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Sony Pulls ‘Easiest PS4 Platinum Trophy’ Game From Store
Sony today pulled a game from the PlayStation Network that claimed to be the “easiest PS4 Platinum trophy,” allowing a player to earn one of the prized achievements by playing for just a few minutes. The game, called 1000 Top Rated, was online for two days before Sony yanked it. 1000 Top Rated tasked players…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 29, 2017 -
Assassin’s Creed Origins’ New Mission System Sounds Like A Much-Needed Change
At E3 in Los Angeles last month, there were several obvious points of distinction between Assassin’s Creed Origins and the 10 or so major Assassin’s Creed games before it. It’ll be the first AC in ancient Egypt. The first with stargazing puzzles and swimming hippos. One thing I heard about but didn’t see, however, seems…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 27, 2017 -
The Six Biggest Announcements Of E3 2017
E3 is drawing to a close, and the rain of game announcements has abated. EA, Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft, Sony, and Nintendo all did their thing. It’s up to us to sort through the rubble. Among the dozens of hype reels, hardware breakdowns, marketing buzzwords and game announcements, a few things stood out. If you don’t…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 16, 2017 -
We got a hands-off demonstration of this August’s standalone $40 PS4 adventure Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Quick impressions: Beautiful location? Check (India). Fun character banter? Yep (Nadine’s a bad-ass. Chloe’s wry). Dynamic firefights? Of course (looked like the best of Uncharted 4‘s).
By Stephen Totilo Published June 15, 2017 -
The New God of War Might Finally Make Kratos Interesting
Sony may have shown more of the new God Of War at their press conference Monday, but there’s still a lot they haven’t explained about the game. A few things are clear: Kratos is a dad, and the focus had shifted from Greek mythology to Norse myth. I sat down with the game’s director Cory…
By Heather Alexandra Published June 14, 2017 -
E3 Day Two Podcast: Sony, Ubisoft, Bethesda
Jason and I continue our Kotaku Splitscreen E3 2017 coverage discussing press conferences from Sony, Bethesda, and Ubisoft. Which company had the best show? Or rather, which was the least disappointing? Listen to find out. (Actually, I’ll just tell you. It’s Ubisoft.) We kick off the chat with Bethesda, then hit Ubisoft at 7:36 and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 13, 2017 -
Everything Sony Showed At E3 2017
Sony just wrapped their E3 2017 press conference, where Insomniac’s Spider-Man almost managed to distract from the fact that they didn’t announce Bloodborne 2 Not a ton of new stuff for Sony, but they did keep with the current trend of showing games that are coming within the next year or so. Let’s break it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 12, 2017 -
We’re Liveblogging Sony’s E3 Press Conference [UPDATE: It’s Over]
Our second press conference and liveblog of the day: Sony. I’m back with Features Editor Chris Kohler to see what’s in store for us. Excited to learn some more about Uncharted: Lost Legacy, and of course, Knack 2
By Gita Jackson Published June 12, 2017 -
Watch Sony’s E3 2017 Press Conference Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]
From Uncharted to Spider-Man, there should be lots of games tonight at the PlayStation E3 2017 conference, which starts at 9pm PT. Expect Detroit, Days Gone, and hopefully some cool surprises. Maybe they’ll even mention the word “Vita”—we can’t wait. UPDATE: And we’re done. Here’s all the news
By Jason Schreier Published June 12, 2017 -
The Crew 2 Now Has Our Attention, Because They’ve Added Airplanes
Cars? The Crew 1 had them. Trucks? Motorcycles? Been there. But The Crew 2, shown off for the first time at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference has added planes and boats. Watch a trailer… Watch gameplay… Just like the first game, The Crew 2 is set in an open-world version of the U.S., though now Ubi…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 12, 2017 -
New Dragon Ball Z Fighting Game Coming In 2018
Dragon Ball Fighter Z, a 2D DBZ fighting game, is due out in 2018 from Arc Systems and Bandai Namco. It was shown at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, but is also coming to PlayStation and PC. Here’s the trailer. Those cel-shaded visuals look incredible
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2017 -
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Sony Finally Killed Off The PS3 In Japan
In Japan, currently there is only one model of PlayStation 3: the charcoal black 500GB version. Make that, was. This article was originally published on March 17, 2017. It has since been updated. March 23 Update – 4:32am: Sony Japan tells Kotaku, “PS3 shipment in Japan is ending ‘soon’ but the production of PS3 itself…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 30, 2017 -
Persona 5 Gets A Small Change To Avoid Further Controversy In South Korea
When PlayStation Korea uploaded the Persona 5 title sequence for the game’s upcoming release in the country, fans noticed something: Ryuji Sakamoto’s shoes. As Record China reports, fans were upset that his shoes depicted a Rising Sun Flag motif. Obviously, due to historical associations Korean people have with that flag, there will certainly be greater…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2017 -
PlayStation Store Now Has Curation From Big Developers
As we’ve discussed, Steam’s implementation of third-party curation has been a bit of a mess. So it’ll be interesting to see how Sony fares now that they’re trying something similar. Launching today, The Creators is an attempt by Sony to get curation on the PlayStation store, only instead of turning to “influencers”, they’ve asked people…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 23, 2017 -
Division Developers Finally Fix Notorious ‘Coward’s Corner’
Players in Ubisoft’s third-person shooter The Division will no longer be able to camp near a certain spawn point and easily shoot down other players. That’s thanks to a new patch that removes the so-called “Coward’s Corner” just over a year after the camping spot began pissing people off. “Significant level design changes have been…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 23, 2017 -
Kotaku EastEl Shaddai Creator Announces New RPG For PS4 And PS Vita
Sawaki Takeyasu, the director and artist behind El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, is working on a new title called The Lost Child Released in 2011, El Shaddai featured Lucifel who carries a cell phone with God on the speed dial. According to Famitsu, The Lost Child follows in the footsteps of this previous title,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 23, 2017 -
Farpoint Gets Virtual Reality First-Person Shooters Right
What makes a good virtual reality first-person shooter? Give me a analog stick to move my feet and a giant plastic PlayStation Aim gun to steer me by. The hordes of alien spiders are optional. Seriously, stop it with the spiders, Farpoint. I only recently acquired PlayStation VR, so Impulse Gear’s Farpoint is my first…
By Mike Fahey Published May 17, 2017
