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You might not realize it, but Mario had quite the year in 2023. Not only did he have multiple games released, both of which were successes in one form or another, but he also had a hit movie that was released in theaters, made over a billion dollars, and has been nominated for several awards. Then, on top of all of that, Mario’s official voice changed over the course of that year. For decades, Charles Martinet was the voice of Mario. But then, starting with Super Mario Bros Wonder, a new voice actor was put into the role after Martinet “retired” from it.

Helldivers 2 is no longer purchasable via Steam in numerous countries following the news that having a PSN account will become mandatory.

If you’ve played through its demo or have watched some trailers, you’re probably wondering who voices Princess Peach in Princess Peach: Showtime! Fortunately for you, we’ve found out who’s providing the titular character’s voice in the new game starring everyone’s favourite princess.

In 1974, my aunt and uncle returned to the United States from a honeymoon world tour. Over the course of their travels, they ventured through India, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, before winding up in Israel, where my aunt’s sister — my mother — had recently lived for two years on a collective kibbutz.

Nintendo hasn't announced which of its many development studios or partners is making Princess Peach: Showtime, this spring's biggest new Nintendo Switch game, and doesn't seem likely to before it debuts later this month.

Gameplay from the canceled Call of Duty: Future Warfare has surfaced online, showing off gameplay and the futuristic setting of the canceled 2011 shooter. While the massively popular shooter franchise has largely been known for its modern military and World War 2-themed settings, the developers have sometimes branched out into other settings. The franchise has experimented multiple times with futuristic gameplay, with games like 2016's infamous Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Now, a newly surfaced video shows off an earlier take on a futuristic Call of Duty.

Princess Peach’s long-time voice actor has confirmed that she’ll be reprising the role for the upcoming Princess Peach Showtime game.

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As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone players await the Season 1 Reloaded update next week, a new update has gone live which squashes some bugs and adjusts some of the multiplayer maps' spawn points. The list of map spawn adjustments includes Meat, one of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's newest original maps, which went live as part of Season 1 last month alongside another original 6v6 map named Greece.

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All Xbox owners can play two of this year’s biggest games for free this weekend.

MW3’s biggest problem may have just been solved by its newest playlist, which adds a whole new layer of visibility to enemies on the map. It’s not a permanent fixture yet, but it’s a promising feature with a lot of potential.

A 16-year military veteran and former Navy SEAL is now a playable Operator in Call of Duty.

Call of Duty’s latest operator is a decorated Navy SEAL veteran and the cousin of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Attention all PlayStation players, ready yourself for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. The war has changed, and for the first time in back-to-back years, Call of Duty returns with a direct sequel. The entire game, featuring the full Campaign, seminal Multiplayer, and all-new open-world Modern Warfare Zombies experience, launches on November 10.

The new voice actor behind Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder is also the new voice of Wario in WarioWare: Move It!, Nintendo has confirmed. Voice actor Kevin Afghani has taken over for Charles Martinet in the roles of Mario and Luigi and, now, Wario.

The new voice of Wario — or at least, the person behind his grumpy moustachioed mouth in WarioWare: Move It! — looks to be Kevin Afghani, the actor also cast as the new voices of both Mario and Luigi.

Expect the following launch modes scheduled for rotation in the available Playlists, with more Standard and Alternate Modes being added in the following weeks.

Ready yourself for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III.

PAK vs BAN LIVE Score: The ICC Men's World Cup 2023 has proven to be extremely disappointing for Pakistan so far. After winning their first two matches, Pakistan have suffered four losses in a row, losing matches against India, Australia, Afghanistan and most recently, South Africa. The PAK vs SA match had a thrilling finish as South Africa defeated Pakistan by just 1 wicket. Consequently, Pakistan find themselves in the 7th spot in the points table and now face Bangladesh who have suffered a similar fate. Having five consecutive matches, Bangladesh are clinging on to very slim hopes of qualifying for the playoff spots of the World Cup, but it is looking unlikely by the day.

PAK vs SA LIVE Score: The ICC Men's World Cup 2023 is currently taking place but it has been a torrid time for Pakistan so far. After winning their first two matches, Pakistan have suffered consecutive losses against India, Australia and then Afghanistan. As a consequence, the team finds itself in fifth place in the World Cup points table. On the other hand, South Africa have won all of their matches but one so far, with the only loss coming against the Netherlands. Pakistan desperately need a win under their belt to keep their grim hopes of making the World Cup playoffs alive.

