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Nintendo just finished hosting their final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and throughout the livestream Nintendo has confirmed the inclusion of fire type Pokemon Incineroar.

Now that the Smash Direct has finished and all fans have taken a minute to process what has just happened, we can now talk about one of the characters that has been confirmed. It turns out the leaks were true, Vergeben was right and Incineroar has now been officially confirmed for UItimate.

Nintendo has confirmed the inclusion of Incineroar through an awesome cinematic trailer located above. Throughout the trailer we can see Incineroar facing off against Ken and utilizing each of his moves, some of which are very mechanically interesting. Incineroar takes on the theme of a pro wrestler, making his grab throws much longer and the prowess of boasting to the crowd whenever a successful attack is landed. Within this whole post I have provided a breakdown of each of his moves, the images has been provided courtesy of the /r/Smashrbos subreddit.

Ken Masters fan? Nintendo is playing your tune then, as the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct has finished Nintendo has officially confirmed that Ryu's rival will be joining the Smash Ultimate roster.

Ken was officially confirmed through the same above cinematic trailer that Incineroar was, Nintendo just decided the he should come first . We can see him facing off against the champ Little Mac and going one for one with him in the ring. Little Mac gets a few punches in here and there and then Ken takes him out with a savage kick.

It is explained throughout the Smash Direct that Ken is based off Super Street Fighter II Turbo, he is very similar to that of Ryu moveset wise, but there will still be some changes here and there that players will be able to feel. Ken has what is called a "Heavy Shoryuken" (Up B), basically it is just a heavier version of Ryu's. Ken's Hadoken (Neutral B) is pretty much the same as Ryu's, except for the initial shape which appears to be slightly bigger. Ken's spin kick titled "tatsumaki senpukyaku" hits opponents multiple times, "Hell Wheel" throws the opponent backwards and "Focus Punch" is the same as Ryu's. Images for each of the moves can be found in full post.

Rumors of a Sprits Mode/Adventure Mode has been floating around the web since we got that image back in August that showed us the outline of the game mode on the home screen. Now that the game mode has been officially announced, it deserves a breakdown doesn't it?

Firstly, props to GameXplain for providing the above excerpt video from the Smash Direct. In the Spirits Mode, many famous video game characters have lost their physical forms and become what is known to be "spirits." These spirits will serve as a sort of power-up for fighters as each of the spirits can add additional attributes such as strength, speed or durability. Here is the official Nintendo definition for Spirits Mode "Equipping a spirit is similar to equipping a charm or accessory in an RPG. It's a way for players to enjoy a massive amount of additional video game characters outside of selecting them as playable fighters."

Throughout the Smash Direct, Nintendo also surprised fans with a trip down nostalgia lane by showcasing a story mode for Smash Ultimate. The mode is titled "World of Light" and according to Sakurai, the Director Super Smash Bros., World of Light will not be anything like the Subspace Emissay which was present in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This new mode will concentrate more on having fun rather than story. World of Light has barely any details at the moment but from the video located in the entirety of this post we can see Master Hands coming down and beating the roster, with only Kirby barely managing to escape.

To celebrate the release of Diablo III: Eternal Collection on the Nintendo Switch, Blizzard and Nintendo have placed a secret portal inside the Diablo III themed amiibo.

Nintendo and Blizzard have announced that they will be offering Nintendo Switch gamers a "loot Goblin" amiibo that "opens up a portal in game." Diablo III features a mechanic that randomly spawns treasure goblins, these treasure goblins drop items such as gems, gold, crafting materials and other objects.

It should be noted that this offer is only available at GameStop, and that is where the following description has been sourced from; "opens up a portal in game" Once the player picks up one of these cool looking amiibo's they will be able to access a secret area. This offer is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version of Diablo III: Eternal Collection. The Loot Goblin amiibo will be available December 2018. For more information, visit the official Diablo Switch website here.

Throughout the Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, it was announced that any player who pre-orders Ultimate will receive a completely free Piranha Plant as a new fighter.

According to the announcement, Nintendo will only be providing this opportunity for a limited time only, players will have to pre-order and claim their Nintendo Gold Points before January 31st, 2019 to receive the fighter. "If you purchase Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and claim your My Nintendo Gold Points by January 31st 2019, you can receive the fighter Piranha Plant as free downloadable content!"

