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Teenager Pays $735 For A Picture Of An Xbox One
English teenager Peter Clatworthy made some very bad decisions during an Xbox One auction on eBay, paying £450 (USD$735) and not even getting a console. He got a picture of a console. The 19-year-old student told the Nottingham Post that he’d saved up the money so that he could buy the console as a surprise…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 5, 2013 -
See PlayStation and Xbox Controllers Evolve Before Your Eyes
A new generation means new controllers—but the road to the current PlayStation 4 and Xbox One controllers was full of tweaks. Not all of these changes are visual, of course, but it’s still cool to look at these GIFs by Gadget Love and see just how much has changed since the PS1 and Xbox days.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published December 5, 2013 -
Reminder: The Witcher 3 Is Going to Look Pretty Damn Good
The last part of CD Projekt Red’s trilogy will be hitting the PS4. It looks pretty freaking great. Watch the trailer and you’ll see glimpses of bustling medieval hamlets, ominous storm-drenched beaches and impressive-looking combat. The game is also hitting PC and Xbox One and should be out some time next year. Read Kirk Hamilton’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 5, 2013 -
Tips & GuidesHelpful Tips For Navigating Your Xbox One
The Xbox One’s interface has been a source of much delight and frustration in my household. Xbox Live’s Major Nelson put together this nifty video to help befuddled folks like myself make sense of it all. The Xbox One has quickly become the central hub of my living room — we use it for games…
By Mike Fahey Published December 5, 2013 -
EA Won’t Work On New Battlefield 4 DLC Until Flawed Game Is Fixed
Flagship first-person-shooter Battlefield 4 is so troubled that the game’s development studio won’t proceed on development of any new, planned expansions until the game’s problems are sorted out, BF4 publisher EA told Kotaku in a statement today. That update comes at at an awkward moment. Online connection issues have been frustrating some players of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 4, 2013 -
Here’s Another Call of Duty: Ghosts Comparison For Xbox One and PS4
Last month, we saw Call of Duty: Ghosts compared on PS3, Xbox 360, and PS4. In the following video, you can finally see the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game compared. It’s really getting harder and harder to tell the difference. At least for me. Can you spot any discrepancies? It’s a YouTube…
By Brian Ashcraft Published December 4, 2013 -
Your Xbox One Responds To ‘Sexbox.’ The PS4? ‘Babe Station.’
To access the voice-control functionality on an Xbox One, you say, “Xbox.” To access it on PlayStation 4, you say, “PlayStation.” But those greetings aren’t very fun or sexy, are they? As Stephen found when he tested it out, the PlayStation 4 actually responds to some pretty casual language. You can say “A.C. Four” or…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 3, 2013 -
To be fair…
The Xbox One ad here, which features a woman who loves playing Dead Rising 3, has been running since November 11. I just saw it in a pre-roll of a GameTrailers video today. First time I ever actually appreciated seeing a pre-roll ad! If people are going to complain about Xbox One marketing that supposedly…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 3, 2013 -
The Best Next-Gen Game. The Worst Next-Gen Dialogue.
Y’know, the collective chatter amongst Kotaku writers has unofficially dubbed Need for Speed Rivals as the best next-gen game so far. Several among us have raved about the way it draws you in and entices you to keep playing. But, man, the lines coming out of the characters’ mouths in this racing game are terrible.…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 3, 2013 -
As Xbox One Complaints Increase, Microsoft Promises Improvements
Day-one Xbox One adopters have had their consoles for a week and a half now, and the warts are starting to show. Over the past few days, we’ve seen a surge of complaints about the new Xbox’s interface and operating system, and today, Microsoft’s publicly promising that they’ll do better. We mentioned a few of…
By Jason Schreier Published December 3, 2013 -
Swear at the Ref in FIFA 14 and You’ll Be Reprimanded by Your Club
Kinect-supported (or sanctioned) cussin’ was introduced in the FIFA and NBA 2K series last year, but on the Xbox One, both games have stepped up their penalties if you can’t keep your potty mouth under control. In FIFA, you’ll get a nastygram from your club’s ownership, even. Deadspin noticed a couple of users who were…
By Owen Good Published December 3, 2013 -
The Game That Lets You Create for Xbox One Is Now In Open Beta
Project Spark—a game creation suite that lets players make platformers, RPGs and much more—might be Microsoft’s secret weapon for the Xbox One. Today, you can sign up to be among the first to try it out as long as you’re using Windows 8.1. If you’re running the latest update to Microsoft’s OS, you can go…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 3, 2013 -
Kotaku EastLightning Returns Has a Lot of Fun Playing Around with Music
This past week, as I’ve been working my way through Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, I’ve noticed the game has—whether it’s minstrels, treasure boxes, or even the crowd at the coliseum—loads of aural Easter eggs just waiting to be uncovered. Want to see some of them in action? Check out the video above. Lightning Returns:…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published December 3, 2013 -
When Composers Make Music Out Of The Xbox One Startup Sound
Last week, I wrote an article about how the Xbox One startup sound is a little melody. I even made the Xbox One and Xbox 360 perform a little duet. Then, something awesome happened. Inspired by that article, the folks over at Disquiet made the Xbox One startup sound into a compositional challenge. How many…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 2, 2013 -
You Can Access The Xbox One’s Developer Tools Right Now [UPDATE]
If you’d like to take revenge on the Xbox One for watching you move and listening to everything you say, you can now get inside its brain and see a whole bunch of developer settings you probably shouldn’t be looking at. Every Xbox One is rigged to be a developer kit, as Microsoft told us…
By Jason Schreier Published December 2, 2013 -
How Much Did You Spend On Gaming In November?
We’ve made it through November, a month packed with two next-gen console releases and a bunch of new releases from some of gaming’s biggest franchises. Now we’ve got time to pause and reflect on the damage we did to our wallets over the past 30 days. How much did you pay for games in November?…
By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2013 -
How To Find Demos On Xbox One
Good news: the Xbox One has game demos! Bad news: they’re kind of annoying to find. You can’t see the free versions of each game in the Xbox One store itself—and there aren’t all that many available yet (though Microsoft’s Larry Hryb promises to keep us updated)—so if you want to find demos for the…
By Jason Schreier Published December 2, 2013
