The Amazon-exclusive Hot Wheels Mario Kart Circuit Track Set is currently discounted to one of its best prices of the year ahead of the holidays. You’ll find it for just $63 (was $91), and it’s still eligible for delivery before Christmas. So if you still need that big ticket item for a young Mario or Hot Wheels fan, it’s hard to beat this current offer on a very cool track. For a cheaper Mario Hot Wheels track, you can get the Jungle Kingdom Raceway from The Super Mario Bros. Movie for only $12 (was $40).

Hot Wheels Mario Kart Circuit Track Set + Yoshi and Mario Karts

$63 (was $91)

While this impressive set was a few bucks cheaper around Black Friday, that deal sold out quick because of limited quantities. The $63 deal is still one of the best of the year. Not only will you get to build a wild course with upside-down loops, spinning coins, and banked turns, but there’s also a motorized power booster that’ll send your karts flying around the course. There’s also an interactive Green Shell button that pushes your opponent off the track and into the pits. Once the race is done, you’ll find multiple parking zones for your kar…

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Director Robert Rodriguez’s Mexico Trilogy is getting the 4K treatment this summer. This collection consists of his breakout hits and includes a ton of bonus content as well, so if you’ve been looking to revisit El Mariachi, Desperado, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, this is the box set to grab. Currently priced at $73 (was $100) at Amazon, The Mexico Trilogy is set to release on August 27.

The box set comes with a booklet written by film historians Carlos Aguilar and Nicholas Clement, and double-sided posters for each film.

These are all terrific films, showcasing Rodriguez’s talent for crafting high-octane action. El Mariachi was infamously made on a $7,000 budget and follows a young musician after he enters a dangerous border town and finds himself on the wrong end of a gun after a case of mistaken identity. Mayhem–naturally–ensues. Rodriguez would follow up El Mariachi with Desperado, the film that arguably put him and his star Antonio Banderas on the map.

A Hollywood production, Desperado saw Mariachi tear a bloody path through the Mexican underworld, and he’d return in 2003’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico to start a bloody war for the sou…

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Cloud isn’t necessary a Karen in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, but he does need to speak to the manager–of the Gold Saucer, that is. It’s a massive theme park, and there’s barely any information to help you. As such, here’s our guide on how to find Dio in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Likewise, please be reminded that this article contains minor spoilers.

Where to find Dio in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (Chapter 12 objective)

To be clear, Dio, the manager of the Gold Saucer, is someone you initially meet during Chapter 8: All That Glitters. You don’t need to look for him at all, since he’s the one who approaches Cloud and the gang during that portion of the campaign. This also serves as an introduction to 3D Brawler, one of the minigames in the theme park.

Still, the objective that we’d like to focus on takes place during Chapter 12: A Golden Keystone. The goal is to find Dio in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth so you can progress the main story. There are just a couple of problems:

  • If you open the local map, the entirety of the theme park is highlighted, and you definitely don’t want to waste too much time exploring th…
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The first few moments of Grid 2 should be a disaster. You’re strapped into a bruising muscle car and immediately asked to negotiate the corners of downtown Chicago amid a cavalcade of roaring V8s. But rather than serving as a messy reminder of why so many driving games ease you in with something a bit more sensible, this opening race is a perfect example of what makes Grid 2 such a blast. This is a game that takes every opportunity to remove the barriers between you and the thrill of all-out street racing. With an exciting career mode and handling that strikes a great balance between arcade and simulation, it succeeds brilliantly at that task.

Whether you’re drifting through the hills of rural Japan or careening along California’s Pacific Coast Highway, Grid 2 gives you the tools to perform some truly spectacular automotive feats. This is all thanks to a driving model that borrows equally from the forgiving handling of an arcade racer and the demanding physics of a driving simulator. Cars are nimble and highly responsive, but there’s a very real relationship between your tires and the surface beneath them. You can give up only so muc…

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The original Shin Megami Tensei V was great. When I reviewed it back in 2021, I loved the challenging combat, the excellent art design, the menagerie of mythological beings, and the overall dark and oppressive atmosphere wherein humanity hangs by a thread. But there was certainly room for improvement, so I was eager to see how Atlus would handle Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, its revised and expanded multiplatform release. So rather than repeat what was said before–much of my original review still stands–it’s more worthwhile to look at Vengeance’s most important changes and new additions. There’s a lot that’s been added and adjusted, so let’s focus on what made the biggest impact on the game overall.

Perhaps the most noteworthy is its performance. Instead of being constrained on the Switch hardware, Vengeance is now multiplatform, allowing the game to run at a much smoother 60fps. Though the Switch version was known to chug when a lot was going on in its big, open environments or in combat, this is no longer a problem. (Since we’ve reviewed Vengeance on PS5, we can’t say if the Switch version still has these performance hiccups, though we do know it…

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Sony’s next big movie after Spider-Man: No Way Home is Uncharted, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Ahead of its release on February 18, a new IMAX poster has been released, while tickets for the film have now officially gone on sale.

