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After bringing back the fan-favorite Xbox Design Lab earlier this year, Microsoft is now enhancing the custom controller experience with even more colors and finishes to choose from. Overall, different controller parts can now be dressed in “Dragonfly Blue,” and both “Military Green” and “Electric Green” have been updated to “Nocturnal Green” and “Velocity Green” respectively. For those looking for a touch of flair, you’ll now also be able to customize your D-Pads and Triggers will 19 new metallic finishes, including “Sterling Silver,” “Pewter Silver,” “Gunmetal Silver,” “Abyss Black,” “Retro Pink,” “Deep Pink,” “Oxide Red,” “Zest Orange,” “Gold,” “Electric Volt,” “Velocity Green,” “Glacier Blue,” “Dragonfly Blue,” “Mineral Blue,” “Photon Blue,” “Midnight Blue,” “Regal Purple,” “Nocturnal ...

With just a couple of days left until its long-awaited release date, Nintendo has now released a new trailer for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, offering fans of the beloved franchise an overview of the Switch remake’s gameplay. While Nintendo calls the game a remake, the new titles will also be receiving a host of new content as well as integration with other Pokémon games on the Switch. Those who own either Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! or Let’s Go, Eevee! will automatically receive a Mew in Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl, while those who have previously played Pokémon Sword and Shield will be getting Jirachi. If you pre-order or purchase the game before February 21, 2022, you’ll also receive a Manaphy egg as part of an early-pu...

After bringing the ultra-iconic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to Nintendo Switch earlier this month, Texas-based video game developer Aspyr is now releasing two special edition bundles for diehard Star Wars fans. The first will be a Premium Edition bundle that includes a standard version of the Switch game, a metal commemorative coin with emblems of both the Dark Side and the Light Side, a metal pin of the Ebon Hawk, an 18” by 24” poster, a decorated SteelBook, a series of concept art cards, as well as a certificate of authenticity. If those aren’t enough to satisfy your love of the force, there’s also going to be a Master Edition that includes everything from the Premium Edition and more: two replicas of Darth Revan’s lightsaber hilts, a Vibroblade letter opener, a Paza...

Following the record purchase of a gold Bored Ape NFT for $3.4 million USD, Bored Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club announce a new 10-day member’s only mobile game competition. The Bored Ape Yacht Club is the second most popular NFT collection of all time on Opensea, and its Mutant Ape Yacht Club spinoff is currently the fourth most popular. BAYC recently revealed its Roadmap 2.0 earlier this year hinting at events planned for NFT holders in the near future, and following an extravagant Ape Fest which ended earlier this month, the BAYC x MAYC Mobile game competition is set to follow. From what’s been teased in the trailer,  the game seems to be an intuitive single-player combat survival game. A variety of MAYC and BAYC NFT characters are featured and attack weapons such as pizz...

During the Xbox 20th anniversary event on Monday, the company announced that the free Halo Infinite multiplayer beta has officially launched on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The game will be accessible via Xbox Cloud Gaming. In honor of Halo’s 20th anniversary, your Spartan journey officially begins today. Dive into Season 1 of #HaloInfinite, in the multiplayer beta starting today on Xbox and PC! ? https://t.co/WUyHTqp6yp? https://t.co/uCxf7tYDV4 pic.twitter.com/k28WPYTqAO — Halo (@Halo) November 15, 2021 The beta, which is available to everyone, provides access to all the Season One content, including maps, core modes, Academy features and Battle Pass, three weeks earlier than its previously expected launch. The Halo Infinite campaign is still scheduled to launch o...

During Xbox‘s 20th anniversary event on Monday, Microsoft announced that it is adding 76 games to the Xbox backward compatibility program. Among the titles added to the library are the entire Max Payne series and F.E.A.R franchise, along with Skate 2 and Star Wars: Jedi Knight II. Each game added to the program will support Auto HDR on both Xbox Series X and Series S consoles. Additionally, each game will receive increased resolution — on the Xbox Series X and Xbox One X, titles will be available at four times their original resolution, while the Xbox Series S will provide three times the native resolution and the Xbox One S and Xbox One will receive double. Further, 11 of the added games will support FPS Boost, which increases a title’s framerate up to 60 frames per second, and ...

Earlier this month, Square Enix announced its upcoming content release schedule for Marvel’s Avengers, and one of the highlights was the introduction of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Now, the developer has dropped a fresh trailer offering fans of the game a first look at the character and how he’ll fit into the universe. Featured above, the almost two-minute clip showcases a cinematic sequence of Spidey fighting off AIM agents in his iconic acrobatic, web-slinging ways before uniting with the rest of the Avengers, which now include the recently released Black Panther as well as the first bonus character Kate Bishop. Most noticeably, unlike the more unique uniforms sported by the Avengers back at the game’s original launch, we see Spider-Man wearing a suit that seems to draw m...

Boba Fett is officially headed to Fortnite on December 24 at 7 p.m. ET. Epic Games will add the famed bounty hunter to its gameplay ahead of The Book of Boba Fett‘s debut on Disney+ on December 29. The gaming company has not disclosed many details about the partnership; however, based on the teaser art Epic shared to Twitter, Fett’s partner Fennec Shand will also become available in the game. Given Epic’s previous Fortnite crossovers, it’s safe to assume that skins for both characters will become available for players to purchase. Boba Fett will be making his arrival on the Island December 24, 2021 at 7pm ET! #DisneyPlusDay pic.twitter.com/cj9iC6WRBZ — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) November 12, 2021 The Book of Boba Fett will see Temuera Morrison return under the Mandalorian helmet as...