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Original Donkey Kong Poster That Was Nearly Thrown Away Sold at Auction for Record-Breaking $329,400

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A 1981 promotional poster for the original Donkey Kong , featuring the first public appearance of Mario, has become the the most expensive piece of original video game art ever sold at auction. But this artwork nearly got thrown out in the garbage. According to Landry Pop Auctions, who facilitated the sale, a former Nintendo of America employee named Donna Darbous saved the poster from a collection of materials that were marked for disposal. The poster was drawn by artist Leslie Cabarga as an arcade flyer for Nintendo of America, depicting Donkey Kong angrily hoisting a barrel over his head as a determined Mario — then simply named ‘Jumpman’ — makes his way up a building to save Pauline, who cowers in fear behind her hulking captor. As told in a press release shared with IGN, this flyer has now sold for an eye-watering $329,400, making it the most expensive video game artwork ever sold at auction. That record was previously held by the original cover artwork for Prince of Persia , whic...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Review

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This is a standalone review that covers only Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode. You can find our campaign and multiplayer review here . Extraction shooters can feel a little like a modern trend, with some heavy hitters like Marathon and Arc Raiders shaking the table within the last year or so, but they’ve been a growing experiment in the shooter space for the past decade or so. Call of Duty dabbled in it with the original DMZ back in 2022 (you could even argue they were late to the party by then), and its return in 2026 is timely. I’ve logged quite a few bootsteps through the bombed out streets, scattered woodlands, and high security bases of this big new mode over the last week, and after hours of vehicle hijacking, SAM site hacking, and target elimination, I can say this bigger, better DMZ is a welcome newcomer to the extraction shooter slate. The PvPvE dynamic of extraction shooters often lives and dies by how well the mission and level design encourages you to explore...
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'Appreciate the Fans' — GTA 5 Cast Tell Jason and Lucia’s Actors the Most Important Things They Should Know Before GTA 6 Launches Them to Fame

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The stars behind GTA 5’s Franklin, Michael, and Trevor, along with the voice of CJ from San Andreas, were asked if they had any advice for the actors playing GTA 6’s Jason and Lucia now that the game is almost here. The long wait for GTA 6 is almost over. After 13 years, the game is finally set to release on November 19 in one of the biggest (and potentially most expensive) pop culture moments in history. Knowing just how passionate Rockstar’s fanbase can be, actors who starred in previous games in the franchise shared their words of wisdom with the as-yet unannounced actors who are playing Jason and Lucia, the dual protagonists of GTA 6, in an interview with All Out Gaming at MCM Comic Con. “Have fun,” CJ’s actor, Young Maylay, said. “To be honest, just listen to what Rockstar says,” Shawn ‘Solo’ Fonteno, famous for playing Franklin in GTA 5, added. “They’re gonna lead you in the right direction. … But get ready. That’s all I can say, is get ready. It’s a ride that they’re gonna be ...
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David Hayter Opens Up About His 'Huge' Lost Planet Movie That Never Got Made

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Acclaimed voice actor and screenwriter David Hayter opened up about his canceled Lost Planet movie adaptation, explaining why it never got off the ground in a throwaway tweet more than a decade after it was first confirmed. Did you know that David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear games, wrote the screenplay for a Lost Planet movie ? I didn’t either, until he tweeted about it today — almost twenty years after the project fell through. Hayter spoke up about the film on October 27, 2026, reminding fans that yes, he writes for movies, and one of those movies would have been an absolute dream for fans of Capcom’s long-forgotten sci-fi shooter series Lost Planet . Fun Fact: I wrote a huge LOST PLANET movie for Warner Brothers in 2008, and then the entire financial world crashed, and that was the end of it. — David Hayter (@DavidBHayter) October 27, 2026 “Fun Fact: I wrote a huge Lost Planet movie for Warner Brothers in 2008, and then the entire financial world crashe...
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Two Creators of the Original Doom Are Arguing About its History on Social Media

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The 1993 first-person shooter Doom is legendary. Its place in history is both untouchable and inarguable. The details of that history, though, are currently being debated on social media. Not by fans, mind you, but instead by two of the very people that created it. Doom co-creator John Romero and Doom level- and game-designer Sandy Petersen took to X (formerly Twitter) to dispute each other's recollection of the origin of Doom's groundbreaking DeathMatch PvP multiplayer mode. It started with Petersen posting a thread titled, "How Doom changed the world." He discussed his history in the video game industry prior to getting hired at id Software to work on Doom – specifically on a real-time strategy game released in 1990 called Command HQ, and how designer Danielle Bunten Berry "thought that since 65% of gamers had modems it would mostly be played head-to-head. It bombed. I think it had about 40,000 sales." That set up a memory he shared next about working on ...
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Composer Austin Wintory Shares 22 Minutes of Music Created for BioWare's Canceled Mass Effect 5

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Composer Austin Wintory was once in talks to make music for Mass Effect 5. Now that EA has shuttered BioWare and canceled the game , he's released his drafts online. The award-winning composer behind Sword of the Sea, Journey, and a laundry list of other video games, movies, and shows revealed that he had been in talks to create music for the now-canceled Mass Effect revival in a post on social media. Whether he would have gone on to officially create music for what was in development under the name Mass Effect: Universe is unclear, but judging by the 22 minutes of audio published online for fans, it's clear there was some weight behind those early talks. Wintory called Mass Effect an "all-time dream project" that never came to be. Any hope to continue working on the series seems to have been dashed, which is why any drafts he managed to drum up can now be found on YouTube . It's yet another sneak peek at a project that will likely never see the light of day, and...
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Palworld's First Official Toy Collection Is Here, Complete With Mystery Eggs and Adorable Pals

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It's a good time to be a Palworld obsessive. The game recently teased its next update, Palworld: Side by Side , coming this winter, and now collectibles creator The Loyal Subjects has released the game's first official toy collection, featuring everything from articulated figures to mystery eggs. It's available now on Amazon . Decorate your desk with the frankly adorable Chillet, take everyone's favorite oversized electric menace Grizzbolt out and about, and keep the perpetually vacant-looking Relaxasaurus in your pocket to remind you not to scream at your boss. There are four different products in the collection, starting with a range of 4-inch articulated figures featuring Foxparks, Relaxasaurus, Grizzbolt, and Lifmunk. Each comes with its own Battle FX accessory, so you can make them fight without having to worry about a raid on your base. For those who prefer their Pals a little smaller, because it's not the size of the Pal that matters but what you do with it t...
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