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Families attending a showing of the blockbuster hit Frozen II were treated to more than just powerful belted high notes from Idina Menzel and adorably funny lines from Josh Gad. At the end of a recent movie screening of the record-breaking animated movie in Moscow, parents and children were all gifted a free Nintendo Switch console as part of a giveaway from Nintendo Russia. The event was hosted thanks to a collaboration between Nintendo Russia, Rambler Group (a popular Russian search engine and web portal), and United Cinema Chain “KINO OKKO” (the biggest cinema chain in Russia)....

Nintendo Switch will offer support for GameCube games via the Virtual Console, three sources have confirmed to Eurogamer. Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi’s Mansion and Super Smash Bros. Melee are said to be working already. The GameCube version of Animal Crossing is believed to be the next title in line for release. Eurogamer points out that the NES emulation inside Animal Crossing is also believed to be working. NES Mini team, Nintendo European Research and Development (NERD), is said to be behind the Switch Virtual Console....

Asked if the console will support streaming services, Nintendo said such functionality won’t be available at launch. “All of our efforts have gone toward making the Nintendo Switch system an amazing dedicated video game platform, so it will not support any video-streaming services at launch,” offered Nintendo in a statement. “However, support for video-streaming services is being considered for a future update.” Given Nintendo has supported streaming services on its older platforms there’s no reason to think Switch will be any different, it’s a just a shame services won’t be there from day one....

In No More Heroes 3, you will come across several high-powered assassins, making an upgrade to your character an absolute must. Upgrading is necessary because of the difficulty of the game that will only increase as you progress through the game. In this article, we will show you how to upgrade your character. How to Upgrade in No More Heroes 3? In order to upgrade Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes 3, you will first need to gain access to the Laboratory....

From Software has revealed that its Souls-like slasher Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will not feature any multiplayer component. Speaking with GameSpot during a roundtable interview, From Software’s Yasuhiro Kitao made it clear that, unlike Dark Souls, you won’t be able to invade anyone’s game or have someone give you a helping hand if you’re in a bit of a pickle. Instead, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a single-player experience, so the team has been focusing on making the game mechanics ‘as deep as possible....

Key Points Widely referred to as GPU, graphic processing systems are an essential for designing, gaming, video editing, viewing and even business purposes.There are various graphic cards available, new and old. Although buying a used card might seem unseemly, the quality and output of some of them far exceed expectations.Here is a comprehensive comparison of NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 970, that you can use to decide which one would serve you better....

Sony has had some of the most iconic characters across their four console generations. Nathan Drake, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon are just a few. Unfortunately for Sony, they have also had the pleasure of having some of the most offensive characters in video game history grace their consoles. We are talking about walking cringe fests. Characters that will make you feel ashamed that you ever played those games. Naturally, Sony would like to forget about them as well....

Venturing into virtual worlds has gone from science-fiction to science-fact, with a huge amount of VR headsets coming to market in recent years. VR these days isn’t quite up to the standards of the Oasis from Ready Player One, but it can add an exciting new dimension to your gaming and social experiences. Knowing which VR headset to buy isn’t always easy, though, so we’ve gathered some of our favourites into this handy guide....

Square Enix kicked off the first episode of its monthly Broadcast series for People Can Fly’s upcoming RPG shooter Outriders last night, giving us some new glimpses of gameplay from the forthcoming game. The videos, which we’ve embedded below – include a 15 minute chunk of gameplay from one of the game’s early missions, alongside others on how the game will offer customisable difficulty through its World Tier system – allowing players to choose higher world tiers if they fancy more of a challenge for higher rewards; you’ll be able to unlock these tiers through an experience system that will work alongside but seperate from your character experience level with exp from combat counting towards your world level but not that from quests....

The Microsoft Store is currently offering discounts on several Xbox Wireless Controllers. The sale includes various design and color options, which is perfect for those players wanting to purchase additional controllers that is not the standard black or white. Microsoft is slashing $10 off on all Xbox Wireless Controllers in its online store. It is unclear how long the sale will last, but it is assumed that the prices of the controllers would remain discounted as long as stocks are still available....

