A rare near-mint sealed copy of Super Mario 64 is up for auction, having been set at a 6-figure price and likely to climb further as the auction continues. The copy of the iconic game was given a 9.8 rating on the Wata Scale, which auctioneer Heritage Auctions says makes …
Read More »Uno Is Getting Its First Championship Series With Big Cash Prize
In unexpected esports competition news: The first Uno Championship Series is happening, and you can participate. Part of the card game’s 50th anniversary celebration, the Uno Championship Series Invitational will be held in-person in Las Vegas on November 11, 2021 and offers a grand prize of $50K. Select players of …
Read More »Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Series Teaser Images Are Out, And The Font Is Ugly
Via new Steam listings, Square Enix released teaser images for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster games. To put it politely, choices were made regarding the new font in the remastered games, and the internet largely thinks they were bad ones. You can check out a few in-game screenshots below that …
Read More »Disney World Drops Mask Requirement Starting Today
Disney World in Orlando, Florida is dropping its masking requirement starting today. Visitors who are fully vaccinated are free to go without masks, CBS News reports, though the staff won’t require proof of vaccination from guests prior to entry. Those who are not vaccinated (under the honor system) and children …
Read More »Need For Speed Carbon, Shift, And More Getting Delisted From Digital Storefronts
Several older Need for Speed games will be removed from digital stores and have their in-game economies shuttered starting May 31, publisher EA announced. Online services for these games will cease operations in August. Carbon, Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, The Run, and Undercover are the Need for Speed games that …
Read More »Sonic Colors: Ultimate Announced, Coming September 7
Sega is bringing back one of Sonic’s most popular recent games for his 30th anniversary. Sonic Colors: Ultimate is a remastered version of the 2010 game, coming to PC (via the Epic Games Store), PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on September 7. Sonic Colors was originally released for Wii …
Read More »Super Mario 64 PC Mod With Ray Tracing Looks Very Impressive
A fan port of Super Mario 64 to PC gives the classic game a significant facelift. A video from Digital Foundry highlighting the visual upgrades shows off the newly revised character models and ray tracing, which gives the old Mario game a huge visual boost. As detailed in the video, …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege Adds Resident Evil's Jill Valentine
A crossover between Rainbow Six Siege and Resident Evil is now live in Ubisoft’s ongoing shooter, with Jill Valentine available in the game via a skin for Zofia. The skin features Jill’s S.T.A.R.S uniform from Resident Evil 1, RE-themed skins for Zofia’s gadget and weapons, as well as an R.E …
Read More »Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Is Reboot Movie's Official Title
The Resident Evil series’ first reboot movie officially has a title–Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. If you’re a fan of the original few games and were hoping to see some of your favorites like Leon and Chris instead of wholly original characters, it looks like you’re in luck. The …
Read More »Rockstar Leeds Founder Gordon Hall Who Worked On Red Dead, LA Noire Dies At 51
Prominent game developer Gordon Hall–who founded the studio that would become Rockstar Leeds and would go on to work on Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, and other major games–has died. He was 51. GI.biz reported Hall’s passing after news broke from members of the Yorkshire game development community, which is …
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