The new IMAX poster shows Holland as Drake falling from a cargo plane in what appears to be one of the film’s biggest action sequences. The poster also mentions places like Manhattan, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Agra, Singapore, and Giza–these are all presumably places Drake will go in the movie. IMAX said some sequences in the Uncharted movie have “26% more picture” on IMAX screens.

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Director Chloe Zhao made history at the Academy Awards this year by being the second woman and first woman of color ever to bring home a Best Director statue in the show’s 93 years of presenting. This also means Zhao is the first Oscar-winning director to work in the MCU–and, according to a profile published by Variety, the studio has fully embraced her signature style.

During the early days of Eternals pitching and development, Zhao fought to keep the sprawling sci-fi movie grounded and practical wherever possible. According to Marvel boss Kevin Feige, practical locations were a must for the director’s process. Zhao cut a sample reel for Disney’s higher-ups, and during the presentation, Feige impressed upon the room that it was “right out of the camera” with “no VFX work at all.”

Later, Feige explained, watching Nomadland, he was able to realize this was not a one-off for Zhao. “Oh! That is not just what she wanted to bring to Marvel.” he related. “This is a signature style.”

For Zhao’s part, she was quick to explain that Marvel Studios was both accommodating and flexible to work with during work on t…

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Blizzard has announced a Lunar New Year event for Overwatch 2. The new seasonal event introduces new skins for players, festive map changes, the return of arcade brawls, and more.

Whenever a player loads into Lijang Tower, they’ll see fireworks shooting up into the sky as a part of the Lunar New Year celebration. They’ll also be able to play the following modes: capture the flag, capture the flag blitz, and bounty hunter.

Capture the flag blitz is a faster-paced version of capture the flag arcade brawl. The flag is placed in the center of the map, and both teams have to race to the flag first to ensure they win Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Players can also participate in the 2023 competitive capture the flag and earn competitive points. In bounty hunter mode, players will be thrown into a free-for-all match. Whoever can kill an opponent first will have a bounty placed on them, and while they have the bounty on them, they can earn more points when they get kills –but the catch is that everyone can see the bounty at all times, no matter where they are.

Throughout the…

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The Pokemon Company is going full Saturday Night Live to celebrate Pokemon Day, providing a weekend update in the form of a new Pokemon Presents livestream on February 27 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET.

The Sunday stream was confirmed by the official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account via a tweet that read the following (as translated by Twitter): “From 23:00 on February 27 (Sun), ‘Pokémon Presents’ will [premiere] on the official Pokemon YouTube channel! We will deliver the latest information in about 14 minutes of video.” Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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The last couple of months have seen a steady flow of new patches ready for Destiny 2 after its weekly update has gone live, and like clockwork, there’s a new update that has been applied to the game.

While the patch deals with the usual technical maintenance that provides plenty of stability for the game, there are some interesting tweaks to take notice of Come from Sports betting site VPbet. In the Exotic department, a lingering issue with Synthoceps has been fixed as there were reports of the Biotic Enhancements perk preventing the shattering of an encased player with an uncharged melee.

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The value of individual shares in American online sportsbook and daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings Incorporated reportedly fell by 4.2% yesterday following news that a key specialist had recommended taking up a short position on its stock.

According to a Tuesday report from American television broadcaster CNBC, the advice from Hindenburg Research LLC came after the investments research enterprise published a report in which it questioned the sportsbetting giant’s promotional spend and future potential. The analyst purportedly also threw doubt on Nasdaq-listed DraftKings Incorporated’s valuation when compared to rivals such as the soon-to-go-public FanDual Group before alleging that the company may have had ties to questionable gambling practices.

Rapid rise:

Boston-headquartered DaftKings Incorporated quickly took advantage of the United States Supreme Court’s 2018 revocation of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protections Act (PASPA) and is currently licensed to offer its mobile-friendly remote sportsbetting services in seven states including the important markets of New Jersey, Indiana and New York. The firm reportedly saw the individual value…

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Adding to its recent string of content deals and iGaming B2B software platform Gamingtec has now partnered with up-and-coming slots developer, RubyPlay, with the Valetta-headquartered studio’s games enhancing its portfolio of 10,000-plus titles.

Further cementing itself as an industry leader, the deal sees an already expansive product offering, which in addition to slots features table games, instant-win scratchers and live dealer from tier-one providers, enhanced with over 60 innovative online slots.

Player favorite slots:

Since its inception in 2017, RubyPlay‘s HTML5 slots that are optimized for a wide range of devices have quickly grown popular with players in regulated markets worldwide, making the provider an excellent addition to the Gamingtec portfolio.

