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The purpose of art is to inspire and incite discourse, and the recently unveiled portrait of King Charles has certainly done that. The current monarch of the United Kingdom was coronated last year, and it’s a common tradition for painters to sit down with heads of state to create a personalized portrait of them. On May 14, King Charles’ portrait by artist Jonathan Yeo was revealed to the public, and while some art critics wanted to debate the heavy use of red in the portrait and the symbology therein, other people decided to just make some banger memes out of the painting.

Eeek. Writer and narrative designer Rhianna Pratchett has kindled a little frail hope that we might one day play another brand new Discworld videogame, while responding to earlier comments from Perfect Entertainment co-founder Gregg Barnett about who exactly owns the intellectual property rights to Perfect's old Discworld adventure titles from the 90s.

A potential remaster of the cult Discworld games is on hold owing to a licensing issue that involves the British Monarchy. Developed by Perfect Entertainment, Discworld, Discworld 2, and Discworld Noir were point-and-click adventure games that were released between 1995 and 1999 across PC, PlayStation, and the Sega Saturn.

A re-release of the 90s point-and-click Discworld game «may happen», designer Gregg Barnett has teased. However, the developer said because of the way intellectual property rights work in the UK, 50 percent of the game currently belongs to the crown, which complicates matters a tad.

Charles Martinet, the original voice actor of Mario, is retiring after 27 years and and will now serve as a «Mario Ambassador», Nintendo has confirmed.

Nintendo officially confirms that the iconic and longstanding voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, will not be involved in the production of the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder. 

The Mario franchise has been around for a long time, and Charles Martinet, who voices the plumber, is just as iconic. That’s coming to an end with Nintendo announcing that Martinet is stepping back from recording character voices for its titles.

Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario in Nintendo games since the 1990s, is stepping down.

Charles Martinet, the iconic voice of Mario and several of Nintendo’s other biggest characters, will no longer be the voice of the world-famous plumber and will be moving into a new role at the company.

It surprised quite a few fans today when Nintendo revealed that Charles Martinet is stepping back. If you don’t recall who this individual is, that would be the voice of Mario. For decades, Charles has breathed life into Mario, giving us the iconic phrases for which the character has become known. However, in the future, we know that Charles will no longer lend his voice to Mario. So when news broke this close to the upcoming release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, it was expected that this would be Charles’ last performance as Mario.

Charles Martinet is stepping back as the voice of Mario in Nintendo games.

When Nintendo first dropped the trailer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder a number of sharp-eared fans noticed something a little different about the game – it sounded like someone else was voicing the game. But that must have been a mistake! Charles Martinet has reliably provided the voice for Mario (and Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and others) for years! Sure, Chris Pratt lent his pipes to the new movie, but Nintendo wouldn’t replace Charles in the actual games, right?

Martinet is «stepping back» from voicing Mario and transitioning into a new role.

Charles Martinet, the original voice of Mario, will step back from recording voices for Mario games and move into the new role of “Mario Ambassador,” Nintendo announced.

Charles Martinet, the voice actor who has portrayed Mario since 1991, is stepping down, Nintendo announced Monday morning. Besides voicing the world’s most famous plumber, the 67-year-old Martinet also portrayed Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and the baby versions of these characters in more than one hundred titles across the Mario video game franchise.

Mario has lost his voice, as Nintendo of America announces that Charles Martinet will no longer record character voices for its games.

It’s been confirmed that Charles Martinet — the original voice actor for Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and other Mario series favorites, is stepping down from his voice acting role.

Charles Martinet, the exuberant voice of Mario, will no longer be the English voice actor behind Nintendo's most recognisable mascot, after almost 30 years in the job.

Charles Martinet will no longer be voicing Mario, Nintendo has announced.

Nintendo of America has revealed that Charles Martinet, the longtime voice of Mario in the company’s various Mario games, is stepping back from the role and will no longer record lines for the character. 

Nintendo has announced that the longtime voice actor of many iconic Mario characters is stepping back from the role. In a Tweet today, they made the announcement that Charles Martinet is instead moving into the role of “Mario Ambassador.”

After 32 years providing the legendary voice of Mario, Luigi, and numerous other Mushroom Kingdom characters, Charles Martinet is stepping down from his acting duties to serve as a "Mario Ambassador."

Actor Charles Martinet, known as the voice of Mario, Luigi, and Wario in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. games for three decades, will no longer voice those characters, Nintendo announced Monday. Martinet will segue into the role of “Mario Ambassador,” in which he will continue to “travel the world sharing the joy of Mario,” the company said in a statement posted on Twitter.