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Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet will be stepping away from being the voice actor for Mario, a role he has been the primary steward of for over three decades. Charles Martinet first took the role of Marioin the early 1990s, where he’d voice the character as part of interactive exhibits at trade shows. Nintendo loved his performance, so the now 67 year-old-actor went on to voice the character in games likeMario Teaches Typing, Mario’s Game Gallery, and most famously,Super Mario 64....

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ It wouldn’t be a new video game system if there weren’t at least a few sports games to go with the launch, and EA has stepped up to fill that role with a port of the Madden franchise....

Apple has announced several new finishes for the Apple Watch, and a wide selection of new Watch bands. While the hardware remains unchanged, it has been given new colors and new bands, ready to customize the look even further. Here’s what we know so far. Apple Watch Hermès ($1250 – $1500) A new partnership was announced on stage in San Francisco:Fashion designer Hermèswill be producing special bands for the Watch. Prices haven’t been announced, but they’re unlikely to be cheap, and they’ll be on sale in October through selected retailers....

It’s Week 18 in theNFL season, meaning teams only have one more game left on the schedule. One of those games features the New York Jets (6-10) taking on the New England Patriots (4-12). Coverage onFoxbegins at1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on January 7. Chris Myers and Robert Smith will call the game from the booth, with Jen Hale reporting from the sidelines at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Will this be Bill Belichick’s last game as the coach of the New England Patriots?...

No car has tested the maxim “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” like theNissan 370Z. The two-seat sports car has had one of the longest production runs of any vehicle in recent memory. It was unveiled in late 2008, and has soldiered on with only minor updates since then. Even in old age, the 370Z wasn’t a bad car, but Nissan needed to keep pace with modern tech to prevent one of its most hallowed nameplates from getting stale....

Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 won’t change the fact it’s one of Star Wars’ biggest mistakes Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2 is reportedly in development at Lucasfilm, but it won’t be able to undo theStar Warsseries’ biggest oversight. “Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?” No franchise is immune to making a mistake, but Star Wars has madea lotof them: the notorious, now-affectionately remembered Holiday Special, Attack of the Clones (not one thing, just the whole film), retconning Rey’s junk trader origins, “Somehow… Palpatine returned”, and the revival of all sorts of deep-cut lore from Dave Filoni’s animated universe....

As sites like Facebook continue to crack down on illegal links to pirated content, pirates have scrambled to find new hosts for their torrents. Their latest target may be the publishing platform and one of the internet’s most popular destinations, Medium. Scammers have been found to be abusing Medium to distribute bootlegged copies of the latest movies such asJokerandTerminator: Dark Fate. Along with links to the video files, the posts try to hit as many search keywords as possible....

Pocketpair CEO calls out Tencent over Palworld clone game Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has now called out Tencent for making a Palworld clone game in China and offered their thoughts on it. The popularity ofPalworldis no secret – the indie title shot to fame as soon as players started chaos with this “Pokemon with guns” title. The developers at Pocketpair have often shown their gratitude to the player community for the game’s popularity as well as added new content for free regularly....

Pokemon TCG fans brawl in Costco over botched Blooming Waters release Costco’s accidental early release of the Pokemon TCG’s 151 Blooming Waters Premium Collection has brought out the worst in collectors. ThePokemon TCGhas become a hot-ticket item ever sincethe hobby’s most valuable cardsstarted selling for millions of dollars. Unfortunately for those hoping to play or collect for the love of the game, the potential to strike it rich has created some pandemonium around the pastime....

The wild and wacky cousin to Grand Theft Auto seems to be returning.Saint’s Row’s websitehas updated, removing any mention of the franchise’s previous games and replacing them with a simple message that says “Rebooting.” Besides the message on its page, there isn’t any other notable information about whatever is being planned for theSaint’s Row franchise. However, the page does still list Deep Sliver as the franchise’s publisher and Volition as its developer....

SpaceX has now shipped 100,000 Starlink terminals to customers who’ve signed up for the company’s internet-from-space service. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk dropped the news ina tweeton Monday, August 23. It means the company has added 90,000 new customers to its beta service in just six months. The company opened Starlink to its first paying customers in October 2020 and it now serves 12 countries, with more on the way. Starlink uses a constellation of small satellites in low-Earth orbit to beam down broadband connectivity to customers on the ground using a Starlink dish....

Stellar Blade Eve VA voices this beloved Baldur’s Gate 3 character Stellar Bladeis filled with a colorful cast of characters and talented voice actors, but Baldur’s Gate 3 players may have noticed that Eve’s English VA may sound a little familiar. Stellar Blade is finally out in the wild and it has caused quite a stir within the gaming community. This is largely down tothe game’sprotagonist, Eve, who Shift Up has spent a lot of time creating....

Super Mario Bros. Wonderis home to so many creative levels teeming with unique gameplay mechanics that we’ve never seen in the Mario franchise, but it also features some of the most challenging head-scratchers in the series’ history. As you make your way through the game’s various worlds, you’ll come across Search Party stages, which task you with finding extraordinarily well-hidden Wonder Tokens within a small, but densely packed area. One of the toughest of these trials is the Pipe Park level in Sunbaked Desert....