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Atari has just released the official trailer for Akka Arrh, a modern remake of legendary game developer Jeff Minter’s unreleased 1982 arcade game. The original project was scrapped before its release due to feedback from game testers, who claimed the game was too hard to play. The new Akka Arrh, which will be executed by Minter’s software house, LLamasoft, will be honoring the prototype with its creative vision in a brand-new psychedelic wave-shooter game. Like the original, the remake will span 50 levels of pure arcade bliss in Jeff Minter’s signature humor and synthwave-esque aesthetics. Additionally, the game will also provide adjustability for light-sensitive players to tone down or disable the intensity of its trippy visuals. Scheduled for release in early 2023, Akka Arrh will be avai...

A new game from the Hellboy franchise has surfaced at The Game Awards in collaboration with the original comic artist and writer Mike Mignola. While official gameplay has yet to surface, Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is described as a third-person rogue-lite action-adventure title centered around the benevolent half-demon superhero. Developed by Upstream Arcade, Mignola and Dark Horse Comics help write the story and Mignola delivers key art reflective of his original comic style. The game is expected to tie together several stories into a single Hellboy experience while staying true to the spirit of the comics. Below is an official description of the game via its Steam bio. “Developed by Upstream Arcade, Hellboy Web of Wyrd is an original story created in partnership with Dark Horse Comics and crea...

A new software update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has arrived. The fun, yet competitive Nintendo racing game now comes with the Custom Items option, which promises to bring mayhem to players during offline VS Races, Team Races in Battles, as well as select online team modes. Traditionally, power-ups for Mario Kart are randomly assigned, and players often have to play strategically just in case they end up with a less-than-ideal item i.e. coins in the final lap. With the Custom Items option now, players can customize the type of power-up items to receive whenever they pick up an item box in-game. This allows players to curate their races, whether it’s chaotic like an all-Blue Shells mode, or fast and furious with only Bullet Bill power-ups. For seasoned players who want to test their driving sk...

Following the arrival of limited-time skin bundles featuring football legends Neymar Jr., Paul Pogba, and Lionel Messi on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the Call of Duty franchise now reconnects with Snoop Dogg for Call of Duty: Mobile, introducing Santa Snoop. The upcoming Christmas bundle coincides with the launch of Ulitmate Frontier, the eleventh and final season of the year. In addition to the Santa Snoop skin, the new season will also offer new weapons, themed events, game modes, maps, and other holiday specials. Snoop Dogg’s first collaboration with CoD was in 2013’s Ghosts in which voice bundles were available to replace standard operator phrases. Since then, he’s appeared as an operator for several titles wielding weapons such as the “Bong Ripper” sniper and the “West Coast ...

Microsoft is committed to bringing Call of Duty to Nintendo, both on current consoles and on future hardware. The tech giant has officially declared that it will offer Call of Duty on Nintendo for the next ten years, given that its Activision Blizzard merger successfully closes. “Microsoft has entered into a 10-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo following the merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard King,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced on Twitter. “Microsoft is committed to helping bring more games to more people – however they choose to play.” The ten-year commitment most likely means that Call of Duty will roll out on Switch, followed by further iterations of the console, as well as any other gaming devices Nintendo debuts down the line. Spencer went on to...