Andrew Webster

The release schedule has been lighter than usual — a bit like a calm before the storm as we get into the holidays — but there’s still some interesting stuff to check out this week. And it covers quite a broad range of styles and genres: She-Hulk just wrapped up its first season, Chainsaw Man started streaming on Crunchyroll, Decision to Leave is now in theaters, and for Elden Ring fans, that game just got a big ol’ update with lots of changes.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law just wrapped up its first season on Disney Plus, and the show about a fourth wall-breaking character unsurprisingly went in a very meta direction to wrap things up. For more on what worked — and what didn’t — with the final episode, check out this analysis from my colleague Charles Pulliam-Moore.

How is that for a Mad Libs sentence. But it actually makes sense: as part of its sponsorship of Barcelona, Spotify is putting Drake’s logo on the club’s jersey to celebrate him becoming the first artist with 50 billion streams. And it’s happening during one of the biggest games of the year, when Barca take on Real Madrid this Sunday. As the song says, “just hold on, it’s coming home.”

Another day, another new creature reveal for Pokémon Violet and Scarlet. This time it’s an electric frog-looking thing called ​Bellibolt​ that — you guessed it — generates electricity with its belly button.

Who knows when the next Mario Kart game will launch, but in the meantime, you have until October 17th to register to purchase this expensive Tag Heuer watch that features Bullet Bill, a blue shell, and a strap that is most definitely made from the skin of a dead koopa troopa.

Finding unreleased video games is a rare occurrence, and right now there are two recently unearthed finds from the NES — and they’re both on eBay. My colleague Ash Parrish has the full story, which is a fascinating look into the world of video game preservation.

Ever since Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard, Sony hasn’t been too happy — particularly when it comes to what might happen with the Call of Duty franchise. There’s been lots of exec-level drama, and today Microsoft issued its strongest statement on the matter yet, saying that keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms is “a commercial imperative for the Xbox business.”