Jay Peters

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is coming to Switch 2 on December 2nd. “It will have all the recent updates and free content drops, except for the Claws of Awaji Expansion that will come later in the new year,” Ubisoft says.

Amazon’s reimagined version of its cloud gaming service, which has a bigger focus on party games, is launching today. With a Prime subscription, you can access more than 50 games, including one featuring an AI-powered Snoop Dogg.

That means you can make AI videos with reusable characters of things like “your dog, guinea pig, favorite stuffed toy, and pretty much anything else you want,” according to OpenAI’s head of Sora. The app is also getting “basic” video editing capabilities, and an Android version will launch “soon.”

The original Luigi’s Mansion is coming to Switch 2 on October 30th as part of the GameCube lineup available via the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. Now I’m humming the music like Luigi does.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the new Marvel-themed beat ‘em up from the team behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, will be released on December 1st. It looks awesome, and it caps off a busy year for Dotemu.

One agreement is with RingConn, which had been blocked from selling its smart rings in the US after a ruling from the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC had also blocked Ultrahuman from selling its rings in the US, and it’s still unable to.

Valve is testing a new Personal Calendar feature in Steam that generates a calendar of new and upcoming games you might like. Fortunately, you can lower the number of suggestions from the default of 100, which I found made my calendar way less overwhelming.

It has already gotten more than 325 million views, the company says. And get ready for more from the franchise: Netflix is partnering with Mattel and Hasbro on toys and products, and the company is looking at “opportunities” in “live experiences, publishing, beauty, lifestyle, and food and beverage.”