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The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first video game adaptation to make a billion dollars

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The Year of Nintendo is upon us. As the studio awaits the release of its hotly-anticipated game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo’s newest movie continues its box office domination. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is officially in the Billion Dollar Club, as the film jumped past $1 billion at the global […]

Live-action Street Fighter movie taps Talk to Me directors

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The World Warriors are heading back to the big screen courtesy of Legendary Pictures, and THR is reporting that filmmaking siblings Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou are in talks to direct this latest feature film adaptation of Capcom’s iconic fighting game series Street Fighter. Australian directors the Philippous are coming off the hit Sundance horror […]

Donkey Kong joins LEGO’s Super Mario theme

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Fresh from his big screen outing in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The LEGO Group has announced that Donkey Kong is joining the LEGO Super Mario theme with four new sets in Donkey Kong’s Tree House Expansion Set, Diddy Kong’s Mine Cart Ride Expansion Set, Dixie Kong’s Jungle Jam Expansion Set, and the Rambi the […]

Franchise crossover game Funko Fusions gets first trailer

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The incredibly popular toy line Funko has unexpectedly released a jaw-dropping first trailer to its upcoming video game, Funko Fusion. Developed by 10:10 Games and partnering with Universal, Funko Fusion is a third person action-adventure multiplayer game with characters and worlds from various movies and TV shows.  Drawing a lot of comparisons to the LEGO […]

Twisted Metal comes to life with trailer for Peacock’s PlayStation adaptation

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Peacock has released a poster and trailer for Twisted Metal, the live-action action-comedy based on the classic PlayStation video game franchise. Starring Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Will Arnett, and Joe Seanoa, the live-action series follows a motor-mouthed outsider as he travels across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to deliver a mysterious package, in exchange […]

LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog theme launching in August

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Following on from the LEGO Ideas Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone set, The LEGO Group has announced that SEGA’s iconic mascot is set to headline his very own theme with the upcoming release of four LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog themed sets – Sonic’s Speed Sphere Challenge, Tails’ Workshop and Tornado Plane, Amy’s Animal Rescue […]

Video Game Review – Disney Speedstorm

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Harrison Abbott reviews Disney Speedstorm… Monetisation can be a touchy subject for gamers. Ever since the birth of this medium, shrewd businesspeople have been devising craftier and craftier ways to make our wallets that little bit lighter. In the late ‘70s, many arcade machines had their difficulty levels artificially inflated — so that they could […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #63 – Computer Scrabble

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We descend rapidly from the petrol-headed world of Buggy Boy, as we pull a chair up to the virtual table for our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  Our gaming universe suddenly becomes somewhat quieter with the ZX Spectrum version of the board game Scrabble. Scrabble – or as it’s correctly known here Computer Scrabble – was […]

Video Game Review – Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

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Shaun Munro reviews Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly… Coffee Talk is a game that arrived at just the right time back in 2020. Released mere weeks before the pandemic shut down coffee shops around the world, the charming visual novel’s cosy aesthetic, witty banter, and sneaky supernatural flavour made it just the diversion […]