Rapper and actor Snoop Dogg is officially coming to Call of Duty as a playable character. He’ll be available in Call of Duty: Warzone, Mobile, and Vanguard, confirming previous rumors. Developer Sledgehammer Games revealed that he’ll be available through the Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle during Season 2 Reloaded, which begins this week.

This isn’t Snoop’s first time in Call of Duty, as he lent his voice to Call of Duty: Ghosts years ago, but this is the first time he’s a playable character in Call of Duty. Players can buy the bundle to play as the Super Bowl 56 halftime show performer and unlock new items and cosmetics for him.

“The D O Double G is back in Call of Duty and this time I’m in the freakin’ game! Excited to be working with the COD team to bring some fly features for…

Square Enix has given Final Fantasy Brave Exvius players some new lo-fi hip hop music to adventure/play to, announcing a new partnership with English lo-fi musical group Chillhop Music.

The partnership begins with the Final Fantasy Exvius Universe x Chillhop Music compilation album, a 25-track record created by Chillhop Music in collaboration with Square Enix, that can be streamed on all major streaming platforms.

To celebrate the release of the album, both of the games in the mobile Final Fantasy Exvius Universe–Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and War of the Visions Final Fantasy Brave Exvius–will be running limited-time events themed around lo-fi music.

The new content coming to War of the Visions, as described in the official pre…

Battlefield 2042 launched earlier this month and now developer DICE’s head of design is leaving the company. As reported by VGC, Fawzi Mesmar is leaving the studio, as he had plans to do so after its latest title had shipped. He joined DICE in 2019, and he worked on both the Battlefield and Star Wars: Battlefront franchises.

“It was an absolute pleasure to serve on the best design teams in the galaxy,” wrote Mesmar in an email to staff. “The incredible design work that you do continues to inspire me every day. Thank you for putting some faith in me, I hope I didn’t disappoint.”

Mesmar said that he was given an opportunity to work at another company that he could not turn down and that his new employer has been kind enough to wait so he could ship Battlefield 2042. “It was …

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is finally here, but if you’re still gaming on PS4 or Xbox One, you unfortunately can’t play the sequel to Fallen Order. Jedi: Survivor is only available on new-gen consoles and PC. That’s where Newegg's launch deal comes in. Newegg is giving away digital copies of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with the purchase of the Xbox Series S. By getting the console and game for $299, you’re saving 70 bucks versus buying both at retail price.

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Melanie Lynskey revealed that her husband, fellow actor Jason Ritter, had a small cameo in HBO’s The Last of Us as a clicker.

Spoilers for episode five of The Last of Us ahead.

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The Sausage Party universe is expanding. Prime Video announced today that it picked up a new Sausage Party animated series based on the movie, with the original cast set to return.

The TV series is called Sausage Party: Foodtopia, and it’s coming to Prime Video in 2024. The cast for the sequel includes the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, and Edward Norton. New cast members for the TV show include Will Forte, Sam Richardson, Natasha Rothwell, and Yassir Lester. The series is now in production and there will eight episodes in the first season, the show’s poster suggests.

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who co-wrote the original movie, said in a statement that 2016’s Sausage Party represented the pinnacle of what could be achieved in film, so th…

Nexigo’s wireless Nintendo Switch controller is on sale at Amazon for just $34 (normally $50). The deal only applies to the Cosmic Nebula model, which features a purple, outer space-inspired skin, but this is an excellent deal on the third-party gamepad with plenty of cool features. Though this controller isn’t as nice as the official Switch Pro Controller or 8BitDo Ultimate, it is pretty solid, especially at this price.

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Sonic X Shadow Generations launched last Friday, October 25, but Nintendo Switch users can already save $10 on a physical copy of the game. Amazon-owned retailer Woot has Sonic X Shadow Generations on sale for $40, though this deal is only available for the next couple of days. It’s one of many notable deals on Nintendo Switch games up for grabs ahead of Halloween. Most of the other titles on sale are first-party Switch games published by Nintendo, including multiple Zelda and Mario adventures. Check out the list of the best Switch game deals below.

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The ESA might be signaling its intent to hold a show next year, but it appears that E3 is gone for good. After years of awkward stumbling as it attempted to keep up with a rapidly changing industry, followed by a pandemic that disrupted gatherings all over the globe, the ESA has canceled the conference for 2022. And I suspect, more than likely, forever.

The global games conference had been struggling to transform itself in recent years, and we had been seeing the signs of its waning relevance even after its ill-fated attempts to scale down. First came Nintendo cancelling its traditional stage conferences for prerecorded Nintendo Direct presentations. Then, E3 transitioned to a public show, an awkward step that made conditions less-than-ideal for both the fans and journalists alike…