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Federal prosecutors have sentenced a Georgia man to prison for three years for illegally obtaining a COVID relief loan to purchase a collectible Pokémon card for over $57,000 USD. According to the Department of Justice, Vinath Oudomsine pled guilty to “one account of Wire Fraud.” Oudomsine has agreed to fofeit the Pokémon trading card of the popular character Charizard. Oudomsine initially applied for the loan in 2020 and claimed that he would use it to run a small business that employed ten other people. His application was successful and he garnered $85,000 USD from the government. However, he has instead spent a bulk of his relief fund on a single, rare Pokémon card that cost $57,789 USD. The card in question is a 1999 Pokémon Base Set First Edition Shadowless Holo Charizard with a 9.5 ...

Coming off of his recent acquisition of Death Row Records, Snoop Dogg has shifted gears to focus on the gaming industry. The rapper is joining FaZe Clan, a gaming and youth culture platform, as part of its talent network. Snoop Dogg joins FaZe Clan’s talent collective of members across industries including NFL player Kyler Murray, LeBron James Jr., Lil Yachty, Offset and more. Following a previously announced business combination with FaZe Clan and B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp., which is expected to close in Spring 2022, he will also sign on to become a director on its board. Under the name “FaZe Snoop,” Snoop Dogg will have a role in business initiatives, content creation, key business initiatives and merchandise launches. He’ll also appear in content across the FaZe Clan platform. ...

After sharing plans in August to launch a campaign co-op mode with season two of Halo Infinite, developer 343 Industries has announced that the next installment of the game will no longer include the popular mode at launch. Instead, the staple Halo mode will arrive at a “later” unspecified date in the second season. “We are still aiming to deliver campaign network co-op later in season two, and we will share a release date for that and for split-screen co-op as soon as we can,” said Joseph Staten, Halo Infinite‘s head of creative, in a statement. “It’s going to take more time to land a high-quality, full-featured 4-player network co-op experience in the massive, wide-open world of Halo Infinite.” Though unconfirmed, it is likely that a two-player split-screen mode will arrive in ...

After being announced last year, The House of the Dead remake has now received a new trailer. Developed by Forever Entertainment and Mega Pixel, the upcoming Nintendo Switch title is an updated reimagining of Sega‘s classic horror-themed light gun shooter video game. The publishers are also set to release a remake of The House of the Dead 2. Originally released in Japan back in 1996, the remake features a host of gameplay changes to meet contemporary gaming standards. Features include modern graphics and controls for the 2-player multiplayer that remain true to the original. The remake also includes multiple endings, Photomode, achievements, armory with unlockable weapons, new monsters and a gallery of enemies. Watch the trailer for The House of the Dead: Remake above. The game is set...

After making an appearance in Resident Evil Village, one of the gaming world’s most oddly beloved characters has made a return in FromSoftware‘s latest hit: Thomas the Tank Engine is now a fightable boss in Elden Ring. The iconic locomotive has now joined the game via a new mod by the team over at Garden of Eyes, a gaming YouTube channel featuring tutorial videos for FromSoftware’s titles. Featured in the video above, you’ll see Thomas replace the Flying Dragon Agheel boss fight, soaring up into the sky before pummeling down at your character with a hauntingly empty look on his face. Much like the dragon itself, he’ll even breathe fire at you. Unfortunately, Garden of Eyes hasn’t released the mod to the public just yet, and there’s no telling whether it’ll be in the public domain...

Microsoft will soon be adding support for mouse and keyboard for Xbox Cloud Gaming. The revelation came from Microsoft Flight Simulator head Jorg Neumann, who spoke about the recent addition of the game to the cloud service. Though you’ll be able to stream Flight Simulator, Xbox Cloud Gaming currently only supports controller input, but Neumann says that’s about to change. During a developer Q&A, Neumann said: “the platform team is working on this. I know I can’t give a date because it’s the platform team. I don’t know their dates, but it’s coming… I’m hoping it will be done by June or so, but I can’t ever tell.” Since his response, a Microsoft spokesperson seemingly confirmed the news with The Verge. “The team is experimenting with touch/gyro and is excited to embrace M...

Now that Gran Turismo 7 is out, with many fans saying that it is the most complete version to date, there’s some bad news for those looking to amass the perfect collection in their garage. If you’re not willing to grind for in-game credits, which can be used to purchase some of the rarest cars, it’s going to cost you a lot of real money. With the current highest amount of credits (2 million) priced at $20 USD, this makes cars like the Porsche 919 Hybrid 16 and McLaren P1 GTR ’16 cost close to $40 USD if bought outright. While these microtransactions can quickly add up, there’s one car so far that trumps them all, and that’s the 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer which costs 20 million credits, or $200 USD — hope you have a comfortable racing setup. In other gaming news, Thomas the Tank Eng...

FromSoftware games have a reputation of being difficult, but the lack of a pause menu in Elden Ring can make exploring its expansive open world just that much more stressful, especially when you’re in need of a quick break. Luckily, a fan mod can now help you out. For those playing the game right now, you’ll realize that while you’re able to pull up a menu screen when you’re in the game, it doesn’t actually pause what’s happening, meaning if you’re exposed and close by the enemies, there’s a chance you’re going to be attacked and killed if you’re taking a bathroom break. To make life more convenient, modder TechieW has now created Pause the Game, a fan mod that’ll do exactly what the name suggests: pause your game. Unfortunately, to make it work, you’ll have to disable the Easy A...