There are many mysteries in the video game space that we’re not likely to get answered anytime soon. Then, there are the “curiosities” that honestly don’t make sense even WHEN someone in charge explains them. Case in point, Super Mario Bros Wonder was a landmark title for Nintendo both upon its announcement in June and its release last week. But not just because the game pushed the bounds of 2D platforming in unique ways but because there was a key change behind the scenes. Specifically, the longtime voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, was replaced. But despite that big departure, we didn’t find out who was the voice of Mario until MUCH later.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder fans are now comparing the quality of Mario’s new voice actor with his old one. This is due to Kevin Afghani taking over the Mario role from Charles Martinet in Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 GPU has seen a huge price surge in China, pertaining to the recently imposed US restrictions, which have disrupted its supply.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like if someone commented on every decision you made in Mario? Well, according to a recent Super Mario Bros. Wonder developer interview, the idea of live commentary was tested for the game.

Mario-themed buses have appeared around London – and Nintendo is offering prizes if you spot one.

Super Mario Bros Wonder is set to introduce a big change to the Mushroom Kingdom as the voice of Mario passes on to a new actor. Who is the new voice of Mario, though?

The new voice actor behind Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder has finally been revealed, and they are relatively unknown in the video game space. This marks the first new voice actor for Mario in the video game world since the mid-90s, as another performer had the role locked down for decades.

With Super Mario Bros. Wonder out soon on the Nintendo Switch, actor Kevin Afghani revealed on Twitter that he voices Mario and Luigi.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder has leaked online, nearly a week ahead of its official release date.

IND vs PAK World Cup live score and streaming: One of the fiercest rivalries in Cricket is going to add another page to its book as India takes on Pakistan in the 12th ODI of the World Cup 2023. Team India is on a red-hot streak after winning both of its opening games in the tournament against Australia and Afghanistan. Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Rohit Sharma have been pivotal for the team, scoring big knocks in the first two matches. Now, the Indian team is set for its battle against Pakistan who have also won their first two encounters in this year's World Cup and are looking as strong opposition. Today's match has all the ingredients to be one of the most action-packed games in the tournament. If you wish to watch the India vs Pakistan ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match through OTT platforms, know when and where you can catch the live score and watch it online.

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft today finally completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard King after 21 months of prep work and grappling with regulatory bodies. The $69 billion deal sees several of gaming’s most lucrative franchises come under the Microsoft/Xbox umbrella, including Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Warcraft, etc. However, this begs the question: Now that the whole rigmarole of acquisition is done, what happens for Activision Blizzard now?

The new voice of Mario has been officially announced.

Los Angeles-based voice actor Kevin Afghani is the new voice of Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, he announced on Twitter.

It’s official: we have a new voice actor for Mario! And no, it isn’t Chris Pratt. Rumors swirled about who might take up the Italian plumber’s big shoes after longtime voice Charles Martinet announced his departure from the role. Well, it’s now confirmed that Mario, as well as Luigi, will be played by voice actor Kevin Afghani in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. It’s unknown if he will play the role in future titles.

Kevin Afghani has announced that he will be taking over as the voice of Mario and Luigi. Afghani will take over as the voice of Nintendo’s flagship mascot with Super Mario Bros. Wonder out October 20.

With minimal fanfare, Nintendo has finally confirmed the new voice of Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and he has at least one thing in common with Charles Martinet in that you probably won't recognize much of his pre-Mario work.

Nintendo revealed in August that longtime Mario voice actor Charles Martinet would no longer be voicing Mario. Amongst speculation of a different voice actor for Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder trailers, Nintendo also announced Martinet was not jumpman's voice in the game, leaving fans to wonder who the new voice is. After months of internet sleuthing, guesswork, and more, Nintendo has confirmed that Genshin Impact voice actor Kevin Afghani is the new voice of Mario. 

There was a seismic shift in the gaming world a while back when it was revealed that Charles Martinet would stop being the main voice of Mario and several other Mushroom Kingdom characters for Nintendo games and other properties. Martinet was the voice of Mario and Co. for decades, and hearing that he was leaving was heartbreaking for many. Then, it was confirmed soon after that Nintendo had already cast a new voice actor for Mario and others for Super Mario Bros Wonder, the game that releases next week. However, they decided to stay tight-lipped on who it actually was.

