Having been down for most of the day, Sony says that it’s PlayStation Network is now back up and running across both the US and Europe. I just logged in here in Australia and could sign in, access the PlayStation Store and play some Destiny, so yeah, looks good. But if you’re having any problems,…

Mortal Kombat Cosplay Is Ripping Out Hearts

Costume? Check. Make-up? Check. Bloody organ? Check. Kotal Khan cosplay by Yeliz, photos by SLDixon

The Art Of Fable Legends

Normally, we get to see concept art from a game after it’s been released. With Fable Legends, though, the art book is out months before the game. It’s by Titan Books, and if Fable’s bright colours and big boots are your thing, you can order a copy here Below you’ll find a selection of some…

Undertale Creator: It’s OK If People Dislike The Game 

As I mentioned in my Undertale review, the game’s fans can be a bit… insistent. “You can’t dislike it! That’s not possible!” That kind of thing. I get it. To an extent, I am one of those people. But, as these things often do, it’s resulted in some heated exchanges. Undertale fans are dedicated. They…

Steam Sales Data For 2015

Sergey Galyonkin, who runs Steam Spy, is the internet’s top man for getting data on Valve’s marketplace. Which makes his summary of 2015 sales—overall sales, not just the seasonsal Steam sales—some interesting reading. While his data isn’t 100% accurate (it’s gathered using “statistical analysis” rather than actual figures from Valve), Steam Spy is for the…

The Steam Winter Sale Is Over, But People Are Still Hunting For Clues

Shortly after the big Steam winter sale kicked off, intrepid users started sleuthing around, believing that they’d latched onto some kind of alternate reality game (or ARG, for short). Surprisingly, they ended up finding a secret search bar within Steam, as well as other hints. But… that’s it. And now it’s over. When I first…

Clash Of Clans Spin-off Clash Royale Would Like To Sell You All The Cards

Today Clash of Clans developer Supercell soft-launched Clash Royale, a competitive multiplayer defense game in which the goal is to spend as much money as possible on virtual cards. At least that’s the vibe I’m getting. Card games areinvading more and more of our favorite video games lately, but in the free-to-play mobile marketplace they…

Activision Wants To Start Their Own TV Channel For Esports

It’s official: Activision has indeed purchased Major League Gaming, as was rumored over the weekend. The most interesting part? They want to take esports to television. Speaking to the New York Times as part of the embargoed official announcement, Activision boss Bobby Kotick was as blunt as ever, saying he wants to take competitive gaming…

That Time Rockstar Made A Table Tennis Game

When the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 arrived, people expected open world experts Rockstar Games to come blaring out of the gate with something truly next-gen. What they got was something surprising: a table tennis game. Yes, that actually happened. “Our mission brief at Rockstar has been clear to us from when we founded the…

The 12 Best Video Games Of 2015

We came, we saw, we played. We nominated, we debated, we decided. Here, in alphabetical order, are Kotaku’s top 12 games of 2015. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate BoxBoy Bloodborne Destiny: The Taken King Life Is Strange Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Rocket League Splatoon Super Mario Maker Transformers: Devastation Undertale The Witcher 3: Wild…

Blind Man Beats Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time After Five Years of Trying

Now this is dedication. Terry Garrett lost his sight when he was ten years old—so he learned how to game in a different way. Instead of relying on visuals, Garrett started using sound to make his way through video games. After much practice, this method allowed him to beat games like Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. Ocarina…

Sources: Next Big Assassin’s Creed Set In Egypt, Skipping 2016 As Part of Possible Series Slowdown

Every fall for the past six years, Ubisoft has released at least one big new Assassin’s Creed game. This year, the mega-publisher could be breaking tradition, skipping fall for the first time since 2009, according to a number of sources speaking both to Kotaku and others. The next big Assassin’s Creed, which we believe is…

Our Favorite Games from December

December—a time for snow, Doctor Who Christmas specials, and slow game releases. But slow doesn’t mean we didn’t come across anything worth checking out. And so, below is what we played and liked in December. Amplitude Mike played the Kickstarted reboot of Harmonix’s rhythm game, and found more of the same stuff he fell in…

Fallout 4’s Factions All Suck

Picking a faction in Fallout 4 is the most agonizing choice in the entire game. Turns out, deciding the fate of the Commonwealth is very difficult when every group vying for dominance is awful in its own, special way. Let’s look at them one by one, shall we? The Minutemen Leader: Cardboard Cutout Masquerading As…

Suddenly An All-In-One Gaming PC Doesn’t Seem Like Such A Bad Idea

I’ve never been keen on the idea of abandoning my tower case for a system with all the gaming guts piggy-backing a monitor, but when the monitor in question is a 34 inch curved ultra HD affair and the guts are full-sized and water-cooled I start feeling a bit swayed. That’s Maingear’s newly-announced Alpha 34,…