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Luigi is trending because of a J. Cole lyric and Nintendo fans are super confused. This week saw The Off-Season drop to a ravenous fanbase. Whenever the Dreamville artist releases a new project, social media is usually abuzz. This time, a quick lyric about Luigi and that plumber from the Mushroom Kingdom turned some heads.

Pokemon Sun And Moon gave a number of fans some brand new pocket monsters to add to their collection, some of which are bizarre evolutions of earlier creatures introduced into the series, and fans have recently honored the Alola version of Exeggutor with some insane latte art. While Ash Ketchum was able to ultimately win

Next month, Insomniac Games‘ Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will release on PlayStation 5. With just a few short weeks to go until the game’s release, fans are getting quite excited. The gameplay seems like a big step-up from previous entries, but the visuals are causing the biggest stir; Rift Apart looks like it will

Fall Guys is getting another new update this week with the Season 4.5 release scheduled to launch on Thursday. Ahead of that release, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic shared a preview of what’s to come by revealing the full set of patch notes for everything planned for the update. Its highlights include two completely new rounds,

Fans creating their own Sonic the Hedgehog games will be happy to know that Sega probably won’t be sending cease and desist letters anytime soon! In a pair of Tweets, Sega of America associate influencer manager Katie Chrzanowski discussed the company’s policy when it comes to fan games based on Sonic. According to Chrzanowski, Sega’s

Ubisoft is having another of its Ubisoft Forward events soon, but it sounds like we shouldn’t hold our breath for Skull & Bones to make an appearance now that the game had been delayed yet again. The latest delay was announced on Tuesday as part of Ubisoft’s most recent earnings results wherein the company said

Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple finally proceeded to trial on Monday, and it’s serving up a treasure trove of video game industry secrets. The case itself has broader implications for antitrust law than it does for video games, but court filings and testimony over the past week have shed a lot of insight into an

Last week, Activision and Raven Software dropped some cryptic hints that pointed towards an appearance by John Rambo in Call of Duty: Warzone. The official Call of Duty Twitter account has once again hinted at the character’s appearance, this time in an all-new teaser trailer. The trailer does everything but reveal the character, giving viewers

Today marks the five-year anniversary of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and its launch on the PlayStation 4. While this entry in the beloved action-adventure series isn’t the most recent one to have come about, it served as a conclusion to protagonist Nathan Drake’s storyline. To celebrate the occasion today, developer Naughty Dog revealed some

Starfield leaks and reports are flooding the Internet right now. For example, an image of what looks like art for the game has leaked. According to the leaker who leaked the image, it was found through the Bethesda CDN, and it appears it may have originated from the Bethesda.net source code. Whatever the case, the

A new PlayStation Store sale has made one PS4 game just $0.39, but only for a limited time. Anytime between now and May 13, all PlayStation 4 users can buy, download, and play Timber Tennis: Versus for just $0.39, half the price of a candy bar. Unlike some deals, there’s no PlayStation Plus requirement involved

Call of Duty makers Activision have cut ties with Jeff Leach, the voice actor behind Ghost, over recently surfaced comments that are equal parts sexist and shocking. According to a statement released by Activision, sexism has no place in the industry or society, and thus it’s decided it will no longer be working with Leach.

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive turned to the community recently to create some cosmetics for the Killers and Survivors that make up the game’s roster. People were tasked with creating a charm and a skin each for original Killers and Survivors of their choice with the best submissions winning prizes for the creators as

Bethesda fans share their favorite game intros after Xbox asked about it on Twitter. The platform holder acquired the developer and a lot of those titles headed over to Game Pass. Now, the fans are picking between Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Rage 2 and Prey. Those are some heavy-hitters in the AAA space.

