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Esports
PlayStation Player Finally Wins A FIFA Regional
In Madrid today, some of Europe’s best virtual footballers gathered to determine who would move on to Berlin for FIFA 17 championship and for once, a PlayStation player pulled out the win. The bracket of each regional is divided by platform, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Once a champion for each has been determined, they…
By Eric Van Allen Published May 6, 2017 -
Horizon Zero Dawn Patch Will Make Photo Mode Even Better
Horizon Zero Dawn already has one of the most robust photo modes out there, but a patch landing next week is going to expand on its functionality even more. According to the PlayStation blog, Horizon’s patch 1.20 will add more poses, facial expressions, and filters, among other things, to photo mode. Here are the rest…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 3, 2017 -
PlayStation’s Golden Week Sale Is Full Of Ridiculous Deals
If you have ever wanted to play the best video game of all time for only two dollars, this is your lucky week, because Suikoden II is on sale as part of an excellent set of PlayStation discounts that also includes Final Fantasy XV for $36 and Persona 4 Golden for $9 (all with PlayStation…
By Jason Schreier Published May 2, 2017 -
People Are Trying To Find The Truth About A Creepy ‘Unfinished’ Playstation Game
Over the last few weeks, a YouTube channel has been uploading a Let’s Play of a game called Petscop. On the surface, Petscop appears to be a peppy animal collecting game that was never officially released. Hiding underneath that, though, is a dark and fucked up game that references real-life child killings. Nobody can tell…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 21, 2017 -
Kotaku EastThis Might Be The Biggest PlayStation 4 Controller In The World
No, you are not looking at a tiny human! This playable, jumbo-sized DualShock 4 is at the Sony Interactive Entertainment building in Tokyo. The face buttons and the D-pad work as do the shoulder buttons. The thumbsticks can move around, but aren’t playable. (I’m guessing the TouchPad isn’t either, because creating a giant version seems…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2017 -
Horizon Zero Dawn’s Best Armor Makes The Game Even More Fun
One set of armor in Horizon Zero Dawn stands above the others: The shield-weaver armor. It’s really good, and pretty hard to get. It’s also totally worth it. Most of the armor in Horizon has a specific application. This armor protects against fire, this armor against melee attacks. This armor gives you a stealth bonus.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 14, 2017 -
Drawn To Death Is One Big Missed Opportunity
Drawn to Death hurts to play. It is too floaty and stiff to work as multiplayer shooter and while the art style initially captures attention, your eyes will beg to be gouged out after five minutes. And it never, ever shuts up. Taking (or dare I say drawing) inspiration from the messy and enthusiastic scribblings…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 6, 2017 -
Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Persona 5
Persona 5 is a really good game. It’s also complicated and occasionally unforgiving, with a ton of rules to learn and systems to memorize. If you want to live your best possible year in Tokyo, you may want a little guidance. Persona 5 does an okay job of explaining itself to players, but there are…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2017 -
ReviewsPersona 5: The Kotaku Review
Imagine your old high school. Picture the doors you’d pass through at the start of each day. See if you can recall the awkward conversations you had with your friends, or the smell of the cafeteria at lunchtime. Now throw all that in the garbage and replace it with something impossibly cooler, impossibly more stylish,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 4, 2017 -
CultureWe’re So Happy Parappa The Rapper Is Back To Frustrate Us
Parappa the Rapper was one of the defining titles of the original PlayStation, not to mention one of the games that birthed the whole rhythm genre. With its unforgettable offbeat rap tracks, adorable paper-flat design, and innovative call-and-response gameplay, it’s left quite an impression these 20 years. Today, Sony releases Parappa the Rapper Remastered for…
By Chris Kohler Published April 4, 2017 -
Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Cauldron Dungeons Are Incredibly Cool
Just when you think you’ve really gotten the hang of Horizon Zero Dawn, creeping around and hunting robot dinosaurs in the colorful open world, along comes a Cauldron to blow your damn mind. This week, after spending ~80 hours with Breath of the Wild and over 100 hours with Persona 5 (jesus christ what am…
By Jason Schreier Published March 31, 2017 -
Ubisoft Makes More Of Watch Dogs 2’s Remaining DLC Free
In another sign that something wasn’t quite right with the roll-out of last November’s Watch Dogs 2, the game’s publisher said today that it is moving some of the planned paid content from the game’s season pass to a free update. For paying customers, Ubisoft is replacing it with other stuff. Showdown, a team-based PvP…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 28, 2017 -
In Japan, Sony Still Believes In The PS Vita
Atsushi Morita, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia, wants you to going to keep focusing on the Vita. Thank Minecraft for that! Take Romancing Saga 3, for example. That was just announced for the PS Vita (as well as iOS and Android). The console also continues to get special iterations, too. Things seem to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2017 -
New Horizon: Zero Dawn Patch Fixes ‘Issues When Playtime Exceeds 200 Hours’
Today, Sony released a new patch for Horizon: Zero Dawn that makes a bunch of improvements including quest fixes, X-axis inversion, and, most pivotally, a fix for “game running into issues when playtime exceeds 200 hours.” I don’t know what those issues are, exactly—Sony hasn’t responded to my request for comment—but I do know that,…
By Jason Schreier Published March 21, 2017 -
It Stinks That Nobody Talks In Diablo III‘s Public Multiplayer
In Diablo III, a good deal of high level play revolves around entering farming runs with random strangers and marching through content to try and get the most items and gear in the shortest amount of time. It’s fun, but it’s disappointing that it seems to exist in a cone of silence. You can easily…
Jonathan Ainley Published March 20, 2017
