Hello, Shacknews. I’m a few days away from flying out for this year’s Game Developers Conference, but I do have time to deliver a full round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.
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And, because it’s the weekend, go find yourself something to play!
Around the Gaming Horn
Here’s some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.
https://t.co/otcNdy9X6i
— MARVEL SNAP (@MARVELSNAP) March 6, 2026
Marvel Snap would like to talk about its year ahead, including goals for 2026 and the themed seasons that are coming up. Yes, there’s a December season planned for Avengers: Doomsday.
Here’s another look at Control Resonant, which includes branching out from the Oldest House.
Here’s a deeper dive into Dupli-Kate before she comes to Invincible VS.
South of Midnight’s PlayStation 5 version now has a release date.
And here’s another tease for Rocket League Season 22.
And now… Other Stuff From The Internet!!!
Today in Bubbletron
Be sure to play Bubbletron today!
Ditto Scissorhands
— kaえりあ (@kaeria_musi) March 6, 2026
Quick! Someone find a Ditto with rock hands.
Dodger Green
Yoshinobu, meet Yoshi. 🥹
Join us at Dodger Stadium on 3/31 for the collab we’ve all been waiting for! Get your Yoshi Bobblehead presented by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Tickets are available now at pic.twitter.com/wlfyVxn4lY
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 6, 2026
There you have it. Yoshi is canonically a Dodger fan.
Nothing but the Hotfix
What’s being played this week? Nobody knows! Open this up and find out.
GDQ’s Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
This week in Shaqnews
Time to Shaqt a fool again.
IT’S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!
David Finlay is now All Elite and reunited with The War Dogs.
Tonight in video game music
The Sixth Station Trio, in collaboration with GameChops, brings you some Zelda Classics.
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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can’t enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?
