UK Retailer Selling Mario Perfume That Makes You Smell Like… a Plumber?
If you’ve ever wondered what Mario’s goomba-covered overalls smell like, UK retailer GAME says it has an answer.
GAME announced it’s getting into the video game-themed perfume business with two new unisex scents: “Eau de Plumber” and “FPS” (or First-Person Scent).
According to the product description, Eau de Plumber (which is careful to avoid any actual Mario branding) features “deep earthy notes of toadstool, balanced with high notes of peach and daisy, and mid-tones of grass lands.”
“This brand-new unisex fragrance is lovingly crafted for the busy gamer on the go. Significant other kidnapped by giant reptilian tyrant? Rushing from one side of town to the other with a strict time limit of 300 seconds? Eau De Plumber has you covered and brings a whole new meaning to words ‘toilet water’.”
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/02/the-best-nintendo-gifts-holiday-gift-guide-2020"]FPS, shaped like a grenade, is an obvious ode to the first-person shooter genre. GAME describes it as “best appreciated from thirty feet away and slightly gunpowdery and is a celebration of the nation’s love of popular FPS games,” which is certainly a way to sell cologne.
UK Retailer Selling Mario Perfume That Makes You Smell Like… a Plumber?
If you’ve ever wondered what Mario’s goomba-covered overalls smell like, UK retailer GAME says it has an answer.
GAME announced it’s getting into the video game-themed perfume business with two new unisex scents: “Eau de Plumber” and “FPS” (or First-Person Scent).
According to the product description, Eau de Plumber (which is careful to avoid any actual Mario branding) features “deep earthy notes of toadstool, balanced with high notes of peach and daisy, and mid-tones of grass lands.”
“This brand-new unisex fragrance is lovingly crafted for the busy gamer on the go. Significant other kidnapped by giant reptilian tyrant? Rushing from one side of town to the other with a strict time limit of 300 seconds? Eau De Plumber has you covered and brings a whole new meaning to words ‘toilet water’.”
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/02/the-best-nintendo-gifts-holiday-gift-guide-2020"]FPS, shaped like a grenade, is an obvious ode to the first-person shooter genre. GAME describes it as “best appreciated from thirty feet away and slightly gunpowdery and is a celebration of the nation’s love of popular FPS games,” which is certainly a way to sell cologne.
GTA Online: New Music Updates and Holiday Gifts Available This Week
This week in GTA Online, claim special holiday gifts, buy brand new vehicles, and check out new musical additions.
GTA Online: New Music Updates and Holiday Gifts Available This Week
This week in GTA Online, claim special holiday gifts, buy brand new vehicles, and check out new musical additions.
Cyberpunk 2077 Sold Over 13 Million Copies As of December 20, Despite Refunds
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that it has sold-through over 13 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077 as of December 20, even with most refund requests factored in.
Announced by CD Projekt Red, this number included all retail and digital sales across all hardware platforms, and has accounted for all refunds submitted by both brick-and-mortar stores and digital storefronts, except for those submitted directly to CD Projekt Red.
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"This figure represents the estimated volume of retail sales across all hardware platforms (factoring in returns submitted by retail clients in brick-and-mortar as well as digital storefronts), i.e. the “sell-through” figure, less all refund requests e-mailed directly to the Company by the publication date of this report in the framework of the “Help Me Refund” campaign." CDPR wrote.
CDPR chose to disclose this information in this way due to the "potential impact on investment-related decisions."
Cyberpunk 2077 launched on December 10, and had already sold 8 million copies and recouped all of its marketing and development costs before it was released.
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The refunds were in-part due to the major performance and technical issues players had with Cyberpunk 2077, especially on base Xbox One and PS4 units.
This led to CDPR, Sony, and Microsoft all allowing for refunds above and beyond what is normally allowed. Furthermore, Sony removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the PS Store indefinitely.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Sold Over 13 Million Copies As of December 20, Despite Refunds
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that it has sold-through over 13 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077 as of December 20, even with most refund requests factored in.
