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The Super Mario Bros. Movie gets the games’ pathetic penguins just right

It’s likely inspired by Mario 64

By Ana Diaz

News

Overwatch 2 going offline as Blizzard rolls out fixes

Players should expect 4 hours of planned downtime for Thursday evening

By Michael McWhertor

Bungie finally announces a nerf for Destiny 2’s most talked about Exotic

By Ryan Gilliam October 6

Every car coming to Need for Speed Unbound

By Ari Notis October 6

League of Legends might become a little easier — and that’s great

By Cass Marshall October 6

Axis & Allies and other classic Avalon Hill board games will soon have a new publisher

By Charlie Hall October 6

How RimWorld makes misery and crisis a rollicking good time

By Cass Marshall October 6

How to watch the Mario movie trailer during today’s Nintendo Direct

By Petrana Radulovic October 6

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Pokédex: Every Pokémon confirmed for Paldea (so far)

By Julia Lee October 6

Pokémon’s new Girafarig evolution is going to give me nightmares

By Nicole Clark October 6

Need for Speed Unbound leaves last-gen consoles behind, emphasizes style and speed

By Owen S. Good and Michael McWhertor October 6

Beat Saber’s Lizzo pack actually includes all the best Lizzo songs

By Ana Diaz October 6

New Pokémon are hidden in the Scarlet and Violet trailer

By Nicole Carpenter October 6

You can make elaborate sandwiches for Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet

By Nicole Carpenter October 6

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s new trailer shows new Girafarig evolution, Pokémon picnics

By Nicole Carpenter October 6

A Court of Fey & Flowers has a lot to say about love, class, and equality

By Em Friedman October 6

Blizzard axes Overwatch 2 phone number requirement in update on game’s rocky launch

By Michael McWhertor October 5

Hit colony sim Rimworld’s next expansion will let you have kids (finally)

By Cass Marshall October 5

Dungeons & Dragons fans can compete to turn their campaign into a Lego set

By Cass Marshall October 5

Excited for Bayonetta 3? Play Valkyrie Elysium

By Mike Mahardy October 5

EA’s new Need for Speed leaks, looks full-on anime

By Owen S. Good October 5

PlayStation Stars: Everything you need to know about Sony’s new rewards program

By Ari Notis October 5

Persona 5 is getting a card game that will steal your tabletop

By Joshua Rivera October 5

Heroscape’s new boxed set costs $250, but it could jumpstart the decades-old wargame

By Charlie Hall October 5

Why did CD Projekt just announce 6 new games?

By Oli Welsh October 5

Bayonetta’s voice actor replaced by Jennifer Hale

By Toussaint Egan October 5

A broadcast shot of Ted Lasso as he appears on the sideline in FIFA 23. His arms are folded and he looks displeased.

FIFA 23 pits Ted Lasso against Ryan Reynolds’ soccer club, and it ain’t pretty

By Owen S. Good October 5

Magic: The Gathering 30th Anniversary includes 60 random cards for $999

By Ana Diaz and Charlie Hall October 4

Overwatch 2 having rough launch, Blizzard blames ‘mass DDoS attack’ on servers

By Austen Goslin October 4

Why Dream kept his face hidden — and why he revealed it

By Ana Diaz October 4

How to unlock all the Overwatch 2 heroes

By Ryan Gilliam October 4

Here’s how to level up your battle pass in Overwatch 2

By Ryan Gilliam October 4

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