Once players have claimed their Nintendo Gold Points an email with the fighters code attached to it will be sent to your Nintendo Account email address. After the Nintendo Gold Points have been added to the account, the fighter code will be sent out within 72 hours of activation, all codes will last until June 30th, 2019. For more information visit the official Nintendo pre-order listing here.

HTC has just announced it has now joined the VirtualLink consortium, with the movement pushing a new VR standard with a single USB-C connector that has already been deployed on NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX range of graphics cards.

AMD, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Oculus and Valve are all part of the VirtualLink consortium, but there were eyebrows raised over HTC now being in the ranks. Daniel O'Brien, the GM of Vive in the US said that the company was "working to define not only a connection standard for future VR products but are also undertaking important work to help to define the future of what VR can be".

The news of HTC joining the VirtualLink consortium happened during the 2018 XRDC event held in San Francisco recently. VirtualLink, if you didn't already know, is a next-gen VR standard that will be capable of driving the entire VR experience (HMD, sensors, cameras) from a single USB-C cable. VirtualLink has enough bandwidth for four lanes of HBR3 DisplayPort, 10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 for cameras and sensors, and 27W of power.

EA and DICE have detailed the PC requirements for Battlefield V with three different requirements for the game, including the usual minimum and recommended PC specs, but there's also a new DXR requirements for the ray tracing side of the game.

At a bare minimum you're going to need an Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD FX-8350 processor, 8GB of RAM and either NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1050 or GTX 660 graphics cards, or the AMD Radeon RX 560 or HD 7850. Not too bad, considering how good Battlefield V looks... but if you want to run it more optimally, DICE is recommending a higher-end Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X, 12GB of RAM, and a beefier GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580 graphics card.

DXR knocks things up much higher with the CPU requirements being an Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 with 16GB of RAM, with only NVIDIA making the cut for graphics cards with Battlefield V in DXR. DICE is recommending the GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card for real-time ray tracing abilities, but I would recommend the flagship GeForce RTX 2080 Ti if you're running real-time ray tracing in Battlefield V, just to keep those frames up. The RTX 2070 will most likely struggle in a big way, but is the cheapest card that is DXR-compatible.

If there was a show that could get the attention of both gamers and a larger general audience, it would be The Legend of Zelda. The series has sold over 100 million copies over a plethora of platforms, and is now poised to be turned into a TV show.

Castlevania has been a big hit for Netflix and its producer Adi Shankar has teased a new show based on The Legend of Zelda, where he posted on Instagram a huge tease: "I can confirm that I'm working with an iconic Japanese gaming company to adapt one of their video game series into a [TV] series. On Nov. 16 @ 1pm I'm going to announce what it is. I love you all. Thank you for following me on this journey. Entertaining you guys continues to be a privilege". That gets my hype meter soaring, especially with Netflix planning an upcoming TV series based on The Witcher starring Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Mission Impossible Fallout star Henry Cavill.

The Legend of Zelda in TV series form could take shape in the form of a massive live action series, an animated version or something completely different. Netflix securing the rights will be a big move as they're going to be bleeding content out to Disney over the next year or so before they launch their own digital streaming service. Disney has some huge IP it can pull from including Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and more.

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GIGABYTE has just announced its new Z390 Designare motherboard with the new Z390 Designare motherboard brimming with features and connectivity including Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 Gen 2 for 40Gbps of bandwidth.

The new GIGABYTE Z390 Designare motherboard is not just a gorgeous motherboard, but it is packed to the rafters with some of the best features you will find on any Z390 motherboard on the market. We have support for Intel's latest and greatest Core i9-9900K processor, built-in USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 as well as USB 3.1 Gen 2 for up to 40Gbps of bandwidth.

GIGABYTE has used 12+1 phase digital CPU power with a digital PWM controller and DrMOS, with 8+4 pin power connectors providing the power necessary to run the Z390 Designare motherboard and it loaded up with a 9900K and NVMe-based SSDs. GIGABYTE has used a high-efficacy VRM heat sink for maximum heat dissipation, with the heat sink designed to increase surface area with a Direct-Touch heat pipe. The thicker material reduces heat generated by the on-board DrMOS module, too.

