Bethesda’s Todd Howard has ideas for the next mainline Fallout game. Speaking to IGN, Howard was asked if Bethesda might hand a potential Fallout 5 off to another studio in a similar way to how it tapped Obsidian to develop Fallout: New Vegas. Nothing is certain yet, Howard said, but …
Read More »This Pikachu Crystal Costs $26,000
As part of Pokemon’s 25th anniversary celebrations, The Pokemon Company has partnered with a jeweler to create a £19,500/$26,000 USD Pikachu crystal and other high-end pieces. The famous French jeweler Baccarat worked with Japanese artist Hiroshi Fujiwara on the Pikachu Fragment, which is aimed at collectors who have deep pockets. …
Read More »Squid Game Season 2 Is Officially Happening
Netflix’s Squid Game is officially coming back for a second season. Series creator, writer, and director Hwang Dong-hyuk told the Associated Press that he is currently thinking about where the story will go for the second season. He only offered a high-level tease for what to expect from the story …
Read More »Mario Creator Shigeru Miyamoto Talks About Making 3D Mario Games More Approachable
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has shared some high-level details for what Nintendo hopes to achieve with its next 3D Mario game to follow 2017’s Super Mario Odyssey. As part of Nintendo’s latest earnings briefing, Miyamoto said Nintendo’s goal after the release of Super Mario Galaxy in 2007 was to make …
Read More »Nintendo Comments On Chip Shortage, Says Engineers Are Looking At "Alternative" Components
Nintendo’s top bosses have commented on the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, which has caused Nintendo to downwardly revise its production target for the Switch. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said as part of Nintendo’s latest earnings briefing that there has not been a significant improvement in the supply of semiconductors, which …
Read More »Microsoft Dropped A Real Car Out Of The Sky To Promote Forza Horizon 5
To promote the launch of Forza Horizon 5, the Xbox ANZ team pulled off a daring stunt. They dropped a real Polaris out of the sky from 4,500 feet up just like it happens in the game. The car safely floats to the ground in what looks to be the …
Read More »2K Acquires Studio That Worked On Diablo, Star Wars, Call Of Duty, And More Big Franchises
2K Games has acquired the creative artwork studio elite3d, which has done work on franchises like Call of Duty, PUBG, Star Wars, Hitman, Control, Metro, and The Walking Dead, among others. elite3d, which is based in Valencia, Spain, will serve two purposes for 2K. First, it will become a sister …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio Will Play Religious Cult Leader Jim Jones In New Movie From Kangaroo Jack Writer
Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play the religious cult leader Jim Jones in a new movie that traces the story of the Jonestown suicide event in November 1978. More than 900 people died in the mass suicide in a remote commune in Guyana. “By the 1970s he openly rejected traditional …
Read More »Eat Doritos And Drink Mountain Dew To Get Double XP In Call Of Duty: Warzone And Vanguard
Activision has formally announced a co-marketing deal with Doritos and Mountain Dew to offer Call of Duty players double XP and double weapon XP for both Call of Duty: Vanguard and the battle royale game Warzone. “One hand on the controller the other in a bag of Doritos,” the publisher …
Read More »Halo Infinite Multiplayer Designer Joins Respawn For A New Star Wars Project
Halo Infinite senior multiplayer designer Patrick Wren has left 343 Industries to join Respawn Entertainment to work on a Star Wars game. Wren announced on Twitter that he has joined the “Jedi team” as a senior encounter designer at Respawn on an unannounced project. Wren worked on the Star Wars …
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