The Nintendo World Championships are Returning!

Nintendo of America announced their plans for this year's E3, and it's a lot of the usual. They're letting us play their newly announced games (this year it's Mario Maker) at Best Buy the week of the convention, they'll be holding a digital event to announce lots of good things, the Treehouse will be live on the floor the whole time...oh, and they're bringing back the Nintendo World Championships.

Wait, what?

The Force Awakens Character Names Revealed!

It seems that Lucasfilm has decided to help with the long, long wait until Episode VII hits theaters in a year by giving us little drips of information, one piece at a time. First, we get the epic trailer. Now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we know the names of the characters from that trailer! And they are all very Star Wars-y. Hit the jump to see the gallery!