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PlayStation Employee Builds Custom Controller For Gamer With Cerebral Palsy

College student Peter Byrne has cerebral palsy, and as a result has been having problems with his new DualShock 4 controller. Or, was having problems, until a PlayStation employee got him sorted out. Byrne wrote to Sony to explain an issue he was having, where his left hand was constantly brushing against the DS4’s touchpad,…

It’s 2016 And Warframe Is Still An Excellent Free-To-Play Game

In the distant future of Warframe, you are a space ninja who has woken from a long slumber to find the solar system in disarray. Armed with a variety of exciting powers, you must fight an army of decaying clones, tech-minded science jerks, mutant freaks and other awesome enemies. The entire game is free to…

Destiny Is Getting A Bunch Of Cool New Gear In April

Bungie just showed off some really nice-looking new armor sets and some other little additions coming next month to Destiny, a sci-fi shooter video game whose biggest fan picked the wrong week to go on vacation. The star of Bungie’s sneak-peek livestream was the new Desolate armor. It was teased last week and is modeled…

GTA V Player Completes Insane Parkour Map In Record Time

Nearly impossible, custom-made parkour maps are a popular part of GTA Online, with their very own community. They test the limits of the game’s engine, which sometimes results in some truly spectacular runs. This is Albert using an Enduro bike (which is great for wall rides) on a really evil map made by Retro maniA,…

In Japan, Sony is launching a new company called Forward Works for the smartphone market. Using Sony’s practical know how, the company will use PlayStation IPs for apps in the Japan and greater Asia region.

Spelunky’s Journey From Pixel Game To Console Classic

It’s rare that gamers ever get to hear the full story behind how (and why) a game was made. So it’s awesome that Derek Yu, the creator of Spelunky, has written a book that does just that. Published by Boss Fight, Spelunky is Yu’s autobiographical, full-blown account of the making of the game, going very…

VR Headsets Are (Mostly) Comfortable With Glasses

There’s been a whoooole lot of VR at GDC last week. Every third developer session was about making things for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and/or PlayStation VR. Of the many major questions about these headsets’ comfort and viability, the one I kept hearing is: can I really wear this thing over normal glasses? This post…

Sources: Sony Is Working On A ‘PlayStation 4.5’

Sony is currently planning a new version of the PS4 with increased graphical power and games running at 4K resolution, developer sources tell Kotaku. We don’t know whether current PS4 owners will be able to upgrade or if they’ll have to buy an entirely new device to benefit from this power boost, but from what…

The PlayStation VR Bundle Is A Pretty Good Deal

It was a little disconcerting earlier this week when Sony announced PlayStation VR at $400 without mentioning that you also need to buy the peripheral camera, which is sold separately, to use the machine. Fortunately, they just announced a bundle that seems like the best way to buy this thing. For $500, you can get…

PlayStation VR Will Be Out This October For $400 [UPDATE: More Like $460]

Sony’s PlayStation VR virtual reality device will be $400 and out this October, the publisher announced today. That’s $200 less than the competing Oculus Rift, which launches later this month. Sony’s device will work directly with the PS4, which also lowers the price point; no need for an expensive PC to get this one running.…

There’s a new Fate game! It’s called Fate/Extella and is headed to the PS Vita and PS4 in Japan. This week’s Famitsu will have more details.

A Few Hours With Adrift, The Astronaut Survival Game Born From Trauma

“Everyone has done something and disappointed someone–or hurt someone–whether it’s a small thing or a big thing,” the game designer Adam Orth was telling me a couple of Fridays ago, after I played a few hours of his newest game. “And recovering from that, everyone has had that. It’s a universal truth. It’s a universal…

Hitman Episode One: The Kotaku Review

I’ve often noticed a conflict between the way games tell me I’m a master assassin/spy/soldier and the more bumbling, experimental way that I play. One moment I’m panicking and shooting the wrong person in the face, the next I’m coolly walking away as a chandelier drops on a target behind me. The new Hitman, the…

Conan Can Take More of Conor McGregor’s Abuse 

While Conor McGregor might’ve neededto lose last Saturday, he didn’t need to beat up Conan this bad in UFC 2 No. Wait. Maybe he did. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter@Brian_Ashcraft

New PS4 Game Everything Lets You Play As… Everything

“In Everything, every single thing is a playable character,” writes artist David O’Reillyon the PlayStation Blog today. “If you can see it, you can be it.” Well. Alright then. In this newly announced, insane-sounding PS4 game by O’Reilly—who also designed Mountain—the pitch is simple: You can be everything. Rather than bother with typical video game…

Day of the Tentacle Remastered Arrives on March 22 [UPDATE]

The HD version of Tim Schafer’s classic time-traveling adventure game, Day of the Tentacle, hits PC in exactly two weeks, on March 22. The announcement appeared on GOG, which is hosting an exclusive pre-order campaign for the remaster. They included a features summary: Day of the Tentacle Remastered is all the adventure you may remember…

No Man’s Sky Is Actually Coming Out Soon

After what has felt like decades of hype, the colorful space shooter No Man’s Sky finally has a release date: June 21, 2016. It’ll be out for PC and PS4 then, and for PlayStation it’ll even get a full retail release. (And yes, the game will cost $60.) That info comes as part of a…

Japanese TV Meets Shuhei Yoshida, Thinks He’s Just Some Guy 

Recently in Tokyo, the mainstream Japanese media attended an exhibit about the history of video games and had no clue it was talking to one of the most well-known people in, well, gaming. D’oh! Instead of stating “Shuhei Yoshida President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment,” television program Mezamashi TV introduced him simply…

The PS4 Is Finally Getting Features It Should’ve Had For Years

The PS4’s next firmware update will finally let you turn on notifications for when your friends come online. It still won’t let you change your username, but at least it’ll give you some privacy. With firmware 3.50, which goes into beta tomorrow—final release TBD—Sony is adding some much-needed features to their snazzy console including the…

Far Cry Primal Has Some Great Easter Eggs

It’s not an open world game without hidden references and easter eggs. And Far Cry Primal has some pretty cool ones: some related to other Ubisoft games, while others to our own prehistory. Blood Dragon cave There’s a cool reference, for example, to the retro futuristic spinoff game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Remains of…