Earlier this month, word broke that Star Trek: Lower Decks will end after Season 5 premieres this fall. However, series creator Mike McMahan has already lined up his next show. Via Variety, Comedy Central has ordered a new comedy series based on Sega's Golden Axe video games.

McMahan co-created Golden Axe with showrunner Joe Chandler, and they will co-write the first episode and executive produce the series. According to the show's official description, the series will follow "veteran warriors Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead as they once again battle to save Yuria from the evil giant Death Adder who just won’t seem to stay dead. Fortunately, this time they have the inexperienced and underprepared Hampton Squib on their side.”

The voice cast for the series has already been lined up with Spartacus star Liam McIntyre as Ax Battler, Lisa Gilroy as Tyris Flare, Matthew Rhys as Gilius Thunderhead, Danny Pudi as Hampton Squib, and Carl Tart as Chronos "Evil" Lait. Comedy Central also shared the following character descriptions.

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The Japanese version of April 2024's Nintendo Indie World showcase included the release of a great game that wasn't in the North American one.

The game is Bread & Fred, a co-op platformer that follows two brother penguins as they try to reach the top of a snowy summit. It was first released on PC last year, but is now launching on Nintendo Switch on May 23. Two players can grab a Joy-Con in order to navigate the treacherous mountain. There's also a new character named Pol the Polar Bear and he hosts time trial-challenges for Bread and Fred to participate in.

Nintendo sometimes has different versions of their Direct presentations depending on region, and this one was no exception. A new Crayon Shin-chan game was revealed during the February 2021 Japanese Direct, and people were wondering if it was going to be released overseas, which it eventually was. During the February 2024 Japanese Direct, the RPG Reynatis was revealed, only for a separate localization announcement to occur days later.

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Fire Emblem Engage, one of the best Switch games of 2023--and a game that deserved more attention in general--is on sale now for a killer price. While Nintendo's first-party games typically go for $60 long after launch and are occasionally discounted to $40, you can grab this fun tactical-RPG for just $20 from Walmart.

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Fire Emblem Engage

Like other games in the series, Fire Emblem Engage puts you in command of a small army of unique characters in a fantasy world. This particular entry in the series plays like a highlight reel of previous Fire Emblem games, as you can fuse your characters with the power of protagonists from older games. This new "Engage" mechanic puts a neat spin on the traditional turn-based strategy gameplay, opening up new options on the battlefield.

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Sony has revealed the PlayStation overlay function for PC, a new interface bringing many more PlayStation elements to the platform--starting with Ghost of Tsushima.

What this overlay function does is that it shows you your friends list, Trophies, settings, and your profile from your PlayStation account on your Windows PC. To pull it up, it's as simple as pressing Shift + F1 shortcut on your keyboard or accessing it through the in-game menu. The PlayStation overlay is also completely optiona for Ghost of Tsushima's single-player experience and its Legends multiplayer mode.

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When Playing Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on PC, you can earn Trophies just as if you were playing it on PlayStation consoles. Both the PC and PS5 versions share the same Trophy list. However, if you like Steam and Epic Games Store Achievements, the PC version supports those too.

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Nintendo Switch Lite: Timmy & Tommy Aloha Edition

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Nintendo released the Nintendo Switch Lite: Animal Crossing Edition during the holiday season last year, giving the compact handheld a stylish new design that was available in either pink (exclusive to Target) or blue (exclusive to Walmart). Fast forward to today, and the blue system is getting its first-ever discount. After adding the Nintendo Switch Lite: Timmy & Tommy's Aloha Edition to your cart at Walmart, the price will drop to just $179 (down from $200). It has an adorable Animal Crossing design and comes with a digital copy of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. As such, this is arguably the best Switch Lite deal we've ever seen at a major retailer.

Nintendo Switch Lite: Timmy & Tommy Aloha Edition $179 (was $200)

Only the blue version is eligible for this discount. The pink version was temporarily discounted at Target, but it has since sold out. That means there's a strong possibility this one will sell out too--so you'll need to move fast to cash in on this impressive deal. Keep in mind that you won't see the final price until you add it to your cart, at which point it should drop to $179.

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This version of the Switch Lite doesn’t just feature cute Animal Crossing artwork through its chassis (including white artwork on the back and a small icon on the front), but you also get a download code for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. And since New Horizons typically retails for $60, you're essentially getting a Switch Lite for $120.

