Microsoft isn't the only platform-holder teasing its E3 2017 plans. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Fox News that Nintendo has "big" things in store for this year's show."E3 is always a big time for Nintendo," he said (via Nintendo Everything and NeoGAF). "We look at each E3 as a unique opportunity to tell our story. And we're gonna have a big E3 this year. We're going to be sh... more.

With E3 2017 still a few months away, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now spoken out to say that fans can expect Microsoft to dedicate more time to games during the presentation.Writing on Twitter, Spencer said, "I want to give our games more time on stage at E3. I sometimes feel like we rush telling the story of our games at E3."This is not to say that the briefing will be exclusively focused on softw... more.

Next time you try to trade in a used console, you might run into clearance sales--or an empty storefront.Following a year of lower-than-expected sales capped off by a disappointing holiday season, GameStop announced that it anticipates shuttering 2-3% of its stores worldwide in a recent earnings report. Based on this figure, up to 225 of the company’s 7,500 stores worldwide could be facing c... more.

The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) kicked off its 2017 season this week in the Bahamas. Thursday and Friday's play saw an early end for four players; the remaining 12 now compete for their share of the $250,000 prize pool and one of four seats at the HCT World Championship later this year.All matches are in best-of-seven conquest format with a ban, meaning each player must bring five differen... more.

Here's something cool about Deadpool 2: Collider heard from sources that veteran actor Brad Pitt considered playing the role of Cable in the upcoming sequel.According to the report, both film studio Fox and Pitt himself were enthusiastic. However, Pitt has since moved on, but those who want to see the Fight Club actor in the film shouldn't lose all hope yet. "Since this role is very much in flux, ... more.

Streaming giant Netflix and comedy veteran Adam Sandler have reached a new deal under which Sandler will make a further four movies for the digital platform, it was announced this week.Sandler's original deal with Netflix was for four movies, two of which--The Ridiculous Six and The Do-Over--have already been released; the next one, Sandy Wexler, premieres on April 14. The fourth has not been anno... more.

Brian Fargo, an industry veteran who worked at original Fallout developer Interplay and now heads up inXile, has announced that he will retire in 2019 after his studio's latest game, Wasteland 3, comes out. Fargo told Eurogamer, "It seems like a good time to drop the mic," adding that Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera "came out great." Some of inXile's other in-development projects inclu... more.

WWE's PPVs seem to be getting longer and longer, and the next one coming up is the company's largest event of the year, Wrestlemania. In 2016, the event lasted seven hours, including a two hour preshow. 2017's Wrestlemania 33 is a touch shorter, coming in at six and a half hours.Currently, Wrestlemania will air on PPV and the WWE Network on Sunday, April 2 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. A Kickoff Show will a... more.

Splatoon 2's Global Testfire starts today and will run throought the weekend. The app is available to download on Nintendo Switch now.You can grab the application from the Switch eShop, though until the event starts, booting the game up will just give you the following message: "The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire hasn't started yet."You won't have to wait long, however. The first trial kicks off on Ma... more.

Mass Effect: Andromeda's animation issues have been well-documented, and its dialogue scenes criticized by much of the game's community. Now, an ex-BioWare developer has provided some insight into why Andromeda's facial animations might not be as high quality as some other games'.Jonathan Cooper, who is now an animator on the Uncharted series at Naughty Dog, explained on Twitter that "animating an... more.