Yesterday afternoon, the Video Game History Foundation uploaded a brief video highlighting a new discovery made by the community: an early prototype for Punch-Out!! on the NES. While it’s more common to see in-development or early builds of games nowadays, Nintendo has always been cagey when it comes to sharing…
New shirts based on EarthBound and Mother 3 characters have been revealed by Japanese retailer Hobonichi, which is collaborating with apparel brand Warehouse. The three shirts feature the same colorful stripy patterns worn by Earthbound protagonist Ness, as well as Mother 3’s main character Lucas and his twin brother Claus….
Developer Level-5 has uploaded a new trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, the upcoming seventh mainline game in the Layton series, that gives us our best look yet at the puzzle solving professor’s long-awaited return. Set one year after the events of Professor Layton and the…
Yesterday afternoon, the Video Game History Foundation uploaded a brief video highlighting a new discovery made by the community: an early prototype for Punch-Out!! on the NES. While it’s more common to see in-development or early builds of games nowadays, Nintendo has always been cagey when it comes to sharing…
New shirts based on EarthBound and Mother 3 characters have been revealed by Japanese retailer Hobonichi, which is collaborating with apparel brand Warehouse. The three shirts feature the same colorful stripy patterns worn by Earthbound protagonist Ness, as well as Mother 3’s main character Lucas and his twin brother Claus….
Developer Level-5 has uploaded a new trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, the upcoming seventh mainline game in the Layton series, that gives us our best look yet at the puzzle solving professor’s long-awaited return. Set one year after the events of Professor Layton and the…
Update (4/10/26): The Bayonetta plushes are now up for pre-order at Play-Asia. As of the time of this writing, you can use the code NWIRE2026 at checkout to save 5% on your order. Gaming and anime merchandise retailer Iijan has revealed new Bayonetta plushes, which it says are…
Konami has released a brand-new trailer for Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, the upcoming new addition to the series after a 12-year hiatus. Developed by Evil Empire and Motion Twin, the team behind Dead Cells, the trailer features commentary from Matt Houghton (Evil Empire) and an interpreter speaking on behalf of Tsutomu…
It seems the internet just can’t let go of the idea that a new Star Fox game is coming. After claiming that Nintendo was working on a new entry for its long-absent space flight sim series, notable leaker Natethehate has clarified what he meant about Nintendo revealing a new Star…
Retail listings for Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition have finally started cropping up, and they’ve confirmed one key detail about the port: it will be a Game-Key Card. This was to be expected considering the size of the game, which occupies about 80 GB on PC with the DLC included. Since…
In typical unceremonious Nintendo fashion, the company has announced through Nintendo Today that Rhythm Heaven Groove will be dancing onto Switch on July 2nd, 2026. Likely one of the final Switch games to be released by Nintendo, it will be priced at $39.99 for both the physical and digital versions….
It’s a good day whenever mobile games get saved from the app store hell and wind up on home consoles. A few years back in 2022, Gameloft released Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis on Apple Arcade as an exclusive to Apple’s subscription service. It was removed a year later and has been…
In a detail some people missed during the credits of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Universal and Illumination attached a disclaimer that states the film “may not be used to train AI.” While that likely won’t deter any greedy companies, it’s not the first Universal movie to contain such a…
After announcing that 007 First Light, the first James Bond video game in 14 years, would be delayed into May 2026, IO Interactive has now confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 port of the game won’t be launching alongside the other platforms next month. No, players on Nintendo’s newest console…
Nintendo Music, that free smartphone app included with a Switch Online subscription that Nintendo forgets to update on a regular basis, has just seen the arrival of a rather large set of tracks today. Coming from the Splatoon 3 DLC, Side Order, 112 tracks have been added to the overall…
