Following the tragic passing of actress Carrie Fisher this week, some Elite: Dangerous players requested some form of a memorial for the Star Wars legend. Their wishes are being granted. A producer for Elite: Dangerous responded to the community's request, writing in the game's forums, "Sad news indeed--a 'Fisher's Rest' outpost will be added to the game in the 2.3 release." This post was spotted ... more.

We got a new look at Mass Effect: Andromeda during The Game Awards earlier this month. It won't be long until BioWare shows even more of the game, we've now learned. BioWare announced on Twitter (via DualShockers) that it will show more "environments and gameplay" during Nvidia's keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. Specifically, this will be on Wednesday, January 4. The bri... more.

Looking to spend some holiday money on games? Best Buy has rolled out new daily deals, including some nice discounts on Xbox One games such as Gears of War 4 and Halo 5: Guardians.Today only (December 30), you can get Gears of War 4 for only $25, while Halo 5 is going for $20. Another Xbox-exclusive, Quantum Break, is discounted to $40. Additionally, Best Buy has marked down EA Sports UFC 2 to $40... more.

As it's been doing for a while now, Nintendo has released a new image from next year's highly anticipated RPG, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.Posted on Facebook (via DualShockers), the image shows main character Link preparing to do battle against some wild-looking monster. The location of the zone is unknown, but it looks pretty cool.This is just the latest image that Nintendo has shared... more.

In addition to the Uplay-exclusive Collector's Case version of For Honor, retailer GameStop will offer its own exclusive premium version of the swordfighting game called the Apollyon Collector's Edition.As spotted by IGN, a listing for the premium edition shows that its centerpiece is a 14-inch "highly detailed" statue of the game's main warlord, Apollyon. The $220 bundle also comes with the game'... more.

Following its huge launch on iOS this month, Nintendo's Mario auto-runner, Super Mario Run, comes to Android in 2017. We still don't have a specific release date, but Nintendo has now announced that Android users can now pre-register to learn precisely when the game will be available.Go here to pre-register.Super Mario Run launched for iOS devices on December 15 and racked up 40 million downloads ... more.

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi may reveal his next project in 2017. In an interview with 4Gamer, as translated by DualShockers, Sakaguchi said the plan right now is to reveal this project next year, though he did not share any specifics about when the game will be revealed or what it is.Sakaguchi now works at Mistwalker as its founder and CEO. His team is working on a console version of ... more.

The second week of Xbox Live massive "Countdown" sale kicked off today, December 29, ushering in a new set of weekly deals and more daily deals. Scroll down to see the daily deals (we'll update this post every day with new ones), while the weekly offers follow further below.Note that the deals listed here are just a small sampling of everything that's on sale for Xbox One. Go to the Xbox Countdown... more.

Actor Ryan Reynolds has spoken out to confirm that the character Deadpool will not show up in the upcoming Wolverine movie, Logan. A report today claimed that would be the case.Sadly, not true. Prisoner 24601 is on a solo mission. https://t.co/5czBmMRfY1 — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 28, 2016Prisoner 24601 is a reference to Jean Valjean, the character Wolverine actor Hugh Jack... more.

It's already out in Europe, and soon Mario Kart 64 will arrive in the Wii U's Virtual Console in North America. The Nintendo 64 game lands on the console tomorrow, December 29, priced at $10.As reported by Destructoid, Mario Kart 64's Wii U Virtual Console version does not support ghost data, in case that matters to you.1997's Mario Kart is one of the Nintendo 64's best-known and most-beloved game... more.