3DS XL Down To $180, New Humble Weekly, PS4 Day One Promo [Deals]

Well that PS4 stock went fast, but Amazon still has the 3DS XL in several colors marked down to a cool $180. See you all tomorrow for another Kotaku Deals roundup, and we’ll continue to keep an eye out for next-gen console availability. [Amazon] Playstation 4 in stock at Amazon. Go! Amazon also has a…

While the new Battlefield 4 DLC doesn’t drop until December, you can see what new weapons and gadgets it’ll introduce to the game thanks to this jackfrags video. Is it just me or does the SUAV seem like it’ll be a lot of fun to play with?

When Will This ​Shameful Act Of Licking Video Game Hardware Go Away?

The latest culprit is this cat named Sabby, who has practically made a career off of licking video game hardware in the past. Now he’s turning his sandpaper tongue to the PS4. Look at how much he’s enjoying it, too. He’s definitely quite the pretty cat. Proud of his PS4 collection, too. All photo/PS4/cat credit…

Big PS4 Announcements Coming Tonight

Get ready for E3 in November: tonight on Spike TV (and streaming here on Kotaku), Sony plans to announce a whole lot of PS4 news in honor of the console’s launch tomorrow. The show, “PS4 All Access: Greatness Awaits,” starts at 11pm Eastern, and we’ll have a stream for you up on Kotaku around then.…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Comtar feels bad, not angry at Nintendo “fanboys,” Rathorial talks about player agency through the lens of several last-gen hero games, Carter Brownlee explains the PS4 “wobble” situation a little more clearly, and here’s the latest in Stormborn’s “Redesigning Super Mario Bros.” Don’t forget that…

South Park Takes On Xbox One vs. PS4

Last night’s South Park was all about the next-gen console war, and if you’ve ever wanted to watch a bunch of kids fight and betray one another, Game of Thrones-style, over the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, this one’s for you. The premise: Black Friday is coming, and the kids have to figure out how…

Conan O’Brien Weighs In On YouTube’s New Comment System

Or rather, he kind of pokes fun at it, like everyone else on the Internet is doing. The new Google+ integrated commenting system is meant to get rid of exactly the kind of comments that Conan is making fun of in the video above. How successful that’s been so far remains to be seen, especially…

Dead Rising 3 Is Going To Be The Best Mega Man Game In Ages

Come for the zombies, stay for the robot boy dress-up party. Capcom’s Dead Rising 3 once again lets its protagonist don fabled armor from the fan-favorite franchise, gifting a Mega Man X costume to any brave soul who completes the game. The Mega Buster, on the other hand, (ha!) takes some work. Completing the game…

Ice-T Is Really Good At Slamming PS4 Robots On The Screen

Ice-T probably didn’t like that last night’s PS4 showcase in Late Night wasn’t about Killzone: Shadow Fall and explosions, but rather the ever-so-charming Playroom demo software. He did his part nevertheless: Here’s the full clip: The Sony PS4 Makes Its Debut [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

There Are Japanese Temples for Boobs

There are several festivals in Japan dedicated to the phallus. At the very least, it’s only natural that there would also be a religious sites for breasts. This is Mama Kannon (formally “Ryuuon-ji”), and it’s a Buddhist temple in the Joudo sect. Kannon (aka Guanyin) is the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. Located in Aichi Prefecture,…

Jean-Claude Van Damme Does His Epic Split… Between Two Trucks

Van Damme’s still got it! The ad says this video was made to demonstrate the stability of Volvo trucks, but deep down, we all know it was set up to show how awesome Jean-Claude Van Damme and his famous split are. This time, he does it between two reversing trucks. This is incredible, but using…

See Just How Small the Vita TV is

Yesterday you saw how Sony’s newest console stacks up to the competition but what about its little brother, the Vita TV? According to my tape measure, this little guy is only 10.5 cm x 6.5 cm (around 4 in x 2 1/2 in). Having problems imagining that? Well let’s compare it to some other video…

Here’s an Unsettling 8-Bit Horror Game. Sleep Well!

This is Survival Horror Story: Catequesis, an 8-bit horror game with religious undertones. It’s… pretty scary. Above we have the newest trailer for SHS, which, as you might recall, stars Daniel, a boy trying to rescue his girlfriend. As you can see, the game is aiming for a good, dark atmosphere rather than graphical fidelity.…

72 Year-Old Grandpa Paints Anime Art for Grandchild

In Japan, most little girls watch the magical girl anime Pretty Cure. Many adore it! One Grandfather decided the best way to delight his grandchild was to paint it. In watercolors. What a darling painting! So cool to see a grandfather go the extra distance to delight his grandchild. The watercolor depicts the characters from…

Watch Dogs Comes to Life in a Wildly Impressive Fan Flick

For me, watching this is like seeing Watch Dogs’ trailer for the first time again Seriously. This fan film is as good at hype as the trailers. We have the group Infectious Designer (whom we featured before) to thank for this awesome, awesome flick, which depicts a typical day in the life of Watch Dogs’…