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Prepare to toss a coin This past weekend McFarlane Toys – the merch manufacturer owned by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane – announced that it had secured the rights to produce a run of action figures based on popular fantasy RPG franchiseThe Witcher. While the company had nothing specifically to reveal in terms of designs or prototypes, it was revealed that the first run of figures will be based specifically on characters featured in 2015 releaseThe Witcher III: Wild Hunt, and are optimistically expected to release in the fall of this year....

But that looked surprisingly good Back in 2010, Microsoft and Mega Brands teamed up to releaseHaloMega Bloks, a set of construction toys based on Xbox’s flagship shooter. That wasn’t the extent of the partnership, though. WhileHalowas delving into the toy world, Mega Brands planned to enter the video game market. Footage ofMega Bloks Halohas recently surfaced, aLego-like game with triple-A ambitions. It was in development by n-Space, an Orlando-based studio that went out of business last March....

Optional, of course If you want to be able to breeze through games more quickly,MLB 14: The Showhas two new options. Quick Count starts off every at bat in an advanced count (3-0, 1-2, etc.), partly based on the pitcher/batter matchup. Not a bad option if you get fed up waiting for strikes or suck at taking walks. Player Lock allows you to restrict yourself to acting as one player on the team, simulating any plays your player is not involved with....

Leakers trawling through the files ofModern WarfareSeason 3 Reloaded have discovered an upcoming weapon blueprint linked toCall of Duty2024, but while some players are convinced it confirmsBlack Ops 6as the title, I’m not so sure that’s the case. After every majorCoDpatch, dataminers spend time searching through the files included in the update to see what is coming to the game in the future. Usually, this process unveils new maps, modes, or weapons, and that was the case withSeason 3 Reloaded....

To tell you how I feel Tonight, Destructoid is presented by RawFury’sNight Call,a neo-noir video game that puts you in the driver’s seat of a Parisian taxi murder mystery. We’ve already said too much. Which brings us to the topic at hand: Why aren’t there more video games about taxis? Everyone’s got agoodmessed up taxi story in real life. The sketchy drivers. The scammy pay schemes. The wise creep with conversation topics too cringe worthy to forget....

We’ve bought 50+million amiibo, too According to today’s financial report, Nintendo profits have dropped 61 percent. The company had hoped to hit a profit of ¥17 billion, but Nintendo’slatest financial resultsshow a net profit for the close of fiscal year of ¥16.5 billion ($149 million USD), which is down from ¥41.8 billion on the same period last year. Sales of the Nintendo 3DS hardware and accompanying software were 6.79 million and 48....

Buy ’em up, boys So this happened. Back in OctoberMicrosoft was allegedly in talks to acquire Obsidian Entertainment, purveyor of the best modernFalloutinNew Vegas(we have proof) and more recently, thePillars of Eternityseries. Well, they’re part of the Microsoft family today, as announced during the X018 stream. As a reminder Obsidian was founded in 2003 and has been pumping out recognizable RPGs ever since. Out of all of the acquisitions Microsoft has announced in 2018, Obsidian is probably the most consistent of them all and could legitimately help them in both the Xbox One and PC realms....

Please insert credits Metroid Prime Remasteredshadow-dropped as part of last week’s Nintendo Direct. And while players have been enjoying the refreshed version of Samus’ adventure, some developers are calling out issues with credits for the work on bothMetroid Prime Remasteredand its origins. FormerPrimedeveloper Zoid Kirschshared this screenshotof the credits over the weekend, which uses a blanket phrase to credit the teams that worked on bothMetroid Primeand its Wii version. “While many studios did amazing work on the remaster, I’m letdownMetroid Prime‘s Remaster does not include the full original game credits,” said Kirsch....

Joystiq has posteda galleryof fake PS2s which apparently made their way to retailers and eventually got returned to Sony for credit. The pick of the bunch has to be this above image … a PS2 carved fromwood. Another winner is a PlayStation 2 that was completely hollowed out and had the innards replaced with a pair of hand weights. Quite why these fakers would even go that far is astounding, but the fact they were actually (allegedly) sold to consumers at retail, and then (allegedly) returned and subsequentlyacceptedis truly bizarre....

“Developing games for PSVR2 requires a whole different approach than the original PSVR” While we keep accumulating games, it’s been lovely to see a renewed push for backward compatibility as we’ve gone from the PlayStation 4 generation to PS5. But as some virtual reality fans had feared,next year‘s PlayStation VR2 will not work with the original PlayStation VR games. After much speculation, Sony confirmed PSVR2’s lack of backward compatibility on episode 439 of theOfficial PlayStation Podcast....

What kind of Pokemon are you? Why do you do the things you do? Are you a boy or a girl? MypreviewofPokemon XandYlast month left me plenty excited. There was a lot to take in: Mega Evolutions, a lunatic scientist, an extra dimension. However, the demo also left something to be desired in its strange, cobbled together nature. It was the same demo meant to be played at the Pokemon Game Show in Japan, with a 10 minute time limit....

TeeFury’s new Super Ernie-O World shirt looks so wrong. It’s two things that should have never come together, yet the look so…right together. The famous brother duo from videogames, the Mario boys, are being played by the other famous duo from children’s television, Ernie and Bert. Ernie makes a scary Mario, but Big Bird as Yoshi truly gives me the creeps. And Cookie as Bowser is going to give me nightmares....

Claim these PC games by July 1 if you’re in the retro-revival mood Sonic ManiaandHorizon Chase Turbomake for a nice little two-in-one throwback freebie on the Epic Games Store. you may add both games to your PC library until June 16, 2025. The greatest-hits-inspiredSonic Maniais a beloved entry, and it’s required playing for 2D platformer fans. If there isn’t a functional whereissonicmania2.com joke site by now, there ought to be. At least we got this one and it’s excellent....