NBC’s Peacock streaming service is bulking up with...a new game show based on the classic arcade game Frogger?

Announced Tuesday, the Frogger game show will supersize the classic Frog-hopping, traffic-dodging courses from the classic games and pit contestants against one another for a cash prize.

The competition will feature twelve different obstacle courses, dubbed “crossings,” forcing contestants to “dodge treacherous traffic, leap over snapping gators and hop over hungry hippos to conquer the course.”

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NBC has ordered 13 hour-long episodes of the game show.

In case you’re feeling lucky, you can apply to be a contestant on Frogger here. Word of warning, as is typical for such shows, the application is pretty long and asks you to also submit a two-minute video. The show’s recruiters are looking for folks with a love for Frogger (duh), the 80’s, and any particular physical or mental skills that could help you compete.

Frogger was first released in 1981 by Konami. Its success spawned dozens of sequels and spinoffs and cemented its place in pop culture with countless references in the likes of Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and Wreck-It Ralph.

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Frogger the game show is being developed by Eureka Productions, the production company behind other reality shows including The Amazing Race, The Real Dirty Dancing, and more.

[poilib element="accentDivider"] Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/Frogger on PS1 devotee for IGN.

Fall Guys announced on Twitter that season four of the wacky battle royale is titled "Fall Guys 4041." Only a brief logo teaser was shown, featuring bright, neon lights, and sci-fi sound effects. No official start date for season four was given, but the game's third season, Winter Knockout, is set to end in the coming days. New seasons typically bring brand-new stages, new costumes to unlock, and refreshes to existing courses. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/24/fall-guys-minigame-explainer-trailer"] Fall Guys also recently revealed a new Cuphead crossover, as Cuphead and Mugman costumes will arrive in the game's store later this week. It's not the first crossover for the game, as Fall Guys has also featured skins from famous franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom, and even Untitled Goose Game.

In collab with @StudioMDHR we're pleased to announce that Cuphead is the featured costume on Wednesday!

5x Top 5x Bottom There's also an emote for 5x ! ...and of course, Mugman will arrive on Saturday! 5x Top 5x Bottom Don't deal with the devil for the crowns pic.twitter.com/4xDbs1zSVy — Fall Guys 4041 SOON (@FallGuysGame) February 22, 2021

  Fall Guys gained a lot of attention when it launched last summer. The game was released for PlayStation users as a part of PlayStation Plus, where it quickly became the most-downloaded PS Plus game ever. Fall Guys also managed to land on Steam's 2020 Top Seller list. Currently, the game is only available on PlayStation and PC, but we recently learned Fall Guys is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles later this year. However, there are currently no plans to bring the game to Xbox Game Pass. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/07/fall-guys-doom-costumes-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and the Production Assistant for Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly Nintendo show. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

Fall Guys announced on Twitter that season four of the wacky battle royale is titled "Fall Guys 4041." Only a brief logo teaser was shown, featuring bright, neon lights, and sci-fi sound effects. No official start date for season four was given, but the game's third season, Winter Knockout, is set to end in the coming days. New seasons typically bring brand-new stages, new costumes to unlock, and refreshes to existing courses. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/06/24/fall-guys-minigame-explainer-trailer"] Fall Guys also recently revealed a new Cuphead crossover, as Cuphead and Mugman costumes will arrive in the game's store later this week. It's not the first crossover for the game, as Fall Guys has also featured skins from famous franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom, and even Untitled Goose Game.

In collab with @StudioMDHR we're pleased to announce that Cuphead is the featured costume on Wednesday!

5x Top 5x Bottom There's also an emote for 5x ! ...and of course, Mugman will arrive on Saturday! 5x Top 5x Bottom Don't deal with the devil for the crowns pic.twitter.com/4xDbs1zSVy — Fall Guys 4041 SOON (@FallGuysGame) February 22, 2021

  Fall Guys gained a lot of attention when it launched last summer. The game was released for PlayStation users as a part of PlayStation Plus, where it quickly became the most-downloaded PS Plus game ever. Fall Guys also managed to land on Steam's 2020 Top Seller list. Currently, the game is only available on PlayStation and PC, but we recently learned Fall Guys is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles later this year. However, there are currently no plans to bring the game to Xbox Game Pass. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/01/07/fall-guys-doom-costumes-official-trailer"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and the Production Assistant for Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly Nintendo show. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.

This week in Red Dead Online, claim special bonuses for Moonshiners, double rewards in Plunder, special discounts, and more.

