Stock Up On HDMI Cables, Xbox One Controllers, and PS+ [Deals]

Need some extra controllers for your Xbox One, pick up the controller with play and charge kit today for $60, or the Play and Charge Kit separately for $19. The Advanced Warfare Limited Edition Controller is also up for preorder. Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and…

​How One of the Worst Superhero Movies Ever Got Made

Great Captain America movies. A blockbuster Batman trilogy. An Avengers film that’s almost universally loved. It’s clear that today’s comics fans live in happier times. An era where they can expect basic levels of quality in the superhero movies we get. In 1994, things were not always so great. Exhibit A: the Fantastic Four movie…

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Sony Doesn’t Understand Just Who The Heck Is Buying All Those PS4s

Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4s. They don’t know why. It just kinda happened. Sales appearing from the ether—that sort of thing. Here’s Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida speaking in an extensive Eurogamer interview (emphasis mine): The 10m sell through in the first nine months is well beyond what we had hoped for. As you know,…

Nintendo Fans Don’t Buy Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft Says

Ubisoft has been more supportive of Nintendo’s Wii U than most of its peers, but the company has also remained wary of the console’s weak commercial performance. In a recent interview, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sounded more doubtful than ever about the prospects of selling his hit Assassin’s Creed games on the Wii U. Speaking…

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Assembling A Huge Metal Gear Costume Is Not That Easy

YouTuber Mike Hecxz captured the moment when members of the awesome Pro Voltage cosplay group are assembling their Metal Gear REX costume at Otakon 2014. As you can see it’s so huge they need more than one people to help: But when it’s assembled, the result is just incredible. You can’t even see there’s someone…

Steampunk Star Wars AT-AT Would Be The Slowest Thing In The Galaxy

Not just the slowest, but the Empire probably couldn’t do anything with it on Hoth in the snow. Markus1984 built this alternate, steamy LEGO version of the AT-AT walker for a building competition and while it might be slow, those gatling guns in front look really badass. Here are some close-ups. Check out the builder’s…

If SNK Made StarCraft…

SNK does not make StarCraft. Blizzard makes StarCraft, and SNK made its name with 2D games like Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters. But if SNK made a game with Blizzard’s characters, it might look like this. As tipster Sang points out, these 2D pixel renderings were created by Korean net users Black Security…

Inside the Intense World of Japan’s Underground Drifting

You are not watching an episode of anime Initial D. This isn’t a video game! Here’s a look at underground drifting in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Albo Agunday, who filmed this video, tells Kotaku: The way it worked this night is that some cars would line up and go one or two or three at a…

Sony is holding a press conference on the afternoon of September 1 in Tokyo. Promising “the latest announcements,” it will be broadcasted online.