One Of The Coolest Dungeons in World of Warcraft Is About to Change

It’s an established tradition that whenever a new World of Warcraft expansion comes out, some classic dungeons get a redesign. After Scholomance and The Scarlet Monastery it’s time for a new Upper Blackrock Spire (UBRS), an awesome old dungeon that—among other things—became famous for Leeeeeeeroy Jenkins Now that people have access to the beta and…

Kirby? Krang? What The Hell Happened?

Krang’s home, Dimension X from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is apparently Kirby’s Dream Land, or at least that’s how artist Tohad imagines it. He’s been busy lately with badass mashups of video game characters and different regions of pop culture. Krang X Kirby is just shocking. But here’s Sonic and Donkey Kong with a bit…

This Japanese Television Conspiracy Has Familiar Faces

Do you trust your local television media? In Japan, some folks are suspicious of the country’s television media. Here’s why. Previously, Kotaku reported how some television news segments appeared to be what’s called “yarase” (ヤラセ) or “staged” (here and here), allegedly filled with phoney people pretending to be regular folks called “sakura.” As previously explained,…

The Tracking Board reports that a Thief movie, based on the universe of the original Thief trilogy (ie. not this year’s reboot), is in the works. Vertigo, known for The Lego Movie, and Prime Universe, which produced 2007’s Hitman, are collaborating on the project. (via Kotaku UK)

Driveclub Has Amazing Rain

Remember how water effects always used to be a benchmark for how good a game looked? This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK These two clips appeared on Driveclub’s Facebook showing the dynamic weather system chucking it down in both Scotland and Canada. It might have been delayed and have some ridiculous facts about flamingos…

The Most Violent Game Boy Game Isn’t On The Game Boy

“Adventurer Lenna sets out on a quest to hunt down the Archangel that killed her child-prodigy students.” Well, we’re off to a good start. Apart from child murder, Lenna’s Inception, a PC action-adventure game published by Starbound developer (and publisher) Chucklefish, features a top-down view with Game Boy-inspired graphics, procedurally generated locations, and “occasional gory…

Nintendo just revealed that two games featured on Kirby Triple Deluxe are getting released as standalone downloadable 3DS titles for Japan. Kirby Fighters Z and DeDeDe’s Drum Dash Z will be out July 23, both with new content. No word yet on a Western release.

Track: Satan| Album: Satan Worshipping Doom | Artist: Bongripper Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Yay, One Of Pokémon’s Best Features Is Coming Back

One of the best things about Ruby and Sapphire was “secret bases”—a feature which let players decorate their own special space, ala Animal Crossing. Alas, secret bases aren’t in the newer games, X & Y-but they’ll be in the upcoming remakes, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. From the Pokemon website: Super-Secret Bases are an awesome…

Don’t Fight The Rainbow, It’s Here To Help

Ryan Lee is an artist who has worked for companies like Massive Black, Ubisoft and Wizards of the Coast. You can see more of Ryan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand”…