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So, Takaya Imamura, a Nintendo artist who’s worked on the series for ages, has been sharing his thoughts on the new Star Fox game online. He’s really happy it’s finally happening, which is awesome! But he admitted he’s a little conflicted about how the characters look now. He basically said if he’d been on the team, he probably wouldn’t have gone with those designs. Still, he thinks the game seems to have a good overall vision and that Nintendo’s really pulling everything together nicely.

Ryan Cohen, the CEO of GameStop, recently posted a playful message on X (formerly Twitter): “I’m selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay,” and included a link to his eBay store. This isn’t the first time Cohen has grabbed attention with an online auction. Last year, following an incident nicknamed “Staplegate,” he famously auctioned off his underwear along with a prototype Switch 2 console. Now, he’s selling retro video games and gaming memorabilia on eBay, and each item comes with a copy of a letter he wrote to GameStop’s board about the company’s offer to buy eBay.

This new system offers a substantial performance boost, delivering improvements in speed, efficiency, and visual quality thanks to its custom AMD processor. This processor should reduce bottlenecks and allow the graphics card to work more effectively. Ray tracing, a technology that creates realistic lighting, will also see a major upgrade with improved features for both ray tracing and path tracing. The developers claim this will result in ray tracing performance ten times better than what’s currently achievable on the Xbox Series X and S.

The game will also feature spoken descriptions of on-screen menus and important game details, like coordinates and ship information. As previously mentioned, you’ll be able to customize the heads-up display, and now you can also fine-tune visual effects, including highlights for points of interest and docking areas.

I’ve been a fan of Resident Evil for ages, and it’s been amazing to watch it change over the years. It started as this really creepy, slow-burn horror game with zombies and those classic fixed camera angles. But it didn’t stay there! The series has tried out so many different things – action, really messed up psychological horror, co-op shooting, even switching to first-person – but somehow, it still feels like Resident Evil. Then came Resident Evil Village in May 2021, and honestly, even for this series that’s known for being wild, it was completely off the rails… in the best way possible, of course!

For decades, the people making Star Trek shows and movies have been adding hidden references, or “Easter eggs,” to other famous science fiction series, including many nods to Star Wars. The connection with Doctor Who is particularly strong – a 2012 comic book even featured a team-up between the Eleventh Doctor and the crew of the Enterprise-D. However, many other sci-fi characters could easily fit into the Star Trek universe and work well alongside the Enterprise crew.

It feels like the story of Final Fantasy 7 is already being extended too far by dividing it into three games, so adding even more content with downloadable updates seems unnecessary.

So, I was reading up on what Microsoft’s planning for the next generation of consoles, and apparently, they’re really focusing on how textures look. Jason Ronald, a VP at Microsoft, talked about this at GDC 2026. They’re using some advanced texture compression – even incorporating new tech with neural networks! But it’s not just that; they’re also going all-in on something called Zstandard. Basically, with the newest version of DirectStorage – which now supports Zstandard – we’re gonna be able to load game assets directly from the SSD super fast. It should make a huge difference in loading times and overall game performance, which is awesome!

On May 7th, Peacock will release all nine episodes of M.I.A., a new revenge thriller from the creator of Ozark. The series follows Etta Tiger Jonze, played by Shannon Gisela, as she seeks vengeance after her family’s drug operation is dismantled and her family is killed. Set in the vibrant and dangerous world of Miami, the show depicts her pursuit of those responsible. The first episode will also air on NBC on May 14th at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

Now that Iron Man is gone and Captain America has retired, Thor is likely to become a central figure in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars movies. Chris Hemsworth has been with the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a long time, and there are no current plans for his character to leave. He’s hinted that Marvel has a plan for Thor’s story even after the current saga finishes in 2027. This is fantastic news for fans who love the character and have been with the MCU since the beginning. However, if Hemsworth ever decides to move on, Marvel’s Kevin Feige and his team are prepared with a suitable storyline.