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ReviewsEvolve: The Kotaku Review
I’ve been playing a lot of Evolve over the last week and the questions I hear are all the same: Are you tired of this game yet? Is it really repetitive? The answer to each is, simply, no and yes, respectively. Some of you will hate this game. You’ll think its rote nature too boring…
By Tina Amini Published February 17, 2015 -
Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Evolve
When you start playing Evolve, you’ll probably suck. Even as you get better, you’ll still run into players who also suck. It can be frustrating. So, let’s skip the learning through trial by (sometimes literal) fire, and get ahead of the curve. Tips For Playing A Hunter Play To Your Class If Battlefield is about…
By Tina Amini Published February 13, 2015 -
PSA: Don’t Use Your Evolve Account On Multiple Consoles
Some Evolve players’ progress is being wiped when they attempt to try to access their game’s data from a second console, myself included. It’s not clear why yet, but you should probably avoid playing between consoles if you value your time. It’s happened to me consistently now, as I switch back and forth between my…
By Tina Amini Published February 12, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Getting To Know Persona 5
The new trailer forPersona 5 was just the right balance of entertaining and intriguing. But if the trailer alone wasn’t enough, here’s more info from the game’s director. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino revealed details on the game’s protagonist and what all the masked man stuff was about.…
By Toshi Nakamura Published February 12, 2015 -
What Buying Evolve Gets You
If you’re planning on grabbing Evolve when it launches tomorrow, you’ll pretty much be getting a multiplayer experience similar in concept to Left 4 Dead where you can take on one of three monsters as one of 12 hunters (or vice versa). But it’s a bit more complicated than that. Single Versus Multiplayer Evolve is…
By Tina Amini Published February 9, 2015 -
Evolve Impressions: ‘Just One More Round’
Evolve can be simplified in many ways, and you’ve probably heard them all before. It’s a first-person shooter. It’s like Left 4 Dead, four players banding together, but you’re up against a Tank—played by a fifth player—each round. It’s one big boss battle, over and over. But the details that go into the new game,…
By Tina Amini Published February 9, 2015 -
Guy Turns His PS1 Into Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar
Well, that’s one way to play the classic JRPG: With a miniature version of Final Fantasy VII‘s capital city on top of the console. MakoMod‘s creation, which took 10 months to complete, might look rusty and dark, just like Midgar, but the modified PlayStation and reads discs perfectly. The creator shared a gallery on his…
By Gergo Vas Published February 9, 2015 -
Shadow Of Mordor Won A Best Story Award, Which Actually Makes Sense
Dragon Age Inquisition may have taken Game of The Year at last night’s 18th annual DICE Awards, but how about Shadow of Mordor winning for Outstanding Achievement In Story? The scripted story wasn’t so hot, but if they were judging by the stories that emerged as players sparred with enemies who became tougher through the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 6, 2015 -
Kotaku East
Auction Begins for the Most Desirable PS4 on Earth
Last year, Sony rolled out the limited edition Anniversary PS4 in classic PlayStation gray. There were only 12,300 released, each serialized. Now, you can bid on number 1. The 12,300 number corresponded with the Japanese PS1’s December 3rd launch. Sony is auctioning off the first console, which is 00001 out of 12300, for charity. All…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2015 -
Kotaku EastI Can’t be The Only One Who Wants Yakuza Zero in English So Badly
While there’s no word on a western release for the upcoming Yakuza 0, the latest trailer was just too awesome not to share. With English subtitles no less. The games of the Yakuza series have always been very cinematic, making for some pretty great trailers that give you a very meaty taste of the stories…
By Toshi Nakamura Published January 22, 2015 -
Kotaku East
The Limited Edition Bloodborne PS4 is a tad Uninspired
After a recent delay, Darksoulslike Bloodborne will be coming out on March 26 in Japan—along with this pair of PS4 models which, uh, basically have a slight variation of the box art on them. But hey, they at least include the game. The Limited Bloodborne PS4 comes in two flavors—Jet Black: And Glacier White: It’s…
By András Neltz Published January 22, 2015 -
It Took 27 Minutes To Beat Destiny‘s Crota’s End On Hard Mode
The newest update to Destiny— that introduces a hard mode to the Crota’s End raid—has only been out for about two hours at the time of this writing, but a team of players has already beaten it. It doesn’t look like Invigorate—the team that was the first to complete the Vault of Glass raid on…
By Tina Amini Published January 21, 2015 -
A Tribute to Syphon Filter’s Taser
I say ‘tribute’. It’s more ‘a minute and a half of people being set on fire’, which, if you ever played the original, was one of gaming’s greatest guilty pleasures. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I think I played the original Syphon Filter demo more than some complete games on PS1. The taser…
Leon Hurley Published January 21, 2015 -
Kotaku EastSony Makes a College Class You Wouldn’t Skip
I dunno. Maybe you would skip it. But if you like video games, chances are this PlayStation university course is something you’d attend. Last fall, Kotaku reported that Sony was teaming up with Sangmyung University in Seoul, South Korea to offer a PlayStation college course. The class featured guest speakers and students, who sat at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 20, 2015 -
Assassin’s Creed Unity‘s Dead Kings DLC Is Disappointing And Glitchy
I may not have liked Assassin’s Creed Unity very much, but I was still excited about its free expansion Dead Kings, which then went and failed on me twice in its first two missions. Damn. I had been really excited to download this thing… If something that is more than 7GB can be called a…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 14, 2015 -
Kotaku East
The PS4’s China Launch Might Have Been Delayed due to Region Locking
Like the Xbox One months before it, Sony’s PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita have been delayed in China until further notice. The reasoning behind the delay? Sony needs to resubmit its business plans to the Chinese government. Sony announced last week that the PS4 and PS Vita would not make its scheduled Chinese launch date…
By Eric Jou Published January 14, 2015 -
Man Stuffs PS4 and Xbox One into a Single Laptop
Modder Eddie Zarick took one PlayStation 4 and one Xbox One and put them into one laptop. Because, why not, really. Previously, Kotaku has featured Zarick’s work, such as the custom-made PS4 laptops he created. This latest project, however, was specifically requested by one of Zarick’s customers. It took about a month to complete. According…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 14, 2015