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

The new voice of Mario has been revealed: Kevin Afghani is the actor behind Mario (and Luigi) in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Nintendo confirmed on Friday. Afghani replaces actor Charles Martinet, who provided Mario’s chipper wahoos and it’s-a-mes for more than 25 years.

The new voice actor for both Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder has been confirmed to be Kevin Afghani, who announced it himself on Twitter.

IND vs PAK World Cup live score and streaming: One of the most awaited encounters of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is finally here! India take on Pakistan in the 12th ODI of the World Cup 2023. The Men in Blue have been in fantastic form of late, with Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Rohit Sharma scoring big knocks in the first two matches, registering dominant wins against Australia and Afghanistan. Now, the Indian team is set to take on Pakistan who have also won their first two encounters in this year's World Cup. It is shaping up to be an action-packed encounter between two fierce rivals.

It's been a dramatic day for internet-sleuthing Mario fans; with Nintendo still tightlipped on who'll take over the role of the iconic plumber following Charles Martinet's acension to «Mario Ambassador», a fresh leak appeared to have finally revealed video gaming's current biggest secret. However, the actor in question — one Mick Wingert — has now thrown a bit of a spanner in the works by declaring that, no, it's not actually him.

A datamine of a Super Mario Bros. Wonder kiosk demo reveals a list of possible candidates.

The new voice of Mario has potentially been revealed, following an alleged datamine of a Super Mario Bros. Wonder retail demo.

IND vs AFG World Cup live score and streaming: With a dominating victory against Australia in the first match, India's journey is off to a good start in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023. The victory becomes even more important in terms of form and confidence as Australia is one of the favourites for this World Cup. Former skipper Virat Kohli hit a brilliant 85, while KL Rahul also stepped up with a 97-run knock, contributing to India's 6-wicket win over the Aussies.

Between the launches of Major League Cricket in the United States and the Women’s Premier League in India, and Ben Stokes’ Bazballing Brits putting bums on seats in the Test arena, the past couple of years has been an exciting period of expansion and evolution for the sport of cricket in all of its forms – well, except for one. Cricket 24, the latest video game version of the most beer-friendly of summer sports from developer Big Ant Studios, finds itself stuck in the past like a handlebar moustache on an Aussie fast bowler – offering a brand of bat-on-ball gameplay that’s almost indistinguishable from the now two-year-old Cricket 22. A sprinkling of new and only partially implemented player licences, slight visual improvements, and the addition of Adam Gilchrist to the perennially misfiring commentary team don’t really combine to provide a compelling enough reason to bring returning fans back through Cricket 24’s turnstiles.

NZ vs NED World Cup live score and streaming: The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is off to a thrilling start. The tournament kicked off on October 5 with New Zealand's amazing victory over England. In the following matches, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and India have all won a match each. This year, the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is taking place in India, making the Men in Blue one of the favourites to win it on their home soil. The next encounter is between New Zealand and the Netherlands. Going into the match, New Zealand will be considered favourites, fresh from a victory against England, while the Netherlands will be hoping to bounce back from their earlier loss against Pakistan.

If you've been in the US your whole life, you're probably not aware of how popular the sport of cricket is globally. Around 2.5 billion people count themselves as fans, and Thursday marks the beginning of the most important event on the calendar: the ICC Cricket World Cup.

A new multiplayer trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3has been launched ahead of its release on November 10, offering the first look at several modernized maps stripped from Modern Warfare 2 and featuring characters like Captain Price to lean further into the nostalgia side of things. 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III may be a month away as of writing, but Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward have released a trailer showing off the game’s multiplayer mode just in time for the multiplayer beta launch this Friday, October 6.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III arrives in a bit over a month, and Activision has provided a first peek at the game’s multiplayer in action. As we’ve heard previously, the game will initially focus on offering remastered versions of all the maps from 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Afghan, Derail, Estate, Favela, Karachi, Highrise, Invasion, Quarry, Rundown, Rust, Scrapyard, Skid Row, Sub Base, Terminal, Underpass, and Wasteland) with new maps coming post-launch.

Activision has released a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer trailer.