This week in Red Dead Online, claim special bonuses for Moonshiners, double rewards in Plunder, special discounts, and more.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be the president that we never knew we needed, according to his old WWE pal The Undertaker. Mark Calaway, aka The Undertaker, believes that the wrestling-champion-turned-Hollywood-heavyweight could add a new title to his already impressive resume, per TMZ Sports. The Undertaker endorsed his former nemesis from the squared circle for a position in the Oval Office, saying that Johnson could be "the uniter that people are looking for" if he decided to run for president. "That man works his tail off and he dives in wholeheartedly in everything that he does and if he gets his mindset that he wants to make a run at politics, ya know what? I think he'll do it," The Undertaker told the outlet, verbally tag-teaming his friend into the running. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dwayne-the-rock-johnsons-10-best-movies&captions=true"] The Undertaker, who officially announced his retirement from WWE last year, seemed confident that his pal wouldn't have to put up much of a fight in the presidential election. When asked if he thought Johnson could help to mend the political divide in America, he said: "I think so. He's so charming, he's so witty, I think he can be the uniter that people are looking for." "I know that he has the charisma. Maybe all it would take would be one eyebrow, and he'd look at the left, raise the eyebrow. Look at the right, raise an eyebrow and hit 'em with 'the People's Elbow," he added. "I don't know man, there's so many possibilities and if that's what he chooses to do, I'll support wholeheartedly in his efforts to do so." So that's one vote in the bag for Johnson, who previously confirmed that a foray into the political arena wouldn't be out of the question for him. In fact, Johnson told USA Today earlier this month that he would be open to considering "a presidential run in the future if that's what the people wanted." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/10/disneys-jungle-cruise-official-trailer-2"] Johnson has a championship belt of achievements to his name, arising out of a career that includes everything from being a former professional wrestler and American football player to being an A-list actor, producer, and businessman. He was also named the world's highest-paid actor for a second consecutive year in 2020, having earned an estimated $87.5 million in a 12-month period. Over the past year, Johnson has been busy working on multiple productions, including Disney's Jungle Cruise and Netflix's Red Notice, a forthcoming action-comedy thriller from Rawson Marshall Thurber. The movie marks the third collaboration between Johnson and Thurber after 2016's Central Intelligence and 2018's Skyscraper, and it's coming to Netflix this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be the president that we never knew we needed, according to his old WWE pal The Undertaker. Mark Calaway, aka The Undertaker, believes that the wrestling-champion-turned-Hollywood-heavyweight could add a new title to his already impressive resume, per TMZ Sports. The Undertaker endorsed his former nemesis from the squared circle for a position in the Oval Office, saying that Johnson could be "the uniter that people are looking for" if he decided to run for president. "That man works his tail off and he dives in wholeheartedly in everything that he does and if he gets his mindset that he wants to make a run at politics, ya know what? I think he'll do it," The Undertaker told the outlet, verbally tag-teaming his friend into the running. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dwayne-the-rock-johnsons-10-best-movies&captions=true"] The Undertaker, who officially announced his retirement from WWE last year, seemed confident that his pal wouldn't have to put up much of a fight in the presidential election. When asked if he thought Johnson could help to mend the political divide in America, he said: "I think so. He's so charming, he's so witty, I think he can be the uniter that people are looking for." "I know that he has the charisma. Maybe all it would take would be one eyebrow, and he'd look at the left, raise the eyebrow. Look at the right, raise an eyebrow and hit 'em with 'the People's Elbow," he added. "I don't know man, there's so many possibilities and if that's what he chooses to do, I'll support wholeheartedly in his efforts to do so." So that's one vote in the bag for Johnson, who previously confirmed that a foray into the political arena wouldn't be out of the question for him. In fact, Johnson told USA Today earlier this month that he would be open to considering "a presidential run in the future if that's what the people wanted." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/10/disneys-jungle-cruise-official-trailer-2"] Johnson has a championship belt of achievements to his name, arising out of a career that includes everything from being a former professional wrestler and American football player to being an A-list actor, producer, and businessman. He was also named the world's highest-paid actor for a second consecutive year in 2020, having earned an estimated $87.5 million in a 12-month period. Over the past year, Johnson has been busy working on multiple productions, including Disney's Jungle Cruise and Netflix's Red Notice, a forthcoming action-comedy thriller from Rawson Marshall Thurber. The movie marks the third collaboration between Johnson and Thurber after 2016's Central Intelligence and 2018's Skyscraper, and it's coming to Netflix this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

