While cleaning out her son’s room, a mom in Japan apparently came across some old cards. Her son had moved away, and…
“Magic is secretly, not really … it’s not one game,” head Magic: The Gathering designer Mark Rosewater told me. “It…
Nioh has some difficult bosses. They’ll shish-kebab you in the blink of an eye. What if I told you one magic spell…
Hasbro is starting its own fan convention next year. The toy and game company behind everything from Dungeons & Dragons to My Little Pony will hold the first Hascon in Providence, Rhode Island September 8-10. It sounds like heaven. Find out more here.
In 2006, the World Series of Poker set a card game record by having 8773 players taking part, all in the one place.…

Crazy computerized effects? Back in Back To The Future's day, they didn't have those. Only pluck and spirit (and…
Wizards of the Coast enlisted the creative minds behind Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, World of Warcraft and more…
Magic: The Gathering has, over the years, lured some of the best fantasy artists on the planet to draw some of the…

Did you know Gearbox Software founder, president and CEO Randy Pitchford started out as a professional magician in…
Penn Jillette, from Penn & Teller, wants to make a "smart" horror movie with buddy Adam Rifkin. So he set up a…

Wizards, mages, sorcerers, mystics — call them what you will, when the weapons are brandished and blows start…
What's remarkable about these Game of Thrones characters re-imagined at JermTube as Magic: The Gathering cards isn't…
The cloud — that's a powerful term these days. If you release a product that doesn't do something with the cloud,…

Trading card games are big in Japan—from Yu-Gi-Oh! to Pokémon to Magic: The Gathering. And given the popularity of…
In today's magically delicious episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Chris P. Bacon claims that while not one…
Okay, yes, fine. This post is at least partly an excuse for me to finally tag something "Downton Abbey" here at Kotak…

We now have the culmination of last week's tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and…

I will play any game that pits the forces of magic against (relatively) modern military forces. Battlefield Heroes…
The release of Magic's newest set, New Phyrexia, is just one month away. With the Gigeresque Phyrexians winning…
Shown exclusively during the Sony E3 2010 press conference, SCEA's Sorcery made enough of an impression on us to…