News:: Strong Style: Kicking butt in Kobe

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's edition of Strong Style, a regular look at New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS TV. Settling into the new digs, we kick off being in a new home with some big time action tonight!

Tonight's action takes us back to September 25, 2016, and the "Destruction in Kobe" event. This event was the third "Destruction" show for New Japan Pro Wrestling as they also did shows in Tokyo and Hiroshima in the week or so before this featuring some big action. Tonight's event takes place at the World Hall in Kobe and drew a respectable 5,432 people. We are seeing the main event match here so let's get to the action with Jim Ross and Josh Barnett as our English announce team.

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News:: The Jackbox Party Pack 4 will be hitting digital marketplaces later this year

Fans of the irreverent and hilarious Jackbox Party Pack will be happy to know that a new installment of the series is coming this year. Aptly dubbed The Jackbox Party Pack 4, the only thing known about this newest entry is that it will feature Fibbage 3. Along with new questions for the lie detector game, the number of answers is seeing an increase from nine to ten.

No platforms are currently known, but seeing as how the previous game landed on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Mac and Amazon Fire devices, I think it is safe to assume those are on the table. The official blog lists Fall as the release date, so if you haven't tried the other entries, you still have time!

Fourth Jackbox Party Pack to be Called “The Jackbox Party Pack 4” [Jackbox Games]

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News:: Details on Call of Duty: WWII leak ahead of reveal

The official reveal for the next Call of Duty that will fail to live up to whatever game in the series you prefer is set for April 26, but we’re already learning details about it thanks to some “leaks.”

Marketing materials for the game have made their way to the Twitterverse, spoiling everything from the release date to the campaign. Or not spoiling anything at all depending on what you consider a spoiler. If you want to go into this week's official reveal blind as a bat, stop reading now.

Call of Duty: WWII will launch November 3, which is a Friday, and will feature a campaign that will take gamers to the beaches of Normandy and through “iconic locations in history’s most monumental war.” The story will focus on the bond between soldiers, one of whom may be Mr. Fergalicious Josh Duhamel.

There will also be a co-op mode with a "new and original story" that is referred to as a "standalone game experience." The marketing materials also say a private beta will be available to those who preorder the game.

Leaked marketing material reveal CODWWII November 3rd release date and “Private BETA” for preorders [Charlie INTEL]

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News:: Baby Park in Double Dash is easily the best Mario Kart track

This Friday, the wonderful Wii U title Mario Kart 8 is making the jump to the Nintendo Switch with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The Deluxe pack will feature every track from the original game that more than 8 million people enjoyed as well as all of the DLC cups. That includes Baby Park, my favorite Mario Kart track ever.

Well, I should be clearer. Baby Park in Mario Kart 8 is beautiful and a little fun and the Mario Kart DS iteration is okay, but Baby Park in Mario Kart: Double Dash is not only easily the best version of the track, but the best Mario Kart track period.

At first glance, it doesn't look like much. In fact, it almost looks it should be a tutorial track to teach you the basics of the game. But once the green light flashes, its one-dimensional veneer melts away as you’re forced to survive eight laps of absolute hell. Each lap takes about 10 seconds, but in Double Dash, those seconds could be filled with you dodging giant Bowser shells, huge bananas, waves of fireballs and the rest of the special items that, for some reason, are exclusive to Double Dash.

That is what makes this track stand out. Other courses in the game are quite big, wide and occasionally too long, so it’s easy to avoid these massive obstacles. But here, in the baby-themed thunder dome, you’re lucky to make it five laps without seeing your kart tumble over itself.  And when somebody lets loose a blue shell? Fuggedaboutit.

Baby Park doesn’t feel like a traditional race, it feels like the madcap chaos of Mario Kart’s battle mode has been isolated and concentrated into a deceptively cute-looking traditional track. For that, it’s the best of the bunch and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.

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