Super Smash Bros.
Series of crossover fighting games
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic featured in the crossover miniseries DC X Sonic the Hedgehog, teaming up with the Justice League to stop Darkseid from using the Chaos Emeralds to conquer the multiverse.
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| 2025 | Asa Butterfield appears in the film 'Our Hero, Balthazar' playing the role of Solomon, currently in post-production |
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Donkey Kong
Koji Takeda becomes the primary voice actor for Donkey Kong in video games, taking over from Takashi Nagasako.
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| 2025 | G2 FC competed in the 2025 Spring Split of Kings League Germany, finishing 3rd place and losing to ERA Colonia 2-14 in the Second Ticket Kings World Cup Clubs (KWC) Match. |
| 2025 | In the Kings World Cup Clubs tournament, G2 FC was eliminated in the 2nd Round after losing 2-9 to Miami 7. |
| May 19 2025 | Honda terminated its sponsorship of Team Liquid after Lucas 'DiasLucasBr' Dias posted an inappropriate image of an atomic bomb on X, which was deemed incompatible with Honda's corporate values. |
| May 14 2025 | Team Liquid's Rainbow Six Siege team, including Lucas 'DiasLucasBr' Dias, lost to the Japanese team CAG Osaka in the group stage of the RE:L0:AD 2025 tournament. |
| 2025 | Asa Butterfield has multiple projects in post-production, indicating ongoing acting work during this year. |
| May 9 2025 | Team Liquid acquired EA Sports FC organization Team Gullit, owned by former Dutch football player and manager Ruud Gullit, following a previous partnership during the 2024 Esports World Cup. |
| 2025 | TSM dropped player Youssef 'Cherished' Shaaban from the Halo Infinite roster following a disappointing performance at HCS Arlington 2025. |
| 2025 | Embarked on a motorcycle journey across Japan with Michael Reeves, traveling from Cape Sata to Cape Soya without smartphones, maps, or expressways. |
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Bananza was released, ending the long gap since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
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| 2025 | G2 released Mikyx and Yike, and announced the additions of Rudy 'Skewmond' Semaan and Labros 'Labrov' Papoutsakis as Jungler and Support respectively. |
| April 2 2025 | G2 Esports announced G2 Football Club (G2 FC), a seven-a-side football team to participate in the German division of Kings League, a new football league founded by Gerard Piqué. |
| 2025 | Asa Butterfield performs in the play 'Second Best' as the character Martin Hill at Riverside Studios |
| March 2025 | Sentinels enters the Marvel Rivals esports scene, signing a roster including players Colin 'Coluge' Arai, Zairek 'Hogz' Poll, Ryan 'Rymazing' Bishop, Anthony 'SuperGomez' Gomez, Chassidy 'aramori' Kaye, and Mark 'Karova' Kvashin. William 'Crimzo' Hernandez is appointed as team coach, with 'Anexile' serving as team analyst. |
| 2025 | NRG won the 1st Open Qualifier for the 2025 season with their newly acquired roster. |
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Donkey Kong
A new redesign of Donkey Kong, similar to the movie design and created by Nintendo's Shigehisa Nakaue, was revealed and is set to debut in a future Mario Kart game.
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| February 24 2025 | Ludwig Ahgren shaved his head after losing a gaming bet with his viewers, creating a memorable moment for his audience. |
| February 2025 | An Ohio jury found Bell liable for $25 million in compensatory and punitive damages in a sexual abuse case involving a female relative. His brother La'Vonte was ordered to pay an additional $11 million. |
| 2025 | Evil Geniuses signed Jacob 'icy' Lange from G2 Esports and Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker to their roster. |
| 2025 | Has an upcoming film in post-production |
| February 15 2025 | Ubisoft announced Cloud9's inclusion in the 'R6 Share' partner program for the 2025 competitive season, with an invitation to the North American League. |
| February 14 2025 | Team Liquid signed Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen to represent the team during the Champions Chess Tour 2025. |
| February 13 2025 | Team Liquid entered chess by signing American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana. |
| January 31 2025 | Team SoloMid signed a Halo Infinite roster consisting of players Roman 'Druk' Nasirudin, Hunter 'Taulek' Davis, Michael 'SoulSnipe' Girgis, and Youssef 'Cherished' Shaaban, with coach 'Trey'. The team officially partnered with the Halo Championship Series (HCS) for Year 4 in 2025. |
| January 2025 | Ahgren and White merged Moist Esports with Shopify Rebellion, becoming co-owners of the combined organization. |
| January 17 2025 | Charles White Jr. and Ludwig Ahgren announced they became co-owners of Shopify Rebellion, leading to the cessation of Moist Esports' operations and the transfer of their teams to the new organization. |
| January 11 2025 | G2 unveiled Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko as part of the main roster. |
| January 3 2025 | Nikola 'NiKo' Kovac departed the team in an expected move to Falcons Esports. |
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Donkey Kong
Takashi Nagasako's final known voice performance for Donkey Kong was in Super Mario Party Jamboree.
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Sephiroth
Tyler Hoechlin continues to voice Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
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| 2024 | Clément 'Clem' Desplanches secured a direct spot in the Esports World Cup 2024 in Riyadh by winning SC2 Masters Winter 2023. |
| 2024 | Both Clément 'Clem' Desplanches and Kim 'Cure' Doh-wook were eliminated in Knockout Round 3 of ESL SC2 Masters: Spring 2024. Clem lost 3-0 to HerO, while Cure lost 3-2 to Shin. |
| 2024 | Kim 'Cure' Doh-wook was eliminated in the Round of 8 of Master's Coliseum 7, losing 3-4 against Solar. |
| 2024 | Liquipedia hosted the Dota 2 Wiki, previously on Fandom, with plans to merge the esports and game wikis into a comprehensive single wiki. |
| 2024 | MultiVersus is set for wide release, continuing the trend of crossover platform fighters inspired by Super Smash Bros. |
| 2024 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continues to receive minor updates. |
| 2024 | Dominated RLCS scene, making all 6 regional finals and winning 4 of them. |
| 2024 | Reached their 3rd World Championship final, losing 4-2 to BDS. |
| 2024 | G2 completed the first LEC Grand Slam in the new LEC format by winning both Spring and Summer events. |
| 2024 | Won their first LAN title in 2 years at the London major by beating Team Falcons. |
| 2024 | Ranked fourth best player in the world in the SSBMRank 2024 rankings. |
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Link
In a BAFTA poll with around 4,000 respondents, Link was named the seventh most iconic video-game character of all time.
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Ben Schwartz voices Sonic in another film sequel.
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Sonic the Hedgehog
In a BAFTA poll with around 4,000 respondents, Sonic was named the fourth most iconic video-game character of all time.
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Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong features in the Country-themed area at Universal Studios' Super Nintendo World, where visitors can take pictures with a Donkey Kong mascot.
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| 2024 | Bell endorsed Donald Trump in the United States presidential election. |
| 2024 | Spacestation Gaming won the ALGS Year 4 Split 2 Playoffs LAN tournament, marking a significant competitive achievement in their esports history. |
| 2024 | After placing 9th in Stage 2 and failing to qualify for international tournaments, Evil Geniuses parted ways with jawgemo and Apoth. |
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