Fortnite’s Marvel-Themed Chapter Update ‘Absolute Doom’ Is Now Live

“Become a Marvel legend”.

The free-to-play battle royale Fortnite today launches Chapter 5 of Season 4: Absolute Doom. It’s another crossover with the Marvel universe.

In this new chapter, you’ll see all sorts of familar faces (and some even have a unique spin – like a banana with claws) as you face off against Doctor Doom and co. Here’s the official description, along with a look in the trailer above:

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Feature: Here’s How Trading Card Companies Could Stop CT Scanning In The Future

“They really want to fix it”.

Collecting trading cards, especially vintage cards, has gotten considerably dicier — seemingly overnight.

Over the past month, multiple people have come forward to demonstrate how various X-ray technologies can reliably see inside unopened trading card products. The concept of X-raying packs has been rumored for as long as X-rays and trading cards have existed at the same time, yet most believed the idea apocryphal, or at least impractical. Today, you can literally pay someone to do it for you.

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Joyous Storybook Adventure ‘The Plucky Squire’ Finally Gets Release Date

They have a way with words.

Devolver Digital and All Possible Futures have finally shared the release date for the fabulous-looking The Plucky Squire — 17th September 2024 (thanks Wario64!)

The adorable release date trailer showcases the beautiful storybook adventure’s 2D visuals including main character Jot actually putting together the game’s release date. How cute!

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Random: Donkey Kong Country 3 Fan Creates Incredible Epoxy Resin Statue

Yes, we want one.

There have been some truly gorgeous video game statues in our time, from the likes of the First 4 Figures Samus Gravity Suit statue from Metroid to the ludicrous Ghosts ‘n Goblins statue from Dream Figures.

We love one-off designs though; statues that likely won’t be made available to the general public, but nevertheless showcase a level of originality that simply can’t be replicated elsewhere. And yes, we’re a little bit jealous that we can’t get our hands on them, too.

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Xbox’s Grounded Adds Gyro Aiming On Switch In Latest Update

Here are the full patch notes.

Following the arrival of the backyard sandbox game Grounded on the Switch earlier this year, Obsidian has now released a new update for the game which includes some improvements for Switch.

Patch 1.4.4 most notably includes the addition of Gryo aiming controls. Apart from this, Microsoft accounts are no longer permanently linked. Thrown in with all of this are some major fixes and various other fixes. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of the Grounded website:

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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Celebrates Remaster With Launch Trailer

“Enjoying the ride, Sam?!”.

Skunkape Games completes its remaster of the Sam & Max Telltale trilogy on Switch today with the release of Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse.

Out now on the Switch eShop, The Devil’s Playhouse is the Freelance Police’s wackiest adventure yet. After Max comes across a mysterious toy that lets him see into the future, villains from across the galaxy have taken notice. Can Max keep control of his ever-growing psychic powers along with protecting the Devil’s Toybox?

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