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6/28 Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase Features a Wide Selection of Nintendo Switch News and Reveals

In the newest Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Nintendo featured a broad variety of games from its diverse development and publishing partners coming to the system this year and into 2023. This includes the Nintendo Switch versions of three beloved Persona games, more details about the upcoming Mario + Rabbids sequel, 10 fan-favorite Mega Man games revived for the Nintendo Switch system, a new adventure in the Dragon Quest franchise and first-look info about newly announced games!

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New Pokémon Trading Card Game: ‘Sword & Shield – Lost Origin’ Expansion to Mark the Return of the Lost Zone Gameplay Mechanic

The Pokémon Company International has announced the latest expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield—Lost Origin, available starting Sept. 9, 2022, at participating retailers around the world.

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Mrs Wordsmith Launches ‘Word Tag’ in a Fierce Move to Revolutionize Digital Learning

Mrs Wordsmith, the award-winning play-to-learn company proudly launches Word Tag, an adventure-filled video game that uses missions, rewards, and hilarious character narratives to help kids ages 7-13 boost their vocabulary and learn up to 1,000 new words each year! With only 15 minutes of daily gameplay, kids will add 3 new words to their vocabulary, helping them achieve academic excellence from reading and writing to comprehension exams!

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THQ Nordic and MGM to Bring ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?’ to Console and PC in 2022

THQ Nordic and MGM have announced plans to bring the classic Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? franchise to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, as well as PC later this year. The game is in development with THQ Nordic-owned studio Handy Games. Developed by Massive Miniteam, the game will be published by THQ Nordic subsidiary HandyGames. The original Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? game show ran for five successful seasons on FOX Primetime and averaged 20 million viewers a week in its first season. That success was accompanied by 300 original episodes for syndication. The format remains incredibly relevant today, having been produced in more than 70 countries around the world, and enjoying success across multiple platforms including a YouTube channel and Podcast. 

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MGA Entertainment Partners With Gamefam and WildBrain Spark for Landmark L.O.L. Surprise! Roblox Integration

MGA Entertainment, in collaboration with leading professional Roblox developer, Gamefam, and award-winning digital media company, WildBrain Spark, launched phase two of its six week campaign in the popular “Twilight Daycare” game in Roblox with a L.O.L. Surprise! crossover. The campaign first kicked off in March and garnered over 85 million global engagements in the first 10 days. Fans were tasked with completing interactive challenges presented by the newest L.O.L. Surprise! dolls that hit shelves this month.

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Professional Race Drivers Team up with New Blockchain Racing Game, K4 Rally

The new blockchain racing game, K4 Rally, has teamed with various professional race drivers to bring blockchain technology into the world of racing, offering users a game filled with enthusiasm, thrill, and fun. K4 Rally combines racing gameplay, a Play2Earn model, NFT gaming, and is as close to being a real rally sport as it gets.

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Mojang Announces Minecraft x Lacoste Apparel Collection
Mojang Studios has announced its partnership with Lacoste to launch the Minecraft x Lacoste apparel collection, featuring activewear, accessories and footwear, just in time for Spring/Summer 2022.   Minecraft fans will love seeing how the iconic blocky style of Minecraft has been translated to the world of fashion with Lacoste—including some of their most iconic pieces like printed polos, monochrome sweatshirts and more. The collection even features an updated crocodile…