Fans of '90s animation and arcade fighting games can soon add another Blu-ray to their collection with the upcoming Street Fighter: The Animated Series Blu-ray. The $40 Blu-ray includes the entire series and a selection of bonus content. Preorders are available now ahead of its May 27 release date. We've checked the calendar, and yes, that is a Tuesday. Street Fighter: The Animated Series Blu-ray $40 | Releases May 27 Street Fighter: The Animated Series Blu-ray features all 26 episodes of the original series in their original standard definition presentation and 4:3 aspect ratio. Each episode has an optional commentary track hosted by Fighting Game YouTubers like Matt McMuscles, Maximillian Dood, Justin Wong, Brady, Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson, Alexis Le, Lythero, and Guile Win Quote. See the full list of bonus features below. Preorder at Amazon Street Fighter: The Animated Series Blu-ray Special Features:Commentary tracks for each episode hosted by Matt McMuscles with FGC guest stars Brady, Maximillian Dood, Justin Wong, Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson, Alexis Le, Lythero, and Guile Win Quote.Street Fighter: The Animated Series intro storyboardsArt galleryStreet Fighter meme compilation videoGame-inspired menusStreet Fighter: The Animated Series was surprisingly faithful to the source material, and despite being a family-friendly Saturday Morning cartoon, it still features plenty of action. The show takes a GI Joe-inspired approach to its storyline. With M. Bison's Shadaloo crime syndicate threatening the world, Guile puts together a team of elite world warriors like Chun-Li, Blanka, Ryu, and more to take him down. Of course, the series was also designed to be something of a toy commercial, but it's still a fun relic from a bygone age of entertainment.To flesh out your Street Fighter Blu-ray collection, you can pick up a couple of films based on the long-running fighting game franchise. The 1994 live-action movie starring Raul Julia as M. Bison and Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile is still the best of the bunch thanks to its many quotable lines. You can pick it up in either a standard Blu-ray format for $10.33 (was $15) or in a premium Steelbook Edition that's on sale for $25 (was $35), and is perfect for displaying alongside your painting of M. Bison Crossing the Alps. There's also a new 4K remaster of Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie that's on sale for $26.37 (was $35), which has been seen as a massive influence on the series thanks to its stylistic action and groundbreaking animation.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the biggest talking points surrounding the Switch 2 since its official announcement has been focused on the price of the console and its games--some believe the prices are simply too much.In an interview with PlayerDriven, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden said Nintendo can charge what it wants for new first-party Switch 2 games because Nintendo makes compelling games. Some people might perceive the price increase for a game like Mario Kart World ($80) as being "hefty," Layden said, but in the end, people will buy it anyway."If it's the only place where you can play Mario, then you get your wallet out and you buy into it... and Donkey Kong and Zelda. That first-party exclusivity kind of mitigates the sticker shock, if you will, of these price hikes, because you want that content so bad," he said (via IGN).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Anyone familiar with Nintendo's favorite gourmand Kirby knows that the pink blob has an insatiable appetite. Ordinarily, a little bit of gluttony isn't a bad thing, but in Kirby's case, it has quite the transformative effect on him--quite literally! We've already seen the little fella gulp down an entire Nintendo Switch controller, so it's only natural he decided to eat a gaming headset. PowerA's new Kirby Mouthful Wired Stereo Headset sold out quickly when it launched earlier this year, but it's back in stock for $30 at Amazon. PowerA Kirby Mouthful Wired Headset for Switch $30 PowerA's Kirby Mouthful Wired Stereo Headset is part of the third-party manufacturer's series of officially licensed over-ear headphones themed around popular franchises. Naturally, the main draw here is the cool design that makes it look like Kirby swallowed a gaming headset. The underside of the cushioned headband features a colorful collage of characters from the Kirby universe. The left earcup shows Kirby preparing to inhale the headphones, while the right earcup displays Kirby's "mouthful" face.As for the audio specs and performance, these are basic 3.5mm stereo headphones with 50mm dynamic speaker drivers and a detachable boom mic. There are much higher-performing wired headsets with customizable audio features for similar prices, including the