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Want to watch Richard Eisenbeis play some Persona Q in Japanese? Well then, you’re in luck. He’s doing that right now over on Twitch. (Stream finished)

Project Cars, You Continue To Look Amazing

This PS4 trailer doesn’t tell the game’s whole story – it’s also coming to PC, Xbox One and Wii U – but this new trailer for Project Cars shows just how good a video game can look when you put new/big hardware to work.

So Far, E3’s Dress Code Is a Little Too Casual This Year

The Electronic Entertainment Expo. The yearly event when millions of people turn their eyes to focus on video games. So why are the professionals unveiling their works to the world looking like they’re dressed for a neighbor’s barbecue? C’mon, folks. Look, it’s not that everyone has to do the suit-and-tie thing. But a boring, rumpled…

E3 Winners & Losers: Day Zero

Forget the nuances of preference and the pointlessness of starkly dividing subjective events into overly-simple categories. E3 demands winners and losers, so it is glory and blood that it shall receive. Day Zero, so called because the show doesn’t actually begin until June 10 (there were only press conferences today, the showroom floor was closed),…

E3 Comic #2: Better Than Being There

Have you ever wished you could be in the audience at one of E3’s big press conferences? Kotaku comic artist Elizabeth Simins‘ experience might change your mind. Elizabeth Simins is an artist & illustrator living in New York. She makes comics primarily about games, but also sometimes about other things. Follow her @elizsimins for way…

Sony E3 Pre-Orders: White PS4, PS TV, New DualShock Colors, More

Announced at Sony’s E3 presser, we’re getting a white Playstation 4 bundled with Destiny for release on September 9. Sony also revealed that the Playstation TV would finally make its way to North America, either in a standalone package or bundled with a DualShock 3, The LEGO Movie Games, and a few extras for $40…

The Many Hand Gestures Of Playstation America’s New CEO

After Jack Tretton stepped down as CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Shawn Layden stepped in. And as you can see by his hand gestures, he’s well-prepared for the job. The President: It’s Cold In Here: The Subliminal Applause: And YOU Get a Car: The Rest:

Mark Hamill, As The Joker, Tells Luke Skywalker He’s His Father

Is it weird that it sounds like the Joker’s voice is more “right” than Luke’s? The footage was uploaded on Friday, and features Hamill fielding questions at one of Disney’s Star Wars Weekends. [via Geekologie]

Ubisoft Is Sitting On Unreleased Wii U Games

It’s bad enough when you hear that companies aren’t making games because the Wii U is struggling to find an audience. What’s even worse? Hearing that completed games are for Nintendo’s latest home console being held back because of poor sales. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says that’s just what the company is doing, in an…

Capy’s Below is looking very nice in this gameplay demo given to Spike. Below Get More: Comedy Central

Surprise, the Batmobile Likes to Shimmy

As expected, Gotham City gets a gorgeous makeover on PS4. But what’s up with Bruce Wayne’s ride? The latest glimpse of Batman: Arkham Knight gameplay shows the Dark Knight swooping over long distances and switching to the Batmobile. It might be because the game’s still got a long way to go but the lateral movement…

Uncharted 4 Stars, You Guessed It, Nathan Drake

And hey, Sully makes an appearance too (at least, audio-wise…is Sully still alive??) It sounds like Nathan Drake has been out of the game for a while—he seems older, and Sully seems uncertain if Drake has got it in him still. Here’s the trailer. The full name, technically, is Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End—pretty ominous!

The Last Of Us Is Coming To The PS4 On July 29

The post-apocalypse is about to get a whole lot prettier, folks. Sony has finally given the remaster PS4 version of The Last of Us a firm release date, and it’s July 29th. So get your DualShock 4 and a box of tissues ready, because I’m sure that this game will be even more emotionally disturbing…

GTA V Is Coming To PC, Xbox One & PS4

Well, you saw this coming. Grand Theft Auto V is coming to next-gen consoles and the PC The PC. Mods. For this game. Oh, it’s going to be the best In terms of new content, GTA Online is getting some new stuff (read more about that here), while the PC version will “feature a video…

​Ratchet And Clank Getting A Movie And A PS4 Remake In 2015

Just when I thought this Sony E3 press conference couldn’t get any better, the company delivered a fresh batch of Ratchet and Clank goodness. The good news? There’s a movie and and PS4 remake of the platforming classic coming. The bad news? We’ll have to wait until 2015 for both of them.

Mortal Kombat Looking Good and Gory, Like It’s Supposed to

There was never any question what the developers of Mortal Kombat were going to use the new consoles’ increased processing power for, was there? Ok, it’s not just blood. In the clip above, you can see Scorpion, Sub-Zero and a slew of other Kombatants dueling to the death with environmental interactions a la Injustice. The…

PlayStation TV Is Coming West This Fall For $99

The wait is finally over, microconsole fans! Sony just announced that it’s bringing its super teeny tiny PlayStation TV to the U.S., Canada, and Europe this fall. Sony originally released the gadget last year as the PS Vita TV. Even then, the thing sounded like a great bargain: a small and decently-priced machine that could…

PlayStation Now Game Streaming Starts on July 31st

Starting next month, PlayStation owners will be able to play Sony’s first-party back catalog via the PlayStation Now service. PlayStation Now’s open beta starts on July 31 for PS4 owners in the U.S. and Canada. It moves to PS3, Vita and Sony brand TVs sometime after that. 100 PS3 games will be available as part…

Sony Jabs At Kinect, Live On Stage

If you weren’t paying attention during Andrew House’s part of the Sony presentation tonight during E3 tonight, you might have missed a knock on the previously mandatory Kinect. House gets on the stage to boast about the PS4, and makes quick mention of how the PS4’s motion control peripheral was available as a choice to…

Hey, It’s ‘Torture Porn: The Video Game’

Good or bad, nobody makes games like Suda51. Could this be one of the good ones? The next game from the creative lead on Killer7 and No More Heroes will be a PlayStation exclusive. Let It Die looks like it’s a brawler with the same sleaze-shlock cinema DNA as Suda’s other work.