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After confounding players with peculiar puzzles in Device 6 and Year Walk and tapping toes with the musical Sayonara Wild Hearts, Simogo has been teasing its next adventure, Lorelei And The Laser Eyes, since June of 2022. Today, during Nintendo's latest Indie World livestream, the studio announced the game will launch for Nintendo Switch on May 16.

Lorelei And The Laser Eyes is a non-linear puzzle game starring the titular Lorelei, who is invited to what looks like an old European hotel at first glance, but quickly turns into a living nightmare. The player, as Lorelei, must solve puzzles and venture through the hotel in order to figure out what's happening and escape.

The game will feature over 100 puzzles with "shifting mechanics and perspectives" according to Simogo, with each puzzle bringing Lorelei closer to the truth. The trailer that premiered during the Indie World event shows a few examples of what players can expect, including a combination-lock puzzle, pieces of paper that connect to form an image, and a clue in an envelope delivered by a cute black dog.

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While cats aren't known as water lovers, that's not stopping Cat Quest 3 from taking on the high seas. Developer The Gentlebros announced today at the Nintendo Indie World Showcase that the third entry in the action-RPG series will launch August 8--International Cats Day.

In addition, Cat Quest 3 is getting a free demo later today on Nintendo Switch. It should give players a taste of what sailing in the Purribean is like for the game. The small slice of the full game will focus on the opening areas of the experience and first encounters with some of the characters. But be on the lookout for Pi-rats, who also occupy the seas in the sequel. The Gentlebros also revealed that preorders will go live today, too.

Cat Quest 3 will be playable as a solo affair or in local co-op with family and friends. In addition to having your own ship for the first time in the series, the game also features a refreshed combat system. For instance, The Gentlebros highlights that there will be "weapon swapping and tighter attack combos."

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The three Fantastic Four films--four if you count the infamous Roger Corman spectacle--haven't been the most memorable comic book movies. Yeah, the first two starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, and Chris Evans made some money, but Alba getting a Razzie nomination for Sue Storm wasn't exactly promising. The follow-up reboot in 2015 with Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan sealed the deal.

Marvel Studios teased Fantastic Four finally heading over to the Juggernaut during the San Diego Comic-Con panel back in 2019, with the cast finally announced back in February. Joseph Quinn, who's taking over as the Human Torch Johnny Storm said he's a huge fan of Evans' take on the character and wants to do it justice.

"I remember really enjoying Chris Evans' performance as Johnny in the previous films, and it felt like this would be a really exciting opportunity; I was absolutely signed up," Quinn told Entertainment Weekly. The actor added that he feels like has big boots to fill and wanted to make the role his own.

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Another SteamWorld game is on the horizon, as Thunderful has announced SteamWorld Heist 2 is coming very soon. The sequel to the turn-based tactical game will release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch on August 8.

Like the first installment, SteamWorld Heist 2 stars a ragtag group of Steambots who do battle in narrow, multi-level 2D corridors with a unique ricochet trick-shot mechanic to take out enemies. This time you're led by Captain Leeway and his crewmates. The heroes are looking into a crisis that corrupts the water and corrodes their mechanical limbs. They'll fight against factions like the high-powered (and blinged out) Navy or the cultist Rattlers who have started replacing their mechanical parts with organic bones that won't rust.

SteamWorld Heist 2 will feature an interactive world map that has you exploring the tropical high seas in a submarine-like vessel and coming into encounters with enemy ships, including naval battles with its own equipment to customize. Thunderful told GameSpot that an interactive map was one of the ideas it had originally planned for the first SteamWorld Heist, but it ultimately had to be cut. As in the first, the ship is also your home and upgrade hub.

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TMNT Splintered Fate was released as an exclusive on the Apple Arcade in May 2023. Now, the recent Nintendo Indie World stream has revealed that TMNT Splintered Fate will be receiving a timed console-exclusive Nintendo Switch launch later this year.

TMNT Splintered Fate is an isometric multiplayer game and is also the series' first step into roguelikes. You play as the iconic turtles--Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo--on their quest to save Master Splinter, who has been taken by Shredder. Each run is different and will allow you to upgrade the specific abilities of the turtles with each playthrough. Each of the turtles will have different movesets that will aid you on your rift-hopping journey. For example, Donatello has a greater reach of his attacks, while Raphael is savvy in dealing critical damage to enemies.

