 2020, as Kotaku previously reported). As is expected,…

Sony Is Automatically Changing Offensive PlayStation Usernames

We used to live in a world where someone with an offensive username was just outright banned from an online service. With the coming of PlayStation’s ability to edit names, though, things have now changed, and those offensive names are changing along with them. Gamasutra spotted a notein the move’s FAQ that reveals what happens…

Iron Man VR is coming to PlayStation this year, according to today’s PlayStation State of Play stream. The game is developed by Camoflaj, the developers of Republique

Sony is launching a new PlayStation video series called State of Play, the first episode of which is set to air March 25 at 5:00 p.m. on Twitch and YouTube. There will be trailers, gameplay footage, and new game announcements, making it sound an awful lot like a Nintendo Direct.

Horizon Zero Dawn’s Machine Monsters Sure Looked Silly At First

It was recently the two year anniversary for the release of Horizon Zero Dawn. The open world PS4 exclusive is one of the best looking games of the generation and has some incredible looking machine creature, both big and small. But thanks to a fun post detailing some information about the development of Horizon, fans…

PlayStation 4 Firmware 6.50 Officially Brings Remote Play To iOS

The days of paying for a premium app to remote play PlayStation 4 games on iPhones and iPads is over. Today’s 6.50 PS4 firmware update enables game streaming between the console and the newly-released PS4 Remote Play app. PlayStation 4 owners have been able to remote play their games on iOS devices for a couple…

Kingdom Hearts III‘s Best Moment Is Everything Good (And Bad) About Kingdom Hearts

I was on vacation last week. In addition to wandering New York and enjoying some of the finest pizza on the planet, I finally finished Kingdom Hearts III. In the process, I found a moment near the end of the game that perfectly captures the series’ magic and excitement. It also highlights one of Kingdom…

Today, The PlayStation 2 Was Born In Japan 19 Years Ago

On March 4, 2000, the PlayStation 2 launched in Japan. It went on to become the biggest selling video game console ever. The PlayStation 2 would launch later that year in North America on October 26, 2000 and in Europe on November 24, 2000. Since then, over 155 million PS2s have been sold, and some…

Yakuza Kiwami: The Kotaku Review 

The Yakuza series combine deep melodrama with exploration through vibrant city streets. Yakuza Kiwami is a remake that recreates the feeling of the original game, adding new features to streamline the experience. It’s a glorious crime story that benefits from a fresh coat of paint. This piece was first published on August 28, 2017. We’re…

Cloud storage for PS Plus members will increase from 10GB to 100GB in February, Sony announced as part of February’s PlayStation Plus lineup today. In comparison, Xbox One owners don’t need Goldmembership to use cloud storage, and Switch Online is required for cloud saves on Switch for the games that have the feature available.

French Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Replacing PS4 Price Tag With $10 Fruit Sticker

Sometimes, it is better to let dreams be dreams. A 19-year-old man from Nice, France learned that the hard way when he got the wild idea to take a PlayStation 4 off the shelf of a supermarket, walk to the fruit section, weigh it, print out a price tag sticker, put it on the box,…

A Wonderful Look At The Art and Design Of Astro Bot Rescue Mission

Japan Studio posted a short, but fantastic blog post earlier this week showcasing the art and design process behind the PSVR game Astro Bot Rescue Mission. Astro Bot Rescue Mission was a gorgeous game to play in VR and that art was created with a lot of thought and care. When making props and environments,…