EA has been embroiled — along with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Collegiate Licensing Corporation which controls its licensing rights — in lawsuits brought by former student athletes who appeared in its popular college sports games. Now, federal judge Claudia Wilken has ruled that the athletic organization is violating antitrust law by not allowing student athletes to be paid for the use of their likenesses and identities. This is a huge decision for college athletics, though for its part, EA has already settled this case, which was originally filed in 2009. It's a complicated case; Judge Wilken's decision weighs in at 99 pages [PDF]. For its part, the NCAA is n…
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Developer Playground Games has announced that Forza Horizon 4 will be delisted on December 15. The DLC has already been delisted, which includes several car packs and both Lego Speed Champions and Fortune Mountain expansions.
Playground Games said that going forward, only the Forza Horizon 4 Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate editions will be available for purchase until December. Additionally, different discounts will be provided, and it’s currently 80% off on Steam, dropping its price to just $12.
When December 15 comes around, Forza Horizon 4 will also be removed from Xbox Game Pass, along with its complete delisting from digital storefronts such as the Microsoft Store and Steam. However, those who already own the game can continue to play it as normal Come from If you’re sad that spooky season is over, consider checking out Ravensburger’s Horrified board game series. The cooperative game has you and your buddies fending off monsters attempting to invade your town–monsters that include Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, and more. Multiple spin-offs areare available too, giving you a chance to battle against different enemies and expand your game night. Best of all, Horrified has received big price cuts in Amazon’s early Black Friday board game sale.Horrified Board Game Deals at Amazon
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It’s the 70th anniversary of Godzilla this week, and to celebrate, Super7 has revealed its new Godzilla Minus One collectible figure. This highly detailed and articulated figure is designed to be an authentic replica of the iconic monster, as it’s based on the same 3D models used for the 2023 film starring the titan and approved by director Takashi Yamazaki. Priced at $85, it’s now available to preorder from the Super7 website.
The figure measures eight inches tall and 14 inches long, and for extras, it comes with two interchangeable heads to show off Godzilla’s neutral and roaring expressions. It also has sculpted dorsal spikes in their extended position–referencing Godzilla charging up for a heat-ray attack–and the body sports an impressive amount of detail.
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There’s still a lot we don’t know about The Acolyte, the upcoming Star Wars live-action series on Disney+ that takes place roughly 100 years before the prequel trilogy. While most of the main characters of the show have been revealed, the trailers have only offered a few fleeting glimpses of an assassin whose face is hidden by a mask. Now, series creator Leslye Headland is shedding some light on the inspiration behind that character, and it came from a classic Star Wars video game.
Via Den of Geek, Headland confirmed that the character that caught her eye was Darth Traya, the primary villain of 2004’s Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
“Darth Traya really stuck out to me as an inspiration,” noted Headland, who also revealed that she was tempted to introduce anot…
We’ve all participated in some form of online trash talk at some point in our lives. UFC fighter Brian Ortega, whose professional record is currently 16-4, was on the receiving end of some serious berating during a Fortnite game and decided to do something about it.
Ortega posted a video on his social media where he had a light-hearted confrontation with a young fan named Emi. Ortega flew from Los Angeles to North Carolina to exact his revenge in a way that might have Emi thinking differently about who he talks trash to online, as the former champion planted him in a rear naked choke and put him to sleep momentarily.
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Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is celebrating spooky season with the addition of two M-rated N64 games–Shadow Man and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. Both games featuring weird creatures to fight are available now on the premium subscription service, just in time for Halloween.
Shadow Man is a voodoo-inspired action-adventure game that originally launched on N64 in 1999. It tasks players with stopping an apocalypse planned by a villain named Legion. A remastered version of Shadow Man actually came to Switch and other consoles back in 2022 from developer Nightdive Studios.
Dota 2 fans looking to dive into more of the series’ lore can now head to Netflix for Dota: Dragon’s Blood, an anime series based on the game that just dropped. Come from Sports betting site VPbet
All eight episodes of Dragon’s Blood are now available on Netflix. The series was written and developed by Ashley Edward Miller (The Twilight Zone, X-Men: First Class) in collaboration with Netflix Animation and Valve. South Korean animation house Studio Mir, the co-producers of The Legend of Korra series and the 2020 film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge, provided the show’s visuals.
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