• Kotaku East

  That Lightning Returns Aerith Costume Wasn’t Meant for Everyone

  One of the highlights of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is all the costumes you can play around with. Aside from the costumes included in the game and the DLC costumes, Square Enix also has a limited Aerith from Final Fantasy VII costume and weapons. Well, it was supposed to be limited. The Aerith costume…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published December 26, 2013
• Kotaku East

  Kingdom Hearts Director Addresses the Remaining HD Remake Left to Do

  With Kingdom Hearts I.5 HD Remix out and II.5 HD Remix on the way next year, there’s nothing left to re-tell as we prepare for the eventual release of Kingdom Hearts III. Oh wait, yes there is. The HD collections of the Kingdom Hearts saga currently cover every previously released console game in the series…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published December 26, 2013
• 

  Uncategorized

  Use A Mouse + Keyboard On Your Xbox One

  The latest XIM peripheral – a line which has longallowed console gamers to use PC accessories – is now out, and for the first time includes the Xbox One. The XIM4 won’t be out until well into next year, but it’s already being teased, shown here running Call of Duty: Ghosts on an Xbox One…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013
• 

  Uncategorized

  Borderlands’ Handsome Jack Gets His Own Live-Action Series

  Machinima says there’s a “full film” coming on January 3, with a series to follow. If this teaser was supposed to get people excited, well…OK. I mean, if you really love Borderlands, it might be cool! For the rest of us, like most of these live-action attempts, it might be a little too low-rent (though…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Playstation Plus In January Will Make You Merry And Bright

  Don’t Starve for your Playstation 4. DMC, Bioshock: Infinite, and Brothers for your PS3. Smart As… and Worms: Battle Islands for your Vita. Guess Christmas is coming late this year. Sure, Vita is getting the short end of the stick this time around, but I just had a great time playing free Sonic Racing on…

  By Shane Roberts Published December 26, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Dreamcast Prototype Back From The Dead, Free To Download

  ToeJam & Earl 3 was once in development for, among other consoles, the Sega Dreamcast. Thanks to that console’s demise it was never released, the code eventually finding its way – like so many other Sega series – to Microsoft’s Xbox. That game was awful, but if you ever wanted a taste of what the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013
• Uncategorized

  He Knows When You Are Sleeping, He Knows When You Are, Well…

  Creepy Sims Santa doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice. He’s partial to either, especially when it’s on the living room floor. Santa is always watching [Reddit]

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  PokeBank Hilariously Fails to Stop Hacked Pokemon

  Update: The Infernape listed in the article below is actually considered legal. There is a way to use the US Walmart code for the HA Chimchar to obtain the Pokemon in other regions. Dream World Pokemon can also be caught in any ball. The Torterra is still completely illegal. Secondly, it has been confirmed that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Does Grand Theft Auto’s Logo Need A Facelift?

  Grand Theft Auto is in at least one way a victim of its own success. It’s so popular now that some aspects of it have become entrenched, and may never be able to be changed. Like the game’s title font, which in 1997 might have been cool, but which today could be seen as a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Steam’s Store Went Down. Merry Christmas!

  UPDATE – Looks like it’s back. Skyrim and Deus Ex are now both available for under $10. Merry Christmas! Hope you weren’t planning on buying – or in some cases playing – any new PC games today, because Steam’s servers have either been down or crushed for much of the day. The service’s support Twitter…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Left 4 Dead 2 Is Free, So You Might Want To Get On That

  Valve wants to say “Merry Christmas”. So everyone gets a copy of Left 4 Dead 2. You get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy. If you jump on Steam before 10am PT on December 26, you can download the multiplayer shooter for free. The only catch is…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013
• 

  Uncategorized

  Merry Christmas! (In Slow Motion)

  I think FinalCutKing might secretly have some problem with Christmas since his idea of a holiday video was gingerbread men destroying decorations. It’s okay with me though, because the result is awful pretty in slow motion.

  By Steve Marinconz Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Last Chance To Nominate For Our GOTY And Reader’s Choice Awards

  We’re in the midst of evaluating and voting for Kotaku‘s Game of the Year for 2013. This year, plenty of readers have made their own nominations, and we hope you will as well. Below if our collection of nominations for Game of the Year 2013. All this week and next, our staff members are playing…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  The Best Gifts You Got For The Holidays This Year

  Every year there are bound to be some Christmas-spirit-raising gifts and a few well-intentioned duds. So we’d like to know…what’d you get? Best and worst gifts? Did you send someone one of our gift guides as a helpful nudge? Or maybe you bought someone something so perfect you just have to share? Here’s your venue…

  By Tina Amini Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Merry Christmas! Did Your Presents Make You This Happy?

  By now, most households should be buried in shredded wrapping paper, unless yours is home to a fastidious person always ready with a trash bag and a dustbuster for those flecks of styrofoam packing that get everywhere. Anyone get any games? Anyone get a console? My parents live in town, and before I drove over…

  By Owen Good Published December 25, 2013
• Culture

  Disney Characters Without Their Beards Are Frightening

  People sure do like to mess around with Disney characters. We’ve seen the princesses as Final Fantasy characters but, even after that, seeing all the old, bearded characters from classic Disney movies without their essential hair just confuses me. This funny redesign, made by Annie Erskine, would probably have ruined the childhood of a lot…

  By Gergo Vas Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  A Fitting Finish For The Year Of Luigi

  This was the Year of Luigi, but it didn’t feel like the Year of Luigi. At least not until today, when Japan’s Good Smile Company revealed the Nendoroid Luigi figure, and I fell in love. Nendoroid is probably the most popular toy line in the world for fans of giant heads on smallish bodies. Not…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 25, 2013
• Kotaku East

  Check Out the Most Amazing Warship Models You’ll Ever See

  Holy cow… Models are awesome. The more detailed the better. Still, there is a limit to how detailed you can make things depending on the scale. When it comes to battleships, usually the largest scale models you’ll find on sale are 1/350 scale. If you want bigger, well you’re kind of out of luck –…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Playstation Plus For $35, And A Discount On LIVE

  Best Buy has a 1 year Playstation Plus membership for $35, which is $15 off retail, and the second cheapest the subscription has been. Playstation Plus is, in our opinion, the best value in gaming. It was the most popular Black Friday deal we posted, and was the fifth most taken advantage of deal of…

  By Shane Roberts Published December 25, 2013
• Uncategorized

  Studio of Indie Sensation Hello Games Flooded on Christmas Eve, Devs Say

  “We have learned that laptops float sometimes,” one of the developers of small indie studio Hello Games Tweeted late today, breaking what appears to be the unfortunate news that the offices of one of 2013’s most exciting indie studios have all but been ruined. Happily, there are no reports of injuries, but the fate of…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2013