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The gaming industry is currently being wracked by numerous labor disputes, from the ongoing chaos over at Activision Blizzard to dissatisfied workers at Ubisoft. One of the most recent things to come to light was a complaint made to the National Labor Relations Board about Nintendo, alleging that the company had engaged in unscrupulous behavior and “coercive actions” against a contracted employee. Nintendo had been staying relatively quiet over the last few days since news of the NLRB complaint came out, but has now issued a response, according to Axios’ Stephen Totilo....

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was unable to attend this year’s E3 conference due to an unspecified health concern. Announced today via a letter from Iwata himself, we now know what that concern was, and that it will cause him to miss the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders as well. While this is unfortunate, it seems that the health problem has been resolved and Iwata is recovering well, simply needing more time to get back to full strength....

Each year the Tolkien Society gives out awards for contributions to the Tolkien fandom. It honors excellence that, per its objective: Nominations have officially opened for The Tolkien Society Awards 2019. The categories are Best Artwork, Best Article, Best Book, Best Website, and an Outstanding Contribution Award. These awards cover the 2018 calendar year. All nominations must be content written in English, but otherwise, it doesn’t matter where it was published or posted....

Two new cards from the Hearthstone Rise of Shadows expansion have been revealed. The first is a Hunter Legendary called Oblivitron, and the second a Priest Epic called Lazul’s Scheme! Oblivitron is an interesting addition to Hunter that potentially pushes it back towards being a Mech class. The problem for this card is that there isn’t a whole lot of Mechs in Standard available at the moment. This card has a lot more potential to be abused in Wild, where there’s still a stronge base of Mechs....

More official art has been released for new Pokémon and certain Regional Forms from Pokémon: Legends Arceus. The highlight of this new artwork is the Hisuian forms for the three final evolutions of the Legends Arceus starters – Decidueye, Typhlosion, and Samurott. Before the game’s release, there was a bit of criticism for some of these new designs based on leaked images and blurry in-game stills. This was especially prominent with Hisuian Typhlosion, whose early images showed the Pokémon without its prominent purple flames....

Lil Nas X has gathered help around the country and universe to raid Area 51 in his newest animated remix for Old Town Road. Pssh, who said millennials don’t spend their time wisely? The animated video comes inspired by the Storm Area 51 event on Facebook that has taken over memes this past month. The premise is to have waves of people just run and break into a heavily guarded military base....

Olivia Wilde has revealed that she has not healed from her breakup with Harry Styles. Wilde is “very much upset” after her split from the singer last month. How Is Olivia Wilde Coping After Break Up With Harry Styles? A source exclusively revealed to Us Weekly that the 38-year-old director is trying to “move on” with her life. The Booksmart director recently went on a girl’s trip to recuperate after news broke out that she had split with the 28-year-old singer after almost two years....

OnePlus has been testing Android 9 Pie based OxygenOS for the OnePlus 6 for quite a while now and has released two updates on the Open Beta channel to test the stability and performance of the build before releasing it on the stable channel. The company recently started rolling out OxygenOS Open Beta 3 for the device which brings a number of changes and improvements for the operating system. Fixed stability issues with ambient display...

After showing off its crazy rollable concept phone at INNO Day 2020, Oppo has now started talking about its next flagship smartphone. It will be the Find X3 series that arrives in 2021 and we have learned about a notable feature of this smartphone. The Oppo Find X3 will be the first to arrive with a full DCI-P3 wide color gamut and true 10-bit color depth support. Also, Oppo will debut Color Correction Solution 2....

Are you a Pokémon fan? If so, you probably know that there have been hundreds of millions of Pokémon games sold since the series began. For those wondering about the specific number of units sold for each game, we’ve got you covered with all the stats! Best-Selling Pokémon Games of all time We’ve compiled the three top-selling Pokémon games of all time. Out of the over 440 million copies bought by players in total, there are a few games that are specifically responsible for the biggest amount of games sold....