The United States’ officially designated “Global War on Terrorism” began 22 years ago, just three days after the Sept. 11 attacks. The U.S. ostensibly launched that war to combat terrorism, and went on to wage it in at least four different countries, which were often falsely homogenized into “the Middle East” to simplify the government’s messaging. President George W. Bush’s rhetoric at the time insisted that the war on terror was about eliminating terrorist threats to America’s security, freedom, and way of life — though in truth, the word “threat” was applied loosely, and “guilty by proximity” replaced “guilty by association.” The war ultimately lasted 20 years and functionally ended, after a protracted semi-occupation of Afghanistan by U.S. forces, with an unceremonious retreat in 2021 — though low-level combat operations continue to this day in other regions.

A new has been released by NBC, previewing the last 10 episodes of the series‘ final season ahead of their debut next month. Season 5 is set to resume starting on Wednesday, October 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC, with each weekly episode streaming the next day on Peacock.

Fans of classic Call of Duty, rejoice! All 16 CoD MW2 2009 maps are included in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023).

Activision has offered the first proper look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer maps.

This year's new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is full of old maps from the original 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is confusing both in terms of the series timeline, and because this is a new $70 game, not a remaster. And yet, despite the mild embarrassment that comes with feeling nostalgic for Call of Duty maps, I have to say I'm a little excited.

Sledgehammer Games and Activision today dropped the first looks at the returning fan-favorite maps launching with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

What’s your favorite Call of Duty Multiplayer map?

The US Department of Defense plans to deploy thousands of autonomous drones across the globe via land, sea, and air.

When to harvest is one of the most crucial decisions a winemaker can make. Too early, and the result is bitter. Too late, and it's overly sweet. It's a delicate balance—one that's increasingly being upended by the climate crisis.

Last week Activision and developer Sledgehammer Games officially unveiled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III via a quick trailer that teased a lot of things – the return of Vladimir Marakov, the infamous “No Russian” mission, and more. What we didn’t get was a lot of uncut gameplay. Thankfully, Activision just served up a meaty chunk of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III during today’s Geoff-Keighly-produced Gamescom Opening Night Live show.

Call of Duty Mobile developer is reviving Delta Force for PC, consoles, and mobile devices.

Following its odd little pre-amble last night, Activision and developer Sledgehammer have given Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the full reveal treatment, sharing first details on its campaign, multiplayer, and zombies mode, alongside a brief look at the game in action.

Sledgehammer Games and Activision today lifted the lid on the latest entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

This year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will include every launch map from 2009's Modern Warfare 2, remastered and expanded with new modes and gameplay features.

Minutes ago in Call of Duty Warzone 2.0, the first in-engine trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III was revealed. The trailer mainly focuses on the new MWIII campaign, which looks to be fairly dark and intense, with references to past CoD campaigns and memorable moments, including the infamous “No Russian” mission. How that mission, which controversially had players take part in a mass killing, will be adapted for 2023 remains to be seen. You can check out the trailer for yourself, below.

Attention, PlayStation players! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III releases on Friday, November 10. Get intel on some of the features coming to Modern Warfare III and learn more about every available game edition on PlayStation, plus preorder benefits you’ll earn between now and the game’s launch.

Call of Duty fans are unearthing new information on Modern Warfare 3 via a secret mobile number, confirming a Zombies mode and remakes of classic Modern Warfare 2 maps.

16 maps from 2009's Modern Warfare 2 could launch with Modern Warfare 3.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is bringing back every single classic map from CoD Modern Warfare 2, based on evidence from an official Call of Duty phone line created by Infinity Ward and Acitivison. As we await the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 release date, the FPS game developer shares a cell phone number connected to the in-game reveal event for MW3 inside CoD Warzone 2. By sending certain messages to this number, you can receive some extremely telling and strongly suggestive responses, likely confirming that maps like Terminal, Afghan, Highrise, and Rust will all return in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, as well as the beloved CoD zombies mode.

After gaining absurd popularity in the hardcore space with its Dark Souls series and then capitalising on that with Elden Ring sales up the wazoo, FromSoftware had the Monty Python's Flying Circus thought process: «And now for something completely different.» With five mainline instalments under its belt, the Armored Core franchise is quite familiar territory for the Japanese developer. However, for anyone who hadn't heard of the team before PS3's Demon's Souls, they might be wondering why swords are being swapped for Transformers. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon will probably please longtime FromSoftware backers, and there's a good chance newcomers will enjoy it too.