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Koji Kondo, longtime composer for The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. franchises, will be inducted into the Academy of Interactvie Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame at this year’s D.I.C.E. Awards. The presentation will take place at the 27th annual D.I.C.E. Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the ceremony on Thursday, February 15,...

The Black Keys Jim Herrington* The Black Keys aren’t just coming to Texas for a talk. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, founding members of the six-times Grammy Award winning blues-rock outfit, are already locked-in as keynote speakers for the 2024 edition of South by Southwest. When the annual live music bonanza rolls around this March,...

In our latest episode of the SCS On The Road series, we embarked on a thrilling journey to the enchanting Scania Museum Workshop. Here, a team of talented individuals from Scania work their magic on the restoration of historical Scania trucks, and it’s also home to their legendary show trucks. We had the pleasure of...

Nintendo has announced that it will stream full pre-recorded concerts for The Legend of Zelda series and its Splatoon franchise next month. Both concerts were set to be a part of Nintendo Live events in December of last year and this month, too, in Tokyo, Japan, but these events were canceled over safety concerns, as...

General atmosphere during day 4 of the Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park on July 31, 2022 in Chicago. Michael Hickey/GI Español Lollapalooza increased its commitment to supporting environmental causes on Wednesday (Jan. 24) with the announcement of a new partnership with the conservation organization Re:wild. Beginning with the Jan. 27-28 Lollapalooza India in Mumbai this...

Developer Pocketpair has shared the Early Access roadmap for its hit “Pokémon with guns” survival game, Palworld, alongside news that the game crossed 7 million copies sold in just five days. For reference, it took Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, a PlayStation 5-exclusive game starring arguably the most popular superhero in the world, 11 days to cross the...

Halle Bailey arrives for the Recording Academy and Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on February 4, 2023. MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images The Recording Academy’s Grammy House is returning for a second year with three days of programming targeted to “music makers, culture creators and rising industry...

Nintendo revealed during a Direct last September Splatoon 3’s Side Order DLC would be coming to the game sometime in the spring of this year. Now, just a few months later, Nintendo has revealed exactly when: February 22, 2024. That’s when Wave 2 of the Splatoon 3 expansion pass, which features Side Order as the...

Johnny Marr Niall Lee Please, please, please stop. Johnny Marr, the iconic guitarist with British ‘80s indie icons the Smiths, has called out Donald Trump’s campaign for using the band’s “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” during rallies. Marr and frontman Morrisey co-wrote the melancholy number, which originally appeared as the b-side...

Our team is excited to present the development path for Palworld. The game’s sales have surpassed the expectations of our developers, leading to complications such as severe access congestion and additional issues.Firstly, addressing these problems will be our focus before we proceed to add new gameplay features.We appreciate your patience and understanding. [Early Access Roadmap]...

The Kid LAROI performs onstage at the Sahara tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 15, 2023 in Indio, Calif. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella The Kid LAROI’s next release is direct from the heart. Spreading its wings this Friday (Jan. 26), “Heaven” is a ballad that studies the Kid’s...

Flavor Flav teamed up with his Public Enemy bandmate Chuck D for “Every Where Man,” a new single that uses AI to translate the track to dozens of different languages. To celebrate, he joined Billboard’s Rania Aniftos to discuss the inspiration behind the song. “My partner Chuck D mentioned to me about doing a record...

J Cole and Justin Bieber Julien Bacot/NBAE via Getty Images; Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Whether it’s NBA stars or A-list rappers, celebrity trainer Chris Brickley has worked with some of the best talents the world has to offer on and off the basketball court. Over the weekend, Brickley compiled a list championing 10 musicians he’s trained...