Turtle Powers allow customization options, such as increased maximum health by choosing the Pizza Box for a run, but Turtle Powers are reset after a run is over. Artifacts, on the other hand, will give you permanent upgrades for stronger impact.

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Baldur's Gate 3 was a huge success for developer Larian Studios and Hasbro, the latter of which owns Wizards of the Coast and the Dungeons & Dragons series. Despite that success, Larian is moving on to a new project and is not making Baldur's Gate 4. But Hasbro is keen to continue the Baldur's Gate series with a different team at the helm.

Eugene Evans, the senior vice president for digital strategy and licensing as Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, told PC Gamer that it's going to take its time to map out the future of Baldur's Gate.

"We're now talking to lots of partners and being approached by a lot of partners who are embracing the challenge of, what does the future of the Baldur's Gate franchise look like?" Evans said. "So we certainly hope that it's not another 25 years, as it was from Baldur's Gate 2 to 3, before we answer that. But we're going to take our time and find the right partner, the right approach, and the right product that could represent the future of Baldur's Gate. We take that very, very seriously, as we do with all of our decisions around our portfolio. We don't rush into decisions as to who to partner with on products or what products we should be considering."

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Disney Illusion Island is a charming, family-friendly metroidvania with fantastic art direction, a wonderful soundtrack, and writing that's on par with modern Mickey Mouse cartoons. The Nintendo Switch-exclusive platformer launched last year at a budget price of $40. If you haven't played it yet, though, Walmart's current offer is a steal. You can snag a physical copy of Disney Illusion Island for only $20.

Disney Illusion Island

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A big draw to this game--besides the vibrant art--is that it works brilliantly as either a solo or cooperative experience. Teaming up with up to three others is where the experience is at its best, as the squad of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy get to flex their animated muscles in stages where their unique talents shine.

There is no attack button or combat abilities in this game, as the action comes down to jumping, evasion, and gathering up tools to help you stay one step ahead of dastardly foes, but the challenge is just right for all ages. Plus, it's effortlessly charming with its visual and audio design.

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Last year, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania dramatically collapsed at the box office after a strong opening weekend, leaving the future of the franchise in doubt. But there's at least one Quantumania cast member who wanted out of the MCU before the movie debuted: Michael Douglas.

Via Entertainment Weekly, Douglas was a guest on The View earlier this week, and he wasn't shy about his desire to see his character, Hank Pym, get killed off in Quantuamania.

"This actually was my request for the third one," said Douglas "I said I'd like to have a serious [death], with all these great special effects. There's got to be some fantastic way where I can shrink to an ant size and explode, whatever it is. I want to use all those effects. But, that was on the last one. Now, I don't think I'm going to show up."

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Somewhere, over the rainbow, actor Jack Black has all but confirmed that he's portraying Steve in the upcoming Minecraft movie. He begins a recent social media post by singing about a double rainbow--a callback to this internet classic--before bringing viewers inside his trailer.

On Instagram, Black shows the sign "Steve" posted on his door, while the interior is filled with pictures of Steve from the sandbox video game. The actor ends the video (seen below) with a smirk, which heavily implies he's portraying the iconic character in the Minecraft movie.

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This wouldn't be the first notable video game character Black has portrayed. Last year, he provided the voice for Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Black even landed in the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time as a solo artist for singing Peaches in the animated film. Later this year, he will lend his voice again to a video game movie, this time as Claptrap in the Borderlands adaptation.

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The animated series Family Guy debuted in 1999, meaning it celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. But would creator Seth MacFarlane ever consider wrapping it up and moving on? Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, MacFarlane--who is no longer working directly on the show--said he has no plans to call it quits.

"At this point, I don't see a good reason to stop. People still love it. It makes people happy and it funds some good causes," he said. "It's a lot of extraneous cash that you can donate to Rainforest Trust and you can still go out to dinner that night."

In 2019, MacFarlane donated $1 million to the Rainforest Trust to help protect tropical habitats.

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Ghost of Tsushima is making its PC debut on May 16, and ahead of its release, Nixxes Software has revealed more details on the system and cross-play requirements for this port.