A damning report about the state of studio culture at Polish developer Techland has revealed a number of issues impacting the creation of Dying Light 2. The situation, which stems from what the rapport alleges is a bullish, autocratic tier of upper management, has resulted in numerous staff walking away from the project and studio. The report, published by The Gamer, compiles a number of testimonies from anonymous sources who either currently work or have been employed by Techland. Among the many allegations, it appears that the company’s management is having a negative effect on both the morale and workflow of its employees, and thus in turn complicating and slowing development of Dying Light 2. Apparently at least 20 staff have left Techland in the last two months. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/09/dying-light-2-gameplay-trailer-e3-2019"] Much of the problem apparently stems from harsh demands and feedback provided by the upper management, led by company CEO Pawel Marchewka. He and his managers allegedly refute the advice of the studio’s own experts, and insist on the team using ideas found in other games rather than creating their own. “Whenever an expert starts advising things that are not aligned with the board’s agenda, they slowly get isolated from the project and responsibilities,” a source told The Gamer. “That leads to them leaving or eventually getting fired. To make a career at Techland, you have to be subservient.” Apparently Marc Albinet, a 30-year industry veteran previously at Ubisoft, was brought in to restructure the studio’s design process, but ultimately was unable to convince management on a new structure. Similarly, veteran Techland employee Paweł Zawodny apparently wanted to try and make workflow easier by replacing Techland’s procedures with a more traditional development pipeline, using either Unreal or Unity. He was denied, which allegedly led to a falling out between Zawodny and Marchewka. Zawodny then left the studio. “Trust and the flow of ideas in a large organisation is a complex issue,” Marchewka told The Gamer in response to the allegations. “After all, you can trust someone, but not agree to their idea, because it is not, for example, the right moment to implement it or it does not fit the certain project.” Another issue staff at the studio apparently deal with is Marchewka’s demands for game features to be based on those in existing games. “One of his super strict rules for design is that ‘an idea can't be implemented if it doesn't have an existing reference from another game’,” said a source. Apparently, Marchewka is “infatuated” with CD Projekt Red. Such a demand means that the staff feel creatively stifled. “If you have references from games Marchewka may not know about, you may as well not have any references, and anything slightly innovative or expensive is [off] the table immediately,” a source said. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dying-light-2-e3-trailer-screenshots&captions=true"] The rejection of ideas can apparently come in offensive form, with reports of management team members using homophobic and course language in feedback. A source explained that such treatment makes you feel like “you don’t know sh*t”. This studio environment has meant many staff have exited the company. Notably, Dying Light 2’s story is currently being worked on by the sixth iteration of the narrative team. The constant turn over of writers - one of which was Chris Avellone who split from the company over allegations of sexual harassment rather than studio issues - has meant the story is apparently a “Frankenstein’s monster” of stitched together ideas from different teams. A source said that they “have no idea what the final game will be, or what the story is. It’s changed so much. People kept quitting, getting fired.” In response to the issue of high staff turnover, Marchewka told The Gamer: “Making games is tough and it is normal that sometimes there is a need to change the workplace and look for new challenges. I am very sorry that some of our employees left us and decided to find their way outside the structures of Techland but I’d always wish them the best.” As far as the management’s demands for ideas from other games, he said “It's natural that I pay attention to what others in our industry are doing, so when talking about examples of high-quality solutions, I often refer to CD Projekt Red. I point out that it is also a Polish company, so certainly our origins and roots should not be an excuse. Currently, Dying Light 2 is without a release date after being delayed in January 2020. No significant news about the game has come out of Techland since the announcement, meaning our last proper look at the game was the Dying Light 2 developer commentary back in 2019. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

