It sold out earlier this year If you missed out on that limited edition Mega Man 25th Anniversary statue, you may get another chance this month.Rockman Corner is reportingthat bothBig Bad ToystoreandEntertainment Earthwill be re-stocking it soon, and you can pre-order it now. The statue features the final re-worked design from earlier this year (with the fixed eyes), and a USB powered LED light base, with a chrome and metal finish....

No Metro sequel on Nintendo’s hardware anytime soon Hoping to getMetro: Last Lighton theWii U? Keep dreaming, because according to 4A’s chief technical officer, Nintendo’s system is no good. Criticizing its slow CPU,Oles Shishkovtsov said the Wii U could be a detriment to his game. “Wii U has a horrible, slow CPU,”he told Now Gamer. “We had an early look at it, we thought we could probably do it, but in terms of the impact we would make on the overall quality of the game — potentially to its detriment — we just figured it wasn’t worth pursuing at this time,” THQ’sHuw Beynon added....

Skibidi Toiletcould be headed for the silver screen. Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman recentlytold Varietyabout ongoing talks to bring the extremely successful YouTube and TikTok series to TV or the big screen, withTransformersdirector Michael Bay in the picture. Though the two are actively pursuing the project, they are yet to get the formal greenlight to begin pre-production on any actual adaptation. In the Variety podcastStrictly Business, Goodman said: “We are absolutely in talks right now, both on the television side and the earliest conversations right now on the film side,” said Goodman....

“Please continue to check with major retailers for availability” In case you missed it,Metroid Prime Remastered(or remake, depending on how you see it) dropped digitally on February 8, and physically on February 22 in the US. Well,it was supposedto arrive physically on February 22, but many retailers didn’t get shipments, and folks who wanted a copy found themselves inundated with sell-out runs from bots and scalpers. It’s the latest in a string of Nintendo physical release drama, but there might be light at the end of the tunnel for this story....

Pocket Money With a mere six mobile games, Nintendo has managed to accumulate a total of over $1 billion USD in lifetime revenue, according to figures from the number-crunchers over atSensor Tower. Of the six titles, fantasy battlerFire Emblem Heroesis the most successful by a country mile, racking up $656 million – over 60% of all revenue – since its original release back in 2017. Second place goes to habitat simAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which pulled in a still ridiculously impressive $131 million....

Nice, big push Virtual reality headset makers Oculus Rift have secured $75 million in funding, led byinvestment firm Andreessen Horowitz, making this the largest funding for videogame tech ever. For the handing over of this massive pile of dough, Mark Andressen will join the board at Oculus. Andressen is the co-author of Mosaic and a co-founder of Netscape, and is on the board of Facebook and eBay, among others. Andressen Horowitz has backed Twitter, Skype, Pinterest and more....

Those cars aren’t slowing down After a round of testing, Blizzard has added the Control mapOasistoOverwatch. Now all of us, regardless of platform, can know the thrill of dodging traffic and jump-padding like maniacs. Aside from the trailer and screenshot gallery, here’s a little backstory on the setting: “Researchers and academics from around the region came together to found a city dedicated to scientific progress without restraints—a monument to human ingenuity and invention....

Footage of 12v12 Team Vanquish mode On paper, a team-centric third-person shooter multiplayer game based onPlants vs. Zombiessounds like a cynical mess, but from everything I’ve seen ofGarden Warfare, it may well be one of my most anticipated games. There’s a gun that is also a dolphin, people! PopCap has dated the Xbox 360 and Xbox One title for June 09, 2025 in North America and February 20 in Europe. Last we heard, the PC version was set to be released “shortly after” this launch....

Gamer East India Company A confession: In my entire life, I have never played a singleAnnogame. Oh sure, I am, at least,awareof theAnnoseries. The long-running strategy franchise is terrifically influential to many PC gamers, and it’s hardnotto know its name at a bare minimum. And yet, despite all that, not a single byte of data related to anAnnoplay session has crossed into my computer before this weekend, when I downloaded the review copy ofAnno 1800, Blue Bytes’ latest effort....

What a saving! If all those clips online convinced you to giveRocket Leaguea try, this week would be a good time to buy on PC, as the game and its DLCare in a big saleover at Green Man Gaming. In fact, everything is basically slightly more than half-off list price, making this the first timeRocket Leaguedrops below the $10 price point. Use Coupon:DEALZON20 FYI: Everything listed above is a Steam key....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! Another year, another series of GOTY lists fueled by fanboyism and cognitive dissonance. We all know the AAA games get their fair share of nods and stick shakes.That’s why I’m hereto tell the world what my GOTY games are for 2014. Not that it matters; we’re all living in our own linear perceptions, anyway. Our ideals, biases, telling us right and wrong. All I can give is a taste of what my mind perceives to be true....

Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah Nahhh. For many moons now, Sega has been laying hints at its upcoming “Super Game” project, a closely-held in-house concept that, while expected to be one of the company’s most ambitious ideas to date, has raised eyebrows with its possible connections to the blockchain/NFT market — controversial technology that Segahas made no bones about eyeing up. The latest news on Super Game comesvia a new ‘insider’ report from Bloomberg, which states that Sega has already begun development on big-budget reboots of two of its most popular and beloved franchises from the early ’00s:Crazy TaxiandJet Set Radio....

One of the year’s breakout TV series may be getting more episodes. Deadlinereportsthat Hiroyuki Sanada, who produces and stars as Lord Yoshi Toranaga in the once-limited seriesShogun, has inked a deal to play the part again in a second season, making it all the more likely a second season will happen. Keep in mind, season two has not been officially ordered; perThe Hollywood Reporter, this is an “if-come” deal that just secures Sanada’s involvement, should it get greenlit....