Ken Kutaragi, creator of the PlayStation, retired from his position as Honorary Chairman of Sony Computer…
It's perhaps the most iconic design in the world of game controllers, and definitely the longest-serving. Today in…
Back in my day things were different! If I wanted to play a video game I had to use one joystick to move and aim!…
Now that Yakuza: Of the End has moved 400,000 copies, Sega has shipped over 5 million copies of the Yakuza games…
Game designer Fumito Ueda has tweeted a nixed ending that never made it to The Shadow of the Colossus. This is it!
How great was God Hand, a 2006 PlayStation 2 game that IGN gave a 3.0 out of 10 to? Very, very great, Kotaku reader B…
Konami is bringing Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid:…
Cops trying to get a man to stop walking in traffic had a tougher time convincing him when they found out the dude…
Actress Keiko Awaji is proof of two things: video games have no age limit and even pretty ladies get old.
Kotaku reader Maxwell passed along this wondrous mixture of old and slightly less old without any sort of source,…
When March 11's earthquake shook North-eastern Japan, lives were lost and destroyed. Less importantly, video games…

Demian Smith had the (mis)fortune to get a job working as a translator on the very first Yakuza game for the PS2.…
Advertising and branding specialists Millward Brown have released their annual chart detailing the 100 most valuable…
The Smithsonian American Art Museum revealed the winners of its public vote to decide what games will be featured in…
The key to Rock Band's lasting appeal hasn't been the core games. It's been the ton of downloadable content released…
The Warriors is one of my all-time favorite games - I have a PS2 mostly to keep it, and Red Dead Revolver, fully…

The Sony PlayStation was the first ever console to truly pitch itself at an adult market. This meant that the…
In the wake of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, publisher Irem canceled its catastrophe survival…
I've got one copy of Resident Evil 4. This person has, ahem, over thirty. [via へちま速報@ゲーハー板]