Announced by CD Projekt Red, this number included all retail and digital sales across all hardware platforms, and has accounted for all refunds submitted by both brick-and-mortar stores and digital storefronts, except for those submitted directly to CD Projekt Red.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/10/cyberpunk-2077-pc-review"]
"This figure represents the estimated volume of retail sales across all hardware platforms (factoring in returns submitted by retail clients in brick-and-mortar as well as digital storefronts), i.e. the “sell-through” figure, less all refund requests e-mailed directly to the Company by the publication date of this report in the framework of the “Help Me Refund” campaign." CDPR wrote.
CDPR chose to disclose this information in this way due to the "potential impact on investment-related decisions."
Cyberpunk 2077 launched on December 10, and had already sold 8 million copies and recouped all of its marketing and development costs before it was released.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/18/sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-ps-store-will-offer-refunds"]
The refunds were in-part due to the major performance and technical issues players had with Cyberpunk 2077, especially on base Xbox One and PS4 units.
This led to CDPR, Sony, and Microsoft all allowing for refunds above and beyond what is normally allowed. Furthermore, Sony removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the PS Store indefinitely.
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Xbox Games With Gold for January 2021 Announced
2021's first batch of Xbox Games with Gold includes Little Nightmares, the remastered version of Dead Rising, King of Fighters XIII, and Breakdown.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, here's when Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to download January's free games:
- Little Nightmares – January 1–31
- Dead Rising – January 16–February 15
- King of Fighters XIII – January 1–15
- Breakdown – January 16–31
Xbox Games With Gold for January 2021 Announced
2021's first batch of Xbox Games with Gold includes Little Nightmares, the remastered version of Dead Rising, King of Fighters XIII, and Breakdown.
As detailed on Xbox Wire, here's when Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to download January's free games:
- Little Nightmares – January 1–31
- Dead Rising – January 16–February 15
- King of Fighters XIII – January 1–15
- Breakdown – January 16–31
His Dark Materials Renewed for a Third and Final Season
HBO and the BBC have renewed His Dark Materials for a third and final season.
As reported by Variety, the eight-episode third season's production is set to begin in Cardiff in 2021 and looks to tell the story that took place in The Amber Spyglass - the third and final book of Philip Pullman's trilogy of the same name.
News of this renewal arrives less than a week before the finale of His Dark Materials' second season on HBO and two days after it aired on BBC.
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His Dark Materials' second season saw the return of all of its main cast members, including Dafne Keen as Lyra, Amir Wilson as Will, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby, Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter, Ariyon Bakare as Lord Boreal, and James McAvoy as Lord Asriel. Newcomers include Andrew Scott as Colonel John Parry, Terence Stamp as Giacomo Paradisi, Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi, and Simone Kirby as Dr Mary Malone.
Season 2 was mostly based off The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and follows the adventures of Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry who have to work together to investigate the mysterious Dust phenomenon in the eerie disquiet of an abandoned city called Cittàgazze.
For more on His Dark Materials, check out our review of the first season.
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His Dark Materials Renewed for a Third and Final Season
HBO and the BBC have renewed His Dark Materials for a third and final season.
As reported by Variety, the eight-episode third season's production is set to begin in Cardiff in 2021 and looks to tell the story that took place in The Amber Spyglass - the third and final book of Philip Pullman's trilogy of the same name.
News of this renewal arrives less than a week before the finale of His Dark Materials' second season on HBO and two days after it aired on BBC.
[ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/his-dark-materials-season-2-teaser-trailer-comic-con-2020"]
His Dark Materials' second season saw the return of all of its main cast members, including Dafne Keen as Lyra, Amir Wilson as Will, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby, Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter, Ariyon Bakare as Lord Boreal, and James McAvoy as Lord Asriel. Newcomers include Andrew Scott as Colonel John Parry, Terence Stamp as Giacomo Paradisi, Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi, and Simone Kirby as Dr Mary Malone.
Season 2 was mostly based off The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and follows the adventures of Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry who have to work together to investigate the mysterious Dust phenomenon in the eerie disquiet of an abandoned city called Cittàgazze.
For more on His Dark Materials, check out our review of the first season.
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Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.