News

There May Not Even Be A PlayStation 4 Or Xbox 720, Says Cloud Gaming Company Gaikai

Brace yourselves, readers! A company whose whole business plan depends on consoles going away says that one of the big platform holders miht be getting out of the hardware business altogether.


October 21, 2011
PlayStation

PlayStation 4 Game Development Is Underway

While Sony hasn’t yet officially announced the PS4, no doubt it’s coming. The PlayStation 3 will get a successor. According to a “trusted source”, work has started on PlayStation 4 games.


August 31, 2011
News

EA Finds It ‘Hard To Conceive What You Would Do On A PlayStation 4′

Electronic Arts, like Sony and Microsoft, seem perfectly content to ride out the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for as long as possible, downplaying the need for a next generation of consoles any time soon. Why would you even need one, wonders EA’s Frank Gibeau?


July 4, 2011
PlayStation

Report: The PlayStation 4 Will Have Kinect-Style Motion Controls

Next year, Nintendo is releasing a new home console, the Wii U. Taiwanese component makers tell tech site DigiTimes that Sony is readying a new home console for 2012. But that’s not the interesting part.


June 21, 2011
News

Just Cause Developer Says ‘Intelligence’ Points To Next-Gen Consoles In 2014

We’ll have plenty of time to scrimp, save and perhaps land a second job to afford the next generation of video game consoles. Avalanche Studios, creators of Just Cause and the forthcoming Renegade Ops, believe 2014 is when we’ll get them.


May 31, 2011
PlayStation

Hold Your Horses On PlayStation 4 Chatter!

Late last week, Sony chief financial officer Masaru Kato said, “For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life, but this is a platform business, so for the future platform – when we’ll be introducing what product I cannot discuss that – but our development work is already under way, so the costs are incurred there.”


May 27, 2011
News

Sony Says It’s Working On The PS4

Asked to explain increased research and development costs, a Sony senior executive told investors that work PlayStation 3 successor is “already under way.”


April 18, 2011
PlayStation

Imagining What Sony’s Next Controller (And Its Box) Will Look Like

My dork tendencies run a little… stranger than most. While I enjoy looking at things like mock-ups of new control pads, for example, I prefer looking at a mock-up of the packaging for said controller.


April 12, 2011
News

CEO Of Ubisoft Is Tired Of Our Current Consoles

In an interview with MCVUK, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot lamented the lack of new development platforms, going so far as to blame the lack of new home consoles for the entire industry’s fiscal shortcomings.


February 18, 2011
News

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

Today’s roundup is brought to you by your bleary-eyed night editor, thanks to Mark being tied up with yesterday’s news about Bungie’s latest game. Keep your eyes peeled for updates on that story as it breaks.