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Nintendo Bringing Back the NES Classic in 2018!

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Good news for those who missed out on the NES Classic (and no, I’m not referring to the Nintendo Classic Mini Famicom at Play-Asia, and the SNES Classic pre-orders.

In a press release today (and on Nintendo Europe’s Twitter), Nintendo announced that “[d]ue to incredible demand for the upcoming [SNES Classic], Nintendo plans to ship the retro-inspired product into 2018. Originally, shipments were announced to cease at the end of this calendar year.” This apparently applies both to Europe and North America.

In addition, the press release states that the NES Classic (which was discontinued back in April, and given the scalper treatment with ridiculous prices) will return on an unspecified date in summer 2018. Nintendo adds that more units of the SNES Classic will be shipped on launch day in the US than what the NES Classic shipped in the entirety of last year, with shipments “arriving in stores regularly.”

Given the fact that the NES Classic sold approximately 1.5 million units in just under a year, Nintendo would be foolish to let this opportunity to cater to gamers’ nostalgia pass them by. The SNES Classic will arrive in stores on September 29th.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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