Nintendo has revealed throughout their financial results briefing that their amiibo collection has sold upwards of 50 million units. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hasn't even released yet, so this number is sure to go much higher.

According to the recently released financial results released by Nintendo, their statues that blend gaming into real life titled 'amiibos' have sold upwards of 50 million units worldwide. Here is what was said throughout the results, "amiibo figure total sell-through has reached approximately 50 million units." The paragraph continues to explain that "All characters that appeared in the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions of Smash Bros. have been released as amiibo figures."

Nintendo also details that once Super Smash Bros. UItimate is released, we will see the debut of "three new amiibo of characters who are appearing in the game as fighters for the first time."This is of course Inklings, Ridley, Wolf and more unannounced characters. Courtesy of Destructoid, within this full post is a complete list of every amiibo figure that has been released, and that is going to be released. For more information regarding Nintendo's sales figures, visit the official financial results briefing here.

Getting tired of all those old school Nintendo games on your Switch? Well, SEGA are going to bringing a collection of their own retro games to the handheld console, planned release date is at the end of the year.

SEGA has taken to their official Twitter account to announce that they will be bringing a collection of 50 SEGA Genesis titles to the Nintendo Switch. The 50 games will be arriving in both physical and digital form, and will usher in a new form of retro gaming. Players will be able to enjoy online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, same screen local co-op and more.

In celebration of this announcement, SEGA has released a brand new trailer detailing each of the benefits I mentioned above. SEGA will be bringing the Mega Drive or Genesis Classics to the Nintendo Switch on December 6th. For more information, visit the official SEGA Classic's website here. A full list of the games that will be included within the 50 titles have been provided within the entirety of this post.

A game developer that works for renowned studio Naughty Dog, has spoken out about his experience while working on the coming 'The Last of Us Part II.'

Before we get into what has been said, it should be noted that any hype from developers that are working on their projects should be taken with a grain of salt, as there is always the possibility of what has been said to be bias. Asher Einhorn, the game designer from Naughty Dog has taken to Twitter to reveal his experience while working on the coming game, the designer said "I don't think I've ever been more excited about a game I'm working on WHILE I'm actually making it."

Einhorn continued on his Tweet and said that The Last of Us Part II is "going to be freakin' unreal!!" The Last of Us Part II was announced back in 2013 and has been in developement since 2014. In December 2016, Naughty Dog revealed to us a trailer for The Last of Us Part II, check that out if you have missed it here. The Last of Us Part II has no set release date planned as of yet, but we are most likely looking towards a release window of 2019, more on that here.

Dragon Ball FighterZ released back at the end of September, and since then it has taken the fighting game scene by storm picking up over 3.5 million gamers across the globe.

The news comes from the official Dragon Ball FighterZ Twitter account, where the publisher Bandai Namco announced that the title "has exceeded 3.5 million in total worldwide cumulative number of shipments (including DL version)!" As per usual Google Translate has butchered this translation, but what we can learn from it is that Dragon Ball FigthterZ has shipped 3.5 million units worldwide and that this figure also includes digital downloads.

If you have been out of the hype for Dragon Ball FighterZ and consider yourself a bit of a Dragon Ball fan, I'd point you directly towards the games trailer which showcases most, if not all, iconic characters that are ever so known throughout the anime series. If you happen to own a Nintendo Switch, Dragon Ball FighterZ could literally fall straight into your lap, check out the Nintendo Switch launch trailer here.

Overnight, Netflix revealed to excited fans the first on set glimpse of Henry Cavill, who is playing the main role of Geralt in the upcoming Witcher TV series.

The reveal came in the form of quick 30 second video that showcased Cavill walking up to the camera in his full costume. We can see from the video that Cavill has adopted a silvery white wig and also is wearing some makeup to bring out Geralts strong cheekbones. Cavill appears in a classic leather tunic and proceeds to drink a potion, we can also notice an adaption of colored contact lenses, these are of course to acquire the effect of Geralts cat-like eyes.

It is hard not to notice, but Cavill does not have a beard in this video. Many fans have commented within the Netflix post saying that Geralt or Cavill needs to develop a beard for this role. It should be noted, as much as a beard would look good on Cavill the Netflix adaptation series is based off the novels written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Throughout those novels Geralt mentions that he does not like having a beard and much prefers a clean shaven face. Within the entirety of this post you will find an excerpt from the novel 'The Time of Contempt' where Geralt is talking to his close friend Dandelion regarding his beard.

