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Were you stressing out over having to buy two of the Wii U GamePads at launch later this year? Worry not, as a second unit won’t work with the Wii U for some time. While the Wii U is launching this holiday season, dual GamePad support will come a bit farther down the road. Reggie Fils-Aime says to expect it “well after launch.” “Games need to be built that can take advantage of the two GamePad controllers,” said Nintendo of America’s president toGamasutra....

Disney’s latest CGI film,Wreck-It Ralph, will be landing in theaters nationwide on November 2. To get moviegoers “pumped,” a teaser poster has been unveiled. As simple as the poster is, however, I think it’s quite ballsy. Let’s back up a bit. You remember what this film is about, right? There is this dude, Wreck-It Ralph, who is the villain in aDonkey Kong-esque arcade game, but he wants to break out of his villainous role and be a hero for once....

Maybe that will be part of the Nintendo Direct today [Update:During today’s Nintendo Direct,Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Editionwas given a May 18 release date.] Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Editionlaunches in just a few weeks on Switch in Japan, but we still have that lovely “spring 2018” window in the US. That might change later today with Nintendo’s semi-surprise Direct presentation set to run at 5PM Eastern, but for now, we have a few videos of the updated port in action....

The PlayStation brand has spawned some of the most beloved and influential gaming IPs ever made – likeRatchet & Clank,God of War,Uncharted,and more – and many of them still receive new entries to this day. However, Sony has also been infamous for ignoring many of them, even the most popular ones, for many years. Fortunately for PlayStation fans around the world, it seems that this is finally going to changebecause the massive success ofAstro Botand its many adorable character cameoshave inspired Sony to leverage some of its legacy IPs, meaning that some of these classic PlayStation franchises may get brand-new games in the near future....

In anticipation ofFinal Fantasy XIV Dawntrail,300 musicians have come together to create an epic medley of tunes from the previous expansionEndwalker. This piece took over 300 hours to edit by Husky by the Geek, who organized the landmark video and said this project was “the most difficult thing” he’s ever done. The 10-minuteFinal Fantasy XIV Endwalkerapparently involved quite a lot of organization, in addition to the arrangement, mixing, and editing.Husky by the Geeksaid it was an exhausting task....

The newContent Warning1.7.a updateadded a few new items including the Sounds Player. The device comes preloaded with sounds that you can play to add some appropriate sounds to your film recordings before uploading to Spooktube. This is all of theContent Warningsounds on the Sounds Player device in the new update. All 21 Sounds on the Sounds Player At the moment there are 21 sounds in total loaded on the Sounds Player....

The next evolution ofMario Karton the Nintendo Switch 2 is here! Mario Kart Worldis a refinement of the classic arcade racer with new additions like an open world, Knockout Tour battle royale mode, and several new Items added to the existing ones you can find on any race track to help you win. Here are all of the Items, both returning and new, inMario Kart World. Table of contents All Items in Mario Kart World There are seven new Items to find and use inMario Kart World....

Kawaii Two years ago,South Parkintroduced many of its watchers to yaoi. It’s a Japanese genre of anime/manga that fictionalizes a romantic relationship between males. Boys’ love, basically. In Season 19 Episode 6, the Asian girls at school started drawing Tweek and Craig yaoi and the whole town just assumed they were gay. And, while they spend the episode wrestling with this, they do eventually fall for each other.South Parkhas a gay couple that isn’t there to be the butt of jokes....

Another re-stock boosts sales 135% There’s gonna be a celebration at Casa de Nook this morning, as Nintendo’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizonhas once again returned to the number one spot of the UK Charts. A recent re-stock saw the cutesy social sim receive an enormous 135% spike in sales, thesecond timeavailability has been directly responsible for the game’s chart ranking. Seems like if people can buy the game then they buy the game....

New videos show off next-gen performance After a lengthy period of hyped and hushed development, THQ Nordic’s epic open-world adventureBiomutantis almost upon us. The environmentally friendly journey of an ever-adaptive mammalian warrior will finally launch, May 25, on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. While no next-gen edition exists, developer Experiment 101 has released two new gameplay videos, showcasing the PS4 and Xbox One editions performing on their PS5 and Xbox Series X counterparts....

When I first heard about theBit.Trip Presents: Runner 2’sexclusive playable characterWhetfart Cheeseburger at PAX East 2012, I would haver never guessed he’d look like this. With a name like Whetfart, I expected him to look wet and smelly. Based on this first impression, I’m guessing that Whetfart smellsgreat, but only time will tell. Like I’ve mentioned before,Runner 2appears to be theSuper Mario WorldtoBit.Trip RUNNER‘sSuper Mario Bros.It looks like that notion will carry over into the game’s retro stages as well, which have jumped forward in time from an Atari 2600Pitfall-inspired look to a style that could have been a good fit on the Turbografx 16....

Overwatch1players get the first one free Blizzard is stepping in to clarify exactly how battle pass unlocks will work for the heroes ofOverwatch 2. Afterleaksof its model for the upcoming free-to-play multiplayer evolution ofOverwatchgot out, the studio isnow detailingexactly how players will unlock heroes in the new game. Overwatch 2heads into free-to-play multiplayer on October 4. And as the game shifts into aseasonal content model, hero unlocks will also bepart of the Battle Pass....

Digging the ReBoot vibe Nuketown is a historical map in theCall of Dutyfranchise. It was first featured inBlack Ops, then moved intoBlack Ops II, where it was also a zombie map, it was remade as “Nukehouse” in the ill-fatedDeclassified, and finally, it’s reappearing inBlack Ops IIIunder the “l33t” moniker “NUK3TOWN.” While the new name is pretty dumb the solid symmetrical design remains, and I really dig this super bright, digitizedReBoot-esque theme — especially the working shuffleboard at 0:50....