For a short while Soulja Boy was all over the video game news sphere for basically reselling Chinese knock-off consoles filled with unlicensed ROMs and calling them his own. Well, SNL figured it would make for a great skit.
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If there’s one thing Nintendo has become known for over the years, it’s finding fun ways to play video games. And based on a recent patent, it looks like they’ve still got their eye set on bringing 3D gaming into the living room. 
It's never a good thing to find out that a couple of years after a game has been announced that the development on said game is being restarted. That's what happened recently with Metroid Prime 4, which was announced back in 2017 shortly after the release of the Nintendo Switch. However, recently Nintendo announced that development was being restarted with another developer at the helm. 
While rumors are still swirling about a potential Nintendo Direct to close out January, the home of the Switch yesterday launched a fresh Nindie showcase, introducing a whole bunch of new indie games for the hugely popular platform. 
We take a look back at a pair of related Kingdom Hearts titles for portable systems. 
Nintendo is kicking off 2019 with major tournaments in both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 and, whether you're a beginner or a pro, everyone is invited to get in on the action. 
Fornite is a hugely popular game with a thriving business model based on microtransactions. According to a recent report, that's made it an ideal place of business for folks to launder money. 
The streaming market is a tough place to cut your teeth as a business. The competition is stiff, and it comes from everywhere. 
It's morphin' time! Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is set to launch this April, giving players the chance to duke it out as heroes and villains from the 25-year-old franchise in a brand new fighting game. 
Epic Games is constantly in the news for the success that is Fortnite, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. This time, however, the company is making headlines for how much money the Battle Royale-themed free-to-play shooter managed to rack up throughout 2018. 
Travis Strikes Again might not be the direct sequel No More Heroes fans have waited nearly a decade for, but it's just as over-the-top and utterly insane as we've come to expect from gaming's punk rock auteur, Suda51. 
In the midst of one of his regular streams, popular Fortnite player Exotic Chaotic received a donation that seemed too good to be true. It was for $75,000, and it was apparently 100 percent legitimate. 
A lot of gamers have been wondering if Nintendo may one day upgrade the current monthly offerings of the free NES games handed out with the premium Nintendo Network subscription service for the Switch. 
The list of nominees for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards for screenplay and video game writing have been announced, with the latter category including the likes of God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man. 
Have you been planning on starting up a bustling business in the world of Japanese console modding and editing saved game editors for various consoles and PC games? Well, you might want to put that endeavor on hold because it's being reported that in light of a new amendment to the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, console modding and editing saved games is no longer legal. 
Throughout the ages, Nintendo has brought smiles to children and adults' faces with its products. But someday those products may not be produced anymore. 
The fandom surrounding Nintendo's prime-time fighting game series for its platforms never ceases to stop pondering, picking apart, and plucking away at the pixels, the files, and the data. 
Despite the vocal requests, she won't be appearing in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. 
Trading Overwatch for Stranger Things, it looks like former Activision Blizzard Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann will be taking on that same job at his new home, Netflix. 
It looks like 2019 is going to be packed with major game launches, but 10 titles have us especially excited for the months ahead. |
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