Summary Mushroomsare virtually synonymous with the greaterMarioseries. In their 1985 debut,Super Mario Bros.‘sRed mushrooms, or Super Mushrooms, make Mario grow, and more importantly, allow him to take an extra hit. Green mushrooms, or 1-Ups, let the player gain an extra life, depending on the color. However, with the variety the series has displayed since its initial popularity, mushrooms have come to diversify and serve many other potential purposes as well. Examples include them being used as a healing item in variousMarioRPGs, as well as a speed boost in theMario Kartgames....

AlthoughBlack Ops 4did not feature a single player campaign, it looks like this year’sCall of Dutyiteration will. Publisher Activision Blizzard made the announcement during its quarterly earnings call. While the focus of the call is bound to be Activision Blizzard’s announcement that over800 employees have been laid offfrom the company, there was a lot of discussion surrounding its forthcoming titles as well. Specifically, an Activision representative suggested that this year’sCall of Dutywill “resonate very positively with our community....

Countdownimages and a premiere date have been revealed for Jensen Ackles' Prime Video action show. Created byOne ChicagoandFBIexecutive producer Derek Haas, the upcoming crime drama stars Ackles as an LAPD officer who, after a suspicious murder, is recruited into a secret task force of undercover agents. In addition to Ackles, known for starring in Eric Kripke’sSupernaturaland Prime Video’sThe Boys,Countdown’s castalso includes Eric Dane, Jessica Camacho, Violett Beane, Uli Latukefu, and Elliot Knight....

Fans of the difficult, Lovecraftian inspiredDarkest Dungeonwere delighted to hear the news last week of Red Hook Studios and Mythic Games partnership to deliver aboard game adaptation. Now it seems like players are getting their first look at the board game at Gen-Con 2020. Darkest Dungeonreleased back in 2016 on PC following anincredibly successful Kickstarter to universal praise. The game combines traditional Roguelite run-based mechanics with new features that players must take into consideration, like the sanity meter....

Bad news for fans ofDestiny 2’s Trials of the Nine: the weekly PvP event is cancelled for the next two weeks. Bungie has made the tough decision after discovering an emote that allows players to glitch inside of walls and outside of the map. In its weekly blog, Bungie announced that the next two weeks ofDestiny 2will go without Trials of the Nine while the developers work on a fix to the problem caused by an emote bug....

I wanted to rush into New Horizons, but I was stumped It takes me ages to design a character in video games, but I enjoy the process, and I don’t feel rushed. Naming a town inAnimal Crossing, on the other hand, is an exercise in indecision. It’s maddening. I’ve never been good at coming up with names I won’t immediately regret once it’s too late. That was true inAnimal Crossingon GameCube, and as I learned this week, it’s still true inNew Horizons....

After credits scenes are usually only a concern for movies like those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there is a precedent for after credits scenes in theGears of Warfranchise. Those who don’t wantGears of War 4spoilersshouldn’t read beyond this sentence, but as some may recall, that game had an after-credits scene that showed Kait’s uncle Oscar knifing his way out of the Snatcher that had captured him earlier. RELATED:Gears 5 Missing Collectibles Glitch Addressed by Developer Since pastGears of Wargames have sometimes had an after credits scene, it’s reasonable that some fans may assume thatGears 5has an after credits scene as well....

In a visit to Treyarch,Screen Rant’sRob Keyes met with the developers behindCall of Duty: Black Ops 7to get as much information about the upcoming installment as possible. One particularly exciting reveal is thenew 32-player PvE Endgame mission that players access after completing the main campaign,where all of your progress throughout the main campaign will be critical. Treyarch says the Endgame mission will"redefine what campaign can be in Call of Duty."...

The landscape of arena shooters is ever expanding, with new titles being announced a released regularly, trying to catch lightning in a bottle, similar to the widely successfulFortnite and Apex Legends. On the horizon is a new third-person-first-person shooter by Lillith Games calledFarlight 84.Farlight 84is a hero-based shooter similar toOverwatch, where players log into their choice of several game modes and face off against other players in action-packed PVP gameplay....

It has been at least a week sinceFire Emblem Heroesannounced and started its summoningwinter event named A Festive Miracle. The event introduced new limited-time alternate costumes forFire Emblem: Three Housescharacters Felix, Hilda, and Bernadette, as well as another Christmas-themed outfit for the game’s goddess, Sothis. As the celebration continues, the game’s developers seem to be in a festive mood, creating a limited-time online interaction with players and fans to send them festive greetings through their Twitter accounts....

Ever since the reveal of Hideo Kojima’s latest project,Death Stranding, at E3 2016, it has likely been at the top of several gamers' most anticipated lists. And with all of the recent teases of a 2019 release coming from the likes of voice actor Troy Baker, Walmart Canada, andHideo Kojima himself, that’s likely to increase the hype behind the action game. However, despite the high levels of mystery, a glimpse of Kojima’s latest project has been recently been showcased to another studio....

A new trailer for FX’sAlien: Earthhas given a new glimpse at one of the show’s hostile lifeforms, and it’s almost scarier than the classic Xenomorphs. One of thetrailers forAlien: Earthpromised that theAlienTV show would include new lifeforms that are described as “hostile.” That was always an exciting promise, but it just got much more terrifying. The newest footage ofAlien: Earthhighlights one of the hostile lifeforms it’ll be focusing on, and it’s arguably worse than the franchise’s flagship monsters, the Xenomorphs....

Warning: Spoilers ahead forFoundationseason 3, episode 1, “A Song For the End of Everything.“Foundationseason 3, episode 1, “A Song For the End of Everything,” includes a scene that teases the possibility of a spinoff show based on more work by Isaac Asimov, but the lack of an announcement from Apple TV+ regarding such a project makes it unclear if the platform is planning it or not. Foundationseason 3’s new charactersopen up many narrative possibilities for one of thebest sci-fi shows on Apple TV+....