A number of developments are on the horizon for Shovel Knight, including new content, a name change, a new platform, and a price increase. Developer Yacht Club Games announced all of this on its blog today. Shovel Knight and the Specter of Torment expansion are both set for release on Nintendo Switch. A release date…

Ahead of Thursday’s livestream presentation, Nintendo has announced the upcoming availability of Switch preorders. In a tweet this afternoon, the account for Nintendo’s New York City retail store said, “A limited quantity of preorders for the Nintendo Switch will begin on 1/13 at 9 AM while supplies last” at Nintendo NYC. The store is located…

With just a few weeks to go before its premiere, Fox has released an action-packed trailer for 24: Legacy. There’s no getting around the absence of Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer in the new reboot. Today’s trailer seeks to convince you it’s largely business as usual, just with Corey Hawkins’ new character, Eric Carter, in Bauer’s…

Marvel’s next two Avengers films may feature one of the stars of Game of Thrones, according to a new report. Peter Dinklage is in “early talks for a key role” in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, according to Variety. Marvel declined to comment on the report, as is the norm. There’s no word on what…

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it had canceled the Xbox One and PC game Scalebound, which was in development at Bayonetta studio Platinum Games. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said it was a “difficult” decision to cancel the project, but one that is ultimately “better for Xbox gamers.” Now, Spencer has spoken up again about Scalebound’s…

Xbox boss Phil Spencer answered a lot of fan questions today on Twitter. One of them had to do with the company’s highly anticipated Project Scorpio console. Someone asked if Microsoft would show it off before E3, to which Spencer replied (via DualShockers), “Honestly not sure yet but I know people want this.” Asked for…

Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick is reportedly in discussions to play Santa Claus in a new Disney movie. Variety reports that Kendrick could play the iconic character in a film currently titled “Nicole.” The movie, written by Miss Congeniality writer Marc Lawrence, will see Santa’s daughter forced to take on the role of Santa after…

Hollywood veteran Will Smith could star in Tim Burton’s new live-action Dumbo movie. Deadline reports today that the Independence Day and Fresh Prince star is “circling” with Disney to star in the movie, which is an adaption of the 1941 classic. “The studio is moving aggressively toward a production start with a script by Ehren…