New Emulator Turns 2D NES Games Fully 3D before Your Eyes

If you've got access to the Firefox browser, load up the 3DNES emulator right now and witness some actual techno-magic, as ROMs of 2D NES games are transformed into fully 3D experiences. It's half inspiring, half terrifying.

The work of Vietnamese developer Trần Vũ Trúc, the emulator analyses NES ROMs uploaded to the cloud and then, well, take a look:

It's not entirely clear how this is working, or exactly what it's doing – the emulator doesn't just extend the sprites backwards, but appears to take some artistic license with how they're presented, dropping shadows and deciding where environmental elements sit in relation to one another.

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Invisible Inc. PS4 Release Date Announced

A PlayStation Store listing shows Invisible Inc. will be coming out for the console on April 19.

It's available for pre-order now at a discount price of $18, however the game will normally cost $20. Prices will vary based on your region.

This console edition of Invisible Inc. will include the Contingency Plan DLC, which adds new rewards, agents, and programs to the base game.

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Dead Star Announced Early as a PlayStation Plus Game for April

We're only a little way into March, but we now know multiplayer shooter, Dead Star will be one of April's free PlayStation Plus games.

Twitter user @BLAMdrew caught a notification after pre-ordering Dead Star on PlayStation 4. It says the game will be free for Plus members in April, so his pre-order has been refunded.

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Amazon Japan Now Ships Games Internationally

Importing Japanese just got a bit cheaper, and more convenient for some.

USGamer reports Amazon Japan is now shipping games internationally. That means being able to skip middlemen like Play-Asia.

Some import sites typically tack on an additional charge for the import service - which can go at least as high as an extra $10 - even before considering the cost of shipping. Since these games ship directly from Amazon the only additional cost appears to be for the long-distance shipping.

There are a couple of catches, however. Amazon Japan requires its own separate account. Which, besides being a momentary inconvenience, means English Prime subscriptions don't carry over.

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Prepare for DS 3 with a Free Copy of Dark Souls PC

The Golden Joysticks store is giving away free copies of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die edition on PC to anyone in the UK or EU that registers on the site. All you have to do is provide either your email address or Steam ID, and you should receive your copy within a week. What better way to prepare for Dark Souls 3 than to get one of the greatest games of all time for nothing?

This isn't the first free offer publisher Bandai Namco has been pushing to drum up interest in its new game - improbable dark fantasy Flappy Bird homage, Slashy Souls popped up recently, too.

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Sarah Paulson Wants People v. O.J. Simpson to “Do Right” By Marcia Clark

When Sarah Paulson met Marcia Clark for the first time, she recalls it was like "meeting God."

She had done as much research as she could to learn the ins and outs of the real-life woman she is playing on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, even going as far as to find out the perfume Clark wore. So when it came time to meet the prosecutor on the O.J. Simpson murder trial in person, she felt like she was meeting someone she idolized since she was a small child.

"It was a very geeky, geeky, geeky fangirl moment that I had," Paulson told me with a smile while sitting down at a People v. O.J. Simpson press event.

Sarah Paulson and Sterling K. Brown on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Sarah Paulson and Sterling K. Brown on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

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Fringe’s Anna Torv to Star in Fincher’s Mindhunter

Fringe star Anna Torv has been cast as the female lead in Mindhunter, the upcoming Netflix series from David Fincher and Charlize Theron.

While character details are being kept under wraps, TVLine reports Torv will play a psychologist. She joins Jonathon Groff (Looking, Frozen) in the drama series, who is the only other announced cast member at this time.

Torv as FBI agent Olivia Dunham in Fringe

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New Daredevil: Season 2 Promo Focuses on Costumes

The latest teaser for the second series of Marvel's Daredevil has arrived.

The 'Suiting Up' teaser gets up close and personal with the costumes of the show's central trio Daredevil, Punisher and Elektra. Check it out below.

In case you missed it, the teaser was proceeded by promotional image that gives us our first look at The Punisher's final costume.

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Invincible Parodies Marvel’s Civil War 2 Teasers

In the midst of building hype for Marvel's upcoming comic event, Robert Kirkman and co-creator Cory Walker released a teaser image for Invincible parodying Civil War II.

Reading "Embrace the Future. Celebrate the Future." the poster features Walker's art, who will be returning to the series while previous artist Ryan Ottley takes a hiatus. The image is for Issue #127, which will release on April 20.

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Chewbacca Will Be in the Han Solo Standalone Film

Everyone's favorite Wookiee will appear in Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Han Solo standalone film.

The confirmation came via Disney chief Bob Iger talking Star Wars at (of all places) the Deutsche Bank 2016 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference. Firstly, Igor touched on the upcoming Rogue One, Gareth Edwards' movie set before A New Hope.

“‘Rogue One’ … is about a band of rebels plotting to steal the plans to the Death Star,” Igor said, via The Wrap. “It takes place right before what was George Lucas‘s first film, which came out in 1977 and is now called A New Hope."

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