If Nintendo Ran The Hunger Games

It’s the Annual Smash Games and Wii Fit Trainer and Mega Man have been chosen as tributes. Machinima have put together their parody of The Hunger Games films in the vision of Nintendo and Smash Bros. It plays out pretty much how you’d expect. Merry Christmas! To contact the author of this post, write to…

Back in May, I chronicled my attempts to convince friends to get the Wii U so I could stop schlepping mine around. I’m now happy to report that I went to my friend Jake’s this week and saw that he got one—much earlier than he’d said he’d even consider it. If that’s not a Christmas…

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Merry Christmas, everyone! (Or, if you don’t celebrate the holiday: Have a terrific Thursday!) We hope you all have a great day.

Nothing Says “Christmas” Like Loads of Toys at a Convention

Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha’s annual convention, Jump Festa, features everything Jump-related from manga, anime, video games, card games, stage events, and of course, merchandise. Much of the merchandise on display is for upcoming items, and others are available on the floor. From the ongoing hot series to the gold classics, there’s something for everyone who’s…

Track: The Hanukkah Song | Artist: Adam Sandler | Album: What The Hell Happened To Me? Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

All those Christmas lights people put up for the holidays? NASA can see it from space. Woah.

You Can Control This Guy’s Real-Life Christmas Tree From Minecraft

This is incredibly cool. Also, given the Internet’s proclivity for dousing good intentions in gasoline and setting them on the troll-iest of fires, a little bit crazy. Ryan Carter has wired his real-life Christmas tree to sync up one-to-one with his elaborate Minecraft holiday setup. Using a series of switches and a ton of redstone,…

Sony’s The Interview Now On Xbox Store, Coming To PlayStation Network [UPDATE]

Sony Pictures’ controversial comedy The Interview, pulled from theatrical release last week in the fallout of a massive hack of the studio, is now officially viewable in a variety of places, among them, on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. Above is a screencap of Microsoft’s Xbox Video service on the Xbox One, where you can watch the…

All I Want For Christmas Is This Digimon Game For North America

Earlier this fall Bandai Namco released Digimon All-Star Rumble in North America. That’s not the game long-time fans wanted. We wanted Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, the sleek and stylish role-playing game coming to the Japanese Vita in March. It was an honest mistake, really. Unless you’re a pretty hardcore fan of the monster collecting series,…