NBA 2K26is currently available for pre-order, and it will be interesting to see which athletes make the list of the top 50 in the upcoming launch. Last season, we saw plenty of action on the court, as OKC managed to add yet another championship to their existing triumphs. However, not every team performed to their potential, and the same can be said about the names on their rosters. Let’s take a look at how I believe the list of the top 50 overall ratings could potentially look....

‘Operating a joystick over the touch panel’ Nintendo has a lot of patent cases to sift through at any given time, which makes sense as they patent a lot of new technology. They also need to protect and enforce those patents, and they’re making the case once again in a lawsuit filed against mobile studio Colopl — which has a really cute pictureof their CEO with a teddy bearon their official site....

Love me some holiday-set video games I probably should’ve watched this debut trailer forParty Hard 2with an eye on the scornful new protagonist or any potential stray details that might’ve popped up, but I was too distracted by the vibrant lighting and colors to take notice of much else. It’s a cool visual hookin motion, one that places 2D characters in a 3D setting backed up by real-time shading and physics-driven objects....

On this week’s Podtoid, we get pretty damn vicious about Sandra Bullock, we chat about the ethics of making mental patients fight like pocket monsters, and we chat about how 2012 is going to be a “great year for game journalism.” We’re pretty sarcastic about that particular sentiment. There’s also yet more talk about the PS Vita, and something about some other videogames. Despite the festivities, there’s also a bit of tragedy....

You have to pre-order a movie ticket Japan is having a particularly insidious distribution event forPokemoncoming up, and it involves pre-ordering tickets for an upcoming film to get a special creature. That creature is an adorable Ash Pikachu, but there’s a massive catch involved. By pre-ordering tickets during specific times, you’ll get certain colored hats with different abilities. The promotion runs from April 15 to October 9, with repeated dates in-between, so you’ll have a few chances to get the one you want....

Perfect Dark— or, as it’s called onmy block, “the game that fixed everything bad aboutGoldenEye” — told the story of Carrington Institute’s Joanna Dark as she attempted to thwart dataDyne’s evil intentions and all the alien invasions that came with it. It was a self-contained game, but at one point it was meant to get a literal sister title. In the days leading up to Rare’s release ofRare Replay, Gregg Mayles, the developer’s creative director, is shedding some light on studio secrets over the years....

I’m sure that the vast majority of you have your faces glued to the television playing out your Master Chief fantasies, but we believe there are still gamers in the world that appreciate a moreclassicgaming experience. For those gamers, we’d like to offer something special: a brand-new Destructoid podcast whose members fondly remember the days when the NES was king, the Konami Code was spoken in hushed whispers, and the Game Boy was still just a gleam in Gunpei Yokoi’s eye....

Releasing later this year Today’s State of Play may have been a lot shorter than I was expecting – and missing one or two huge titles I thought would be there – but it was a great presentation nonetheless. Especially if you weren’t planning on getting a PS5 until 2023. And while the big-name, heavy-hitters bookended the show, the trailer that got me most excited was the one giving us a fresh look atSeason: A letter to the futurefrom Scavengers Studio....

Still fractured South Park: The Fractured But Wholehas been one of my more anticipated games this year.Stick of Truthwas a fantastic surprise, so the fact we’ll have to wait a little longer on itshilarious looking sequelreally stings. Once slotted for a Dec 2016 release beforegetting shuffled to Q1 2017, the sequel is now primed for a release in Ubisoft’s next fiscal year ranging from April 2017 to March 2018, according to Polygon....

Some 2B & some rumour fodder Square Enix may be best known as video games publisher but the company has its fingers in many pies from manga publishing to running arcade stores in Japan. But aside from their home video games, their next best known products are probably their figures and merchandising from their titles. And at Tokyo Games Show, they went and showed off some of their future products. Some are actually reworkings of previous releases to reflect newer titles, such as Terra Bradford and Lightning now looking like theirDissidia NTdesign or Cloud Strife in his “new”Final Fantasy VII remakedesign (remember, that’s still a thing!...

Not even 10 days since Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone blessed PC players with the huge andwildly popularStardew Valley1.6 update, he’s showing no signs of slowing down and patch 1.6.3 is now available for PC players, including an adorable addition for Krobus fans. Portraits for spouses were added in the1.6 update, allowing you to adorn your Farmhouse’s walls with portraits of your in-game beau(s), but Krobus was left out of this first batch....

What’s your Gear Score, Gamers? Rocksteady is a fantastic developer, make no bones about it, and I’ll gladly argue that we might never get a comic-book adaptation in gaming to rival the immersions, emotion, and raw, genre-defining impact of the amazingBatman: Arkhamtrilogy — But last night’s gameplay overview of the studio’s long, long in developmentSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice Leagueleft me and others in the gaming community less than enthused....

Why only Asia? Way back in February, Good Smile Company showed off dozens of Nendoroids in the works, including theMorgana Nendoroid. Among them was a poster for Ash from thePokémonanime, as well as a Pikachu Face Parts Case. Well today, both of them have gone up for pre-order, with some bizarre restrictions. Almost as if it is fate, Ash is just as much of a disappointment in Nendoroid form as he is in the anime....