Here’s How You Can Help Test Out Steam’s New Streaming Service

Valve is developing a new service that will allow you to stream games between two computers, and any Steam user can sign up to enter the beta right now. Just head to this Steam groupand sign up for a random shot at getting to test out Valve’s new program. What’s the point of all this?…

The Guy Who Got His Xbox One Early is Unbanned

Good news, says Andre Weingarten: “I’m unbanned!” Sometime in the early afternoon while the college freshman was in class, his Xbox One—the thing Target mistakenly delivered early two weeks ago—went legit. What’s the first thing he’s going to do? “Well, I’ll be streaming,” he said. You can watch here as he plays Call of Duty:…

Every Persona Fan’s Worst Nightmare

On Sunday, Atlus will announce something Persona-related. They’ve been teasing it for a while now, and lots of fans are starting to get stoked that Atlus might finally—finally!—announce Persona 5, the in-development next entry in the wonderful RPG series. Whatever they announce, it probably won’t look like this: This beautiful monstrosity was designed by Twitterer…

If The Pokémon Professors Were Rated By Their Students

Ever use the website ‘Rate My Professors‘? It’s exactly what it sounds like—a website where students can rate their professors. It’s also not something that exists in the world of Pokemon. But if it did? The most popular pages might look a little bit like these Dorkly comics. Though you can look at all the…

New Humble Bundle, Ghosts For $43, Dirt Cheap Borderlands 2 [Deals]

Along with a lineup of great deals today on new releases like Wind Waker HD and Call of Duty: Ghosts, we’ve also got a new Humble Android Bundle featuring the fantastic Ridiculous Fishing. [Humble] Borderlands 2 GOTY ($28) | Use code GMG20-ODON7-FLUA7 Borderlands 2 Season Pass ($8) | Use code GMG20-ODON7-FLUA7 Every single piece of…

Diablo III Expansion’s Closed Beta to Begin by Year’s End

Diablo III‘s closed beta test for the Reaper of Souls expansion will begin by the end of the year, Blizzard said today. It’s underway now for “friends and family,” of Blizzard—which includes “3,000 of our most active Diablo III players from around the world” in addition to VIPs and press. When the Closed Beta begins…

Every Death In Game of Thrones, Visualized

Via bookstore Twitter feed WaterstonesDork, here’s a colorful visualization of every single death in George RR Martin’s wonderful fantasy series. Each post-it represents a corpse. George RR Martin is a sick man.

You Can Play PS4 Through Xbox One, But You Probably Wouldn’t Want To.

What happens when you plug a PlayStation 4’s HDMI cable into the back of an Xbox One? The same thing that happens to everything else. The fine folks at DigitalFoundry plugged their PlayStation 4 into the Xbox One’s HDMI input and — contrary to my fevered speculation — a singularity was not formed. Instead, they…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Marsh Naylor’s rant about the PS4’s most serious issue refuses to let the Wobble-stroversy die. Then, the TAY funnyperson shares the Mushroom’s advice about how Cooking Mama can focus the homicidal rage of the holiday season. And S-Meister calls out pre-order DLC as a Last-Gen…

Tearaway: The Kotaku Review

The first time my face popped up to animate the sun in Tearaway‘s papercraft world, I beamed, as a sun should. From ear to ear, I smiled, and I watched my smile grow in real time. And the little paper messenger girl named Atoi, who is fashioned out of an envelope, looked up at me…

The first (by a hair) official iOS 7 controller for iPhone and iPod Touch is now ready to buy. Power A’sMOGA Ace Poweris available today for $99 at Apple Stores online and off, as well as the MOGAanywhere website, which also contains a handy list of more than 160 iOS games with controller support.

​The Xbox One: The Kotaku Review

The Xbox One is a testament to Microsoft’s towering ambition. It represents their desire not only to occupy a place in your home entertainment center, but to lumber straight into the center of it. It is a black plastic tank, a hard-edged chunk of corners meant to conquer everything in its path. But for all…

11 Minutes of Lightning Returns: FFXII For Your Viewing Pleasure

The fine folks over at Japanese news site 4Gamer.netmanaged to get their hands on the shortly-releasing Japanese version of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. So, of course, they immediately went and captured some footage for the rest of us. So without any further ado, above’s eleven minutes of gameplay from the next Final Fantasy. 4Gamer…

Let’s Learn How To Draw Butts!

We’ve already talked about drawing penises. And drawing boobs. How about the fine art of butt drawing? YouTuber and former Newsweek Graphics Director Karl Gude walks us through how to draw fantastic butts using only a few lines. After watching this, you will become an ass master. How to draw GREAT BUTTS with just FIVE…

Xbox One In Stock In 30 Minutes

Here’s your friendly morning reminder that at 8am ET Amazon will have a limited number of Xbox Ones available for purchase. Get that tab open in your browser because we don’t expect this release day inventory to last long. Stay tuned to Kotaku Deals for availability of both new consoles going forward. [Amazon] Follow Kotaku…