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In certain corners of the internet, artists are putting together different songs to create wild mashups for small but passionate mashup communities and, thankfully, some TikTok artists are keeping the scene flowing. While making a real mashup can be rather difficult, Harmonix’s new game Fuser will be able to give music lovers the ability to create new kinds of songs from the comfort of a video game console. Recently, Harmonix revealed the release date for Fuser and the developer has been dropping new videos and gameplay to show off its festival-inspired rhythm game where players perform sets composed of mashups....

Disney+ has now confirmed streaming dates for the first three episodes of She-Hulk, and from its third installment it will be continue to be released alongside new Star Wars show Andor on Wednesdays. She-Hulk will get underway on August 17, releasing one episode a week over nine weeks on the platform, while Andor will drop its two-part premiere on August 31. It’s fair to say that some Marvel fans will be questioning Disney’s decision to dish up its two biggest shows on the same day of the week again....

Last summer, Blizzard revealed and released the new tank hero Sigma in Overwatch, and since then, no new characters have been released. It’s been a significant stretch of time between new heroes, and Overwatch fans are growing restless. Now Blizzard is potentially teasing the release of new hero Athena, who will potentially be coming to the hero-shooter before the launch of the long-awaited Overwatch 2. Blizzard teased the new Athena character in a post showing the “personal log of Dr....

Let Pikachu brighten up your workday with this adorable plushie. He can lie on your lap as you place your arms around his keyboard armrest, and it’s a perfect gift for any work from home Pokemon fan. The news comes from SoraNews24, and it mentioned the cushion that Pikachu is working on also acts as a way to soothe the tendons in the forearms. While Pikachu is typing away on his keyboard, you can wrap your arms around it as you’re feverishly searching for a PS5 in stock, or while reading a book or playing a game....

New Pokemon Snap brings the ’90s N64 classic to the Nintendo Switch, this time with tons of new features and Pokemon to photograph. In fact, gamers who played the original back in 1999 will be left dumbfounded by the sheer amount of Pokemon there are to capture in this game. While the first game only featured 63 of the original 151 creatures from Pokemon Red and Blue, New Pokemon Snap has a whopping 214 pocket monsters to find across several regions....

The original Pokemon Snap was back on the Nintendo 64, in the days before the internet and online communication. There, your photos were kept to yourself unless you had a friend over to show them in person. New Pokemon Snap has breathed new life into this concept by allowing players to upload their photos to the Snap community and have others be able to view them. With the addition of the internet in this game comes Sweet Medals, an entirely new concept to Pokemon games in general....

Fans have been waiting for a new Splinter Cell game since 2013’s Blacklist, and now it looks like those hopes may finally be realized. It appears as though GameStop may have leaked that a new Splinter Cell game will be announced during Ubisoft’s E3 2019 press conference on Monday, June 10. As spotted by Wario64 on Twitter, GameStop listed replica Sam Fisher Goggles for sale on its website for $39.99, listing them as an “E3 collectible....

With so many strong open-world games on the market, it can be difficult to stand out amongst the crowd, especially when on the outset, you bear a resemblance to the titan that is the Grand Theft Auto series. For gamers who are familiar with Saints Row, this similarity is only in the most basic sense. With the release of Saints Row: The Third on the horizon, it won’t be long before gamers will be able to take to the streets again in order to cause mayhem in some of the most outlandish ways imaginable....

The official Japanese Zelda account has revealed the two new DLCs that will be coming as part of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity’s expansion pass, translated as Ancient Heartbeat and Guardian of Recollection. The first is set to come at the end of June while the second is slated for release at the end of November. Translated by @PushDustin, the promotional material reads, “Pack #1. Ancient Heartbeat. New Playable Character(s), New Weapon(s), New Action Style, New Challenge(s), Royal Ancient Tech Lab, And New Strong Enemy (Enemies)....

Industry analyst believes the Nintendo Switch will outsell the Xbox Series consoles and the PS5 this holiday season. 2020 has been a huge year for the video game industry. The COVID-19 outbreak forcing many to stay at home resulted in a spike in both console and software sales. What’s more, the best is potentially yet to come in terms of sales. The PS5 and Xbox Series consoles launch next month in time for the holiday season, and if the pre-order fiasco for both is anything to go by, business will be booming....

