Hasbro And Harmonix Are Making A Music Card Game

Coming this September to whichever stores will have it, Dropmix is a collaboration between toy maker Hasbro and music game masters Harmonix that sees players using cards placed on a game board to create unique mixes of licensed music via connected mobile device. Huh. Dropmix, shown behind doors at both Toy Fair and GDC last…

Unlucky Zelda: Breath of the Wild Player Gets Blood Moon During Final Boss Fight

One Zelda player was surprised to find that the worst possible hiccup can happen while trying to save Hyrule. (SPOILERS AHEAD.) As many of you know, a “Blood Moon” is a mechanic in Breath of the Wild where the sky turns crimson, and all enemies respawn. It’s the game’s way of keeping the overworld stocked…

Art From Watch Dogs, For Honor & Rainbow Six

Wil Wells is an artist at Ubisoft, where he’s provided some of the most recognisable key/promo images for the company’s recent games. You can see more of Wil’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

Action MMO Tera Coming To Xbox One And PS4

Remember Tera, the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with the really cool combat system that came out on PC back in 2012? The free-to-play game is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 later this year. It makes sense. I haven’t done much with Tera since I reviewed it five years ago, but the game’s…

Original Ghost In The Shell Anime Actors Dubbing The Live-Action Movie In Japan 

The original Ghost in the Shell voice actors will be once again reprising their roles in the upcoming Hollywood film’s Japanese language dub. According to Natalie, Akio Otsuka will be voicing Batou as did in the 1995 Ghost in the Shell anime feature, its 2004 sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Stand Alone…

Japanese McDonald’s Picks A “Yucky” Name For Its Burger

Recently in Japan, McDonald’s unveiled a new hamburger with a most unfortunate name that sounds exactly like “yucky” in English. This is the “Yakkii” (ヤッキー or yakkii) burger as in “shogayaki” or “pork fried with ginger” (“shoga” is “pork,” while “yaki” is “grilled” or “fried.”) But in Japanese, when people refer to shogayaki, they say,…

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Teaming Up With Monster Hunter XX

Hey, you’ve got some Breath of the Wild in my Monster Hunter XX! The upcoming Capcom title is getting a special in-game crossover with the latest Zelda According to Inside, by completing special DLC event quests, players can get Zelda gear.  This isn’t the only collaboration. As Inside reports, there are also crossovers with Garo…

Pokémon And Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness

The above image is not new. It’s been floating around online for a while, so it shouldn’t be surprising. What might be, however, is just how often Pokémon is used for STD awareness. The billboard is part of a free STD check campaign, which also ran another series of Pokémon themed notices last year in…

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Blizzard Bans Top World Of Warcraft Players For Trading Dungeon Runs For Cash

It’s one thing to run a friend through a dungeon that might be a little too rough for them because you’re a Cool Pal. It’s something else entirely to do it for a rando and ask for real money in return. In World of Warcraft, the latter is unacceptable, and Blizzard’s started banning top players…

John Carmack Fires Back At Zenimax, Sues For $22 Million

John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and one of the key designers involved in the Oculus Rift, is taking his former employer Zenimax to court for “more than $22.5 million”, reports Dallas News Carmack claims the money dates back to Zenimax’s purchase of id Software in 2009—it constitutes the remainder of Carmack’s share of that…

Civilization VI Mod Introduces “Journalist” Unit 

As part of his very comprehensive BFG Modpack, Civ VI modder Anansehas created and introduced a new unit to the game: the journalist, a civilian unit which can do everything from reduce war weariness to serving as a secret agent Able to wander past and through rival’s borders, see through jungles and detect hidden units,…

For Honor Viking Gets Whupped By The Invisible Man

Today on Highlight Reel we have Viking mimes, close shaves, gods worth dying for, 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! Mafia III –…

The Qualifiers For Dota 2‘s Kiev Major Have Been A Mess So Far

The qualifying system for Dota 2‘s majors has its roots in an egalitarian impulse where—theoretically—a team of amateurs could win an open and then regional qualifier, and find themselves competing in a major against professionals. But for the upcoming Kiev Major, that egalitarian has ran smack dab into the reality of tournaments with only one…

A Very Serious Conversation About Orc Romance In Shadow Of War

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was a game about attachment in the face of decapitation. You came to love certain orcs, even as you warred against them. It was a game about relationships, more romantic in some ways than games that are explicitly about romance. So I had to know: in Shadow of War, is there…

Korra Cosplayer Is Bending Fire Like A Pro

This is Van Helen as Korra, and that fireball she’s throwing around isn’t a simulation or photoshop, it’s the real deal. The top and bottom shots here were done using a method which basically has the person dip their arm in a (kinda safe) flammable solution then setting it on fire, creating a brief flash…

External Drives And Other Cool Stuff In Today’s PS4 Update

System software update 4.50 is live for PlayStation 4 owners today, adding major functionality to Sony’s console. Betweenenabling external hard drives, the ability to make your own background images and the ShareFactory apps’ new import functionality, the PS4 is a little bit more functional today. First off we have the big one. While the Xbox…