Arsenal’s home clash with Liverpool had been earmarked for a potential switch from its original Saturday (Dec. 23) slot to the Sunday, prompting criticism from Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp and fans’ groups. The match will now take place on Dec. 22 with the other nine games kicking off on Dec. 23, starting with Everton v Chelsea at 1230 GMT and finishing with Leicester City v Manchester United at 1945 GMT....
While Britain’s undefeated heavyweight world champion counts the millions from Saturday’s win over New Zealander Joseph Parker, Kiribati’s boxers have had to prepare without even a boxing ring. “We make do outside or in a house as our ring is broken at the moment,” said Tekamwi Rabaere, coach of the two boxers representing the Pacific Ocean island in Australia’s Gold coast. “We try to design a ring, but it is not the same....
The Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack trailer has been flooded with dislikes, with 44 thousand dislikes versus just 15 thousand likes. Looking at the comments, the main source of contention appears to be the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack price. The base version of Nintendo Switch Online is relatively cheap at just $19.99 per year, whereas the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack bumps the price up to $49.99 per year....
For the duration of the delay, online multiplayer will remain entirely free on the Nintendo Switch. Cooperative and competitive games, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and the upcoming Splatoon 2, can be played online for free just as all multiplayer Switch games have since the console’s launch. Come 2018, when the Switch’s paid online services are implemented, all multiplayer will require players have a subscription to play. Speaking of pricing, Nintendo also revealed the price of the upcoming Switch’s online service subscription....
There have been rumors swirling around about the Switch Pro or Super Switch. It seems that the excessive number of plausible rumors make such a prospect highly likely, so it’s a great time to see how it would fare against the next-gen consoles. RELATED: Nintendo Has Sold Half a Billion Handheld Consoles Nintendo Switch Pro Leaked Specs Among the plethora of leaked information for the potential console, the spec sheet seems to be all over the place....
The Easter egg was found by Reddit user Tropiux, who promptly posted this fun find to the website. The message can only be seen when the Nintendo Switch controller’s right thumbstick is pushed all the way down, and is visible underneath the plastic that makes up the stick itself. Understandably, a lot of Switch Pro Controller owners have been very happy to find this little hidden message from Nintendo. After all, it’s always nice to receive a little thank you from the creator of a purchase, and a good way to ring in the start of a new gaming generation for Nintendo....
But what not many gamers realize is that The House of Mario is also looking to have a fantastic year, and may very well steal the PS5 and Xbox Series X’s thunder if Nintendo plays its cards right. There are still two months remaining in 2020, and for all that fans know, Nintendo may have one last Direct planned where the company could have some truly game-changing announcements. RELATED: 2021 is Shaping Up to Be a Big Year for the Switch...
According to ResetEra user NateDrake, who has proven to be an industry insider in the past and has leaked information about the Switch Pro that was later corroborated, the new console will apparently have some exclusive games. NateDrake says that the Switch Pro exclusives will “especially” come from third-party partners, possibly suggesting that they will actually be multiplatform games that would be impossible to run on a standard Switch console....
As it turns out, gamers playing on the Nintendo Switch will only be able to communicate with others through a voice chat application installed on their phone. Nintendo stated that a “free, limited version of this application” will be available in summer 2017, which means voice chat won’t be around for the Switch’s launch this March – and the chat feature won’t be compatible with every game. Once the console releases, gamers who pick up any of the 5 launch titles will have to dive into those titles without voice chat for a few months before the application comes out....
There are various differences between the Nintendo Switch Lite and the original Switch that go beyond physical appearances. Nintendo has posted a comparison between the two, but there are some details gamers may not be aware of. NINTENDO SWITCH VS NINTENDO SWITCH LITE The obvious differences are in the size and weight of each system. Check out how each console stacks up against the other. In terms of battery life, the original Switch will last approximately three hours when running The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild....
Although no concrete numbers were shared by the NPD Group when it comes to actual sales of the Nintendo Switch, the market research firm asserted that one of the major reasons why the console outsold the PS4 and Xbox One was due to the release of the team-based third-person shooter Splatoon 2, which became the best-selling game for July 2017. Another cause for the hardware’s success stems from the fact that “three of the month’s top seven best-selling games are published by Nintendo,” with the Big N also being “the best-selling software publisher in July....
