Microsoft’s Phil Spencer is now in charge of all things Xbox. “It’s been a remarkable year for Xbox and I am honored to lead the team at this incredible time for Microsoft and the games industry.”

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Kill la Kill: The Ani-TAY Review • Escaping Reality: Confessions of a Ragnarok Online Ex-Player • A Comprehensive Look at the DLC of Bioshock Infinite • The Four Kinds of Anime Adaptations • Defining the Divide: How Price Hampers Popular Games Criticism TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…

Square Enix Has Finally Realized That People Like JRPGs

Once upon a time ago, a Japanese company named Squaresoft made lots and lots of RPGs that people really really liked. Today, a Japanese company named Square Enix makes video games. One of those games, an RPG called Bravely Default, sold a lot of copies both in Japan and in the west, which has made…

Predator Confirmed for Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Next DLC

Call of Duty: Ghosts’ developers teased quite the interesting cameo last week for the game’s second DLC, Devastation. Their new gameplay trailer now confirms that 80s intergalactic hunter Predator will indeed join the battle. The expansion will also feature a four new maps: Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed (Predator needs its jungle environment!), a unique…

My Elder Scrolls Online Journey Has Begun

Meet Rande. He’s a level 5 Khajiit Nightblade named after my dead cat. He’ll be my representative in the world of Tamriel as I spend the next several weeks playing The Elder Scrolls Online for review. I created Rande last night, after picking up a copy of the digital standard version of the game directly…

12 Tips for When You’re Traveling To China

Oh China. The Middle Kingdom, the home of kung-fu and pandas, is one of the hottest travel and study destinations in the world right now. With over 5000 years of history, China is definitely worth a visit and here at Kotaku, we’ve compiled a few helpful tips. Keep in mind that these tips don’t include…

Tom and Jerry With Anime Characters is Surreal

We all know the 1956 Tom and Jerry short. Down Beat Bear now has an unexpected Japanese fan-made counterpart… with CGI characters from The Touhou Project Is there a correlation? I don’t think so. But I have to say, NicoNico user Doterapotto (どてらぽっと) did a great job with the timing and syncing, copying everything properly.…

How Tea-Boiled Eggs Caused Online Controversy in China

Last week, one of the hottest topics online in China was an egg. Not just any egg, but rather an egg hardboiled in tea leaves and soy sauce. A tea-boiled egg. Tea eggs became a major topic of online discussion after a professor in Taiwan claimed that many people in the Chinese mainland can’t afford…

One Chinese Gamer Has Kept His Game Point Cards For Over 10 Years

Pre-paid charge cards for video games have been around for ages. They had them for NeoPets, they had them for Nexon games such as Gunbound, and they’re super useful—but only until the points run out. But for one Chinese gamer, his collection of old point cards may just win him a brand new smartphone. Chinese…

Lonely Gamer Spawns Springtime Anime Art Meme in Japan

It’s springtime in Japan. That means, friends and family gather to sit under cherry blossoms and eat, drink, and be merry. This guy, however, is all alone. On Japanese television, people were being asked what time they arrived to get a spot to enjoy hanami (花見) or “cherry blossom viewing.” “I got here a little…