A piece of scenery in Japan’s Super Nintendo World bears a strong resemblance to an original asset created for a Mario fangame. As spotted by Meatball132 on Twitter, a cactus used at the Nintendo-themed attraction looks a lot like the cactus used in Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii, which is …
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After Elon Musk tweeted about his love for Halo, Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg followed up to suggest a potential collaboration between Tesla and Halo. Greenberg said on Twitter, “Sure feels like a Tesla x Halo collab needs to happen at some point!?” he included hashtags for Tesla’s Cybertruck and …
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It’s never too late to learn how to play video games–or connect with family you’ve never truly gotten to know. That was the case for Mary, a woman from Bolton, England who finally began to learn about her grandson Jason via Xbox Live. In the past, they had barely interacted, …
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The Call of Duty franchise had its best-ever year in 2020, helping parent company Activision Blizzard post its biggest year in the company’s three decades of existence. The success of Call of Duty has encouraged Activision Blizzard to look to replicate its model across the company’s other franchises to fuel …
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Mass Effect: Legendary Edition brings the entire Mass Effect trilogy together with tons of DLC and quality-of-life enhancements. The most noticeable new feature for most players will probably be the visual upgrades, and BioWare is showing that feature off in detail. The Mass Effect Twitter account put out a brief …
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We recently attended an hour-long presentation in which BioWare showcased Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, the upcoming remaster of the studio’s sci-fi trilogy. During the presentation, project director Mac Walters, environment and character artist Kevin Meek, and producer Crystal McCord detailed the changes that the Legendary Edition would make to the …
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If you were worried you’d have to go more than a few months without a new video game documentary, worry no longer. A new five-part Nintendo documentary is reportedly planned for a March 1 premiere date, and it will be free for everyone to watch. According to Deadline, Playing with …
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It has been about a year since the start of the global pandemic, and a lot of people are staying at home playing video games. We’ve seen Steam’s concurrent player count break its own record several times during this stretch, and the record has been broken once again. Industry analyst …
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Pokemon Go‘s February Community Day has arrived. The event takes place around the world today, February 7, and it features the Thorn Pokemon Roselia. To get you up to speed on the event, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about February 2021’s Community Day below, from its start …
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With the introduction of the new Firebase Z map in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War‘s Zombies mode, one of the most exciting new elements is the RAI K-84, which is otherwise known as the “Wonder Weapon.” It’s a heavily modified AK-74 rifle that makes use of some supernatural …
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