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The National Football League (NFL) is gearing up to release its first virtual reality video game. While the NFL has created video games for several years, the league is partnering with StatusPro, a sports tech and gaming startup that focuses on boundary-pushing gaming experiences with player information, to create its first official virtual reality title. “Virtual reality gaming is rapidly expanding, and our partnership with StatusPro allows us to explore a new immersive version of NFL gaming with support of the two largest VR platforms within this emerging space,” Joe Ruggiero, the NFL’s SVP of consumer products, said in a statement via Variety. “We are seeing a growing number of fans engaging with VR and we’re excited to launch the first-ever VR gaming title that complements our existing...

A new Ghostbusters game is coming to PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Titled Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, the 4v1 multiplayer shooter game follows four Ghostbusters take one another player that controls the ghosts. The official game synopsis reads that Ghostbusters can join others in their group to “chase and trap ghosts in museums, prisons, hotels, and more, and capture the ghosts before they can fully haunt the areas.” The player who portrays the Ghost is able to control it to hide, sneak, surprise, scare and slime Ghostbusters and civilians.” The premise of the game allows Ghostbusters to “use trickery, deception, and Ectoplasm to gain the upper hand and drive the Ghostbusters out.” Similar to the plot of the film, the Ghostbusters are encouraged to utilize a Proton Pack, Ghost Tr...

Continuing to expand on its video game offerings, Netflix has now revealed three more mobile games coming to both iOS and Android devices in the near future. Announced via a new blog post, mobile gamers will be able to enjoy both This Is A True Story and Shatter Remaster this month. The former is an educational RPG developed in collaboration with Charity:Water, a non-profit focused on providing clean drinking water to those in developing countries, and its stories are drawn from interviews with women in Sub-Saharan Africa., while the latter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game based on 2009’s original Shatter on the PlayStation 3, Finally, Netflix will also be launching Into the Dead 2: Unleashed, the company’s first FPS experience. A sequel to Into the Dead, th...

During the recent Virtua Fighter eSports Challenge Cup, Sega announced an upcoming crossover between Virtua Fighter 5 and Tekken 7. The teaser trailer shown shows Akira taking on Lau, but the iconic characters are dressed to resemble equally iconic characters Kazuya and Heihachi. The clip shows the two engaging in a two-round fight complete with Tekken-style health bars. The teaser ends with Akira/Kazuya defeating Lau/Heihachi, followed by a screen for Virtua Fighter 5 noting the upcoming release of the skin crossover. Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is available now for Sony PlayStation 4, there are no official release details for the team-up between Sega and Bandai Namco at the moment. Watch the teaser trailer for the Virtua Fighter 5 Tekken 7 Skins announcement above. In case yo...

Just last week, a 1999 Pokémon Base Se Shadowless First Edition Holo Charizard card made its way to PWCC Auctions. The trading card sold for $420,000 USD making it the highest price ever paid for a base Pokémon Charizard card. The sale also sets an all-time record for the card, making the third-highest price paid in a public marketplace for any Pokémon trading card. The card has a PSA 10 Gem Mint grade, one of only 121 PSA 10s that exist in the world at the time of the auction. The card is considered one of the cleanest ever to exist, showing no visible signs of whitening on the back and appears to have perfect centering. The holo feature also shows no imperfections. The Charizard is considered to be one of the most popular cards ever designed by artist Mitsuhiro Arita. The prices for the ...

Following the release of the Speed Duel: Battle City box, Konami‘s Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is now set to release the “Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box” and “Speed Duel GX: Midterm Paradox.” Just like the popular Speed Duel: Battle City Box, the Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box is designed to allow eight players play in a dynamic tournament experience. Aside from brand new Skill Cards introducing legendary Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, the collector’s set features decks centered around Jaden Yuki’s Elemental HEROs, Aster Phoenix’s Destiny HEROs, Dr. Crowler’s Ancient Gears and more. The Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box features 200 cards with Secret Rare variants of iconic GX-era cards. Continuing the focus on the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX animated series, the Speed Duel GX: Midterm Paradox Min...

CD Projekt Red is developing the next installment in The Witcher video game series. The new game will kick off a “new saga for the franchise,” according to the announcement. Based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski, the first game in the main Witcher series was released back in 2007. It became a trilogy, followed by 2011’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and concluding with 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. While the series has three spin-off games, this forthcoming game will mark the first standalone release since the trilogy ended. The game, which is currently untitled, will also witness Projekt Red switch over from its in-house REDengine to Unreal Engine 5 as part of a “multi-year strategic partnership” with Epic Games. Projekt Red offered no further details ...

Trailblazing audio company JBL is known for its innovation and superior quality across music and lifestyle experiences. It now seeks to up-the-ante in gaming by partnering with leading organization 100 Thieves to drop a new headset. This exclusive collaboration brings forth a new skin for the “JBL Quantum ONE” gaming headset that provides exceptional in-game sound and performance. The headset is equipped with JBL’s signature QuantumSPHERE 360TM sound technology and imprinted with 100 Thieves’ signature geo print design. Colorway comprises an all-black coating with red offset stripes on the earcups and black-and-white graphic detail on the over-ear headband. Active noise cancellation, Bluetooth compatibility, and mic ports help round out the headset’s structure. 100 Thieves founder and CEO ...