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A Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros. Just Sold for $3 Million and Took the Title of Most Expensive Video Game Ever

By Bill Smith June 13, 2026

Bidders drove one exceptional sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. to a final price of $3 million during Heritage Auctions’ Video Games Signature event on June 12. The result cleared the previous high mark by a full million dollars and established a new record for any video game sold at public auction. Heritage presented the cartridge as lot 28025 in its June 12–13 sale. Professional graders at PSA assigned it a 9.6 A++ rating, the strongest score this particular variant has received. The copy carries Nintendo’s gloss sticker seal, a detail that places it in the second production run from early 1986.

Lara Croft Rediscovers Her Roots in the First Gameplay Look at Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

By Bill Smith June 12, 2026

Lara Croft moves through thick Peruvian jungle undergrowth with familiar purpose. The new four-minute gameplay video, captured during Summer Game Fest hands-on sessions, drops players straight into a reimagined Lost Valley. It offers the clearest view yet of how the upcoming Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis game refreshes the 1996 original while carrying forward lessons from more recent entries in the series.

Deep Robotics Puts Its Lynx S10 Prototype to the Ultimate Test by Equipping the Robot with Bear Paws on Arctic Ice

By Jackson Chung June 12, 2026

Deep Robotics sent a modified version of its compact Lynx S10 robot on a research vessel bound for the Arctic Ocean. The goal was straightforward. Engineers wanted to see how the small machine would handle real polar conditions that humans approach with extreme caution. The prototype completed its mission and became the first quadruped robot to step onto Arctic Ocean ice floes.

SpaceX Stock Debut Creates the World’s First Trillionaire in Elon Musk

By Jackson Chung June 12, 2026

SpaceX shares started trading on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026. The long-private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company priced its initial public offering at $135 per share. When markets opened, the stock jumped to $150 and climbed as high as $176.50 during the session before closing near $161. That performance gave Elon Musk’s SpaceX a market value above $2 trillion by the end of the day.

LEGO Technic Brings Peugeot’s Radical Le Mans Hypercar to Life at 1:10 Scale

By Bill Smith June 12, 2026

Racing fans are well aware that the real-life Peugeot 9X8 made waves when it debuted on the World Endurance Championship grid. Its streamlined form, lack of a traditional rear wing, and hybrid powertrain represented a new direction for Le Mans prototypes. LEGO nailed that presence in bricks with the Technic Peugeot 9X8 24H Le Mans Hybrid Hypercar (set 42156), priced at $159.99 (was $200), and the finished vehicle feels like a true centerpiece rather than simply another small desktop model.