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Embracer Group is once again doing sterling work to demonstrate the perils of consolidation. Piranha Bytes, who are one of well over a hundred studios that Embracer bought up in recent years, today posted a statement on Xitter saying "Don't write us off yet!". The statement goes on to say that they're "convinced they will succeed". Succeed at what, you might ask? Not being shut down by Embracer.

Marvel and Lego have been collaborating for a while. Not only is there a laundry list of Lego Marvel video games to play, but a lot of iconic characters, as well as some famous locations from the comics and movies, have been transformed into sets and Minifigures. There are more than 200 Lego Marvel Minifigures available today, and an encyclopedia launching later this year details most, if not all of them and will even add a brand new one to the mix.

Game Pass subscribers have had plenty to celebrate in January. The service saw some heavy hitters arrive in the first half of the month, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the Resident Evil 2 remake. But it’s not done yet. More games are coming to Game Pass to round out January.

Take-Two Interactive, which owns Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar Games, and Remedy Entertainment are doing more together than just making Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne remakes. Both companies are also in a trademark dispute, in the United Kingdom, over the use of the letter “R,” as first reported by gaming website RespawnFirst.

Black Kite Games has announced that Acolyte of the Altar will launch on PC via Steam on March 25, 2024.

Mario, Luigi, Wario, and Waluigi — Nintendo's premier platforming franchise characters who all share a similar fashion sense and naming convention. While Luigi joined Mario on his first exploits before striking out on his own ghost-hunting ventures, Wario was one of Mario's first rivals right alongside Bowser, and Waluigi showed up when Wario needed a tennis partner. For someone who first picked up the series on the Nintendo Switch, the familial relations between these similar-looking characters may be unclear, but the answers are quite straightforward.

A Star Wars fan has put forth an unconventional replacement for Mara Jade, one of the fandom's most beloved former characters. The suggestion, however, has been met with less than enthusiastic responses from other users.

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Deep Rock Galactic is a co-op game about rough and tumble dwarves doing deep space mining under the harshest conditions imaginable, but its community of players has turned it into one of the most wholesome games out there. When they're not, you know, killing each other in friendly fire incidents.

Konami is partnering with Limited Run Games to re-release its classic platformer games from the Rocket Knight and Felix the Cat series.

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft, PC gaming, console, and tech. He founded WinRumors, a site dedicated to Microsoft news, before joining The Verge in 2012.

PlayStation has moved on from the era of releasing different designs of the same console in its PS5 era, instead opting for covers that can be removed and replaced, allowing you to alter your console's appearance. The base model of PlayStation's latest console has a number of official cover options three years in - including the hard-to-find Spider-Man 2 cover - and now the newer, slimmer model is getting some color alternatives of its own.