Rockstar now holds two records for gaming's biggest openers, and Red Dead Redemption 2's launch sales are second only to GTA V.

Despite being a Western game with tons of punishing and meticulous mechanics, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a monumental win for Take-Two Interactive. The game has broken all sorts of records in its first three days, and raked in a huge $725 million in its opening weekend. And that's just from retail copies, not digital. For comparison's sake, GTA V made over $1 billion in three days, and one-day sales is crowned by Black Ops 2 which made $500 million in a single day.

"Rockstar Games is proud to announce that the critically acclaimed Red Dead Redemption 2 has achieved the single-biggest opening weekend in the history of entertainment," Take-Two wrote in a recent press release.

Nintendo saw strong digital sales growth in the first two quarters of Fiscal Year 2018 as more Switch owners buy directly from the eShop.

More and more consumers are buying into digital ecosystems like PS Plus, Xbox LIVE, and Steam, and now thanks to the Switch, Nintendo is enjoying a strong surge in digital sales revenue. In its latest financial earnings report, Nintendo says it enjoyed record digital sales of 31.9 billion yen in the first half of its FY2018 timeline, up an incredible 70% year-over-year. Total digital figures aren't just full game sales and include DLC, add-ons, in-game spending in games like Fortnite, game sales on eShop, and Switch Online subscriptions.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says 60% of the digital sales were from eShop purchases of packaged games, which means the company made 23.46 billion yen from digital games.

Nintendo's new Switch Online subscription plan was a popular choice among consumers, the company says, likely due to its lower cost value proposition.

At $20 a year, the Switch Online service is quite cheaper than the $60 online services from competitors Sony and Microsoft. This price point, along with the free range of NES classic games and added online play, is a primary driver for adoption across the Switch's 22 million-strong install base. Nintendo confirms that most Switch Online subscribers bought into the $20 annual plan versus the piecemeal month-to-month or 3-month options.

"Nintendo Switch Online, the paid service that expands the online functionality of Nintendo Switch, became available in September 2018. The launch went according to expectations, except that consumers who have purchased a subscription to this point opted for a 12-month Family or Individual Membership consist of more than half of total subscribers, which is more than anticipated," Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said in the company's recent fiscal earnings report.

Despite the Switch's success and combination console and handeheld form factor, Nintendo won't be killing off the 3DS handheld family of systems any time soon.

The Switch arguably makes the 3DS obsolete--not only is it more powerful, its games library is rapidly expanding. But with a huge 70 million strong install base and over 300 million software copies sold, scrapping the 3DS altogether would be a mistake. Instead Nintendo plans to use the 3DS as a point of entry to its budding hardware and gaming ecosystem. Think of the lower-cost 3DS as a more accessible gateway to Nintendo's products that could ultimately lead to a Switch purchase, or continued 3DS game sales.

In Nintendo's recent financial earnings, current company president Shuntaro Furukawa outlined how the 3DS folds into the company's existing and future plans: "Nintendo 3DS is set apart from Nintendo Switch by its characteristics as a handheld game system that is lightweight, price-friendly, and highly portable. Affordability is the strong point that positions Nintendo 3DS in a niche clearly separate from Nintendo Switch."

Nintendo's latest Switch handheld-console hybrid has now sold over 22 million units worldwide since its release in 2017, but the company has a long way to go to meet its lofty fiscal sales target.

The Nintendo Switch now sits at 22.86 million cumulative sales across the globe, the games-maker today announced in recent financial earnings. Hardware sales for the quarter ending September 30 are healthy but gains are incremental. 3.19 million Switch consoles were sold during the second quarter of FY18, up a low 9.2% year-over-year and a strong 70% quarter-over-quarter. The Switch now sits at 5.1 million half-year sales, up slightly from last year's 4.9 million. Software is now up to 111.10 million.

This smaller uptick in sales momentum means Nintendo will have to push extra hard to meet its lofty 20 million Switch sales goal for FY2018. With 5.1 million Switch consoles sold so far, the company has to move 14.9 million units from now until fiscal year's end on March 31, 2019.