Nintendo and Illumination’s latest film is another visual stunner with a ho-hum story.
This time it’s at Polyarc, creator of PSVR, Meta Quest, and SteamVR darling Moss (and its sequels). Polyarc will “significantly reduce the size of the company.” We called Moss one of “the 14 best games to download for your new VR gaming headset” back in 2019.
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, the upcoming “spy RPG” from the studio behind Disco Elysium, launches on PC on May 21st. I got to play it last month, and it felt very much like a spiritual successor to Disco but with a heavy dose of spy thriller vibes.
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder just got an expansion, and the Super Mario Galaxy Movie comes out on Wednesday. But before that Mario Kart World’s new update adds the returning favorite “Bob-omb Blast” battle mode. The update also nerfs boomerangs — you can check out the full patch notes here.
Aptoide’s AppArena is now available in Japan as an Apple Store alternative. It comes after regulators required Apple and Google to support third-party app marketplaces and payment systems. AppArena features AI-assisted discovery of apps and games, cashback rewards, and 15-minute game trials.
The Embracer-owned studio, behind games like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, says that the cuts are “a result of changing project needs and impacts across production and support teams.” Studio head David Anfossi is also leaving the company.
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The cute 3D platforming game starring a frog is getting a “2+ hour photography game” where you’ll help out a “conspiracy theorist” owl. It looks like a fun twist on a video game photo mode.
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The NW5 Case Keyring features a removable core that can store three Switch cartridges (OG or new) plus three microSD cards. It slides into a protective silicone recreation of the original Game Boy featuring a window for displaying game art and an included carabiner. It’s $15.99 from Elago, or $14.99 through Amazon.
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Nearly four decades after Jordan Mechner’s original Prince of Persia debuted on the Apple II, a new port called Prince Of Arabia is now available for the Flipper Zero. It’s the full game, including fights and traps, and doesn’t require the Zero’s optional Video Game Module unless you want to play on a bigger screen.
BeamMP, which lets you play BeamNG.drive’s physics-based vehicle sim with friends, is offline after a hacker infiltrated its infrastructure and shut down its Discord server.
While the BeamMP team says it has “no verified reasons to believe that any end users have been ‘hacked’ as a result of the incident,” the bad actor likely accessed a “database where email addresses and encrypted passwords were stored.”
The latest casualty: PUBG spinoff Blindspot, which shuts down today after less than two months in early access. In a previous post, the developer said “we are no longer able to sustainably provide the level of experience we set out to deliver.” The news comes just a few days after the Fortnite team was hit with large-scale layoffs.
