Jack Black's performance as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie was one of the highlights of the film, and he'll be reprising his role next month in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. And if Black has his way, he'll be returning for several Mario sequels as well.

"I was chomping [sic] at the bit [to come back]," Black told Fandango during a group interview with the cast. "Are you kidding me? To get back in here and party again with this group, with some new special surprises. And once again, I think it's a marvel to behold. It's just an explosion of color and fun and joy. I'm always down to party with Bowser in this universe. Hopefully, we'll be making several more."

During the same interview, Black noted that it was difficult to find Bowser's voice during the production of the first film. But he found the experience to be rewarding.

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Buying preowned games is an excellent way to save a few bucks. And while GameStop is always a good place to find used games, it's GameFly that's currently offering the most enticing deals. The retailer is currently discounting select pre-owned games on PS5 and Xbox Series X, letting you pick up recent titles like Borderlands 4 for $25, Ninja Gaiden 4 for $33, or Dragon Age: The Veilguard for $5. All games are tested and 100% guaranteed to work, and unless otherwise noted, they'll come with cases and possibly the original manual and other inserts (though DLC codes and other one-time use keys may no longer work).

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If you happen to be a GameFly member (starting at $13.50/month), you'll also unlock free shipping. Membership comes with other perks like a $5 coupon and the option to rent games, making it a solid choice for certain shoppers. A free 30-day trial is available if you're on the fence.

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Lots of games have been made into movies or have announced plans to become films, and now Facepunch's survival game Rust could join them. Alistair McFarlane, the director and COO of Facepunch, told PC Gamer that the studio has been "talking to people" about adapting Rust for a film.

However, it's still early days, and there is "nothing concrete" in the works as of yet. McFarlane did not name any potential partners outright but said "big-name companies" are in the mix.

No one should expect Facepunch to announce a Rust movie deal anytime soon, though, as McFarlane said Hollywood can move "very slow."

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Developer Josh Sobel has reactivated his social media account after originally shutting it down following criticism of his original comments about what happened with the free-to-play game. Sobel returned to social media to say his original post was a mistake, but he doubled down on how online discourse surrounding the game played a part in its ultimate failure. However, he acknowledged that while it may have played a role, online sentiment was not the primary cause for Highguard's failure.

Sobel said, "I believe the online discourse around Highguard had some very dark corners that may have accelerated the timeline of our failure beyond the natural outcome of reasonable critique, but it wasn't the primary cause, and I don't personally believe the ultimate outcome would have been thoroughly different without it."

He went on to say there were "a lot of elements involved" in what went wrong with Highguard, and there is "no way to know how it would have gone under different circumstances."

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Hellraiser's Cenobites are a force of sadomasochistic nature in the movies and books, but in Hellraiser: Revival, players will have a chance to stand their ground against the pleasure-seeking monsters. In a new developer diary--which has plenty of violent and sexual content, so consider yourselves warned--Saber Interactive revealed more about some of the tools that players will have at their disposal, including the Genesis Configuration. Since it's age-restricted, you'll need to watch it on YouTube.

While players will have access to guns and melee weapons, the Genesis Configuration allows them to wield iconic Cenobite powers in combat and exploration. Similar in design to the Lament Configuration and other puzzle boxes created by the toymaker Philip LeMarchand, the Genesis Configuration is essentially a Swiss Army Knife of agony in Hellraiser: Revival.

Some of the box's powers are teased in the video, like the ability to conjure up hooks out of thin air and then use them to rip enemies apart, using it as a flamethrower, or altering reality to progress through levels. As narrative director Antony De Fault noted, there have always been a variety of Configurations across the franchise and lore.

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The Save the World mode that started it all for Fortnite will be accessible for free to almost all players starting April 16, reversing a decision by Epic Games nearly six years ago.

Save the World is a PvE sandbox survival mode that pits four players against hordes of monsters. With Fortnite's building mechanics, the mode has often been billed as "Minecraft meets Left 4 Dead."

Save the World will remain playable on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S; previously accessible by purchasing a Starter Pack in the Fortnite Store (usually costing 1,500 V-Bucks), it'll be free-to-play on those platforms beginning April 16. It'll also be available for the Nintendo Switch 2 version, which wasn't the case when the Switch 2 port launched back in June. Mobile devices and the Switch 1 won't support the mode.

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A week after release, Marathon update 1.0.0.4 has gone live for Bungie's new extraction shooter game. The developer had previously indicated that it was looking to respond to player feedback with a variety of fixes and tweaks to the game, and this new patch introduces some substantial changes to Marathon's solo experience.

While the game is best experienced in a group, solo options do exist, and there's even a Runner shell--Rook--specialized for dropping into sessions all on your lonesome or when you want to stock up on supplies. With this patch, players using a Rook shell can expect to receive the same amount of bonus Faction reputation for exfiltrating that solo players receive, and an issue where the Rook’s position was not being displayed on the map screen has been resolved. To keep things balanced, Rook players will spawn with a compromised WSTR shotgun, which will require them to use a Matter Fixative during a run if they want to exfil with it.

