Rejoice! [Update:it’s available for 1,500 Coinswith a March 2014 shipment date. Great googly moogly!] After hearing some hubbub about “extending the Year of Luigi in 2014” from Nintendo of America, Iwata has made itofficiallyofficial worldwide this morning on the latest Nintendo Direct — the celebrations willcontinueinto the upcoming year! Whether or not this involves more Luigi games outside ofDr. Luigiis unclear, but Iwata says to check Club Nintendo “sometime in 2014” for more information on the special Luigi statue, pictured above....

Up to 34% off, with new Xbox One X bundle deal as well It looks like Microsoft has opened the floodgate with their $100 off Xbox One console bundle with purchaseRed Dead Redemption 2as we’re seeing some heavy duty discount even on the game itself without having to pick up a console with it. This is relatively rare for an incredibly well-received Triple-A title, even as we near the holiday season....

Season 4 When you think of “long-supported games by Ubisoft” your mind probably goes immediately toRainbow Six SiegeorThe Division 2. But hanging out in the rafters, low key, are projects likeTrials Rising. Risingactually debuted back in February of 2019 (it’s nearly a year old!), and Ubisoft is still pumping out tracks for it. We’re on season four actually, and five new tracks are out today, all with an arctic theme. The pack is called “Polar Expedition,” and pretty much all of them sing with an icy glory....

If you’ve just paid Jonathas a visit inFinal Fantasy XIVto get yourself some new Facewear or the newWater emote, and you’ve found yourself wondering, “what exactly is a Cascadier Uniform Voucher?” then you’re not alone, and this is nothing new. This is a question that has been asked since the very beginning of A Realm Reborn, and it never gets any more obvious what you’re supposed to do with them. Whether you started playing a decade earlier or just a week ago, there has never been an in-game explanation for these mysterious vouchers....

What happened to you Birdman? This is a question I’ve had stuck in my mind recently, but can’t quite put my finger on the exact reasons behind it, as there are a number of them that I’ll go over. As someone who considers themselves an extreme digital influencer, growing up on skater culture and skateboard video games, I never imagined that they would suddenly become as scarce as they are....

Right all of the wrongs It’s hard to have a consistently positive relationship with professional wrestling. Anyone above a certain intelligence (like 40 IQ) is destined to become a “smark,” a smart mark who understands that wrestling is fake but enjoys it on a more conceptual level. It’s these people who find themselves at odds between what they want a company like the WWE to do and what the WWE actually does....

Now we just need confirmation During alive streamthis morning,Yakuzaseries producer Toshihiro Nagoshi dropped a nugget of info that is sure to get fans’ attention. According to him, the main reason for the existence of theYakuza 3,4and5remasters on PS4 is for “new overseas fans.” This is likely in relation to the massive popularity boost the series saw in the US with the release ofYakuza 0last year, though it could just be the generally good reception each new game has been receiving....

Social media animated! Hey, did you see thosetwo little old ladies talking aboutMajora’s Maskwhile innocuously almost eating eyeball cookies? If not, you’re missing out. After seeing that short, I knew that the team at Farleywink Animation would be fantastic to team up with, so I got them on the horn ASAP. Luckily for me, they were already fans of some of my videos, and it wasn’t long until we were working on our first collaboration —What if Twitter was a Real Life Party?...

Also other minor fixes and iOS battery saver mode is back [Update: Turns out Niantic wasn’t joking about the tracking test being for a subset of users as the below video demonstrates a new system that many players in San Fransico and some other major cities are seeing. On top of the new sightings menu is a nearby system that shows Pokémon exact locations if they are close to a nearby Pokéstop....

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [UPDATE:The Steam page for the gameis now liveand includes screens featuring SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy, which you can check out in the gallery below. Also noted is thatRehydratedwill feature refined gameplay, a “Horde” multiplayer mode, and will include content cut from the original release.] THQ Nordic has revealed that it will be releasing a remastered (or “Rehydrated“) edition of its 2003 adventure gameSpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. This updated edition of the PS2/Xbox/GameCube title is in development for PS4, PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch....

Tune in for sequel news (probably) [UPDATE: Itwascorporate. Ubisoft have announced the opening of new studio in Quebec. The immediately iconic UbisoftSaguenay will open in January 2018 and will be focusing mostly in online ventures. They will hire around 100 staff and will see record investments in the province.] Ubisoft Montreal are holding a live press event in just a little over an hour, where they plan to reveal “The biggest announcement from Ubisoft in Quebec in 20 years”....

[“Phoenix X Edgeworth” by GyakuSaiLove] Want to catch one of the first US premiers of Takashi Miike’sAce Attorneymovie? Then you’re going to want to hop on a plane and fly to Anaheim, California, this summer. During the Animation, Manga, and Music (AM2) convention, running from June 15 to 17, you will be able to catcheither of two screeningsof what many people are already calling the greatest film ever made. Ever....

7.3 million sales don’t lie Almost half of the people that worked onAnimal Crossing: New Leafare women. When its director Aya Kyogoku started with Nintendo in 2003, she was the only female game designer there. A decade later and that’s no longer the case. Both she andNew Leafproducer (and originalAnimal Crossingdirector) Katsuya Eguchi credited the series’ success on the diversity of teams making them in a GDC postmortem. When Eguchi was leading the first game, he made a point to compile a team with people “from various backgrounds and with various life experiences....