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Saudi Arabia Acquires $3.3 Billion Stake In EA, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard

Saudi Arabia has utilized its Public Investment Fund to invest over $3.3 billion (that’s $3,300,000,000 for the more visual learners out there) in Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive, and Activision Blizzard, Al Jazeera reported (h/t Eurogamer). This move, undertaken by Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (known colloquially as MBS), equates to millions of shares in…

In Bugsnax, Grumpuses Used To Be Frogs With Thicc Butts

Bugsnax developer Young Horses shared some early design concepts for its what-if-we-ate-the-Pokémon-instead, body-horror game, and they are as out there as you’re probably hoping. Starting on the more mild but technically ambitious front, the developers original experimented with making the Grumpus’ relationships more dynamic and fungible: Procedurally generated relationships between Grumpuses could’ve been interesting! It…

Shovel Knight Is Coming To Sma–Er, For Honor

Finally, after years of waiting, Shovel Knight is coming to the popular fighting game… For Honor. Oh…that’s fine I guess. I mean, who can think of any other game that needs Shovel Knight? Ubisoft Announced today that new Shovel Knight-inspired outfits, emotes and executions are available in the online fight ‘em up For Honor until…

The New Mortal Kombat Movie Might Just Be A Good Mortal Kombat Movie

In the first 30 seconds of the first trailer for April’s Mortal Kombat movie reboot, Mehcad Brooks’ Jax loses both his arms to the icy grip of Joe Taslim’s Sub-Zero. Then things get violent. In theaters and on HBO Max on April 16, the new Mortal Kombat movie looks to be using every iota of…

You Can Finally Import Your Owned Levels Into Hitman 3 On PC

Hitman 3 PC players who own Hitman 1 or 2 can finally import their owned levels for free, developer IO Interactive announced today. “PC players who own Hitman 1 or Hitman 2 are now able to import locations from those games into Hitman 3 at no additional cost,” the developer wrote in a blog post.…

The Makers Of Minit Are Back With A Clever New Spin-Off

Minit took the sense of exploration and discovery from a classic Zelda and recreated it in 60-second black and white chunks. The result was fantastic, so it’s not surprising its creators are returning to that world in their latest game: Minit Fun Racer The new side-scrolling racing game, which publisher Devolver Digital describes as a…

Bravely Default II‘s Developers Don’t Want It To Be Just Another RPG About Making The Numbers Go Up

Final Fantasy I is a game about about four warriors of light collecting ancient and powerful crystals to restore peace and balance to the world. Over three decades later, Square Enix is still telling that story same story, and this time it’s Bravely Default II’s turn, an old-school-feeling JRPG tasked with walking the tightrope between…

Final Fantasy XIV Could Go At Least Five More Years, Director Says

Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida recently spoke about the future of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with The Washington Post, saying that at its current growth rate, users can expect the online world to continue expanding with new content for at least five more years, if not indefinitely. “Even now, [Square Enix CEO…

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Thank God For Wario

These are trying times we are all living through. If only we could live through them with half the gusto—and fashion sense—of Wario. Look at this screenshot from the upcoming Mario Golf: Super Rush. Look how ready everyone is to play golf. It shows Mario dressed like he votes Republican and lives somewhere featured on…

Skyward Sword Has A Neat Workaround For Its Motion Controls

The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, bless it for trying, was a Zelda game on the Wii that went all in with its motion controls, making ports to systems that aren’t the Wii a tricky proposition. The upcoming Switch version, though, has a workaround. Sure, you can use the Joy-Cons to simulate the Wii Remotes,…

No Thank You, Animal Crossing Mario

Stay up to watch the Nintendo Direct they said. Help us with the edits as the stories go live they requested. Sure, sure I replied, I was going to watch anyway, why not. And then they said Mario was coming to Animal Crossing. And now I don’t get to sleep. Ever again. Everything is wrong.…

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Comes To Switch Next Month

The most family-friendly competitive online shooter this side of Splatoon finally makes its way to the Switch on March 19. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle For Neighborville Complete Edition brings the fight to Nintendo’s console and makes all released cosmetic DLC unlockable in-game without a premium store or microtransactions. Co-developed with QLOC S.A., the Switch version…

Oh Hey, They’re Bringing Back Stubbs The Zombie

Remember Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without A Pulse, the 2005 action game for PC and Xbox about a depression-era zombie eating brains in the late 1950s? Maybe? Either way, it’s coming to Xboxes, PlayStations, Switch, and PC on March 16. It’s not a remake. It’s not a remaster. The version of Stubbs the Zombie…

Everything Nintendo Showed During Today’s Direct

Nintendo held its first full-length Direct in nearly two years today, and it was chock-full of smaller announcements and some neat surprises. There was still no news about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, nor the new Metroid game Nintendo teased forever ago, but we did get our first look at Splatoon…

Nintendo Announces Splatoon 3, Out 2022

When you see dusty backdrops and derelict train yards, you probably think of, well, anything other than the very colorful Splatoon series. But that’s how Nintendo initially showed off next year’s Splatoon 3 during today’s Nintendo Direct. Not gonna lie, of all the games we could’ve seen cap off the first Direct in a bazillion…

Nintendo Sorry There Isn’t Any Breath Of The Wild 2 News

When Zelda boss Eiji Aonuma made a brief appearance on today’s Nintendo Direct, it sparked some brief hope that there might be news on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. There was not. Indeed, Aonuma—who was actually there to debut Skyward Sword on the Switch—opened his address by apologising for the lack…

Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword Is Coming To Switch

Brightly colored Legend of Zelda dark horse Skyward Sword is getting a second lease on life. Or a third, if you count the Wii U eShop re-release. But I don’t. As part of today’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced that Skyward Sword is getting an HD re-release. The new Switch version will be out on July…

Square Enix Tactical RPG Project Triangle Strategy Arrives On Switch In 2022

Square Enix surprised viewers during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast by revealing a brand-new game, the tentatively titled Project Triangle Strategy. The game won’t be out until next year but a demo is expected to drop on the eShop later today. Project Triangle Strategy (a working title) is the next game to fall under Square Enix’s…

No More Heroes III Launches On August 27

No More Heroes III is coming to Switch on August 27, according to today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. Wrapping up a trilogy that began in 2007, No More Heroes III tells the continuing story of otaku Travis Touchdown as he battles his way through an alien invasion. Grasshopper Manufacture’s eccentric co-founder and CEO Goichi “Suda51″ Suda…