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After announcing the Street Fighter V pack last month, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid has unveiled Chun-Li–aka the Blue Phoenix Ranger–via a new trailer.

The trailer shows the Interpol agent battling against the heroes and villains of the Power Rangers universe with her Chinese Kempo style, with many of her trademark moves on display including the Lightning Kick, Spinning Bird Kick, and her Hoyokusen super move from Street Fighter V.

Chun-Li’s Class of ’93 alternate costume makes an appearance as well, changing Chun-Li’s attire from her Ranger outfit to a shirt and skirt combo worthy of the early 90s high school scene.

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a three-on-three team-based fighting game starring Rangers and enemies from throughout Power Ranger history. The 25-character roster includes the original Red Ranger Jason, the Green Ranger Tommy, and Goldar from the original Power Rangers TV series, as well as Gia the Yellow Ranger from 2014’s Super Mega Force and the Cenozoic Blue Ranger from the 2017 feature film. The game is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and Steam.

The Street Fighter V pack for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid adds Ryu and Chun-Li to the three-on-three fighting game on May 25. This is not the duo’s only guest turn in 2021, as they also appeared as skins in Fortnite in February and as playable characters in the mobile fighter Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE in April.

The biggest game release this week is Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a remastered compilation of the first three games in BioWare’s iconic action-RPG series. Though $60 is a pretty good value already for a trio of lengthy RPGs, you can already get a discount ahead of release. Walmart is selling console preorders for $50.94 right now. It’s certainly possible that stock will sell out, so those still looking to preorder should snatch this deal up as soon as possible.

Amazon was matching this deal but has since sold out of copies for both PS4 and Xbox One. If you order now from Walmart, you can get free release-day delivery.

Sadly, Walmart isn’t offering a preorder bonus for Mass Effect Legendary Edition. If you want a collector’s item with your copy of the game, you’ll have to order from Best Buy or GameStop at the full $60 price. Best Buy is giving away free steelbook cases with all preorders, while GameStop has an exclusive poster. Check out our Mass Effect Legendary Edition preorder guide for more details.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition comes with every piece of DLC released for all three games in the original trilogy. In terms of upgrades, BioWare improved the character models and textures. All three games will be capable of running in 4K resolution with HDR.

PUBG Mobile has unleashed a clash of the titans on its player base, partnering with Godzilla vs Kong for a kaiju-sized Version 1.4 update to the battle royale.

Godzilla, Kong, and Mechagodzilla will now appear on the Erangel, Sanhok, and Livk maps in the brand new Titan Strikes mode. They will not attack players–unless too many gather around the massive beasts–instead trying to destroy new Apex Cybernetics buildings and Monster Settlements. The new structures can be looted once destroyed, though the Monster Settlements will contain hostile monsters that will need to be defeated first.

The update also comes with a pair of additions timed for early June. The first is brand new Arena map called Hangar coming June 1–which supports which supports the Arena Training, Team Deathmatch, and Team Gun Game modes–while June 9 adds new Lab structures to the Erangel map. These Labs contain “Quantum Transformation Devices” which turns you into a “minature insect player” for a completely new game mode.

Other updates include an over-the-shoulder aiming system designed for more precise shooting and a new two-seater sports car called the CoupeRB for joyriding around the map with a friend.

PUBG Mobile is the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the pioneer of the battle royale genre. The game originally launched in February 2018 and has seen 600 million downloads, with 50 million daily active players worldwide according to the official website. As for Godzilla vs Kong, the duo will also be crossing over into World of Warships with both as playable commanders.

Epic Games and the NBA seem to be gearing up for a (no pun intended) crossover event that will have basketball fans excited, according to recent leaks of Fortnite NBA skins.

Thanks to the Epic versus Apple ongoing court case, we already know Epic had been looking at adding a basketball mini-game to Fortnite Party Royale, including a Zion Williamson versus LeBron James community competition. While revealed documents pointed to those ideas being discussed in June 2020, there’s no reason to suspect the idea was scrapped. Almost a year later, we haven’t seen such an event in Fortnite yet, but today’s new leak alongside update 16.40 suggests that may soon change.

Shared first on Twitter by a trio of Fortnite dataminers, a collection of ten customizable Fortnite skins is our first look at upcoming NBA Fortnite skins. While the first images of the skins point only to basic Fortnite-branded jerseys and team apparel, it’s believed that these are the default options, much like how the NFL-branded Fortnite skins include a basic blue and red uniform for players not looking to sport any real team’s logo and colors.

It’s also true that Fortnite already offers non-NBA basketball skins, so this new batch is sure to be something more than that again. The new skins even allow players to customize the backboards worn as Back Bling, which feature interchangeable logos much like those for the NFL skins of last year.

A new update in Creative mode today teases a “to-be-announced summer event” coming soon, which is leading some players to connect the dots between the leaked basketball mini-game, the Zion versus LeBron event, and these forthcoming NBA skins. For now, there’s not a lot to go on to reliably predict those dots are worth connecting, but what we know for sure is these basketball skins, as well as other accessories like emotes, are on their way in a future Item Shop update. Dataminers have suggested the official reveal is coming soon, so we’ll be sure to update this story once those details go live.

In the meantime, you can catch up on how to earn the free Gold Lara Croft Style, or read about everything else that’s new this week in the Fortnite 16.40 patch notes.

As part of the ongoing court case between Apple and Epic, it was revealed that one of Fortnite’s first major licensed skins store bundles was a huge success. It was confirmed in court documents that Epic sold 3.3 million skins in November and December 2018 alone for its NFL partnership.

These were sold for 1,500 V-Bucks (~$15 USD), which works out to around $50 million in revenue for one set of skins. The NFL no doubt go a cut of those sales as part of its agreement with Epic, but clearly both sides benefitted from the partnership. V-Bucks can also be earned through gameplay, so it’s not a straight 1:1 for revenue.

What’s notable here is that this is seemingly the first time Epic has disclosed any specifics about the performance of its skins bundles, which is one of the main ways that the game makes money.

The NFL skins allowed players to dress up their Fortnite character like an NFL player. All 32 NFL teams were included in the initial store offering. It was so successful that Epic brought back the NFL skins with new features and more in 2020.

The developer also continued its partnership with sports clubs for in-game Fortnite skins. In 2021, Epic partnered with 23 famous football clubs–including Manchester City, AC Milan, Juventus, and more–for skins based on those teams. Given that football/soccer is far more popular globally than American football, it’s likely these skins had strong sales, too.

Looking ahead, NBA skins are reportedly coming to Fortnite in the future.

Outside of sports teams, Epic has teamed up with numerous other giant brands, like Deadpool and Alien, while the company offered skins based on Lara Croft, Kratos, and Master Chief as well. Leaked documents from the Apple vs. Epic trial also showed that Epic was planning or hoping to have Samus from Nintendo’s Metroid series come to Fortnite, alongside Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games and Naruto.

Check out GameSpot’s rundown of all the major Apple vs. Epic developments so far to catch up with the latest news.

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