Razer BlackShark V2 X for $35 (was $60) and the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 1 for $49 (was $60). But if you love Kirby or are looking for a stylish lightweight headset for a younger gamer, PowerA's Kirby Mouthful headset is quite charming.PowerA's Nintendo Switch HeadsetsKirby Mouthful -- $30Mario Kart Rivals -- $23.49 ($30)Pokemon Kanto Friends -- $30Fortnite: Llambro (includes Glyphic emote) -- $30Fortnite: Drift (includes Signal Override Wrap) -- $30The Kirby design is the best of the bunch from PowerA, but there are several other options also priced at $30 or less. Notably, you can get a Mario Kart-themed headset for only $23.49 at Amazon. PowerA's Pokemon-inspired headset features Pikachu and other Generation 1 standouts from the Kanto region. The two Fortnite models listed below come bundled with a voucher to redeem a rare in-game item: the Glyphic emote or Signal Override Wrap. See at Amazon More Kirby PowerA AccessoriesKirby controllersKirby Mouthful Wireless Switch Controller -- $40 ($45)Kirby Wired Switch Controller -- $24.44 ($28)Kirby Nintendo Switch Carrying Case -- $20As mentioned above, there are a few other products from PowerA that feature a Kirby-fied aesthetic. The Kirby Mouthful Controller will match the headset perfectly. Part of PowerA's Enhanced series, the wireless controller includes motion controls and two remappable back buttons. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

No one is doing more for mascot platformers than Toys for Bob. Since 2018, the formerly Microsoft-owned studio has released the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot 4, and Crash Team Rumble, reinvigorating two beloved but largely stagnant franchises. Now, Toys for Bob co-studio head and creative director Paul Yan says the studio has its eyes on another iconic platforming series: Banjo-Kazooie.In a recent interview with CanadianGuyEh--which was then reported by Windows Central--Yan discussed Toys for Bob's upcoming projects. On top of seemingly teasing a new entry in the Spyro the Dragon series, Yan expressed the team's desire to work with Xbox on bringing back the dynamic bird and bear duo, Banjo-Kazooie."One company we'd like to work with is one we're already working with--Team Xbox! They've been a great partner and they also have a very interesting roster of characters that Toys for Bob could have a lot of fun with. The honey bear is the first one that comes to mind--I think we can all agree Banjo's been hibernating long enough, right?" Yan said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive $60 | Releases September 9 Preorder at Amazon Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace set the tone for the Prequel Trilogy with its lavish costumes, impressive sets, and cutting-edge special effects back in 1999, and if you'd like a closer look at how the film was made, then you'll want to check out this new book. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive will be released on September 9, and you can preorder it for $60 through Amazon. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - A Visual Archive $60 | Releases September 9 This 296-page hardcover book offers behind-the-scenes photography and concept art from the Phantom Menace, as well as filmmaking anecdotes and extra physical content like booklets and foldout pages. For Star Wars fans who enjoy looking at the bigger picture, the book also goes into detail on how the movie built the framework for future spin-off series, like Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and The Mandalorian. There's also a deep dive into the Phantom Menace's merchandise, comics, and spin-offs, so you're getting a comprehensive look at the first film in the Prequel Trilogy and its place in pop culture history. Preorder at Amazon If you're looking for more reading material on the creation of the first Star Wars prequel film, there's the Star Wars Insider Presents The Phantom Menace 25 Year Anniversary Special that launched last year in celebration of the film's 25th anniversary. It's packed with vintage interviews from the long-running Star Wars Insider magazine, along with essays, art, and high-quality stills from the movie. It's available for $19 at Amazon.This is the second Star Wars: A Visual Archive book, the first was Visual Archive for Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Similar to the Phantom Menace, the Return of the Jedi book is packed with photography and concept art that explores how the movie was made and its legacy in pop culture. You can pick it up at a nice 50% discount at Amazon, dropping the price to $32.50 (was $65).