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Competitive Tetris player Jonas Neubauer has died suddenly at the age of 39. Neubauer was a seven-time World Champion of Tetris and ran a Twitch channel (opens in new tab) with his partner, Heather Ito. He died on January 4, 2021, following an unspecified “sudden medical emergency”. “It’s with a …

The age rating for WandaVision has been revealed. The kickoff to Marvel Phase 4 will be the first MCU chapter to be officially more suitable for younger children. That’s because WandaVision has been rated TV-PG (H/T ComicBook.com (opens in new tab)). By comparison, all of the MCU movies up to …

It seems there’s an impostor Mario on an official Nintendo website. If you head to the Japanese website for Super Nintendo World (opens in new tab), the real-life Mushroom Kingdom theme park opening in Osaka on February 4, you’ll be greeted by good ol’ Mario, accompanied by the hashtag #WeAreMario. …

2020 was quite the year for the Nintendo Switch, as the portable console’s UK sales roughly matched those of the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S combined. As noted by GIBiz head Christopher Dring, Xbox and PlayStation’s current and last-gen consoles together couldn’t outpace the Switch. It’s a …

As the mutant who wielded the Light of Galador to reignite the Peak Space Station and the acting head of security for the remade S.W.O.R.D., kid Cable is one of the characters at the heart of Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti’s new S.W.O.R.D. title.  (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in …

Pokemon Go is giving each Pokemon region its own little event to start the year off, and developer Niantic has now confirmed that the Sinnoh Celebration will run from Tuesday, January 12 through Sunday, January 17 at 8pm local time. Starting this coming Tuesday, Sinnoh Pokemon will be featured in …

Promising Young Woman is a twist on the rape-revenge genre that was a mainstay of exploitation cinema. Cassie (Carey Mulligan) goes to clubs and pick-up spots, acts inebriated, and just waits for a guy to swoop in and take her home, maintaining the act until the big reveal. It’s an …

A new trailer for Hitman 3 PSVR mode gives us a detailed introduction to the wide world of assassination in virtual reality, and it looks equal parts enthralling and silly. You’ll be able to play through every stage of Hitman 3 with PSVR if you want, and you’ll even be …

Prime Gaming is giving out up to $1 million in GTA Online dollars in celebration of the new heist and tropical island location. After you claim your reward (opens in new tab), the in-game cash will be paid out $200,000 at a time for logging in each week; log in …

Microsoft reportedly attempted to buy some of the biggest names in gaming, including Nintendo, to create exclusive titles for the original Xbox.  In a new report from Bloomberg (opens in new tab), many of the people who worked on the console in the run-up to its release outlined attempts to …