No Man’s Sky creator Sean Murray has some good advice for Bethesda and BioWare for dealing with community feedback: put up or shut up. Or more like put up AND shut up. When No Man’s Sky released way back in August of 2016, it was a complete and utter disaster. The game was filled with bugs, it would crash all the time, and sometimes it would eat your save file and make you lose whatever progress you’d managed to achieve....

While exploring the expansive map of Ori and the Will Of The Wisps there’s a strong chance that you’ve picked up an unusual item known as Gorlek Ore. The game is rather ambiguous about what it’s supposed to be for, simply stating that a talented builder might be able to use it. So it would be understandable if most players chose to ignore this item since it doesn’t seem to have any immediate value....

Earlier this week, Blizzard started teasing Hero 32 for Overwatch, which many fans assumed to be Echo. It’s now been confirmed that Echo is Hero 32, and now more details about the character have come to light. Namely, that Echo is yet another Damage hero for Overwatch’s growing roster, and that she will be the last new character added to the original Overwatch game before the launch of Overwatch 2....

This LEGO genius and Overwatch fan recreates a perfect replica of Reaper’s hellfire shotguns and skull mask from just over 1,000 pieces of the classic building toy. Like all Blizzard games, Overwatch has already managed to become a pop culture phenomenon and fans around the world spend hours both playing the game and creating fan-art, fan-fic, and cosplay inspired by the first-person shooter’s bizarre universe and cast of characters. Overwatch fans had the chance to see some amazing fan-made costumes and weapons at BlizzCon 2016, but the latest brilliant take on an Overwatch character comes courtesy of YouTube....

It appears some big things are in development at Overwatch. So big, in fact, that they can’t even be talked about. Jeff Kaplan recently briefed the game’s community on what the developers are hard at work on, and “top secret stuff” was mentioned thrice. Some of the more anxious Overwatch players feel there has been noticeable silence from the development team in recent weeks, which is to be expected during the chaos of the holidays....

Overwatch now has over 30 million players across PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Blizzard’s multiplayer shooter is a huge success, making bank for the company as a premium title. But the company wants to get even more people in on the action, letting them see for themselves how fun Overwatch can be. Blizzard has now announced another Overwatch free weekend, which will give everyone a chance to test out the game even if they have yet to spend the $40 to buy a copy outright....

Out goes Super Mario Bros. 35, in comes Pac-Man 99. This Bandai Namco classic is set to receive the battle royale treatment this week, and you can gobble it up for free if you’re a Nintendo Switch Online subscriber. It will follow the traditional Pac-Man gameplay formula, but adds in a few twists so it works neatly inside the battle royale framework. Whatever ghosts you gobble up will be sent to the opponents’ screens as jammer versions of Pac-Man....

In a historic moment for the games industry, Paradox Interactive has announced that it has reached an agreement with labor unions Unionen and SACO to become the first publisher to unionize. Under new terms posted on its website, employees of Parabox will be given the formal means to influence their pay, benefits, responsibilities, and more. “In the 20-plus years we’ve been in operation, Paradox has always been a growing company,” said Marina Hedman (chief human resources officer at Paradox) in a statement, “but that growth has been especially dramatic in the last few years....

Although Capcom had initially told Monster Hunter World players that the spring update would go live on March 22nd, the new monster and weapon balance patch is live right now. While it is only March 21st in the states, in Japan it is already the 22nd and a download is waiting for all Monster Hunter World fans. As previously mentioned, the update includes the game’s first monster, Deviljho. Currently, there is no quest tied to Deviljho, but players that want to fight the “giant pickle” can find it by looking for the “?...

As many fighting game fans will attest, Mortal Kombat X is without a doubt one of the grimmest, bloodiest, and most addictive titles on the market. With its intuitive controls and fast-paced action, almost any player can pick the title up on the fly, and find themselves spending an entire weekend bringing the pain. On top of all that, NetherRealm Studios has been keeping Mortal Kombat X stocked with fresh content and new characters to master, with the recent release of Predator being most notable....