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13 have seemingly revealed that Mafia: The Old Country will launch on August 8 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.As spotted by Gematsu, 2K and Hangar 13 posted a Steam blog post detailing their plans for PAX East 2025. In this post, the release date was inadvertently announced. While it has now been removed from the post, Gematsu provided a screenshot of the blog post before the release date was scrubbed.Screenshot for those that might want: pic.twitter.com/rok96pEhLT — Gematsu (@gematsu) April 10, 2025 2K and Hangar 13's PAX East 2025 panel will be hosted at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET on May 8 and they will show off a new gameplay trailer. Attendees will be able to meet some of the developers, including studio president Nick Baynes, game director Alex Cox, and cinematic director Tomas Hrebicek. They will most likely announce the release date during the panel.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo has added a new batch of classic games for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. Three more Sega Genesis titles are now available to play through the service: Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege.The Sega Genesis classics library is available exclusively as part of Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack plan. This premium tier includes all of the benefits of the base Switch Online service, as well as access to classic Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance games, as well as select DLC such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Booster Course Pass and Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion.Three classic #SEGAGenesis games have just been made available for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!☑️ Streets of Rage ☑️ Super Thunder Blade ☑️ ESWAT: City Under Siege pic.twitter.com/6vfct3UHQl — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 11, 2025 The base Nintendo Switch Online plan costs $20 per year, while the Expansion Pack plan costs $50 per year. Nintendo also offers an annual family plan for $80 that covers up to eight Nintendo Accounts across multiple systems.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Death Stranding movie has just taken another major step forward, as A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski will reportedly helm the live-action adaptation of the Hideo Kojima-directed game.According to Deadline, Sarnoski will write and direct the film, which is being co-produced by A24 and Kojima Productions. Sarnoski is currently in post-production on his next film, The Death of Robin Hood, which stars Hugh Jackman as the legendary outlaw. A Quiet Place: Day One received critical acclaim after it was released last year, and Sarnoski's directorial debut in 2015, Pig, was also a big hit with critics.Kojima himself retweeted news stories about Sarnoski directing the Death Stranding movie, which may or may not mean the news is real.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the breakout stars from Mario Kart World is the cow, and now a critical piece of information has come to light about the creature. As it turns out, the cow can eat its own kind in the Switch 2 game--and it seems to enjoy this.As the new Mario Kart World trailer showed us, Mario can chomp down on a giant three-decker burger to morph into a different version of himself. With the cow being a new racer for Mario Kart World, some wondered if the cow, too, could eat a burger. IGN confirmed that this is possible, but there are still plenty of unanswered questions. For one, we don't know what the burger is made of. Though burgers are commonly made of beef, it's not the only possibility. A burger is just one of many items that players can obtain at Mario Kart World's Yoshi's diner locations. Some of the others are steak kebabs, pizza, and donuts.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Mario Kart World will justify its $80 price tag once Nintendo unveils everything there is to know about the game, according to Nintendo's Bill Trinen. Speaking to GameSpot, Trinen said Nintendo looks at each game on a case-by-case basis when it comes to pricing, which is why Mario Kart World is $80 and some other Nintendo Switch 2 games might cost less."We'll look at varying prices and things like that for software based off of just how robust the experience is," Trinen said, reminding us that there is an upcoming Mario Kart World Nintendo Direct on April 17 that promises to show off more of the game and its features.Trinen went on to say, "People will get to learn more about that game. And I think that as they start to learn more about that game, they're going to be pretty excited about the content that's offered there."