It seems as though the Xbox One is about to receive a pair of Platinum Games classics. Late last night, a pair of listings for both Vanquish and Bayonetta appeared on the Microsoft store with listings for the Xbox One. Among the details were support for One X (i.e. 4K resolution), cloud saving, and mention of 60 FPS playback. If that weren’t enough confirmation, a dual pack of both games also appeared on the store....

Midnight Fight Express on PC Midnight Fight Express doesn’t want to be a difficult game. It wants to be a cool game. More specifically, it wants to be a cool action movie that you can play. It wants you to be your very own John Wick or Neo, and in that, it excels. The story takes place over the course of a single night. You play as Babyface, a young punk who used to be a part of the criminal underworld but got out eventually....

Just like live-action films based on video games, America has a pretty bad track record when it comes to adapting manga/anime into live-action movies. This was evident with the negatively-reviewed Death Note film that came out most recently on Netflix. But, as bad as the Death Note movie was, it is still not the worst movie based on an anime/manga series to come out of the United States. That prestigious title goes to Dragonball: Evolution....

Copper Ore is a new resource in Minecraft that you can mine for and use. It is part of the new 1.18 update for Caves and Cliffs. So, what can you actually use this new resource for? Scroll down and find out more about everything that you can do with Copper Ore. How to use Copper Ore in Minecraft? There are two main things you can make from copper in the game....

Retro-themed adventurer Minit has been buffed with a new Speedrun setting, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. The new mode adds a bunch of new on-screen info, including a timer that tracks how long you’ve been tucking into the game, as well as support for any type of percentage speedruns through to 110% for grabbing absolutely everything on offer. Given that Minit is a game that is based around the very concept of time – your character can only live for 60 seconds before respawning, after all – this new option makes perfect sense....

Adapting the enormous world of the beloved 2001 novel Mortal Engines is a big task… even for the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “After The Hobbit, I was exhausted and didn’t want to face the huge pressure of directing another tentpole film like this,” Peter Jackson says when we catch up with him at NYCC. And it’s understandable. Mortal Engines imagines a future where, following a catastrophic war, London and other large cities are moving behemoths—people, architecture, and cultures situated on top of gargantuan gears and tracks that race these metropolises across a desolate landscape....

Yesterday, Mortal Kombat 11 fans got a look at Nightwolf in action by way of a new gameplay trailer. While teasers for this forthcoming Mortal Kombat 11 DLC character have been shared previously, this new MK11 Nightwolf gameplay trailer is the first time that players have seen him in combat, and there is quite a bit to be learned from this footage. To begin, Nightwolf gets things started with a bang in the new Mortal Kombat 11 trailer, going straight into a string that appears to begin with an overhead attack....

Fans patiently awaiting the upcoming Mortal Kombat film get to see two new faces added to the roster. The production has officially cast its Shang Tsung and Scorpion. The new Mortal Kombat movie will take another shot at bringing the popular fighting game to the big screen. The film, due out in 2021, hasn’t begun shooting yet, but as production ramps up, new actors get revealed every week. As the roster continues to fill out, it seems everyone’s favorite characters will all get a shot at appearing in the upcoming film....

Warner Bros has finally announced that the live action Mortal Kombat movie will land on UK streaming services from May 6, just over two weeks after the movie’s launch in the US. The film originally launched on streaming service HBO Max and at limited cinemas in the States on April 23, however a UK launch was nowhere to be seen. Originally, the movie had been expected to release in cinemas on these shores the same day, but national lockdowns due to the global pandemic resulted in cinemas not being allowed to re-open until May 17....

It’s awards season here at Twinfinite, and throughout this month we’re going to look back at our favorite games of 2021. While it certainly wasn’t the busiest year for the games industry, there were certainly a few gems that stood out as doing something new and special, so here are our picks for the most innovative games of 2021. Voted on by our editors, these were the games that stood apart from the pack by introducing us to something new, whether it be via gameplay, story or something else entirely, so let’s take a look at the best of the year....