2025-04

Marathon, Bungie’s upcoming multiplayer extraction shooter, is getting its first gameplay reveal this weekend. The date was revealed via a community ARG campaign that saw thousands of fans decipher a series of fragmented codes.  The gameplay reveal presentation airs this Saturday, April 12, starting at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. It will be broadcast on Bungie’s Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok accounts. First announced in 2023, this reimagining of the original Marathon series, one of Bungie’s earliest shooter franchises from the ‘90s, puts players in the roles of cybernetic mercenaries called Runners. The game unfolds in a lost colony on the dangerous planet Tau Ceti IV, and Runners are specially designed to survive the world’s harsh conditions and search for lost artifacts and other treasures.  That premise translates to team-based matches where players must work together to salvage and extract...

Microsoft has created a playable "interactive space inspired" by Quake II using AI, and it's sparked a vociferous debate online....

As of April 7, the Pokémon TCG: Azure Legends Tin is available for $29.99 at Amazon. It includes 5 booster packs — featuring 2 Surging Sparks, plus packs from Stellar Crown, Temporal Forces, and Obsidian Flames....

Talking tech, the Nintendo handhelds that inspired them and the impact Satoru Iwata's legacy had on the new console....

In an interview with IGN, Nintendo has insisted Mario Kart World and other Switch 2 games justify their $80 price tag, saying its approach is to "focus on what's the content, what's the value, and what's an appropriate price based on that."...

IGN interviewed Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen to discuss Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, the decision to price Switch 2 at $450 and Mario Kart at $80, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour as a paid digital product rather than a pack-in game, and a lot more....

In an interview with IGN, Nintendo has explained why it made Switch 2 Welcome Tour a $10 standalone game and not a free console pack-in....

It looks like Nintendo Korea's website briefly gave away what sidekick may be joining Kong in the upcoming Donkey Kong Bananza....

As of April 7, the MAINGEAR North RTX 5070 PC is available for $2,095, the Pokémon Azure Legends Tin is $29.99 at Amazon, and a Skyrim Dragonborn Helmet replica is up for pre-order at $119.99 via the IGN Store....

If you could use some ideas for board game night, check out these great picks for our favorite board games for adults....