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    Overcooked, now with a Demogorgon.

    The stressful-yet-delightful party game is now available as one of Netflix’s streaming TV games that you control with your phone. This version lets you play as 10 “Netflix celebrity chefs,” including the famous Stranger Things monster.

    Netflix is also working on an Overcooked reality show.

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    Epic is discontinuing its browser-based MetaHuman creator tool.

    Epic launched the tool to make hyperrealistic human faces in 2021, but it has now “fully integrated MetaHuman creation into Unreal Engine.” The web app will be retired on November 5th.

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    Epic is suing a Fortnite leaker over allegedly sharing details of upcoming collaborations.

    The leaker, Hayden Cohen, was a former contractor who shared the details on X and Discord under the AdiraFN and AdiraFNInfo aliases despite having signed an NDA, according to Epic’s lawsuit.

    The lawsuit follows news that a prominent Call of Duty leaker will stop sharing confidential information about the franchise after receiving legal demands from Activision.

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    A return to the seas.

    In a new blog post about the future of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Ubisoft sneakily announced Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced, a remake of Black Flag that has been rumored for years.

    Ubisoft also says to “expect” news “very soon” about Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series.

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    Art for Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced.
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    Fortnite is returning to Google Play globally.

    Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney made the announcement alongside the news of Google’s sweeping Android App Store changes. The game already returned to Google Play in the US in December.

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    The Switch 2’s Virtual Boy lineup is getting two new games.

    If you have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription, you’ll be able to play the Virtual Boy version of Mario Tennis and a game called Mario Clash starting March 10th. (That’s Mario Day.) Nintendo is also adding the Game Boy Advance version of Mario vs. Donkey Kong to the service.