Barbie's pink paint shortage just got debunked... but there's a sublime twist

has released a new Christmas-themed “I’m Just Ken” music video that’s more than Kenough to get you through the holidays.

Hogwarts Legacy only arrived on Nintendo Switch last month, but the port of one of 2023's biggest games has been stubborn in its price so far. Usually we see these later ports jumping straight into Nintendo Switch deals, but this game survived even Black Friday without a price cut. That all came to a head this weekend, though. 

It's been a while since I dove headfirst into a milsim, but Offworld Industries' bid to revitalize its WW2 spinoff of Squad makes me want to clear my calendar. Post Scriptum (2018) has been fully acquired by publisher and Squad developer Offworld Industries, who's slapped on a new label that better reflects what you're getting: Squad, but set in 1944.

Here's a lovely Christmas present from FuturLab. Its strangely relaxing clean-'em-up, PowerWash Simulator, has just received a brand new level to celebrate the holiday season. Even more good news: it's available on PS5 and PS4 right now. Even better news: it's free.

Batman: Arkham Knight owners can now cosplay as Robert Pattinson’s caped crusader from The Batman, with a free skin available for all versions of the game. If you’re having a bit of déjà vu right now, it’s because that Batman costume was released (and then retracted) in the Epic Games Store release of Arkham Knight way back in October, and was also made available in the Nintendo Switch collection that just came out.

It's been five years since David Szymanski and New Blood Interactive's critically acclaimed retro FPS Dusk first emerged — effectively heralding start of the 'boomer shooter' resurgence as it did so — and to celebrate the occasion, a special «HD remaster» has been released as free DLC.

The Golden Globes 2024 nominations were revealed last night, with Greta Gerwig's feminist candy-coated romp Barbie, which dominated the box office charts this year, leading the pack. It's got a whopping 10 nominations, including one for Best Musical or Comedy, alongside acting nods for stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (supporting). The awards show has also added two new categories to recognise the best in entertainment, starting with a ‘Cinematic and Box Office Achievement' category, which honours the biggest movies of the year, having grossed $150 million (about Rs. 1,250 crore) minimum, of which $100 million must be from within the US. Eight nominees compete for that award, including Barbie, Oppenheimer, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Starting on December 12, viewers can stream Wes Anderson’s latest project, Asteroid City, a comedy-drama that revolves around the events at a 1955 Junior Stargazer convention from the perspective of multiple attendees in the form of a play. The film serves as Anderson’s homage to popular memory and mythology about extraterrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the Southwestern deserts of the United States during the postwar period of the American 20th century and features an ensemble cast that includes Tom Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Willem Dafoe, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie, Steve Carrell, Jeff Goldblum, and Maya Hawke, among other cast members.

In honor of Doom's 30th birthday, a team of Doom modders led by Joshua «Dragonfly» O'Sullivan just released a sequel to six-episode Doom megawad Eviternity. Eviternity two likewise has six chapters, each made up of five maps with one secret map per chapter. That's a grand total of 36 maps you can download right now.

I know it's hard to believe but GTA 6 isn't the only game that got a new trailer this week. Today the former Riot devs at Treehouse Games released their own trailer for 16-player co-op survival game Voyagers of Nera. 

Diablo 4's hardest endgame dungeon has finally opened to any brave players as part of the seasonal event: the Abattoir of Zir. For many, this dungeon release has been a long time coming and a lot of preparation has been going into ensuring teams have what it takes to face off with the game's hardest challenge. But, unfortunately, the launch hasn't been smooth sailing, and regardless of how much people have prepared — it's simply not enough.

Greta Gerwig isn’t ruling out a Ken-focused Barbie spin-off just yet. Speaking in a new interview, the director shared how they had so much content for Ryan Gosling’s Ken that they didn’t end up using in the final movie.