Switch’s technology smooths out some flaws in Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD

Nintendo is giving Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon a revamp, labeling it Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. With the enhanced entry’s arrival on the Nintendo Switch, the game benefits from a more powerful system and better control scheme.

How Snoop Dogg became America’s sweetheart at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Snoop Dogg has emerged as an MVP of NBC’s Olympics coverage this year, helping the network strike gold with record ratings. While the artist, who began his career as one of the most prominent gangsta rappers of the West Coast hip-hop scene, has long been a familiar fixture in pop culture, the Snoopla at the Olympics has firmly secured his standing as a crossover superstar with wide demographic appeal.

European vacation too expensive? Try a virtual vacation with these video games

Here are some recent titles that can make players feel as if they were at a vacation destination while staying put in the living room.

How ‘The Blair Witch Project’ revolutionized movie marketing

The 1999 horror film was marketed, at a fraction of the cost of print and TV ads, using an internet campaign that further blurred the line between what was real and what was not and expanded the “Blair Witch” mythology with fictional police reports, newspaper articles and interviews and documentary-style trailers.

Like reliving your best college years

Easy to learn yet hard to master, EA Sports College Football 25 is bright, fast-paced and fun.

Olympians share their favorite warmup tunes

The Associated Press asked several Olympians and Paralympians about what gets them pumped before a crucial game, meet or match. Their chosen songs span several genres, including hip-hop, pop, R&B and rock.

Destiny 2 finale in good hands

Bungie’s 10-year story reaches a satisfying end with The Final Shape.

English-language theater company attracts on-base talent in Tokyo

The Sheepdog Theatre, an English-language stage company in Tokyo, attracts a unique mix of local and foreign talent to its cast and crew, including military spouse Victoria Humpert.

‘I think the film is a real celebration of nature and community and a shared passion for something. While also still respecting it.’

‘Twisters’ star Daisy Edgar-Jones discusses storm chasing and dodging tornadoes for the new film, which releases July 19.

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star, dies at 53

Shannen Doherty, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53.

Blumhouse’s latest terrifying approach

Indie film company widening its reach to scary game titles

New Vegas attraction lets you become a player in a video game world

Dozens of radically interactive and immersive games are featured at the Electric Playhouse, a 10,000-square-foot high-tech new attraction that opened in June at the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas.

Why these 10 American anthems deserve a spot on your Fourth of July playlist

To impress your patriotic pals, learn the backstories of the songs that have become ubiquitous at U.S. celebrations.

Princess Zelda will finally be the star in a Legend of Zelda game

For years, fans of The Legend of Zelda have debated why the series is named after Zelda, when Link has been the main playable character.

‘Echoes’ is not a clone of a clone show

“Echoes” creator Fishko, star Ritter discuss the new series, which complements “Orphan Black” and further investigates original show’s timely themes of identity, humanity.

Photorealistic Empire of the Ants turns a classic sci-fi novel into a real-time strategy game

Empire of the Ants has some depth to its strategy even if the systems are fairly simple for a real-time strategy game. But its real strength is in its stunning visuals.

‘The Bikeriders’ captures the culture, evokes nostalgia of ’ ‘60s motorcycle clubs

‘The Bikeriders’ director Nichols and stars Butler, Comer and Hardy discuss bringing Danny Lyon’s New Journalism-style book of the same name to life.

Sand Land shows depth of Dragon Ball creator’s imagination

Bandai Namco brings the world of manga’s Sand Land to life through an open-world adventure game of the same name. As the name implies, it takes place in a desert world of exploration and adventure where water is scarce.

Real-life brothers-in-law Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are adversaries in ‘Presumed Innocent’

In the new Apple TV+ series, which premieres this week, Gyllenhaal plays Chicago prosecutor Rusty Sabich, charged with murdering his colleague, and Sarsgaard plays attorney Tommy Molto, another co-worker intent on proving Sabich’s guilt. “I love him so deeply, which comes with all the complications, too,” Gyllenhaal said. “We’ve been through so much together, and so we can bring those things out in the fictional world.”