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Nintendo Pushed Mario Into Movies Because Console Growth Is Tapped Out
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Nintendo Pushed Mario Into Movies Because Console Growth Is Tapped Out

Shigeru Miyamoto felt the plumbers had reached their limits on Switch

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Xbox News
Xbox / Pure Xbox

Out Of Nowhere, Xbox Just Announced NBA 2K26 For Game Pass

And it's arriving this week!Surprise! Xbox has randomly announced today that NBA 2K26 is coming to Game Pass this week, arriving for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and PC Game Pass members on Friday, April 3rd.The bizarre timing of the reveal has even led people to question whether it's an April…

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How A One-Off Pokémon Anime Gag Led To One Of The Best Games Of The Year
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How A One-Off Pokémon Anime Gag Led To One Of The Best Games Of The Year

Pokémon Pokopia’s Ditto protagonist probably wouldn’t have looked like it does if not for a nearly 30-year-old anime episode

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Black Ops 7's April Fools' joke is very much real: the smallest Call of Duty map in history
PC Gaming / PC Gamer

Black Ops 7's April Fools' joke is very much real: the smallest Call of Duty map in history

Get ready (to die a lot) with me.

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Nintendo News
Nintendo / Nintendo Life

Nintendo's 'Summon Character To Fight' Patent Rejected By US Patent Office

The decision is "non-final" but Palworld battle continues.Nintendo has been hit with another blow in its ongoing legal battle with Palworld, as the US Patent Office has rejected its controversial 'summon character and let it fight' Pokémon patent.According to Games Fray's Florian Mueller (via…

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Hershey Reverses Chocolate Changes After Reese’s Cup Inventor’s Grandson Called Them Out Online
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Hershey Reverses Chocolate Changes After Reese’s Cup Inventor’s Grandson Called Them Out Online

While Reese's Cups weren't affected by the changes, other products reportedly tasted much worse

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April Fool's Day is upon us, and you know what that means: Bubsy feet pics
PC Gaming / PC Gamer

April Fool's Day is upon us, and you know what that means: Bubsy feet pics

A round-up of best gaming-related April Fool's Day jokes we could find.

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PlayStation News
PlayStation / Push Square

Bethesda Shares Starfield Free Lanes Deep Dive, Included in PS5 Version

Part of PS5 base game on 7th April.Bethesda has uploaded a new deep dive video into the Free Lanes content update that is included in the base version of Starfield when it launches for PS5 on 7th April 2026.The new content is mainly designed to flesh out the space exploration side of the RPG,…

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Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked'
PC Gaming / PC Gamer

Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked'

Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of them wasn't an option.

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Shinji Mikami's next game was just stealth-announced in a YouTube video and it sure looks like the creator of survival horror is back doing what he does best
PC Gaming / PC Gamer

Shinji Mikami's next game was just stealth-announced in a YouTube video and it sure looks like the creator of survival horror is back doing what he does best

You can't keep a good man down.

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Xbox News
Xbox / Pure Xbox

Talking Point: How Many Random Peripherals For Xbox Games Do You Still Own?

Any toys-to-life stuff? How about Rock Band or Guitar Hero?You know what? I've been really tempted to play some Disney Infinity 3.0 lately. I own the Xbox One version — not the Xbox 360 version shown in the image above — and it's still great fun to play as a huge Star Wars fan.At the same time,…

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Nintendo's legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics
PC Gaming / Rock Paper Shotgun

Nintendo's legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics

Nintendo's efforts to patent the idea of summoning a videogame character and letting it fight another character have suffered a significant reversal in the USA, even as the Mario makers continue a copyright infringement lawsuit against Palworld developers Pocketpair in Japan. The United States…

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PlayStation News
PlayStation / Push Square

Classic SEGA Series Sakura Wars Turns 30 This Year, Sparking Hope for a New Game

Just in time for the cherry blossom.SEGA has acknowledged that come September, Sakura Wars will celebrate its 30th anniversary.Granted, this classic series has never quite found its footing outside of Japan, but it's a property that many believe SEGA could, and should, pay a little more attention…

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8 Things To Never Say To An Adult Lego Fan
All Platforms / Kotaku

8 Things To Never Say To An Adult Lego Fan

From talking about price to annoying stickers to saying 'Legos,' here are some tips for how to chat with an AFOL

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Overwatch’s Hilarious April Fools’ Event Is Throwing Balance Out The Window Once More
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Overwatch’s Hilarious April Fools’ Event Is Throwing Balance Out The Window Once More

The ‘Underwatch’ mode turns a bunch of knobs and switches to create chaos

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PlayStation News
PlayStation / Push Square

'No Mode Is Properly Optimised on Base PS5': Crimson Desert's Console Performance a 'Mixed Bag'

Crimson Desertification.Crimson Desert is an incredibly ambitious video game, and one that deserves praise for its attempts to push open world design to impressive limits.However, as we stressed in our Crimson Desert PS5 review, the title suffers from a range of performance woes on PS5 and PS5 Pro.…

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The Black Ops 7 X Half Baked Tracer Pack Featuring Dave Chapelle Is A Real Thing But Players Aren’t Impressed
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The Black Ops 7 X Half Baked Tracer Pack Featuring Dave Chapelle Is A Real Thing But Players Aren’t Impressed

Also: classic Tomb Raider gets a patch for its ugly new cosmetics

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PlayStation News
PlayStation / Push Square

These 11+ PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in April

You've been warned.With each passing the month, the number of impending PS Store delistings stack up.And this period is a particularly big one for imminent server closures and delistings.Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Marathon has made everyone's favourite loot spot harder to access but even more rewarding, and it's got solo players raising pitchforks
PC Gaming / PC Gamer

Marathon has made everyone's favourite loot spot harder to access but even more rewarding, and it's got solo players raising pitchforks

I hope you like Assassins piggybacking.

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Every Ability The Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Evolutions Have In Champions
All Platforms / Kotaku

Every Ability The Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Evolutions Have In Champions

The Legends games don’t include Abilities, but these new forms are coming to the battle simulator

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