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Almost five months after releasing the first batch of extra tracks from the game’s new Booster Course Pass, the second wave will now be dropping next week for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The first bundle of maps went live back in March, featuring eight courses that span across previous Mario Kart titles for consoles such as the N64, 3DS, and Wii. Now, another eight will be added, including New York Minute, Mario Circuit 3, Kalimari Desert, Waluigi Pinball, Sydney Sprint, Snow Land, Mushroom Gorge, and Sky-High Sundae. All will be accessible when the second wave can be downloaded on August 4, with another four more eight-track bundles to come until the end of 2023 to bring the total number of DLC courses up to a whopping 48, although there’s no release date just yet for wave three. ...

Post Malone is ready to shell out a $100,000 USD cash reward to anybody who can beat him in a one-on-one match of Magic: The Gathering. The gaming enthusiast, who previously announced a partnership with Magic: The Gathering, is set to select one lucky player via a Whatnot livestream on August 4 and is open to everyone; if the player chosen is not familiar with the game, Whatnot will enlist the help of expert Reid Duke to train the player for the match against Posty. The match will take place on August 11, with viewers all over the world able to tune into the live play-by-play narrated by Josh and Jimmy of The Command Zone on the Whatnot app. “I absolutely love Magic: The Gathering and I can’t wait to link up with Whatnot and battle it out with the winner,” Malone said in a statement. “We b...

Goat Simulator 3 features an all-new adventure featuring the return of Pilgor, the goat. A direct sequel to the 2014 Goat Simulator, the game will revolve around Goats and take place on the sandbox island of San Angora, a place filled with chaos and mysteries. The game will feature a Multiplayer mode, allowing you to play with up to four players as goats, and will be available locally, online, or in co-op. You can travel through worlds with your friends and compete in seven fun multiplayer mini-games as goats. The sequel features a giant sandbox, which gives room for an endless exploration of hidden quests, secrets, and collectibles. The developers hinted that this one has an ending, unlike last time. The goats can be fully customizable from head to toe, with over 300 different fun gears t...

The remake of the popular Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic game has supposedly been delayed indefinitely after Aspyr Media, the company in charge of the remake, fired its important staff. According to reports, design director Brad Prince and art director Jason Minor were fired a week after Aspyr completed a demo to show Lucasfilm and Sony on June 30. The company supposedly held several meetings in July to let employees know that the demo was not up to standard and that the remake “would be put on hold.” In addition, Aspyr informed staff that it will be searching for new contracts and development opportunities. While a reason for the firing of Prince and Minor were not confirmed, a source told Bloomberg that the amount of time and money spent to create the demo was “disproportionate.”...

A hacker has now stolen upward of 69 million accounts on Neopets and is trying to sell them for Bitcoin. According to new reports, the hacker managed to obtain “the complete date and source code” of Neopets‘ website, which very possibly compromised account information including a user’s email address, password, gender, IP address, countries of origin, and birthdays. There’s also a chance credit card information has been leaked. The hacker is now trying to sell all this information for four Bitcoin on a black market website, which roughly equates to $92,000 USD at its current price. “Neopets recently became aware that customer data may have been stolen,” the game now writes on a pop-up notice when entering its site. “We immediately launched an investigation assisted by a leading f...

Since its launch nearly two years ago, PlayStation 5 players have been requesting support for 1440p, or QHD (quad high definition). Although the console has always supported 1080p, 1440p video output is in-demand by those who use monitors to game rather than TVs. PlayStation’s Senior Vice President of Platform Experience announced today that the PS5 is rolling out a software beta that includes 1440p support, along with a few new features. As of right now, the beta is limited to participants from select countries. Console owners invited to participate will receive an email notifying them that the software is available to download. From there, they can opt for the additional visual setting on compatible PC monitors and TVs. If a game has native support 1440p, players will be able to experien...

Another big Pokémon TCG heist has just been reported. Taking place in South Carolina, trading card investor Christopher Polydorou had three unopened First Edition Pokémon TCG boxes stolen from his temperature-controlled room. The 62-year-old insurance broker claims he purchased the cards more than 20 years ago, one of which was a Japanese version of the collectible cards from 1999. Polydorou estimates that the cards stolen were worth roughly $500,000 USD. The police report indicates that “an unknown person entered his collection room” and removed the cards. Polydorou also commented that the only people in his private card room were “men from an HVAC company” that his 91-year-old mother hired. In other TCG news, Logan Paul turns world’s most expensive Pokémon card into a digital asset. Read...

Grand Theft Auto VI will reportedly be the first game to feature a playable female character, according to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the game. The character will reportedly be a Latina woman and “influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.” Rockstar Games was allegedly supposed to put out a game entitled Cops ‘n’ Crooks, where players would divide into teams of good and bad guys. The game was shelved during the summer of 2020 and there are still no plans to bring it back, according to Bloomberg’s contacts. The landscape of GTA VI was reportedly originally meant to cover large stretches of North and South America, which would give players more of the open-world to explore. Over the course of making the game, however, its scope was reportedly reduced to the franchise’s...

If you’re hoping to purchase Meta‘s Quest 2 virtual reality headset, you’d probably want to put in your order soon. After consolidating Facebook‘s Oculus under its new Meta umbrella, the company is now increasing prices for its flagship Quest 2 VR headset. The news was revealed over on Twitter and says that prices for its offerings will be going up by a full $100 USD as of August. This means the usual 128GB set will now go for $400 USD, while the 256GB version will sell at $500 USD. While the inflation of tech device prices has largely been attributed to the global chip shortage and increased production and shipping costs, Meta actually explains that its raising prices “in order to continue investing in moving the VR industry forward for the long term.” The new price tags will come into ef...