The Pokémon Mega Bloks Are Coming

More accurately the Pokémon Mega Construx are coming, as Nintendo’s pocket monsters become the latest license to join Mattel’s recently re-branded line of construction toy sets. Anything is better than Ionix. Pokémon is one of the most desirable toy licenses out there, and now Mattel has the construction toy segment of that license locked up.…

Dragon Ball Is Excellent At Anime Openings 

Over the years, we’ve gotten loads of excellent opening credit sequences from the various Dragon Ball anime. The latest from Dragon Ball Super is no exception, but how does it stack up to the others? Let’s find out! In case you missed it, here’s the new Dragon Ball Super opening, which debuted last week. Damn,…

Street Fighter II‘s M. Bison Loses To… A Toyota 

I beat he could kick some Prius ass. In Toyota’s latest C-HR ad, the crossover makes its way through Street Fighter II and faces off with M. Bison. Guess this is payback for the beating Toyota inspired cars have taken in Street Fighter bonus stages over the years. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian…

Paragon‘s New K-Pop Hero Wins Over Some, Bothers Others

Epic recently revealed Shinbi, a new Hero for its online multiplayer title Paragon. The character’s design choice has been controversial with a portion of fans saying they dig it, while others are not exactly thrilled. Shinbi is Korean pop themed and, as tipster Sang notes, has the music video reveal to prove it. At the…

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The Ghost In The Shell Movie Has Some Very Expensive Statues

Weta, of Lord of the Rings and Mad Max fame, have done some work for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell movie. They’re also handling merchandise duties for the movie, and have released these two very expensive statues. There’s a robot Geisha, which has an interchangable head, and a triumphant Major which does not (though…

It’s 2017, Let’s Laugh At This Grand Theft Auto News Story [Update]

We’re a few years past laughing at media’s reporting on video games, partly because we just don’t care anymore, partly because they’ve (for the most part) improved their game. This hilarious story from Australia’s Channel 7, though, is just too good/terrible to ignore. To get an idea of what we’re dealing with here, while they…

A 17-Hour Video Of A Guy Clicking His Mouse One Million Times

In case you were feeling somehow short on online content to consume today, here is a video of Tocenclicking a mouse one million times. It took him 17.5 hours to do, and he filmed the whole thing. En…joy? Via Boing Boing

Pokémon Go’s 80 New Monsters Are Now Live [Update]

Generation two is here, and it brings with it a slew of new faces to Pokémon Go. Earlier today, an update dropped for Pokémon Go that brought with it a slew of new customization options. More recently, the new roster of Pokémon from Gold and Silver went live, and are now fully capturable out in…

Come On And Slam, And Welcome To The Middle Ages

Today on Highlight Reel we have missed Pokémon opportunities, subtle knives, viking chaos dunks, vortex shields, hooks, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more!…

Portal 2’s Co-Op Was Perfect

Portal 2’s GLaDOS, the game’s coolly sadistic robot narrator, wanted me to hate my co-op partner. In corporate lingo pulled from a dystopian HR manual, she warned that Portal 2’s levels are lethal unless my teammate and I trust, respect and communicate with each other. “Naturally this will pose an interesting challenge for one of…

Guy Gets Switch Two Weeks Early, Shows Off UI

The Switch won’t be out for another two weeks, but one guy somehow got it early. And since Nintendo inexplicably hasn’t yet shown off their new system’s user interface, here it is. NeoGAF user hiphoptherobot, who says an “unnamed store” decided to ship him an early Switch unit, posted this video today: The interface looks…

Valve Fixes Accuracy Bug That’s Been In Team Fortress 2 For Ten Years

Video game bugs are like a foul odor. The cause might be some tiny thing, but if you can’t isolate it, it’ll stink up the whole dang place. Such was apparently the case with a Team Fortress 2 bug that took Valve ten years to finally eliminate. Here’s how the bug worked: if you joined…

Blizzard Retires Classic Cards In Anticipation Of New Hearthstone Season

Blizzard announced changes today to the Hearthstone standard and wild sets in anticipation of 2017, which it dubs the “Year of the Mammoth.” Several core Hearthstone cards are being retired from the competitive scene, in order to open up new options for deck construction. Neutral class cards Azure Drake, Sylvanas Windrunner, and Ragnaros the Firelord…