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Nintendo has teased a new LEGO Super Mario Yoshi set through its Nintendo Today! app, showing part of Yoshi’s face built from bricks. The “Adults Welcome” subtitle suggests a larger, display-focused model that would broaden a theme traditionally centred on interactive play. The teaser gives no price or…
Bruce Nesmith, a veteran designer of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, says he enjoyed Baldur’s Gate 3 because its choices can have lasting consequences. He said this made decisions feel more meaningful, even when they closed off parts of the game. Nesmith contrasted Larian’s branching role-playing game…
Sony will launch a Japan-only PlayStation Portal model with extra internal storage intended for features it has not yet announced. The change matters because the current Portal is designed mainly to stream PS5 games, and Sony says it will reveal the added model’s future functionality once it is…
Reese Witherspoon and Mediawan have agreed to buy back the stake in her production company Hello Sunshine, five years after it was sold in a deal valuing the business at up to $900 million. Trade publications estimate its current value at no more than $50 million, a sharp…
Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival, a one-day music event in Miami on 21 November. The line-up draws on artists linked to the game’s soundtrack and radio stations, extending the game’s music presence into a live event. The festival will take place at Mana…
Philadelphia band Knifeplay have shared “Toil (Reprise)”, a new track from their forthcoming album *What Is Truth?*. The song revisits the album’s opening track, building from hazy drone riffs into a heavier blackgaze sound over more than six minutes. The album is due out on 22 January through…
Tyler Kolek’s girlfriend, Lexi Sousa, joined the discussion after the Knicks guard called Taylor Swift a potentially “performative” supporter of the team. Sousa’s posts signalled that she is a Swift fan, while Kolek later said he had spoken without knowing Swift’s history of attending Knicks games. Kolek made…
Anuel AA plans to launch the Real Hasta la Muerte Festival in summer 2027, expanding his music brand into international live events. He says it will feature many artists and move to a different country each year, though no date or full programme has been announced. Spain and…
Tom Hanks has named the Coen brothers’ 1996 crime comedy *Fargo* as a film he can watch repeatedly, calling it “perfect” and “absolutely flawless”. His choice highlights the film’s lasting appeal and its place among the movies he most admires. In a 2006 interview, Hanks was asked to…
Cyberpunk 2077 has a new multiplayer mod, Open//77, released in alpha for players who want a shared roleplay sandbox in Night City. It differs from NightCoop, which lets up to eight people play through the main story, by focusing on open-world activities and themed servers. Open//77 requires both…