A damning report about the state of studio culture at Polish developer Techland has revealed a number of issues impacting the creation of Dying Light 2. The situation, which stems from what the rapport alleges is a bullish, autocratic tier of upper management, has resulted in numerous staff walking away from the project and studio. The report, published by The Gamer, compiles a number of testimonies from anonymous sources who either currently work or have been employed by Techland. Among the many allegations, it appears that the company’s management is having a negative effect on both the morale and workflow of its employees, and thus in turn complicating and slowing development of Dying Light 2. Apparently at least 20 staff have left Techland in the last two months. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/06/09/dying-light-2-gameplay-trailer-e3-2019"] Much of the problem apparently stems from harsh demands and feedback provided by the upper management, led by company CEO Pawel Marchewka. He and his managers allegedly refute the advice of the studio’s own experts, and insist on the team using ideas found in other games rather than creating their own. “Whenever an expert starts advising things that are not aligned with the board’s agenda, they slowly get isolated from the project and responsibilities,” a source told The Gamer. “That leads to them leaving or eventually getting fired. To make a career at Techland, you have to be subservient.” Apparently Marc Albinet, a 30-year industry veteran previously at Ubisoft, was brought in to restructure the studio’s design process, but ultimately was unable to convince management on a new structure. Similarly, veteran Techland employee Paweł Zawodny apparently wanted to try and make workflow easier by replacing Techland’s procedures with a more traditional development pipeline, using either Unreal or Unity. He was denied, which allegedly led to a falling out between Zawodny and Marchewka. Zawodny then left the studio. “Trust and the flow of ideas in a large organisation is a complex issue,” Marchewka told The Gamer in response to the allegations. “After all, you can trust someone, but not agree to their idea, because it is not, for example, the right moment to implement it or it does not fit the certain project.” Another issue staff at the studio apparently deal with is Marchewka’s demands for game features to be based on those in existing games. “One of his super strict rules for design is that ‘an idea can't be implemented if it doesn't have an existing reference from another game’,” said a source. Apparently, Marchewka is “infatuated” with CD Projekt Red. Such a demand means that the staff feel creatively stifled. “If you have references from games Marchewka may not know about, you may as well not have any references, and anything slightly innovative or expensive is [off] the table immediately,” a source said. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dying-light-2-e3-trailer-screenshots&captions=true"] The rejection of ideas can apparently come in offensive form, with reports of management team members using homophobic and course language in feedback. A source explained that such treatment makes you feel like “you don’t know sh*t”. This studio environment has meant many staff have exited the company. Notably, Dying Light 2’s story is currently being worked on by the sixth iteration of the narrative team. The constant turn over of writers - one of which was Chris Avellone who split from the company over allegations of sexual harassment rather than studio issues - has meant the story is apparently a “Frankenstein’s monster” of stitched together ideas from different teams. A source said that they “have no idea what the final game will be, or what the story is. It’s changed so much. People kept quitting, getting fired.” In response to the issue of high staff turnover, Marchewka told The Gamer: “Making games is tough and it is normal that sometimes there is a need to change the workplace and look for new challenges. I am very sorry that some of our employees left us and decided to find their way outside the structures of Techland but I’d always wish them the best.” As far as the management’s demands for ideas from other games, he said “It's natural that I pay attention to what others in our industry are doing, so when talking about examples of high-quality solutions, I often refer to CD Projekt Red. I point out that it is also a Polish company, so certainly our origins and roots should not be an excuse. Currently, Dying Light 2 is without a release date after being delayed in January 2020. No significant news about the game has come out of Techland since the announcement, meaning our last proper look at the game was the Dying Light 2 developer commentary back in 2019. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer. 

Sony is bringing back its Play At Home initiative, offering select games and entertainment for free from March through June. First up, Ratchet & Clank (2016) will be free for all PlayStation 4 and 5 owners throughout March, including players who do not subscribe to PlayStation Plus. Sony says once you redeem the game, it is yours to keep with no time limit attached. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2016/04/11/ratchet-clank-video-review"] Beginning March 25, for a limited time, anime streaming services Funimation and Wakanim will offer extended access for new subscribers in supported countries. For Funimation, the offer is available in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. The Wakanim offer is available in most of Western and Northern Europe. Those are the only offers Sony has currently announced for the second round of the Play At Home initiative. Last April, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey were available for free for a limited time. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2021/02/11/ratchet-clank-rift-apart-release-date-trailer"] In IGN's Ratchet & Clank PS4 review, we called the game amazing, saying it is, "a culmination of everything Insomniac has done with the series over the past 14 years." The Ratchet & Clank PS4 reboot is free just three months ahead of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart's June 11 release date. Developer Insomniac Games says the PS5-exclusive sequel is a great place to start if you've never played a Ratchet & Clank game, but it will include deeper connections to previous games. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ratchet-clank-rift-apart-key-art-box-art-pre-order-bonuses-digital-editions&captions=true"] The developers say Rift Apart, "showcases what’s possible for games designed around PS5’s ultra-high speed SSD and DualSense wireless controller." For more, you can check out our Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart preorder guide. Or, you can learn about the new Ratchet and Clank animated short that is unrelated to Rift Apart. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Logan Plant is a news writer for IGN, and the Production Assistant for Nintendo Voice Chat, IGN's weekly Nintendo show. You can find him on Twitter at @LoganJPlant.