Bungie has also reduced the health of most UESC enemies on the map, which it says is being done to alleviate some of the resource burden in both Solos and Crews when it comes to engaging these dangerous units in battle. "The goal here is to allow your bullets and meds to go further without reducing too much of the UESCs' bite," Bungie added. Other annoying bugs that have been patched include one where players could sometimes die instantly in confinement events, while various weapons have been adjusted.

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Progression in Slay The Spire 2 relies on you completing objectives in your countless runs. You can keep track of what you've unlocked via the Timeline, a series of events that expand on the story, as well as give objectives for you to complete. By finishing them, you'll get rewards that will then begin appearing in future runs, such as single-use potions, perk-giving relics, and busted cards.

Some of the requirements are your typical Roguelike game fare: playing through runs until your inevitable demise. However, others need you to beat some of the tricky Slay The Spire 2 bosses, kill several elite enemies, or reach a predetermined point value across all of your runs. There are so many objectives in the first version of Slay The Spire 2's early access, including some that hint at new areas and unlockables that will appear in the future, so let's go through all the Epochs and what they unlock.

The Timeline shows all previously unlocked Epochs, while conditions for unlocking characters, modes, relics, cards, and potions are hidden behind blurred images.All Slay The Spire Timeline Epoch unlock conditions

There are currently over 50 Slay The Spire 2 Epochs you can unlock in the early access period across your many runs. It will likely take you dozens of runs to complete the entire Timeline, and more are sure to follow over the next few months. Rather than having to flip back and forth to see what the objectives are, here are all the unlock conditions for the Epochs in one place:

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The character you select in Slay the Spire 2 is one of the most important choices throughout your entire run. Each character comes with their own deck, abilities, and stats that require you to use a unique playstyle compared to one of the other characters.

Slay the Spire 2 has five total characters that you can choose from, but not all of them are unlocked right from the start of the game. If you want to see how to unlock a certain character or see which characters are better than others, take a look at the complete guide below.

All characters in Slay the Spire 2

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Pokemon Pokopia has finally arrived on Nintendo Switch 2, and to commemorate its launch, Pokemon Go is holding a special crossover celebration until March 16. All throughout the event, Pokemon featured in the Switch 2 game will be appearing more frequently in Go, including its main star: Ditto.

For a limited time, a special hat-wearing variant of the shapeshifting Pokemon will be available in the wild and as a Research reward. Encountering one won't be so straightforward, however, as Ditto will be disguised as new Pokemon during the event. To help you get one, we've put together this guide on how to catch Ditto and what Pokemon it could be disguised as.

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How To Catch Ditto

There are several ways to find Ditto during the Pokopia Celebration event, but they'll require some patience.

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After a long hiatus between Mega Man games, Mega Man: Dual Override is slated to bring back Capcom's iconic hero. However, Ben Diskin--the actor who voiced the title character in Mega Man 11--has revealed that he won't be returning for Dual Override because Capcom is refusing to abide by SAG-AFTRA regulations in the next game.

"With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man," Diskin wrote in a post on Bluesky. "I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract."

According to Diskin, one of the reasons he refused the offer was a potential lack of AI protections, which Capcom insists are already part of the contract. But without SAG-AFTRA's backing, Diskin may not have been able to enforce that contract provision.

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For the first time since 2023, Epic Games is increasing the price of Fortnite V-Bucks, with the change going into effect March 19. But unlike last time, when Epic simply made each V-Buck pack cost a few dollars more, the changes this time are a lot more complicated and warrant a bit of a discussion. You can read Epic's announcement here, and we'll run through the changes in depth below so you can understand them a little better.

1. You get fewer V-Bucks for your money

Instead of raising the prices of the different tiers of V-Buck packs in Fortnite, Epic is decreasing the amount of V-Bucks you get for your money--the $9 pack will grant 800 V-Bucks instead of 1,000, the $23 pack will grant 2,400 instead of 2,800, the $36 pack will include 4,500 instead of 5,000, and the $90 pack will include 12,500 instead of 13,500.

It's the change to that second pack that's going to be the most impactful, because there have been many cosmetic bundles that cost between 2,500 and 2,800 V-Bucks, and now folks may need to buy a more expensive pack of V-Bucks or use the new "Exact Amount" top-up feature to buy those bundles. Unfortunately, the top-up is also about to become significantly pricier itself.

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In January, developer Jagex announced the removal of microtransactions from its wildly popular 25-year-old MMO, RuneScape. Players rejoiced, but now the other shoe has dropped: It seems that the removal of microtransactions may come at a price--specifically, an increase in the game's monthly subscription fee.

In a new blog post, Jagex detailed plans to increase the game's monthly subscription price from $14 to $15 per month, with the yearly plan increasing from $99.48 to $131.88 per year. The price increase--which comes less than two years after the last time Jagex raised subscription fees for its aging MMO--goes into effect on April 9.

The good news is that this price hike won't affect any players who have an active monthly subscription at a grandfathered rate.