When Yakuza: Like a Dragon released last year, it stood as a pretty major departure for the series. Not only was the story focusing on a new protagonist and accompanying cast of characters, but the action-style combat that had been with the franchise since its inception was set aside in favor of becoming a turn-based

The highly-anticipated second issue of Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point arrived in stores this week, and it provided readers with a unique take on both the DC Comics and Fortnite worlds. As the Dark Knight, Catwoman, and Harley Quinn begin to make their way through Fortnite island, they’re expected to discover new revelations and Easter eggs that

It sounds as though the reported remake of the original The Last of Us that Naughty Dog is currently working on is going to be far more substantial than just a visual upgrade. Rather than simply boosting the original PS3 game to both run and look better on Sony‘s next-gen platform, it sounds as though

NBA 2K21 is bringing Paul George’s PlayStation 5 colorway of his signature to the game today. Fans can check out the new makeup of the Nike PG5 right now as the Clippers are battling for playoff positioning. George has had a relationship with Sony for years now. Earlier versions of the PG line had exclusive

Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has been accused of bullying and creating a toxic work environment by former employees. In 2021, MrBeast is one of the biggest Internet personalities in the world. With nearly 62 million subscribers on YouTube, every video MrBeast uploads — from giving away absurd amounts of money to being buried alive — goes

AVERY KAPLAN: Happy May the Fourth!! GREG SILBER: And May the Fourth be with you, Avery. Thank you for joining me for this special screening of Star Wars Episodes 1-6, LEGOfied. KAPLAN: For those reading along at home, this is Greg striking back because I subjected him to the Star Wars Holiday Special. “Happy” memories,

Since the game’s release in 2019, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has found an audience of passionate fans. While rumors of a sequel have been bouncing around for a very long time, EA and Respawn Entertainment have been notably quiet. In honor of May the 4th, Star Wars fans took to social media, not only

Steam users can currently download a 2020 game for free, for a limited time, with no strings attached. The new free game comes the way of developer Nastycloud and publisher Hidden People Club who have made Nubarron: The Adventure of an Unlucky Gnome 100 percent free to download, keep, and play whenever you’d like for

More than 30 years after its release, the 1989 Batman movie has inspired an incredible fan made video game. Developed by Indie Path, the game is called I Am Batman, and it features a faithful take on the world of the Tim Burton film. The demo was apparently made in Unreal Engine 4, and its

NASCAR officially comes to the popular video game Rocket League this week with the introduction of the limited-time NASCAR 2021 Fan Pack. In case you somehow missed it, it was previously announced that Season 3 of Rocket League would include both NASCAR and Formula 1 content, and now NASCAR cars, decals, and more will arrive

Nearly a year after the game’s release on PlayStation 4, Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross are revealing new details about The Last of Us Part II. Appearing on the Script Apart podcast, Druckmann and Gross discussed part of the story that ended up on the cutting room floor. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. The game ends with

News on Elden Ring has been pretty quiet over the past few weeks, but the upcoming Soulslike title has been back in the headlines once again in recent days. Only one day after a new release window for the game was seemingly given by the parent company of FromSoftware, some leaked footage from Elden Ring

It’s May 1, which means Amazon has new free games for Amazon Prime subscribers. Unfortunately, these aren’t PlayStation games or Xbox games or Nintendo games, but PC games. In other words, if you don’t have a PC to play games on, these codes are going to do you any good. However, even if you have

Riot Games announced in a new blog post this week that it might soon be looking to overhaul a number of features associated with the Jungle role in League of Legends. Perhaps more than any other role in the game, the Jungle position is one that Riot is constantly tweaking and updating. With that in

The Mortal Kombat movie is out in theaters and via HBO Max and most fans of the fighting game series have seen it. According to the critics over on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s not very good. However, according to the movie’s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s quite good. That said, while fans and critics can’t

Developer Sony San Diego has been hard at work fine-tuning MLB The Show 21 ever since the game released in early access two weeks ago today. Although not every issue has been fixed at this point–mainly in regards to the servers–a major new update has been released as of today that should make the sports