The Super Mario Galaxy Movie didn’t just open big — it opened dominant. Nintendo and Illumination’s animated sequel hit theaters on April 1 and immediately rocketed to the highest-grossing opening weekend of 2026 so far, proving once again that Mario doesn’t need critical consensus to print money.…
The Mushroom Kingdom has officially gone supernova at the box office. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debuted in theaters yesterday and immediately blasted past expectations with a $34 million U.S. opening day, setting new records for both 2026’s biggest opening day so far and the highest-grossing…
Capcom has quietly released the original versions of Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis on Steam, giving PC players a straightforward way to buy and run the genre-defining classics on Valve’s platform for the first time. Even better: they’ve launched with a steep discount,…
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has reportedly pushed past 2 million copies sold, and the catalyst is exactly what PC players have been arguing for years: a proper PC port that didn’t arrive ages after the conversation moved on. New estimates peg the game at 425,000 copies sold in its first week on…
Sony is raising prices across the PS5 family — including the PS5 Pro — and the PlayStation Portal in a sweeping global hike that lands April 2, 2026. The increases hit the US, UK, Europe, and Japan with triple-digit jumps on consoles and a $50 bump on Portal, and Sony is framing it as a “necessary…
Crimson Desert has pulled off a rapid post-launch reversal—and the market whiplash has been just as dramatic as the game’s combat. After a mixed critical reception helped trigger a sharp drop in Pearl Abyss’ share price, the studio’s quick-fire patching and a blockbuster 3 million copies sold…
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is live, and it’s quietly one of the better moments of the year to bulk up on Magic: The Gathering—whether you’re a brand-new player who needs a clean on-ramp or a Commander regular hunting for a precon that actually plays well out of the box. The sale runs March 25 through…
Nintendo is officially breaking with one of its most consumer-predictable habits on Switch 2: the company will now set different MSRPs for physical and digital versions of its first-party, Switch 2–exclusive games. The shift begins in May with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and the early signal is…
Pearl Abyss’ single-player open-world action adventure Crimson Desert has now sold through 3 million copies worldwide, adding another 1 million in just days after an already explosive launch. It’s a monster sales story—especially on PS5, where the game is also dominating the UK physical charts—but…
Nintendo may be tapping the brakes on Nintendo Switch 2 production in the US after a holiday season that didn’t live up to internal expectations. Multiple reports point to a 33% cut in planned output this quarter—a meaningful shift for a platform holder that typically wants momentum, not caution,…
