The Sega Genesis games list grows to 40 on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack with the arrival of four new games. Pulseman, from Pokemon developer Game Freak, and Super Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition are the big-name titles this time. Joining them are Kid Chameleon and Flicky for …
Read More »Playdate, The Handheld With A Crank, More Than Doubles Sales Expectations
The yellow handheld with a crank has sold even better than its creators expected. Panic has revealed it has sold 53,142 Playdate systems in the device’s first year of availability. Originally, only 20,000 handheld systems were ordered to be built by Panic, with the creator worried they wouldn’t be bought …
Read More »Bowser's Ballad Peaches From The Super Mario Bros. Movie Cracks Billboard Hot 100
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is so fire flower hot right now. So much so that even Bowser’s ballad, Peaches, has landed in the Billboard Hot 100, marking a first for King Koopa voice actor Jack Black as a solo artist. Billboard unveiled that Peaches has debuted at the No. …
Read More »Sonic Spin-Off Knuckles Confirms Cast, Including Game Of Thrones Star
Idris Elba will be back voicing the titular role in Knuckles, a spin-off show for Paramount+. He’ll reteam with Adam Pally who’s reprising his role as Wade Whipple from both Sonic the Hedgehog movies. The apparent setup for the series is Knuckles training Whipple as an echidna warrior. Variety reports …
Read More »The Super Mario Bros. Movie Has Super Star Second Weekend, Nearing $700 Million
Nothing can stop The Super Mario Bros. Movie at the box office, not even Nic Cage hamming it up as Dracula. The family film from Nintendo and Illumination pulled in another $87 million domestically, meaning ticket sales only declined 41 percent from opening weekend. That’s a new record for an …
Read More »Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell Is In Talks To Join Twister Sequel
Twisters, the follow-up to the 1996 hit, may have found another lead to star alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing). Top Gun: Maverick actor Glen Powell might join the sequel from Universal and Amblin Entertainment. Variety reports Powell is in talks to star in Twisters, which is set to …
Read More »New Blade Movie Adds Pearl's Mia Goth
Mia Goth delivered two killer performances last year in X and Pearl, and now, she will reportedly set her sights on the vampiric Marvel Cinematic Universe project Blade. The delayed film stars Mahershala Ali in the titular role. Variety reports Goth’s role hasn’t been disclosed yet for Blade. Along with …
Read More »Gran Turismo Movie Takes Inspiration From Top Gun: Maverick With "Real Actors, In Real Cars"
Sony Pictures wants the Gran Turismo film to feel like a highway to the danger zone. Director Neill Blomkamp has touted the physicality and stunts in the upcoming car thriller, taking a page from Top Gun: Maverick. Speaking with Empire, Blomkamp said Gran Turismo features “real actors, in real cars, …
Read More »Peacock Launches On Meta Quest 2, Get 3 Months Free
Watching The Office inside the Metaverse is now possible because Peacock has launched as an app for Meta Quest VR in the US. This is the first time the streaming service has ever been available on a VR headset, according to Meta. Current Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro …
Read More »Super Mario Bros. Theme Selected For National Recording Registry
It must be music to Nintendo’s ears to hear that the Super Mario Bros. theme has been added to the National Recording Registry. The US Library of Congress highlighted that this is the first time ever that a video game song has been recognized for the registry. Mentioned as “probably …
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