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Super Mario Galaxy Movie star Charlie Day supports bringing Luigi's Mansion to the big screen: "It does seem like it would make a great movie"
Luigi voice actor Charlie Day is down to bring Luigi’s Mansion to the big screen.”I would be thrilled to do Luigi’s Mansion, just because it’s such a fun game,” Day told ScreenRant. “And not that you would make it like a horror movie for kids, but it could have some more sort of jump scares in it, which would be fun.””Everybody loves a jump scare,” added his co-star Keegan-Michael Key, who voices Toad, while Princess Peach star Anya Taylor-Joy quipped, “Especially three-year-olds.” You may like “It does seem like it would make a great movie,” he continued. “But I am…
Epic's mass layoffs left a programmer with terminal brain cancer without life insurance, but Tim Sweeney says the company will "solve" the problem
Epic Games’ mass layoffs led a programmer with terminal brain cancer to lose his life insurance, leaving him and his family struggling to find new coverage. Following news of the situation breaking, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has said the company have reached out to the programmer – Mike Prinke – and that they “will solve the insurance”.
John and Brenda Romero say the industry feels ‘crashier’ than the North American game crash of 1983 did
John and Brenda Romero say the current state of the games industry feels “crashier” than the notorious North American video game crash of 1983.In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the Romero Games founders – Doom co-creator John and his wife Brenda, best known for the Wizardry games and Jagged Alliance 2 – said the industry faces some real challenges ahead.“I feel like the industry’s in a really horrible place,” Brenda said. “I mean, we were there in the ’80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier. There are so few people that have not been affected, or their partner’s affected,…
Filming on Amazon's Tomb Raider series has been put on pause after Lara Croft star Sophie Turner sustains injury on set
It sounds as though Lara Croft star Sophie Turner has been hitting the stunts a little too hard, as her recent injury has put production on Amazon’s Tomb Raider series on pause.“Sophie Turner recently experienced a minor injury,” said Amazon MGM Studios to Deadline. “As a precaution, production has briefly paused to allow her time to recover. We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible.” Deadline reports that the shutdown is expected to last two weeks.It is unclear whether Turner suffered the injury on the set of the Tomb Raider show. But it wouldn’t be too surprising, as…
"It is meant to be lived in" – grand strategy game Riftborne offers "months" of galactic scheming and no actual graphics
Some people like to ease into the week, as though dipping toes into a frigid northern sea, and some people Monday Hard by wrapping their arms around an iceberg. Are you the latter kind of bather? Try this on for size, then: Riftborne is a real-time sci-fi grand strategy game that’s controlled using an old-fashioned, “terminal-style” interface. Seize your silly computer mouse and feed it unto the dog. Where you’re going, there shall be no drag-selects, cursor animations, right-click menus, and all the rest of that piddly frippery you are accustomed to in these modern SO-CALLED “best strategy games”, with…
"We love punching Nazis," Jeronimo Barrera says. That's why Nekome: Nazi Hunter is all about killing them
“Nekome is a very powerful word,” game director Jeronimo Barrera tells me. “It’s vengeance: spiritual revenge.” Revenge is, perhaps, the most powerful of all emotions. It’s an amalgamation of pure rage; hate – it’s a driving force, yet it’s inherently terrifying. That emotional turmoil is what Nekome: Nazi Hunter seeks to explore; this isn’t a game about happy endings. This is a game about inflicting pain upon those who inflict pain upon others. There are no holds barred here: this is World War II; The Holocaust is happening, people are being murdered. As someone with a degree in War Studies,…
‘We are in it for the long haul’: Bungie says Marathon will be steadily improved for ‘many years’
Bungie has vowed to continue to update Marathon for years to come, stressing that it’s “in it for the long haul”.Marathon was released earlier this month with Norway-based Alinea Analytics estimating last week that it had sold around 1.2 million copies.Now, in a technical blog post aimed at helping PC players reach 120 frames per second, Bungie has committed to the game’s future, stating that it plans to continue improving it for a number of years.“Marathon is the first DirectX 12 title that Bungie has shipped,” it explained to players. “We know that many of you have noticed how much…
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run release plans get even more bizarre as Netflix confirms at least one more episode in 2026
After an agonizing week of waiting, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Steel Ball Run has unveiled the release plans for its ‘2nd Stage’ – but it’s still not exactly crystal clear for viewers.As revealed at AnimeJapan 2026, the second episode – covering the next leg of Johnny Joestar’s cross-country race – will premiere on Netflix in ‘2026’.The news comes bundled with a brief teaser trailer for the next entry, with perhaps the most dramatic horse race in recorded history taking another grim turn as racers converge on The Devil’s Palm. You may like You can watch it for yourself below, and be…
Crimson Desert's latest patch adds new mounts, makes slapping NPCs with trees a crime, and reportedly junks the infamous AI paintings
Pearl Abyss’ bashing of their massive open-world into a more palatable shape continues, with Crimson Desert’s latest patch packing a bunch more tweaks to controls and adding some new animals to ride around on. It also looks to have begun swapping out those AI paintings the studio previously claimed were accidentally left in it on release, though the patch’s wording around this change is fairly vague.
The first wave of must-add WWE 2K26 CAWs has landed, and mixes missing roster members with greats from years past – alongside a couple of super-talented NXT prospects. CAW stands for Create-A-Wrestler, and you can add all the brawlers below to WWE 2K26 by searching for their creator’s name within Community Creations. Chris Jericho, Ronda Rousey, Sasha Banks and Sting are four of the essential grapplers to be found in your WWE 2K26 CAWs guide.1. Bad Bunny (Image credit: 2K)Every year, the community fizzes with excitement while awaiting WhatTheStatus’s early CAWs. Known as ‘Status’ for short, this year the iconic…