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Google Stadia has faced quite the rocky release in its less than two years of existence. From underwhelming sales figures tolosing key figures involved in Stadia game development, one would think that the platform is on its deathbed. But fortunately for the fans that are still around, Stadia is still getting some new features fairly soon. The recent version 3.9 update has been datamined, revealing several possible tidbits about future updates to the service....

It seems that in recent years, commercials are more and more becoming anavenue to reunite familiar facesfor fun little nostalgia throwbacks. Whether it’s Bruce Willis returning as John McClane or Timothée Chalamet as the son of Edward Scissorhands in a recent Super Bowl ad, the short throwaway nature of advertising makes them perfect for small callbacks to classic media andGremlinsis the latest film to get such treatment. RELATED:Gremlins Writer Shares Thoughts On a Scarier, CGI Free Prequel Gremlins, for the uninitiated, was a 1984 comedy-horror film directed by Joe Dante and follows the story of Billy shortly after he receives a strange pet called a Mogwai....

Warning: Spoilers for Happy Gilmore 2’s opening scene below Happy Gilmoreis a classic underdog story, and in it,Adam Sandler’s herogets an underdog’s feel-good ending. He starts the movie at rock bottom, staring down the impending repossession of his grandmother’s house with no real prospect of earning the money to buy it back. He discovers his talent for golf, works his way up in comedically chaotic fashion, and ends the movie utterly triumphant....

Direct to video, though Ratchet and Clank gets all the spotlight this morning as far as game-to-movie adaptations go, but another is looking for some gamer love. According to the very end ofVariety’s articleon the film, in addition toRatchet and Clank, Blockade is also producingHeavenly Sword, a CG-animated movie that will be get the direct-to-home video treatment. I mean, I’ll watch it, but did anyone that played the early PS3 game from Ninja Theory think it would have made a good movie?...

AfterPokemon Scarlet & Violetplayers take down all five Team Star bases as part of theStarfall Street path, they’ll need to take down the real boss of the entire scheme, Cassiopeia. The leader will summon players to the academy schoolyard to face them in a final Pokemon battle, and they want Clive to come along as well. Players' maps will be marked with the battle location, so just head back to Mesagoza and enter the front gate of the academy....

It appears that theDiablo 4Lunar Awakening Eventhas brought with it a new hidden title. More specifically, by fulfilling certain requirements you can complete the Awakened Them All Feat of Strength. The reward for completing this challenge is the Awoken, Celebrant Player Titles. Here is how to get the Awoken and Celebrant titles inDiablo 4. How to unlock the Lunar Awakening titles inDiablo 4 to unlock and get the Awoken, Celebrant player titles from the Lunar Awakening event inDiablo 4, you simply need to receive all empowered Lunar Shrine effects from the event....

Metallica has invadedFortnite, and it’s not just their music that you’re able to hear. As you roam around the island, there’s a good chance you’ll hear the sound of an electric guitar and a flash of lightning, thanks to the Ride the Lightning Mythic item. Introduced as part ofFortnite‘s 30.10 update, the Ride the Lightning guitar lets you create an arc of lightning that you, and your teammates, can ride. Shooting you up into the air, you can then use it to rotate to a new location or to escape from a battle that you’re losing....

While it may be getting harder to find actual arcade cabinets out in the wild, that simply means there are tons of collectors out there looking for cool set pieces to add to their collection. Luckily, Arcade 1up is hoping to fill the void left by hard-to-obtain classic machines with its new, smaller arcade cabinets. The Arcade 1up cabinets are about 80% the size of a regular arcade cabinet, which should make it a tad bit easier to squeeze them into a home arcade....

Avengers: Endgame’s story ties toGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3makes Star-Lord’s arc in the 2023MCUmovie even better, and I can’t believe I never realized how before. While the Guardians of the Galaxy have often existed as a very separate entity inthe MCU timeline, that hasn’t stopped them from crossing over with other Marvel heroes and stories in the franchise thus far. The motley space crew most recently intersected with Thor’s story inThor: Love & Thunder, but also more famously appeared within bothAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame....

We all know that studios and executives can present roadblocks in making movies, but I am so glad that James Gunn pushed to get one actor cast in theGuardians of the Galaxymovies. When theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)first began, it appears as though the nascent Marvel Studios was more willing to take risks. After all, the entire MCU was built on the foundation of casting Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, a decision which was not very popular with executives....

Quick Links Wordleis a word puzzle game that went viral back in early 2022, splashing little yellow and green squares across many social media timelines. WhileWordleis not as popular as it was before the New York Timesbought it, some still log into this game every day. And some might be in need of a few hints or the whole answer. How To Play Wordle Wordleis a simple game with only a couple of rules....

I dig like, all of them Magic: The Gatheringhas become a global game, most notably inJapanandChina, where Wizards of the Coast has been pushing it heavily. To herald in the launch of War of the Spark, the nextMagicexpansion, Wizards commissioned art pieces for all 36 Planeswalkers (read: powerful summon-like cards that typically have multiple abilities) that are appearing in the set, and they’re extremely rad. In the west we can merely ogle at them, but in the east they’ll actually serve as alternate art Japanese language cards....

Wordleis the viral word puzzle sensation owned by the New York Times Games. Every day, this game pits players against a mysteryfive-letter wordthey need to guess in six tries. How To Play Wordle As a quick note: although there are a lot of copycats, like theWordleclone about guessing video games, the original is currently hosted on the NYT’s website.Wordlewas originally created by the programmer of powerlanguage, but it was purchased by the newspaper giant in February....