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New Super Mario Bros movie teaser is a spoof commercial filled with laughs and deep cut Easter eggs

12-02-2023 23:39 via gamesradar.com

A new Super Mario Bros movie teaser has been released and, surprisingly, it’s a spoof commercial filled with laughs and deep cut Easter eggs.Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) are seen in the 30-second teaser in their day jobs at Super Mario Plumbing. In one hilarious moment, they get a happy customer to mention in the commercial that the only thing the pair haven’t drained is her wallet. That backing track will be familiar those of a certain vintage, too: it’s the Mar

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Last of Us Episode 5 required 65 prosthetics artists and a 6'6" stunt performer

12-02-2023 23:15 via gamesradar.com

Spoiler alert: this story may include spoilers for HBO Max's The Last of Us so only proceed if you've seen Episode 5!Thanks to the Super Bowl, the Last of Us episode 5 arrived early this week. And if you finished it wondering how on earth they managed to make that swarm of infected and Clickers look so horrifyingly real - not to mention that terrifying Bloater - HBO has pulled back the curtain with its latest instalment of Inside the Episode.Whilst the phenomenal prosthetics work is detailed a l

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Sonic Frontiers director teases that we should "look forward" to more side-scrolling Sonic games

12-02-2023 22:50 via gamesradar.com

Morio Kishimoto, the director of Sonic Frontiers, has teased that there may be good news on the way for fans of classic 2D Sonic games.In a tweet – written in Japanese, so there's a chance Google Translate hasn't quite got the details right; consequently, please take this as hopeful speculation for now, just in case it's wrong – Kishimoto responded to a fan of the old-school Sonic 4 and told them to "please look forward to them".After explaining that Sonic 4 was "made by Dimps", Kish

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 11 years old but has never been more popular

12-02-2023 21:01 via gamesradar.com

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive may be more than a decade old, but it's currently the most popular game on Steam right now.In fact, despite releasing over 11 years ago, it seems CS:GO has never been more popular; the shooter has just broken its own concurrent user record - the term given to the number of players logged into a game all at the same time - clocking up a staggering 1,320,219 simultaneous users over the weekend. According to SteamDB - and spotted by our friends over at PC Gamer

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Resident Evil 4 Remake may be locking treasure behind DLC

12-02-2023 12:28 via gamesradar.com

It looks like Capcom's highly-anticipated Resident Evil 4 Remake will lock some collectible treasure behind DLC.According to the item description on the Xbox Store, the Resident Evil 4 Treasure Map: Expansion - which is only available as part of the Resident Evil 4 Deluxe Edition - will signpost you to treasure that "can only be obtained by this method". This suggests, of course, that if you don't have the map, you won't find the treasure."Discover the hidden treasures that await!" the store tea

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