Among the developer’s video slots, which are based on top concepts from land-based and social casino mechanics, is its Mayan Cache flagship title. The 5-reel, 3-row game is loaded with bonus features like “Free Spins,” “Super Free Spins” and a Jackpot.

Quality content key:

In a statement in a recent press release, Andrei Beu, Commercial Director…

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Can you believe Hearthstone turns ten this year? My bank manager can, because over the course of that decade I could have bought a small car rather than a near-complete card collection, but here we are. This week, Blizzard released a slew of announcements about what to expect from what it has dubbed The Year of the Pegasus. (Fun fact: Pegasus was the game’s internal codename during early development.) 

Let’s run through them:

From today: free cards for logging in 

The celebrations kicked off earlier today with a patch that added 12 brand new cards for everyone, including a legendary. Each of the 11 classes received a “Gift” card, all of which cost 1-Mana and generate a temporary copy of an iconic card from your class. So, for example, the Warrior version is called Garrosh’s Gift and it reads: “Discover a temporary Execute, Shield Block, or Brawl”. 

What I like about the Gifts is that they essentially function like a mini sideboard, enabling you to run extra copies of single-target removal, board clears, card draw etc. Obviously, you’re paying a premium for that flexibility because you have to pay 1-Mana up front and

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Larian has opened preorders for an $80 physical Deluxe Edition version of Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC, PS5, and Xbox. The new variant comes with disc copies of the game and soundtrack, as well as assorted “feelies” like stickers and a poster, all in a glorious throwback case that feels like the PC big boxes of yesteryear. The Deluxe Edition is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2024.

I was forever scalded by the horrendous “Inquisitor’s Edition” of Dragon Age: Inquisition back in 2014⁠—I was just a boy! It was a bunch of cheap plastic crap! God may forgive BioWare, but I won’t. Ever since, I’ve avoided preorder videogame collector’s editions. 

This, of course, bit me in the ass when I realized Baldur’s Gate 3 might be my new all-time favorite just in time for its mondo-monster collector’s edition (complete with giant Illithid statue) to start commanding four-figure price tags on eBay. This new Deluxe Edition feels like divine intervention⁠—I’m saved! More dorky tchotchkes for me to put on my bookshelves.

The Deluxe Edition comes with the pre-existing Digital Deluxe goodies like Divinity-themed items and a digital art book, but we’re…

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Life By You is a new game in development at Paradox Interactive that aims to out-Sims the Sims: It’s an open-world game that uses “real language conversations,” enables players to take direct control of in-game avatars, and will come with a suite of customization tools that will “allow for unparalleled levels of storytelling.” Development is also being headed up by Rod Humble, who prior to becoming general manager at developer Paradox Tectonic was the head of EA’s Sims label for several years.

It’s an ambitious project, and as associate editor Lauren Morton wrote earlier this month, it will provide some long-overdue competition for The Sims, which has effectively owned the “dollhouse-core simulation genre” for more than 20 years. Unfortunately, she (and the rest of us) are going to have to wait a little longer than expected before we’ll get to see whether it can deliver on that front, as the early access release planned for September has been pushed to March 5, 2024.

“The additional time gives the development studio, Paradox Tectonic, the ability to improve the game’s visuals and UI,” Paradox said. “These improvements will not only affect the overall look and f…

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When Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone announced back in April that his life-consuming farm-life sim would be getting another update, he described 1.6 as “mostly changes for modders (which will make it easier & more powerful to mod)”, saying the number of new additions would be “much less than 1.5.” He’s got Haunted Chocolatier to work on, after all.

Then he tweeted a picture of some kind of JojaMart gold parrot, suggesting the less-popular pro-capitalism side of Stardew would be getting a little love in the update. And now he’s shared a sneak peek of what the 1.6 update will contain, and it’s a lot more than just changes for modders.

Among the additions are “Joja alternatives to some of the end-game quests”, which is presumably what that greedy parrot’s connected to. There are also three festivals on the list (one major, two mini), as well as “100+ new lines of dialogue”, a new kind of farm, winter clothes for the inhabitants of Pelican Town, more items and crafting recipes, “New late-game content, which expands on each of the skill areas”, and support for eight-player multiplayer on PC. 

Finally, Barone notes the 1.6 update will include “Many small …

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Best Cyber Monday Razer deals

      Gaming laptops

  • Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 4060 | $2,399.99 $1,999.99
  • Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 4070 | $2,699.99 $2,399.99
  • Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,499.99 $1,799.99
  • Razer Blade 15 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,699.99 $2,099.99
  • Razer Blade 17 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | $3,199 $1,999.99

    Microphone

  • Razer Seiren Mini | USB | $49.99 $34.99

    Gaming headsets

  • Razer BlackShark V2 X  | Wired | $59.99 $39.99
  • Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (Gen1) | Wireless | $179.99 $99.99

    Gaming keyboards

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