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Nintendo has posted a call for participants for another Playtest Program, and this time, it’s looking for 40,000 testers and not just 10,000 like in the first one. If you’ll recall, Nintendo looked for 10,000 participants for the first Playtest event last year to test an unnamed, mysterious Switch Online feature. The new program still only welcomes active Nintendo Switch …

Late last year, Nintendo hosted a mysterious Switch Online playtest, and on Thursday, the company announced that it would be doing another test as part of the “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program” and that it will be opening applications soon. This second round will be a test of the “same service” as before. Last time, Nintendo asked participants not to …

Image: Nintendo Nintendo has announced it will be performing another Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program starting later this month. To apply and participate, you’ll need to have a Nintendo Account and an “active” Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. This is a test of the “same service” Nintendo performed a test for in October of last year. One other …

The Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program is getting a second run, it’s been announced. Those with an active membership to the service’s Expansion Pack tier, are at least 18 years old, and reside in certain territories will be eligible to join. Sign-ups start on a first-come, first-served basis on July 21 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / …

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Just under two weeks ago, Microsoft announced it was laying off 9,000 employees across its workforce and revealed it had cancelled ZeniMax Online Studios’ new MMORPG codenamed Blackbird (along with Rare’s Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot, with the latter’s development studio The Initiative shuttered). Now, a report suggests ZeniMax devs who worked on the game will soon be affected …

Image: Nintendo As we get closer to August, Nintendo has announced it will be hosting a special Drag x Drive ‘Global Jam’ demo event. This demo, which will give players a “sneak peek” at this new title, will be taking place between 9th August – 10th August across multiple sessions. It will be available “exclusively” to Switch 2 owners with …

No ZeniMax Online developer has been laid off following the cancellation of Project Blackbird, a new statement shared online confirmed. ZOS United-CWA released a new statement on Bluesky yesterday, commenting on the cancellation of the project, which came as a shock to the 222 ZOSU-CWA developers working on it, and showing appreciation for the media and players that would have …

On July 13, 1985, the world’s biggest music stars gathered for Live Aid, a massive benefit concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. In a new original series, CNN goes behind the scenes on how Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and singer-songwriter Midge Ure organized the legendary effort that brought in more than $127 million and drew in …

Preston host Liverpool in a friendly as the players take to the pitch for the first time since Diogo Jota passed away. Here’s how to watch and stream live around the world. The Liverpool squad decided to go ahead with this fixture after being consulted earlier in the week. Ahead of the match, there will be tributes from both clubs …