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Metroidvania A ROBOT NAMED FIGHT! now available on Nintendo Switch, Windows 10 devices

A Robot Named Fight! – 2017’s acclaimed “metroguelite” by solo developer Matt Bitner – is launching today on the Nintendo eShop and Windows Store 🙂 Published by Hitcents, the Switch version of A Robot Named Fight!includes 100% feature parity with the current Steam build – with support for seeded runs, new weapon and power-up combos, and even a new (secret) ending! Originally released on […]

Latest guests for Anime Midwest 2018 from Japan and Chicago.

Terumi Nishii Terumi Nishii (西位輝実) is an animator and anime character designer from Japan, who has worked as a character designer on popular anime series’ such as MAWARU–PENGUINDRUM (2011), Servant x Service (2013), JoJoĘĽs Bizarre Adventure Part 4 Diamond is Unbreakable (2016), and Haikara-San ga Toru Zenpen~Benio,Hana no 17-Sai (2017), as well as working as animation director […]

Kodansha Comics launches Beware the Kamiki Brothers!

Continuing to launch at least one new “digital-first” manga series every week—Kodansha Comics just announced it will kick off 5 new manga series in May, with a diverse offering for the month. Kodansha Comics’s digital-first manga releases are part of an exciting new initiative begun last year to put a greater diversity of manga series into […]

THE ALCHEMIST CODE CELEBRATES 5 MILLION DOWNLOADS WORLDWIDE

gumi Inc announced that their latest title, the pinnacle of mobile Japanese Strategic RPG, THE ALCHEMIST CODE, has reached a total of 5 million downloads across the world. To commemorate this momentous event, from May 3 to May 30, gumi Inc has prepared a special month-long celebration for the players. The highlights of this celebration include, but are not […]

2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY

Bon Jovi, The Cars, Nina Simone, The Moody Blues, Dire Straits and Sister Rosetta Tharpe are the inductees in the exclusive HBO special 2018 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, debutingSATURDAY, MAY 5 (8:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). This year’s ceremony boasted a star-studded array of guests and presenters, including May J. Blige, Jerry Cantrell, Felicia […]

IMAGE COMICS CELEBRATES 18 EISNER NOMINATIONS WITH DIGITAL SALE

In celebration of the 18 Eisner Award-nominated Image titles announced by Comic-Con International last week, the digital editions will be on sale at ComiXology today, May 1st through 14th. Now fans will be able to stock up on their favorite series and try out these critically acclaimed titles in anticipation of the forthcoming awards night. FULL LIST OF IMAGE COMICS EISNER […]

ICE CREAM MAN, VOL. 1 DELIVERS CHILLS, THRILLS, AND KILLS

Writer W. Maxwell Prince (ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY, The Electric Sublime), artist MartĂ­n Morazzo (SNOWFALL, GREAT PACIFIC, The Electric Sublime), and colorist Chris O’Halloran (GENERATION GONE, Black Panther) team up for ICE CREAM MAN, VOL. 1: RAINBOW SPRINKLES this June. The trade paperback will collect issues #1-4 of the ongoing series. Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical […]

THE 8th ANNUAL DESIGNER TOY AWARDS VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, NY. THE 8th ANNUAL DESIGNER TOY AWARDS VOTING IS NOW OPEN! The Designer Toy Award Voting is Now Open! The finalists for the 8th Annual Designer Toy Awards (DTAs) have been announced and Public Voting has begun! To see the full list of finalist please visit https://www.designertoyawards.com/categories. We’d like to thank the nomination committees, […]

HBO RENEWS WESTWORLD FOR A THIRD SEASON

Following the show’s recent season-two premiere, HBO has renewed the Emmy®-winning drama series WESTWORLD for a third season, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming.             “It’s been an extraordinary pleasure to work with the exceptionally talented Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, as well as their gifted cast and crew,” noted Bloys. […]

Hashtag Con Lafayette

Set to be Fortnite’s first-ever large-scale live arena competition held in the US. Lafayette, Louisiana – Coming to the CAJUNDOME Memorial Day weekend, Hashtag Con Lafayette will feature a 2-day open competitor event that will bring together a diverse group of game enthusiasts, exhibitors and fans in an affordable and family-friendly environment. Anyone can enter, anyone can […]