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Nothing Says “Christmas” Like Loads of Toys at a Convention

Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha’s annual convention, Jump Festa, features everything Jump-related from manga, anime, video games, card games, stage events, and of course, merchandise. Much of the merchandise on display is for upcoming items, and others are available on the floor. From the ongoing hot series to the gold classics, there’s something for everyone who’s…

Track: The Hanukkah Song | Artist: Adam Sandler | Album: What The Hell Happened To Me? Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

All those Christmas lights people put up for the holidays? NASA can see it from space. Woah.

You Can Control This Guy’s Real-Life Christmas Tree From Minecraft

This is incredibly cool. Also, given the Internet’s proclivity for dousing good intentions in gasoline and setting them on the troll-iest of fires, a little bit crazy. Ryan Carter has wired his real-life Christmas tree to sync up one-to-one with his elaborate Minecraft holiday setup. Using a series of switches and a ton of redstone,…

Sony’s The Interview Now On Xbox Store, Coming To PlayStation Network [UPDATE]

Sony Pictures’ controversial comedy The Interview, pulled from theatrical release last week in the fallout of a massive hack of the studio, is now officially viewable in a variety of places, among them, on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. Above is a screencap of Microsoft’s Xbox Video service on the Xbox One, where you can watch the…

All I Want For Christmas Is This Digimon Game For North America

Earlier this fall Bandai Namco released Digimon All-Star Rumble in North America. That’s not the game long-time fans wanted. We wanted Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, the sleek and stylish role-playing game coming to the Japanese Vita in March. It was an honest mistake, really. Unless you’re a pretty hardcore fan of the monster collecting series,…

Learning To Like (Some) Video Game Chores

I was skeptical about the new(ish) 3DS game Fantasy Life back when our own Jason Schreier praised it as “the best to-do list I’ve ever played.” Too many games feel over-stuffed with too many chores as is—too many-no-fun-fetch-quests, too many collectibles, etc. But I’ve come around with this game. I explain my change of heart…

Assassin’s Creed Initiates, the semi-reliable web-based service used to track players’ progress in Assassin’s Creed games, will be down for extended maintenance over the holidays according to Ubisoft, which is making—good news—all those Initiates-tied gold treasure chests accessible to all players with online connections. (The chests usually require players to be at certain Initiates ranks…

Hitman Is The Official Worst Host Of A Christmas Party

You probably don’t want to attend a Hitman-hosted Christmas party. Unless you like tons of murder and awkward physics, of course. Then I guess you do. Playful YouTuber Robbaz celebrates Christmas once again by playing through video games for us, this year wandering through a Christmas party in Hitman: Blood Money. The mission—You Better Watch…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Secret Santa 2014: The Great Gift Reveal • #GamerProblems • Shin Sekai Yori is a Great, Believable, Coming of Age Dystopian Anime TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.