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So cute it hurts As a gamer with more feminine taste, I’m always looking for pink gaming peripherals to break up the sea of black plastic and red LEDs. Initially released back in 2019,Razer’s Quartz collectiongave fans what they had been waiting for with a line of baby pink gaming accessories, including a mouse, microphones, a keyboard, and most famously, a headset with cat ears on it. The line of peripherals flooded our social media feeds, with e-girls, e-boys, and e-nbies alike finally being able to complete their soft gaming aesthetic....

Once again, Guerrilla Games has brought forth a fresh fistful of DLC forKillzone 2, providing us with two more maps in which to throw our grenades and spam our rocket launchers. The “Flash & Thunder” map pack takes a pair of popular maps from the originalKillzone, graphically updates them, and expands them to create two fresh experience forKZ2fans. How are the new maps, and are they worth $5.99 of your hard-earned cash?...

Doctor, Doctor, give me the news If you’re a ‘hip’ kid like me, then you may have heard thatthe BBC announceda new Doctor was on the way for their long-running showDoctor Who. And on Sunday, they revealed ontheir Twitterthat the new Doctor would be played by the phenomenal actor Jodie Whittaker. Whittaker will take over the role in an upcomingDoctor WhoChristmas special, and will get to stretch her legs as the Doctor when the 11th series premieres in late 2018....

Anyone who follows NPD data knows that Nintendo isn’t exactly big on giving up sales numbers (nor are the NPD actually, anymore). Thankfully, IGN was able to unearth a number of Nintendo’s hardware and software sales for the month of March. Hardware wise, the 3DS pushed 225,000 units (nice!), and the Wii sold 175,000 systems. In terms of software,Mario Party 9sold over 230,000 copies (wow!),Kid Icarus: Uprisingsold about 135,000 copies during the week in March that it was out,Mario Kart 7sold 118,000 copies, andSuper Mario 3D Landpushed 100,000 units....

The teaser timer on theKojima Productions Web siteended a few hours ago. But don’t get too excited — nothing substantial was unveiled. As was predicted by everyone who bothered to look at the site’s source code, another timer has indeed graced the page. Riveting stuff. If you’re looking for new additions, there are a few. It’s now storming on the teaser site and every once in awhile — according toKotaku— an “E” and a “3” flash in the foreground....

Yeah, that sounds about right Recently,League of Legendsdevelopers Riot Games inadvertently announced the acquisition of Riot by Chinese holdings company Tencent Holdings Ltd ina blog postregarding changes to the company’s compensation policy. “Our majority investor, Tencent, recently purchased the remaining equity of Riot Games.” As befits a holding company, Tencent has its hands in many pots, providing services to China such as distributing HBO shows, NBA games, and music from numerous American record labels....

If I was supposed to be sneaky, then why do I have all these guns? [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] If you missed it, this past Tuesday we had a massiveHitmanevent and giveaway courtesy of Square Enix....

3. 2. 1. TROLL! [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] So, have you ever bought a game on release day, only to play it for a mere couple of hours then have it collect dust on your shelf for the next two years?...

The Mario amiibo series makes a comeback Although amiibo have been considerably easier to find,there are a lot different SKUs in the wildat this point. One of the few ways to acquire them (beyond the secondhand market) is to wait for restocks, which happen several times a year, and typically include some of the more in-demand figures (albeit with the new higher-priced MSRP). Let’s take a look at some of the March 10 “Mar10 Day” restocks....

Multiple media projects on the horizon Streaming service Netflix has entered into a collaboration with publisher Ubisoft to produce several media projects related to the latter’s long-running adventure franchise,Assassin’s Creed. The first of these projects is expected to be a live-action series, set to premiere on the streaming service at some point in the future. While there are no plot details to speak of, Netflix promisesAssassin’s Creedwill be an “epic, genre-bending adventure,” and has begun its search for a showrunner and other production crew members....

ITM Creativesis the artistic branch International Talent Management, and they work to connect freelance professionals with the video game, film, and television industries and their new Web site launched today. The site enables producers to search for and recruit talent for their projects, avoiding what the agency’s head, Max Meltzer, calls “unreasonable deals”. He feels that artists and animators are within one of the most abused categories of the entertainment industry....

From $279 bundles to 4K TV bundles Bundling an Xbox One with a TV seems to be the “in” thing to do these days as retailers offload their Xbox One inventory en masse. Since Microsoft’s reveal of the new 1TB Spring Bundle last week, we’ve been seeing more and more Xbox One bundle deals cropping up. This all cultivated into the myriad of bundle deals available today. Sure, globally the PlayStation 4 may be outselling the Xbox One, but in the promotion side of things we’re seeing way more variety in deals for the Xbox One....

Well, he got a game so far: that beats some other Nintendo anniversaries If you’re looking to celebrate the Kirby 30th anniversarybeyondForgotten Land, you might be in luck. Nintendo teases there’s more to come. Here’s the full statement from the company: “It’s the 30th anniversary of theKirbyseries! Download a special wallpaperfrom our websiteand stay tuned for news regarding #Kirby30 activities coming soon.” So you’re saying there’s more? Enough to warrant a hashtag?...