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Switch 2's price was recently announced, and the $450 price tag was higher than some anticipated. It could grow higher still due to US President Donald Trump's controversial tariffs. Now, Nintendo's Bill Trinen and Doug Bowser have defended and explained the price point.Trinen told IGN, "Obviously, the cost of everything goes up over time, and I personally would love if the cost of things didn't go up over time." The Switch 2 has "new features and new tech," and this carries a cost, Trinen said."We look at what is the experience on Nintendo Switch? What's the experience on Nintendo Switch 2? What are the new features that it offers? And certainly there's the cost of goods and things that factor into that, but we try to find the right appropriate price for a product based on that," he said.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Switch 2 will not have a system-level achievement system like PlayStation and Xbox consoles do, but individual developers can decide to make them if they want.During the recent Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, we saw that the Switch 2 editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom feature new achievement systems. Some thought this meant the Switch 2 would broadly support achievements, but Nintendo's Bill Trinen told Polygon, "Nope."This is how it also worked with the original Switch.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Switch 2 includes a number of upgrades and improvements over the original Switch, but one thing has stayed the same. The Switch 2 carts remain coated in material that tastes very bad in an effort to help prevent children or animals from accidentally eating them.In an interview with GameSpot, Nintendo's Takuhiro Dohta confirmed that the gross-tasting coating returns for Switch 2 carts, adding that the goal was the same: "We don't want anybody to be at risk of any unwanted consumption. We have indeed made it so that if it enters your mouth, you'll spit it out."Anyone who licks a Switch 2 cartridge won't be harmed apart from having a bad tase left in their mouth, Nintendo said. We licked the original Switch cartridges and found them to taste very gross. We have not (yet) been able to conduct the same very important scientific research for Switch 2 cartridges. Whatever the case, we're going to take Dohta at his word for now. "I do not advise that you do," he said of licking a Switch 2 cartridge.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Lego Minecraft: The Sword Outpost (427 pieces) $30.49 (was $45) See at Amazon One of the most popular Lego Minecraft sets is back on sale for its Black Friday 2024 price at Amazon. Minecraft: The Sword Outpost, a 427-brick playset that doubles as a cool display piece, is discounted to only $30.49 (was $45). It's one of two limited-time Minecraft Lego deals at Amazon. This set is currently sold out at all other major retailers and the Lego Store.You can also save $20 on The Deep Dark Battle set, dropping the price from $65 to only $44.49. Deep Dark Battle is a 584-piece set that comes with two minifigures and a big recreation of a warden. Lego Minecraft: The Sword Outpost (427 pieces) $30.49 (was $45) Minecraft: The Sword Outpost lets you snap together a cool playset featuring a large recreation of the iconic Diamond Sword in its background. The kit includes a few interactive components, such as a lever that collapses part of the playset.You’ll also find figures for a Sentinel Soldier, Guardian Warrior, allay figures, a pig, and Skeleton and Creeper mobs. It also comes with various accessories, including a juke box and cookie table. See at Amazon The Sword Outpost and Deep Dark Battle sets are the best Minecraft Lego deals at Amazon, but you can also save on several other cool playsets:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Prerelease events have barely completed for Magic: The Gathering's upcoming set Tarkir: Dragonstorm, but the next set--Magic's collaboration with Final Fantasy--has a wave of hype surrounding it. Wizards of the Coast itself seems to be excited too, as images of cards from the upcoming set have surfaced on Reddit after some product was shipped to Brazil earlier than expected.A Reddit user (username deleted) posted images to the MTGRumors subreddit of cards whic are apparently from the MTG FF Starter Set--which includes two ready-to-play decks and instructions on how to play MTG for new players. Two cards from the Starter Set were revealed previously--Cloud and Sephiroth, who act as the two "face" cards of the two decks--but these new images on Reddit reportedly show the full contents of the starter package.FF starterkit by inMTGRumors The cards pictured in the Reddit post contain multiple familiar faces from Final Fantasy history--the Cloud deck includes Freya, Steiner, and Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX, G'raha Tia from FFXIV, and Barret Wallace from FFVII, while the Sephiroth deck features Ultimecia from FFVIII, Xande from FFIII, and Seymour Flux from FFX. A few famous scenes from FF lore also appear in the cards, with one notable example being the infamous "suplex a train" meme from FFVI.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com