You Can Remove The Sticker On The Front Of Your Xbox One, You Know

That thing on the front of the Xbox One? That’s a sticker. You can take it off. Some of you right now are wondering why this needs to be said. Others of you, well, you’re not alone. A lot of people haven’t taken this sticker off their Xbox One for some reason. Search for Xbox…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective gives us his own review of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, along with a gallery of video game-centric gingerbread men. And Ellen J. Miller pens a lovely remembrance of what it meant to get the gift of gaming Don’t forget that…

League of Legends Champions In WarCraft III. That’s A Full Circle.

Modding League of Legends characters back into WarCraft III? Cokemonkey proves that even after more than 10 years, the WarCraft III World Editor, grandfather of all MOBA games, is still great, and has absolutely no trouble handling League champions—in particular, Orianna, The Lady of Clockwork. Orianna in Warcraft 3 [YouTube] To contact the author of…

In case you missed it over the long weekend, there’s now a YouTube app for the 3DS. One step closer to a golden age where every game console has the ability to display adorable kitten videos. Waiting on you, PlayStation 4.

When K-Pop Meets Chinese Traffic Police, Hilarity Ensues

Today, December 2, 12/2, is just a regular day in the world—except for traffic police in China. Today, the numbers correlate with the phone number for Chinese traffic police, 122, and because of that the fine traffic cops of Huizhou city in Guangdong province have released a nifty music video. Set to the infectious Korean…

Sexually Harass a Radish, While Wearing a Futuristic Helmet

Sexual harassment is awful. Don’t do it. But I guess it’s okay to feel up a radish? While wearing a helmet? Maybe not. In the below video, courtesy of our Gizmodo Japan colleagues, you can see a “substitutional reality” or “SR” system used with a radish harassing tech Kotaku previously featured. The tech is called…

Report: Chinese Government To Loosen Grip On Online Games

China’s Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily reports that the two Chinese ministries responsible for monitoring and approving online games will revise their criteria in terms of approving what games get released in China. In a quote within the People’s Daily, which printed the Guangzhou Daily report, Ministry of Culture Cultural and Internet Commerce department head…

Hugely Popular Just Cause 2 Mod Goes Official, Gets on Steam

After over a year of testing, on the seventh of December, JC2-MP, the large-scale multiplayer mod for Square Enix’s shooty-hijacky sandbox game, will begin its final beta test. Unlike previously, participants have to grab a key for the brand-new Steam version of the mod (which requires registering on the mod’s website), which will be unlocked…

Summon The Gods! It’s Time For Tower Defense

Cartoonish graphics, simple and intuitive game play, free-to-play, Oh My Gods: Tower Defence has it all, and yet even though it’s a grand game that’s 100 percent free, it’s not exactly a perfect ten. The second international release by Chinese publishers Yodo1, the Chinese-developed Greek mythology-themed tower defense OMG:TD is literally what you’d expect when…

The Scariest Tire Commercial I’ve Ever Seen

How often have you seen a tire commercial with a health warning in front of it? Fukuoka-based tire retailer Autoway‘s latest online spot takes a page from Japanese horror for this reminder of dangerous winter roads. The video was uploaded in mid-November, and now has over 400,000 views on YouTube. 雪道ｺﾜｲ [AutowayTire@YouTube] To contact the…

All-Female Marching Bands Make Taiwanese Funerals More Lively

In the past, funeral processions in Taiwan featured traditional Chinese instruments. Now, some sport marching bands, complete with baton twirling and go-go boots. For the past few years, funeral service Yuan-Rong Life has offered a marching troupe called “Xiu Juan Female Music Band” for services. Yuan-Rong Life tells Kotaku that each session lasts about two…

In the wake of child predators using the 3DS, Nintendo is reminding Japanese parents about locking the 3DS and the WiiU’s internet capabilities. 保護者による使用制限機能について [Nintendo@YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking…

My Kingdom For This Retro-Themed PS4

Given my penchant for wood-panelled video game hardware, if this Photoshop mockup were ever to become a real thing, I would sell every other piece of video game hardware I owned to get hold of it. While the wood and orange are the best bits, also of note is the practical improvement, since the power…