Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has said he is interested in continuing to produce video tie-ins for games, after this had a positive impact on sales for a past game. The English translation of a Nintendo investor Q&A was published today, and in it, Miyamoto cited on example of where a video series helped improve game sales.He said when Nintendo brought the Kirby animated series to Europe, it had a "v... more.

The Super Mario franchise is known for its Gamer Over screens, but don't expect to see them in this year's highly anticipated Super Mario Odyssey. The game's Japanese Twitter account recently posted a video that shows what happens when Mario dies. You will lose an allotment of coins, but you'll never see a Game Over screen, apparently.As Polygon explains, Odyssey also doesn't have lives and 1-Ups.... more.

It looks it won't be long until we know more about Call of Duty: WWII's Zombies mode. A tweet from the Call of Duty account says that the first official reveal of developer Sledgehammer Games' "twisted new vision" for Call of Duty Zombies will be revealed on July 20.The tweet (via Game Informer) suggests that the reveal will happen at San Diego Comic-Con. That's all we know for now, but Activision... more.

Sony has announced that PlayStation Trophies now sync "much more quickly" on PS4, meaning you'll be able to show off your achievements quicker than ever before.Although syncing to the server is noticeably faster than before on PS4, it is still not immediate like on Xbox One: you're still required to go into the Trophies sub-section of the main menu to trigger the synchronization. It's unclear if s... more.

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has a new update out today on its PC public test server, bringing with it a bunch of bug fixes and small improvements.Specifically, you can no longer exit a vehicle that is blocked all the way round, and tire effects will change immediately when a vehicle moves onto a different type of surface. Elsewhere, the game's UI performance has been improved, and a south-east A... more.

Multiplayer in Mass Effect: Andromeda will be getting a new difficulty mode soon. In a new trailer, developer BioWare and publisher EA have teased Platinum difficulty for the game's Apex multiplayer missions, challenging players to "take your skills to the next level." Little more is revealed in the video, but we'll presumably learn more about the update in the near future.Apex missions are Androm... more.

Hollywood producer Adi Shankar (Dredd, Lone Survivor, The Voices, and more) today announced his next project--and it's for one of the biggest franchises in gaming. The 32-year-old producer revealed that he's working on an Assassin's Creed anime series.It is based on Ubisoft's massively popular stealth-action franchise, but it will tell an entirely original story. There is no word as of yet regardi... more.

Telltale Games' first Nintendo Switch game will be Minecraft: Story Mode Season 1 at some point in the future. But could the company bring more of its titles to the system? It sure sounds like it, according to Telltale head of communications Job Stauffer.Minecraft: Story Mode Season 1 is heading to Switch, and it looks like Season 2 and more of Telltale's franchises could show up on the hybrid con... more.

An unreleased Rayman game for the SNES, found after 24 years in 2016, has resurfaced with a playable demo.Series creator Michel Ancel rediscovered the game last year, and now another game developer, Omar Cornut, has posted it to the web so anyone can play it. GameSpot has verified the build does run on PC, though do note you'll need an emulator to play the "very early dev build." Remember to be aw... more.

We already knew Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has two new maps in development. Now, developer Bluehole has shown off one of them for the first time. The desert arena doesn't yet have a name, but we know it's based in Peru and will have sandstorms, among other new features. Take a look at the new images below.I'm at our new @PUBATTLEGROUNDS office in Madison today. The team is working on our desert... more.