It's no secret that the Nintendo Switch has been a massive success. In fact, it's sold more units in a shorter amount of time than any other console that's ever come before it. Which begs the question: how did Nintendo win back the market with the Switch?

Without the advantage of a holiday launch, Nintendo has sold over 4.8 million Switches in the United States, and over 14.8 million units globally - surpassing the previous sales record held by the Nintendo Wii and becoming the fastest selling console in U.S. history. While in Japan, Nintendo sold over 3.3 million units in approximately the same amount of time.

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Jennifer Lawrence made headlines last year when her psychological thriller mother! earned a rarely given, dreaded "F" CinemaScore, the letter grade domestic filmgoers assign to a movie in audience exit polling opening night. CinemaScores have been a barometer by which Hollywood has gauged how their movies will perform at the box office for many years now, but they have become, in the digital age, an even more talked about facet in how studios and the media respond to a movie's performance.

Well, the CinemaScore is now in for Lawrence's latest movie Red Sparrow, with audiences giving it a "B" grade. With that in mind -- and the stink of mother!'s "F" CinemaScore still hanging in the air -- let's look back at what audiences thought of JLaw's other films, including her turns in the X-Men and Hunger Games franchises.

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Prepare To Try, a show about three idiot friends slowly losing their minds while playing challenging games, now has its own YouTube Channel.

Here's a little tease of what you can expect from the new channel...

It'll be the first place to see new episodes in our playthrough of The Ringed City, but it'll be home to much, much more. Expect more one-off Let's Plays, dropping every Wednesday, challenges, livestreams, and behind-the-scenes videos (basically us mucking about).

If you like the sound of any of that, visit the new Prepare To Try YouTube channel and subscribe (don't make us beg).

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Warner Bros. is reportedly moving forward with its long-in-development remake of Logan's Run with Peter Craig writing the script.

Deadline has heard the studio closed a deal this week to move forward on the project, which will be written by Craig and directed by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix).

Warner Bros. allegedly hopes the film will be able to generate the same level of excitement as the upcoming Ready Player One and find success similar to last year's Blade Runner 2049. A few years ago, Kinberg called Logan's Run "the granddaddy of Maze Runner and Hunger Games," and said Warner Bros. sees it as a "potentially really big franchise."

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is doing things a bit differently this year and will have two actresses present the award for best lead actress at the 90th Academy Awards.

While traditionally, the previous year's best lead actor winner would present the award for best lead actress, Variety reports Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster will present the award this year instead.

Last year, Casey Affleck won the best lead actor award for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, so he would have been set to present the award. However, in January he withdrew as a presenter for best lead actress in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.

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The next Shadowverse expansion has been revealed, and it’s called Dawnbreak, Nightedge. This is the first new set of cards since Shadowverse turned everything upside down at the very start of the year by splitting its constructed game into two formats – Rotation, which only includes Basic cards and the last five expansions released, and Unlimited, in which every card ever released is legal. At the same time, the game also added an additional class – Portalcraft.

It’s an exciting time for Shadowverse - and we have three exclusive cards to reveal (further down) - so I asked Lead Game Designer Naoyuki Miyashita about both what’s coming up and how things have been going since the introduction of a new class and formats.

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Bethesda's E3 press conference is kicking off the Sunday before E3, but what exactly are they getting ready to show? Rage 2 has already been officially announced and something from Fallout is being teased, so this year’s show could be pretty big.

Miranda and I sat down to discuss what we might expect to see in the video above, though we had that conversation before Rage and Fallout were shown. From brand new Bethesda Game Studio reveals to new expansions and DLC for current games, here's what we think the conference might have in store for Fallout and more, broken down by how likely we think it is.

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Following in the wake of EA and DICE's controversial microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II, the companies are reportedly taking a different approach with the loot boxes used in Battlefield 2018.

According to Kotaku, sources claim DICE is intending to have this year's Battlefield 2018 only include cosmetic-oriented microtransactions and not those that would affect a player's abilities in-game. Kotaku's sources also claim, however, that the plans for the games microtransactions have changed and may change again before its release, so this plan is not set in stone.

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If a recent tease from Bethesda is any indication, new downloadable content for Prey might be on the horizon.

The following GIF was posted today on the official Prey Twitter account, hinting at what could potentially be new content for Arkane Studios' sci-fi shooter.

Do we really know what’s out there? pic.twitter.com/TIByM1O738

— Prey (@PreyGame) March 2, 2018

Earlier today, Bethesda sent out invites to its E3 showcase, confirming the publisher will indeed have a press conference again at this year's big gaming expo. Characters from various Bethesda franchises, including Prey, can be seen on the front of the invitation.

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