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Smartphone-Spiele boomen in Deutschland BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Im vergangenen Corona-Jahr haben immer mehr Menschen in Deutschland auf ihrem Smartphone gespielt und dafür oft zusätzliches Geld ausgegeben. 22,6 Millionen Menschen griffen 2020 zum Smartphone, um zu spielen, wie der Game-Verband am Mittwoch mitteilte. Die Daten wurden vom Marktforschungsunternehmen GfK ermittelt. Damit baute das Smartphone seinen Vorsprung als beliebteste Spieleplattform aus. Auf dem zweiten Platz verdrängten die Konsolen (17,2 Millionen Spieler) den PC (15,2 Mio) auf den dritten Rang. Spielekonsolen waren auc...

If there’s one thing we here at The A.V. Club’s gaming team love, it’s getting our teeth kicked in in public. Hence why our regular Twitch stream this week is set to feature Capcom’s love letter to one of the must obnoxiously brutal games of all time: Ghosts ‘N Goblins: Resurrection. Advertisement Released this week on PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam (after coming out on Switch back in February), the new Ghosts ‘N Goblins has been picking up steam and hype for months, at least among the sort of people who really enjoy the thought of being rendered literally naked by an uncompromis...

Advertisement Tremors During a recent interview with Esquire, Kevin Bacon revealed he’s still eager to revisit his character Valentine McKee in a future Tremors project. It was one film of mine that I wanted to revisit that character. I don’t look back at all. In fact, Tremors is the only movie of mine that I have rewatched since it’s come out. We were around the 25 year anniversary. I went to Blumhouse, and they were totally into the idea. Universal didn’t want to remake it as a feature and also maybe because it didn’t work as a feature the first time. So we put it aside. Then t...

Nintendo’s $20-a-year online subscription service gets slightly better on May 26 with the addition of Caveman Ninja, Magical Drop 2, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, Spanky’s Quest, and Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, bringing its grand total of playable old games to 104. Which are you most excited for, and why?

didn’t watch Disney’s well-received DuckTales revival and think, “Why is this a TV show, instead of a parody podcast mimicking the tone and cadences of long-running radio staple This American Life?” Now, at last, that Ira Glass-minded hypothetical can finally have its day in the sun, as Disney announced that, although DuckTales is done as a TV series as of its big series finale next week, it’s also set to revive itself once again, this time as a Danny Pudi-fronted podcast titled, well, This Duckberg Life. Advertisement And by Danny Pudi, we really mean his character, Huey Duck,...