Motorola returned to making premium flagship phones earlier this year. It launched the Moto Edge+ with Snapdragon 865 SoC, 5G support, and 108MP triple camera at $1,000 in the US. The Lenovo-backed giant is now looking to make 5G smartphones accessible to a wider audience with the debut of the Moto G 5G Plus. This is the first Moto G series phone to launch with 5G support and comes equipped with the Snapdragon 765G, 48MP quad-camera, and fast-charging support....

Developers of God of War, The Last of Us, Call of Duty, and more have formed the new AAA game studio, That’s No Moon. Founders Taylor Kurosaki, Tina Kowalewski, Michael Mumbauer, and Nick Kononelos have decades of experience in AAA game development. Interestingly, all of the founders are former PlayStation developers. Kurosaki, Mumbauer, and Kononelos all worked at or with Naughty Dog, with the most notable titles attributions in The Last of Us and God of War....

Hey kids! Have you ever wanted to be forced to watch advertisements in the middle of your video game? Does NBA 2K21 have a deal for you! In what we can only describe as a consumer-hostile move by 2K, that’s, the company’s newest NBA video game does just that. Jordan Oloman of IGN was among the first to notice the new “feature.” They embed the ads into the NBA 2K21’s loading screens....

Tips and tricks to master one of the game’s better techniques. One of the key mechanics in a straightforward racing game like Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is drifting and getting good at it is a practical must in completing all the challenges. There are four primary methods of drifting that I use for this game and I would like to pass this knowledge on to you. Fishtail Drift Normally, with driving games, a fishtail drift is done with rear-drive cars, where you hold on the gas and you tap the break through the drift, swinging the back end of your car around through the turn....

The idea behind the Netflix pitch of a Lord of the Rings series would have led to the MCU version of the beloved novel series by J.R.R. Tolkien. It would comprise of “several shows,” with some being about Gandalf and Aragorn. According to the source, it “freaked out” the Tolkien Estate. Some of the most significant and successful films under Marvel Studios have been Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Endgame....

A brand new shooter is coming that will be set in the Alien universe, according to an announcement from FoxNext Games. The new title will come from the newly acquired Cold Iron Games studio. The studio is known for their work in the MMO field. They’ll be putting that experience to work on what looks to be an FPS game this time around though, with FoxNext saying the game would arrive on PC and consoles, though they gave no official date....

Avast ye landlubbers! A new Killing Floor 2 update that is pirate-themed launches today called Perilous Plunder and it will bring a whole host of new features to the game. Now let’s raise the jolly roger and dive into this update news. The Perilous Plunder update for Killing Floor 2 brings several new features with a new community map being at the forefront. This map is dubbed Desolation and has some surprises in store for players such as multiple levels playable across Killing Floor 2’s popular game modes....

The Owl Pokémon that everyone in the beginning thought it had one leg A lot of Pokémon of the older Generations appear in New Pokémon Snap, with the popular owl Hoothoot being one of them. Becoming quite famous through the TV show, Hoothoot has for sure a following and we are glad to see it making its way through this new entry. Fortunately, capturing all four different behaviors of this bird is quite easy, so keep reading below to save some time and do it yourself the soonest possible....

In our ongoing coverage of notable free DLCs, we bring to you the announcement of the new Shadow of Mordor free DLC: The Power of Shadow DLC. In this DLC, you will get the new playable Black Hand of Sauron skin and three new runes: One with Nature – This rune will give you immunity to poison attacks from Uruk Captains and Ghuls. Ascendant – This rune will double your focus time for slow motion ranged combat....

Video Game Releases for the Week of October 1st, 2012. Resident Evil 6 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 – Resident Evil 6 is set in 2013, 10 years after the Raccoon City incident. The world is in turmoil as the C-virus has reached pandemic proportions and threatens to consume the world in a horrific end of days scenario. Under the threat of this global bioterrorist attack, our heroes battle to save the world in a story of fear on an unprecedented scale....