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But When Will Sony Kill Off The PS4? Let's Guess!
14.1.2022
One day, the PlayStation 4's time will end. It’s bound to happen! But earlier this week, Bloomberg claimed that Sony apparently planned to discontinue the PS4 at the end of 2021. Sony has once again denied this claim. So, when will the console’s lifespan end? Read more
Gog Sale Includes Some Of The Top Games Of 2021
24.12.2021
Video game deals have become a holiday tradition for most gamers looking to get the best prices on games they missed out on over the year. And Gog.com has some of Kotaku’s favorites from 2021, and years past, on sale through the new year.Read more
PlayStation 4 Jailbroken, Exploit May Work On PS5 Too
13.12.2021
December 13, 2021 may go down in history as the day the PlayStation 4 finally got blown wide open, as a trio of noted console hackers just released a new, ready-to-run kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro that works on firmware version 9.00 and earlier. In other words, running...
Report: PlayStation Planning Xbox Game Pass-Style Subscription Service
3.12.2021
Sony is finalizing a new PlayStation subscription meant to give the platform its own Xbox Game Pass-style service that’s tentatively scheduled to launch next spring, Bloomberg reports.Read more
Fans Are Bringing PlayStation Home Back To Life
29.11.2021
The Metaverse is the latest stinker to make waves in the virtual world landscape, but why move forward when we’ve got gems returning from the past?Read more
The PlayStation 3 Is Now Fifteen Years Old
11.11.2021
Can you believe it? The PlayStation 3 launched fifteen years ago today. It was an expensive console and a messy launch with hyper overload and some truly bad press conferences. But Sony didn’t give up on the PS3, and neither did gamers. Read more
Hackers Appear One Step Closer To Jailbreaking The PS5
8.11.2021
The PlayStation 5 only launched a year ago this week, but already hackers appear to have made massive breakthroughs in potentially jailbreaking the latest Sony console. Both theFlow0 and Fail0verflow posted screenshots on Twitter over the weekend indicating they managed to unlock the PS5’s debug...
PS3 Emulator Will Now Boot Every Game Ever Released On The Console
21.10.2021
RPCS3, an emulator I’ve been writing about since 2016 but which first began in 2011, has come along way since it made its first, tentative steps towards making PS3 games playable on a PC. From those humble beginnings the team behind it have just announced a huge milestone: everything ever released...
PS5 Accessory Makers Just Won't Stop Taunting Sony's Lawyers
19.10.2021
Dbrand, a tech accessories brand that my roommate described to me as “being for dudes who like new iPhones,” has decided to wage a very loud legal war with Sony Entertainment regarding their totally fine PS5 plates and cases.Read more
Sony Planning To Make PS3, Vita Stores Nearly Unusable
5.10.2021
Sony has invented a new form of digital sabotage, which would almost be impressive if it weren’t so irritating. According to a post in the “Important Notices” section of Sony support, the brilliant business minds at the Japanese giant have decided to discontinue credit card and Paypal payment...
Free PS5 Game Trials Make You Race Against The Clock
4.10.2021
Over the weekend, Sony rolled out some new game trials to let PS5 owners try out specific games before actually committing to a purchase. It sounded great, but players soon discovered a hitch: The trials are for a limited time, and the clock starts ticking the second you click download.Read more
Cruis'n Blast On The Switch Is Arcade Racing At Its Most Ridiculous
28.9.2021
Microsoft and Sony can have their Forzas and Gran Turismos with hyper-realistic graphics, authentic engine noises, and true-to-life physics. The Nintendo Switch has Cruis’n Blast, in which your vaguely Nissan GT-R-shaped vehicle barrels off a cliff at breakneck speed toward a massive yeti which...
YouTube Duo Find $100,000 Of Vintage Games In Hoarder’s Abandoned House
16.9.2021
Like a real-life Tomb Raider run sans picturesque vistas from an ancient civilization, a pair of YouTuber game hunters found themselves in an extremely messy room that had been locked for close to 20 years. But amid the filth, they found a treasure trove of factory-sealed video games, including...
Classic LittleBigPlanet Servers Shut Down Permanently Following Hacks
13.9.2021
LittleBigPlanet fans have a bit of a good news/bad news situation this morning. After months of downtime, the PS4 servers for LittleBigPlanet 3 are back online, with all the community content restored and working as before. However, servers for all prior PS3 and Vita versions will remain offline...
Final Fantasy Fan Gets Every Franchise Trophy—And It Took A Decade
9.8.2021
On November 1, 2010, Talan Kirk, who goes by Rebourne07 on Reddit and PSN, unlocked his first trophy in Final Fantasy XIII for the PlayStation 3. On August 8, 2021, he unlocked the last trophy introduced in Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade’s DLC, making him the only person in the world to have...
Rockstar Locking Some GTA Online Car Upgrades To PS5, Xbox Series X/S
20.7.2021
Grand Theft Auto Online for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S is set to include vehicle upgrades that won’t be available on older consoles, according to new details from Rockstar Games.Read more
Last Of Us TV Show Casts Tommy’s Actor As Not-Tommy
16.7.2021
HBO’s The Last of Us show is continuing to fill out its cast, and its latest pick-up is Jeffrey Pierce, an actor who appeared in the original PlayStation 3 game as Joel’s brother Tommy. But according to a new report at Deadline, he won’t be playing that character in the upcoming show.Read more
Sony Japan Recommends Two-Step Sign-in After PSN Account Takeovers
14.7.2021
While two-factor authentictaion is not new to the PlayStation Network, today the official Ask PlayStation Japanese Twitter account recommended the verification progress be used for logging in. As website Game Impress Watch reports, there have been “many reports” from users of accounts being taken...
Sony Will Keep Selling PSP Games After All
2.7.2021
This past April, Sony backed down from closing the PS3 and Vita digital storefronts amid a public outcry from fans and retro enthusiasts. Instead, Sony announced it would only move forward with its plan to end the sale of digital PSP games. Or so everyone thought. According to a notice recently...
Tekken X Street Fighter Is Dead
21.6.2021
After years of speculation, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada has officially closed the book on Tekken X Street Fighter, announcing that work has halted on the highly anticipated crossover via his personal YouTube channel.Read more