Short Clip Celebrates PlayStation’s 20th Birthday

The twentieth anniversary of the first PlayStation console’s Japanese release is fast approaching, and Sony’s here to commemorate it with—what else—a montage. The clip is part of a broader 20th anniversary promotion-slash-celebration for the brand, which is chronicled on a web page found on the official Japanese PlayStation site. Items and events “claimed” by the…

K-pop Group Wears Nazi-Like Uniforms, Controversy Ensues [Update]

This is Pritz. They’re a South Korea pop group. And during a recent performance at a horse track, they wore outfits that drew comparisons to Nazi uniforms. Update: The group’s newest video, which was released after this initial controversy, features the Nazi-like get-ups. You can watch it below. According to Realtime Korea, the group’s management,…

Ubisoft Stocks Fall 9% After Assassin’s Creed Unity Launch

Following a rough launch, Ubisoft’s taken a pretty big financial hit. The game had quite a few bugs and has been lumped in with other games like Call of Duty for seeing releases a bit too often. Tae Kim at Yahoo Finance suggest that it would have been better off delaying the game than releasing…

Microsoft’s Gamble Worked Xbox One Weekly Sales Triple, Exceed PS4

On November 2nd, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One console would see a temporary $50 price cut. The move was a clear attempt to bolster sales going into the holiday season… and it looks like it’s paid off “Sales have skyrocketed since the new price took effect.” Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of marketing for Xbox…

Games Industry Grows Four Times Faster Than The American Economy

In a new report from the Entertainment Software Association, the organization found that the games industry is growing far, far faster than the economy at large. That growth has translated directly into some of the strongest job growth in the US. From 2009 to 2012, the number of people working in games has grown more…

Giant Vita Is The World’s Most Pointless Handheld

The PS Vita TV has problems. Cramming it inside an oversized handheld shell to make it “portable” is not going to fix any of them. But hey, bless the DekaVita 7 for trying. It’s a 7″ screen, with controls, that works by plugging a Vita TV into the back of it. Which, in theory, would…

League of Legends’ new take on Summoner’s Rift is now live. If you’re lost as to what exactly has changed, there’s an interactive map that’ll give you a rundown.

Video Game Art Could Do With A Little More Respect

In case you’re asleep by the time it’s posted, almost every night on KotakuI run a feature called Fine Art. It’s a showcase of the work of artists working in (or dabbling in) the video game business. I do this post for a number of reasons. It’s fun, it’s rad art, there’s a degree of…

Track: Arrival | Artist: Vangelis Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Uncharted Movie Gets Help From Actual Talented Hollywood Person

The Uncharted movie isn’t the trainwreck it once was, but it’s still something to be concerned about, even with the involvementof the guy who made King of Kong. Why? Because it’s a video game movie. Though a recent addition to the creative team might cheer you up a little. The Hollywood Reporter says that Mark…

Sonic Boom Glitch Kinda Ruins The Game (If You Want To)

Sonic’s motto might be “Gotta Go Fast,” but this is probably not what he means when he says that. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was released yesterday, but already some players have found a game-breaking bug. As DarkspinesSonic shows in the following video, players can currently extend Knuckle’s jump infinitely if they pause the game:…

This Is Why We Don’t Put Our Games Back In The Wrong Cases

I must admit that I am guilty of the laziest of gaming crimes — taking one game out of the console and putting it back in the new game’s case. It’s led to some serious nightmare scenarios, but nothing as complicated as director Dan DeStefano’s short film, Misplaced There are boxes of DVDs and games…