PlayStation

This Advertisement Was Banned In The U.K.

A poster for the PlayStation Move’s The Fight: Lights Out, depicting a guy in a headlock about to get a fist to the face (or at least a rough noogie), has been banned as offensive and irresponsible in the U.K.


December 9, 2010

Meet Sackbutler, V.P. Of LittleBigPlanet-ization

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October 21, 2010

Is This Kinect Ad More To Your Liking?

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This video just popped up on YouTube, purporting to be the debut advertisement for Kinect once its television marketing campaign begins. Ads that leaked out before this one were “unfinished”.


October 14, 2010
In Real Life

Extraordinary PlayStation Ad Gallery, Starting With These Heads

For years, PlayStation ads have been beautiful. The proof is in a wonderful gallery, posted by a Spanish-speaking Flickr user, who hosts images of 83 spectacular ads for PlayStation games and systems. Can video game ads be considered art? [PlayStation Ad Gallery]


October 9, 2010

Kevin Butler Puts Puppies, Kitties On Notice

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Kevin Butler, Sony’s fake vice president of animal control, doesn’t drop the snark even if cute widdle pwane-fwying pets are the subject. And hey, dude’s got a point about chewed furniture and piddle stains.


September 14, 2010
News

The MoveMen, Heroes Of The PlayStation Move

Will a pair of glowing, bobble-headed heroes make you a fan of the PlayStation Move? The MoveMen, stars of a new PlayStation Move ad push, are here to try to sell you one, stylishly.


September 10, 2010
In Real Life

Kevin Butler Also VP Of Kinect Snark?

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The PS3 is good for motion gaming and “sitting gaming”, everyone’s fave fake exec says in his latest ad, published today. Is that a dig at Kinect’s capacity to recognise people gaming from their couch?


July 7, 2010
In Real Life

Halo: Reach Spawns An Intimate Spartan Moment

No woman can resist the musky allure of Spartan armour. Spied at the filming of a commercial that’s (probably) being filmed for Xbox 360 shooter Halo: Reach, as snapped by On Set LA. Thanks, Laird!


June 22, 2010
In Real Life

Alan Wake Ads Inspires Fear Of The Dark In Canada

Our neighbours to the north have likely already seen and been irrevocably horrified by Alan Wake’s big, spooky and, most important, clever ad push, which intimidated Canadians with its warnings about just how evil the darkness is.


March 19, 2010

Tell Us Dammit

Kotaku AU

Dammit, we want you to tell us stuff! Stuff like what your favourite game ad is.