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You Can Play An Xbox 360 Through An Xbox One Through An Xbox One

Ever since we heard about the Xbox One’s HDMI input feature—which is intended to route HDMI devices like a cable box through it and “snap” to that program—I’ve been excited to put it to the test. Could we play another Xbox One through an Xbox One? What about an Xbox 360 hooked into an Xbox…

If Only Microsoft Made Xbox One Controllers This Nice

When you pick up an Xbox One this week (or anytime in the near future), I hope you like black, because that’s the only colour you’ll be able to get it in. Those wanting their controllers to be a little more adventurous, though, at least have a third-party option to spice things up. Just like…

Meet The Man Who Fixes Broken PC Games

From Deadly Premonition to Dark Souls, sometimes a PC game is released that’s, well, let’s call it an unoptimised port. Which leaves fans to do the work in getting them up to scratch, and of late no fan has become more “famous” than Durante. The NeoGAF member, whose quick improvements to the above games made…

Vlambeer’s wondrous Ridiculous Fishing is now on Android, if the price is right. Purchase the Humble Mobile Bundle 3, with its Rymdkapsel and Epoch goodness, beat the average price for the pay-what-you-want pack, and all the Ridiculous Fishing you could ever want is yours.

Avengers Trailer Gets Super Derpy

From the same guys who brought you the Star Wars bloopers trailer comes this, doing the exact same thing for The Avengers. Way to hang onto the hammer there, Hemsworth. The Avengers trailer: Derp edition [Slacktory]

Three Pokémon That Could Easily Kill You

If you’ve ever read the Pokedex entries for Pokemon you’ve captured, then you know that some pocket monsters can be deceptively cute. Some Pokemon could easily kill you if they wanted to—thankfully they never do! Still, Vsauce3 takes the time to highlight 3 Pokemon that are rather deadly in this video—you might be surprised at…

I Should Have Saved My New Console Money For Megatron Shoes

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson Jr. is my favorite football player. Okay, he’s the only football player I can name, and that’s only because people call him Megatron. Now I love him even more, because he’s the inspiration behind a $550 box set of three pairs of sneakers and a limited-edition Transformer. Hasbro and…

Still looking to snag an Xbox One for launch day? Amazon. Tomorrow. Several awesome readers have forwarded us emails from Amazon.com, indicating a limited amount will go on sale there at 8AM Eastern time tomorrow. That should give you enough time to read Kirk’s full review, coming up at midnight.

The box art for the next LEGO Batman game sure is understated. You can barely even see him up there. I almost pulled out the pointing fish. Other than Batman’s small stature,everything about this box art is awesome.

Never Stop Bringing Games Like This Stateside, Atlus

Coming in spring of 2014 to the Vita and 3DS, Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars is a game in which the hero must foster relationships with young maidens in order to produce more powerful offspring to fight for him in battle. You make me so happy, Atlus. The standalone sequel to Spike Chunsoft’s…

Half-Life Is 15. Buy Its Modded Re-Release On Steam Soon

Happy birthday, Half-Life! To celebrate, we all get to buy Black Mesa Black Mesa, the fan-made Half-Life remake that was released last year, has always been a totally free mod, but today, the folks behind the project announced that they’ve got plans to start selling a paid version, too. “Our decision to sell Black Mesa…

The Best Smash Bros. Mod Around Is Getting All Sorts Of New Stuff

The new Smash Bros will drop sometime in 2014. That’s a while from now. But why wait at all when you can play an awesome modded version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl that makes the game feel like new? The trailer above is for the latest update for Project M, a mod for Brawl that…

Kirk Hamilton is writing his Xbox One review right now. You can read it here at midnight ET. You can read other outlets’ reviews then, too. We won’t be offended. We know you love us best.

PS4 Failure Rate Is Less Than 1%, Sony Says

Sony is expressing sympathy for customers frustrated by broken, brand-new PlayStation 4s but the company believes the problem is affecting relatively few gamers. A company rep told Kotaku this in response to our request for more information about the so-called “blue light of death.” That error refers to a condition that keeps the PS4 from…

Make Your Zelda Look Super Slim With This One Weird Trick

When the people behind the new Zelda game decided they wanted to use a top-down camera angle, they realized that looking at Link’s green hat for 20-something hours wouldn’t be all that interesting or pleasant. So they came up with a simple solution: MAKE EVERYTHING SLANTED. Look at that image, you guys. They designed the…

​The Guys Who Designed the First Xbox Critique the PS4

It’s one thing to think about the PS4 as a black box that delivers games and services to your TV. It’s entirely another to look at it as a piece of design itself. The studio who crafted the imposing look of the first Xbox did exactly that. And hey, they think the DualShock 4 rocks,…

Indie Developers Say Hackers Robbed Them To Buy Three PS4s

A group of game developers in Austria say someone figured out the password to their PayPal account and used it to buy themselves a bunch of new PlayStation 4s. The folks at Broken Rules, perhaps best known for the recent Wii U game Chasing Aurora, are in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign for their…

How To Choose The Best Hard Drive Upgrade For Your PS4

Swapping in a new hard drive into the PS4 is relatively easy—the question is, what sort of hard drive should you swap in? You’ve got SSDs, which are speedy—but also expensive. And then you have hybrid drives to consider, too. This video by Tested runs speed tests between all three drives, from boot up times…

Playstation 4 Games Join Amazon PSN Store Promo, The Wire [Deals]

A few days ago Amazon celebrated the opening of their Playstation Network store by providing customers who purchased select PS3 titles with a bonus $5 PSN credit. Now they’ve made the deal even sweeter by making a selection of Playstation 4 games eligible for that promo, effectively creating deals on new release games like Knack.…

It’s a little early for Zelda 3DS XL bundles, Walmart. Spotted last night by me at the Walmart on Mansell Road in Roswell, Georgia, Nintendo’s gold, Triforce-emblazoned 3DS Xl The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds bundle was available for purchase several days in advance of Friday’s game release. Yet they still don’t have…