For the hardware requirements, there aren't any big surprises here. An SSD with 75GB of storage capacity is recommended, and for a decent 1080p 60fps experience, you'll be just fine with an Nvidia 20-series GPU and 16GB of RAM. If you're looking to play the game with all the visual details cranked up to the max and at 4K 60fps, you'll naturally need to have some top-tier hardware like an Nvidia 4080 or Radeon RX 7900 XT GPU.

Ghost of Tsushima PC requirementsPresetVery LowMediumHighVery HighAverage performance720p at 30fps1080p at 60fps1440p at 60fps or 4K at 30fps4K at 60fpsProcessorIntel Core i3 or7100AMD Ryzen 3 1200Intel Core i5 or 8600AMD Ryzen 5 3600Intel Core i5 or 11400AMD Ryzen 5 5600Intel Core i5 or11400AMD Ryzen 5 5600GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTNvidia GeForce GTX 2060 AMD or Radeon RX 5600 XTNvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD or Radeon RX 6800Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 AMD or Radeon RX 7900 XTMemory8GB16GB16GB16GBStorage75GB HDD space (SSD recommended)75GB SSD space75GB SSD space75GB SSD space

As a reminder, Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on PC is fully optimized for ultra-wide monitors and also supports upscaling technologies like Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR to help you get the most out of your GPU. Like the PS5 version, DualSense features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are also included, but only if you use a wired connection to your PC.

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The Mario Kart DS speedrunning community have discovered a new shortcut in the almost 20-year-old game, unlocking a new way for speedrunning die-hards to shave some more time off a lap, as picked up by GoNintendo.

While most Mario Kart fans have probably moved on to more recent titles in the kart racing series, speedrunners are still putting the older games through their paces, and discovering new tricks in the process. The latest development sees a new shortcut in 2005's Mario Kart DS, which was discovered in the Waluigi Pinball level.

The potential shortcut was initially unearthed by players doing tool-assisted runs, but for the first time speedrunner iMathll has managed to hit the tricky shortcut during an actual race. "It's been a very long time coming for this game," iMathll says in the video description, celebrating their first world record in Mario Kart DS. You can see how it plays out in the video above.

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Mortal Kombat 1's latest patch is live now, bringing telepathic ninja Ermac to early access players, as well as a huge list of bug fixes and balance tweaks. Here's what's new in Mortal Kombat 1's latest patch.

The patch comes as last year's Mortal Kombat 1 moves into its fifth season, the Season of Storms. DLC fighter Ermac is the patch's biggest addition in terms of new content, with the mysterious ninja available now in early access for Kombat Pack players, while his broader release will follow next week on April 23. Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon recently revealed how Ermac originated from an error message, only becoming a playable character after years of player-driven speculation.

Multiple characters are getting upgrades and fixes as part of the new patch, for the sake of balancing MK1's growing roster. While some fighters are getting new tricks and attacks for their arsenals, others including Raiden and Peacemaker have had some of their abilities nerfed. Kameo fighters have also seen some bug fixes and tweaks.

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CD Projekt Red is starting to talk in high level terms about its planned Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, after wrapping up the original game with the ambitious and well-received Phantom Liberty expansion. Pawel Sasko, the associate director of the next Cyberpunk game, has spoken with Aftermath on how the team is approaching the sequel.

Known internally as Project Orion, the Cyberpunk sequel is still in very early stages of development, with a relatively small team spread across studios in Boston, Poland, and Vancouver. Sasko explained that many of the managers and directors who worked on Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty are also on the new game, as well as some of the leads. "We want to make sure that whole DNA is preserved and still in the game," he explained.

With the game in early development, it's still unclear what the sequel will look like, but Sasko says he's interested in expanding on the concept of reactivity that was more of a focus in Phantom Liberty, which he worked on as quest director.

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After saying earlier this year that its impending cost reduction program wouldn't include layoffs, GTA parent company Take-Two has revealed that it will be cutting its workforce by approximately 5% throughout this year. The company also said it would be cancelling some unspecified projects as part of the cost reductions.

According to a filing with the United States SEC, the Take-Two board of directors has just approved its cost reduction plan. The plan will focus on "eliminating several projects in development and streamlining its organizational structure, which will eliminate headcount and reduce future hiring needs."

Take-Two estimates that enacting the plan will cost it around $160 to $200 million, with costs relating to title cancellations, employee severance, and reductions in the company's office space. The plan is expected to affect around 5% of Take-Two's workforce, approximately 600 employees.

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