The 33-year-old West Coast rapper was fatally shot outside a Los Angeles store on March 31, 2019. In the Family Guy episode, parents Peter (Seth McFarlane) and Lois (Alex Borstein) are by the pool when a hipster version of their children, Meg (Mila Kunis) and Chris (Seth Green), come over to tell them about the music festival they’re attending near the hotel they’re staying at. “You think the Von Trapps will stick around to pick up their award this time?...
As a result of Osaka and Nishikori’s contrasting wins on Wednesday, Japan will be represented in the last four of both singles draws at the same slam for the first time in the Open era. Osaka cantered past an ailing Lesia Tsurenko 6-1 6-1 to open the day session on Arthur Ashe Stadium, before Nishikori avenged his 2014 final defeat to Marin Cilic in a gruelling five-setter. “It’s great to see [two Japanese players in the semis],” Nishikori - who missed last year’s US Open through injury - said in a news conference....
Japan’s Nishikori, who missed last year’s US Open after a season-ending wrist injury, joined compatriot Naomi Osaka in reaching the semis – the first time that a Japanese man and woman have reached the last four in the same Grand Slam. Nishikori, the 21st seed, will take on either 13-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic or 55th-ranked Australian John Millman for a place in the final. Nishikori stunned then-world number one Djokovic in the semi-finals in 2014 to become the first man from an Asian country to reach the championship match of a Major....
Markus Kennedy scored 21 points, including the clinching three-point play, and SMU rallied from 13 down in the second half to beat Clemson 65-59 Tuesday night, sending its Hall of Fame coach into the NIT title game at Madison Square Garden. "I love this place," Brown said. "I wanted our guys to experience what I grew up looking forward to." Nic Moore added 13 points and Nick Russell scored 10 for the Mustangs (27-9), who will play Minnesota for the crown Thursday night....
In what will be the 49th edition of the singles and 44th in doubles, the O2 Arena in London is all set to witness the gladiators sweep the crowds off their feet with some supreme tennis on display for a week. The elite eight top players who will fight it out, including six-time tournament champ Roger Federer, World No 1 Novak Djokovic, debutants Kevin Anderson and John Isner along with Alexander Zverev, Kei Nishikori, Marin Cilic, and the Austrian Dominic Thiem....
In the co-main event of the evening, ‘The American Nightmare’ Cody Rhodes squared-off in a Wrestle Kingdom 12 rematch against Kota Ibushi while in the main event, Kenny Omega went toe-to-toe with Bullet Club’s Hangman Page. Elsewhere, several members of the Bullet Club, Los Ingobernables de Japon, and Suzuki Gun were also in action. Also, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada crossed paths with Hiroshi Tanahashi ahead of their big showdown tomorrow night....
A delay in the Bachelorette story really couldn’t have come at a worse time. Tayshia Adams is slated to take over the series this week, and viewers just got the first look at the new Bachelorette in the literal last seconds of last week’s episode. But the good news is this week won’t end without some new Clare Crawley content, and the eventual Adams takeover. The Bachelorette is scheduled to premiere on Thursday night instead of Tuesday, so fans of the dating reality show only need to hold their breaths for two more days....
Though Square Enix has an understandably packed slate of titles to show during E3 2012, there is one omission that is sure to have SE fans pretty disappointed. Expected attendees for the event like Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix’s recent acquisition from Activision) and Tomb Raider were confirmed, but unfortunately the publisher/developer’s next entry in the Final Fantasy franchise, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, is not. Initially revealed way back in 2006, along with two other Final Fantasy 13-related titles, Versus has been a perennial no show at a ton of events including E3 and TGS....
Unfortunately for Destiny fans, that doesn’t appear to be the case at all. Speaking to fans on Twitter, Bungie developer Eric Osborne has looked to keep expectations in check. He said that Bungie Day is “not a big reveal day,” and that fans should “set expectations accordingly.” For the unfamiliar, Bungie Day is a holiday created by Bungie that takes place every year on July 7th. Due to its unique status as a holiday for a video game developer, fans have come to expect the event to bring with it surprising announcements or big news, but this is rarely the case....