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Resident Evil Requiem may be a little too scary for Hideki Kamiya, which is ironic since he directed the original Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and worked on the first RE game as well as Resident Evil Zero. Despite that survival-horror pedigree, Kamiya recently expressed his desire to play Requiem without having to deal with its scarier scenes.

Kamiya's studio, Clovers, posted a clip of the team playing Requiem, which includes Kamiya's remarks about about the franchise.

"I've been saying forever they should make a 'non-scary' mode," said Kamiya. "Look, I just want to enjoy the puzzles ... and the combat. I don't need the scary stuff."

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Nintendo has finally given players a glimpse of Elephant Rosalina via a new trailer for the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, which launches later this month.

Three minutes and 26 seconds into the trailer, Rosalina appears in her human form, standing near an Elephant Fruit. Once consumed, she transforms into Elephant Rosalina. In addition to her standard teal dress and royal crown, the ever-fashionable princess is still sporting her iconic hairdo while in elephant form, with her bangs covering one eye as they always have. (That enormous elephant trunk is on full display, however.)

Elephant Rosalina has been a topic of discussion among Mario fans for years, with YouTuber Zack Scott commissioning artwork of her back in 2023 that looks surprisingly similar to her appearance in Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park.

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Players should not expect Mega Crit to ever add microtransactions to Slay the Spire 2, according to recent comments from one of its developers.

In a recent interview with Destructoid, Mega Crit co-founder Casey Yano admitted that "a lot of our players threaten to buy all and any cosmetics we may ever release," but that the indie team has no interest in releasing any such content because "we're microtransaction haters." He went on to elaborate that Mega Crit wants "players to experience all of the same content as discussion of game content and balance is sort of our lifeblood."

Mega Crit recently released Slay the Spire 2 into early access on Steam, and it was a massive hit. At the time of this writing, the game has achieved a concurrent player count peak of 574,638, which is higher than Marathon or even Arc Raiders ever achieved. Although Mega Crit could heavily monetize that large player base if it wanted to, and some people might not even complain about it, the studio is only interested in free updates throughout early access.

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Former Xbox executive Peter Moore--who helped run Xbox during its earliest days--has come forward to say the console war between Microsoft and Sony was maybe "all my fault." Speaking to The Game Business, Moore said he might bear some of the responsibility for how heated things can get when fans of one piece of plastic argue with fans of another piece of plastic. To be sure, the console wars didn't begin with PlayStation vs. Xbox, as Nintendo and Sega had beef years before.

"Maybe it's all my fault, developing the console wars and getting in each other's faces," he said.

Moore specifically help orchestrate the so-called "console war" based in part on learnings from when he worked at the shoe company Reebok. He said when he was competing with the likes of Nike, Adidas, and Puma, the idea was to "create this sense of competition."

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Diablo 4's upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion is making yet another big change to the ARPG's difficulty system, this time increasing the number of Torment tiers from four to 12.

Blizzard revealed the news as part of an interview with ARPG content creator Wudijo. In the interview, associate game director Zaven Haroutunian said the eight additional Torment tiers are an attempt to keep the world and enemies relevant as players grow stronger. The increased rewards from higher tiers is one reason why the expansion is adding a loot filter, Haroutunian said.

Design director of systems Colin Finer told PC Gamer in a separate interview that 12 Torment tiers makes the increased rewards for each tier "more granular." However, while Torment will go all the way up to 12, most players aren't intended to ever reach that point. The game's highest difficulty will instead be aspirational, with game designer Aislyn Hall stating Torment 12 is going to be "really f****** hard."

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Arvore and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality have released a new trailer for The Boys: Trigger Warning, offering a first look at VR gameplay and confirming that it'll release later this month.

The Boys: Trigger Warning lands on Meta Quest 3 on March 26, about two weeks before the fifth and final season of the Prime Video TV show begins on April 8. A PlayStation VR2 port is also in development, but does not yet have a release date. The game follows a man named Lucas Costa who teams up with The Boys in order to rescue his daughter and get revenge on a group called The Armstrongs.

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One of the more impressive-looking games of March 2026 is easily Crimson Desert, as the open-world fantasy game looks rich with bandits, brigands, and beasts to conquer across the beautiful--yet brutal--continent of Pywel. Is your PC up to the challenge of rendering all those pixels and just how well will it run on console? Developer Pearl Abyss has released official PC requirements and the targeted performance levels for consoles for the game, which runs on the studio's proprietary BlackSpace Engine.

The PC requirements aren't too demanding if you're aiming for a 1080p experience at 60 FPS, but once you start looking to push the visuals up to the sweet spot of 1440p or beyond, that's when you'll need to start investing in some expensive PC hardware. No matter which performance level you target, the game will require you to have at least 16GB of RAM and an SSD with 150GB of storage capacity available.

Over on consoles, the performance targets from Pearl Abyss detail the resolutions and frame rates Xbox and PlayStation players can expect on their systems. With the exception of the Xbox Series S, console users will have three modes to choose from: Performance, Balanced, and Quality. PS5 Pro owners can get an upscaled 4K resolution from the Performance and Balanced modes, while the Quality mode offers a native 4K at 30 FPS.

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