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News - Nintendo Announces New Mobile Game That Turns Your Selfies Into Minigames
Nintendo has a new mobile game on the way, which will turn your selfies into quirky WarioWare-esque minigames. The game is called Pictonico!, and will release on May 28 for Android and iPhone.
Pictonico! was co-developed by Intelligent Systems, the studio behind the WarioWare series of games, and that influence is clear from the minigames Nintendo has teased so far. The main difference is that Pictonico’s minigames pull faces from your photos, warping real people into its absurd minigames.
When setting up the game, you can either snap a photo in the moment or pull an existing picture from your gallery--meaning friends, family, or even your favorite celebrities could be subjected to the indignity of starring in a WarioWare-style game.
Pictonico! will feature 80 minigames at launch, and is described by Nintendo as “free-to-start.” Free play is limited to just a few minigames, with the rest of the games available to purchase in two separate sets. Volume 1 will cost $8, while Volume 2 goes for $6--refreshingly offered as a single purchase, not an ongoing subscription.
There will be multiple ways to play Pictonico!, from a stage-based progression mode, to the “Score Attack” challenges that include increasing difficulty, a high speed mode, and a sudden death challenge.
News - This Giant Hellboy Collection Includes Over 100 Comics Written And Illustrate
Mike Mignola is one of the most celebrated modern comic writers and illustrators, best known for creating Dark Horse's iconic demonic paranormal investigator, Hellboy, and the rest of the B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) extended universe. His dark and imaginative universe now spans several decades, and knowing where to start can be an intimidating task for newcomers. However, for a limited-time, you can grab over 100 digital edition comics and graphic novels from Mignola's catalog for just $35 or less thanks to Fanatical's limited-time Hellboy: Mike Mignola's Masterpiece Collection. The bundle deal includes Big Red's entire mainline story, as well as plenty of spin-off and supplemental one shots from throughout the B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) extended universe and beyond. These are all digital comics delivered in PDF format that you can read on just about any device including phones, tablets, eReaders, and PCs, so if you've been wanting to jump into Hellboy this is a great opportunity while both not breaking the bank or taking up shelf space.
As with many other of Fanatical's bundles, this impressive Hellboy collection offers variable pricing. The basic bundle includes four digital comics for just $1. You'll get the collected trade paperback edition of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D 1952 and the first issues of Frankenstein: New World, Shadow of the Golden Crane, and The Serpent in the Garden. At just $1, this is great introduction to not only Hellboy as a character, but to Mignola's much larger supernatural world he's created. However, there are three more tiers with even more content if you want to delve even deeper.
The next bundle tier includes 25 comics for $15. You'll get what's included in the $1 bundle, as well as all 10 B.P.R.D. Omniubus Editions, as well as the remaining Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1953-1957 volumes, and the first TPB volumes for Joe Golem, Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder, and Baltimore.
Then, the third tier doubles the previous price up to $30, but you get 60 more comics for a total of 85. Everything from the previous two bundles is included here, but we delve even deeper into Mignola's catalog and get introduced to even more new characters and storylines, including one of Mignola's best-known works from outside the Hellboy universe, The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects: 20th Anniversary Edition. Other highlights added in this tier include Koshchei the Deathless, Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon, and The Sword of Hyperborea.
Finally, the if you pay $35, you'll unlock the full 118-item bundle, which gets you just about every mainline run from the Hellboy/B.P.R.D. extended universe and much more. Considering this is a $1,158.82 total value, the price of entry is extremely reasonable. You'll of course receive everything listed in the previous three tiers, with even more side stories and spin-offs available for you to read through. This tier even includes an entire additional collection, The World According to Hellboy Bundle, which includes the entire mainline Hellboy storyline that spans Hellboy Volumes 1-12 and Hellboy in Hell Volumes 1 and 2, as well as mini-series and one-shots like Hellboy in Love, Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club, and so much more. Combined with all the other books in the deal, that's over 11,700 pages of comics at one of the lowest prices we've seen for such a collection.
Be sure to check out the collection's Fanatical page the full lineup of included books. All the digital comics purchased in the bundle are delivered in DRM-free PDF format that you can read on just about any device including phones, tablets, eReaders, and PCs, so if you've been wanting to jump into Hellboy this is a great opportunity while both not breaking the bank or taking up shelf space.
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Lego has officially revealed its newest--and biggest--Lord of the Rings set yet, a massive 8,278-piece recreation of the White City, Minas Tirith. Available now to preorder for $650, the set will release first on June 1 for members of Lego's free rewards program, Lego Insiders, and it will be followed by a global launch on June 4. As an added bonus, any purchases made between June 1 and Jun 7 will also receive the Lego Icons: Lord of the Rings Grond battering ram set as a Gift with Purchase.
Lego The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith (8,278 pieces)
$650 | Releases June 4
Based on the iconic location as seen in Peter Jackson's third Lord of the Rings movie, Return of the King, the Minas Tirith set is a diorama piece that combines an expansive cityscape with detailed interior scenes, including the citadel throne room. The assembled set measures over 23.5 inches high, 24.5 inches wide, and has a depth of 14.5 inches. Essentially, you're going to need a lot of room to display it in all its glory.
As mentioned above, this is Lego's largest LOTR set yet, dwarfing impressive past releases like the Rivendell and Barad-dûr Tower by a significant margin. All of these sets are still available to order in case you'd like to complete your collection, alongside smaller LOTR kits like Sauron's Helmet and the Balrog Book Nook.
Moving to other realms beyond Middle-earth, you can also preorder several more upcoming Lego sets. The company is expanding its line of video game console replicas with a Sega Genesis set and it's also celebrating 25 years of Shrek with an absolutely cursed diorama set.
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