Yesterday afternoon we witnessed a devastating loss to the video games industry. In another round of layoffs that seems to happen every week, WB Games announced it would be closing three studios. These were Player First Games (Multiversus), WB San Diego (which had not yet announced its game), and Monolith…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
It’s very bizarre to hear executives from Microsoft talking about the Nintendo Switch 2, but ever since the company’s pivot to multi-platform development took hold, we’ve been hearing more and more from Team Green about games on other platforms. During the Official Xbox Podcast yesterday, Xbox Games Studio head Craig…
The saga of the Sega racing sequel that may or may not happen continues to grow more interesting. After a supposedly leaked presentation from Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed developer Sumo Digital hinted at a new kart racing game with a “global IP,” Aaron Webber, who runs the official…
You might remember about two years ago when Splatoon’s Squid Sisters performed live via hologram to an audience of thousands in Japan. This time, Off the Hook’s Marina and Pearl will be getting the treatment, perfoming live in concert this weekend at NicoNico Tokaigi. Check out the trailer below for…
A year and some change after the release of Fire Emblem Music Collection: Piano ~Faith & Engagement~, fans will soon have even more remixed music tracks to own. This time dubbed Fire Emblem Music Collection: Session ~Flower of Enchantment~, 15 pieces from the Fire Emblem franchise are getting a rock…
Sonic the Hedgehog often seems like the franchise with the biggest fan art calling – I’m sure more than a few of you reading this designed an OC in your youth, who could totally beat the blue blur in a foot race because they were just that good. Uniquely, various…
Attention all Trainers! We’ve got two Pokémon related events starting up this weekend that you’ll want to check out. Toys“R”Us All Toys”R”Us locations will be hosting an in-store Pokémon “Trade and Collect” event this coming Saturday, February 3rd, from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. to promote the new Pokémon Trading…
The nine month financial briefing that Nintendo hosted yesterday was full of unexpected news; a new mobile game based off of Mario Kart, the announcement of when Nintendo’s Online Service will begin for Nintendo Switch, and, finally, official confirmation of Nintendo’s partnership with Illumination Entertainment to make a Super Mario…
The much rumored deal between Nintendo and Illumination Entertainment has been finalized and confirmed to be true. Initially announced by Nintendo’s CEO, Nintendo of America joined in with sharing the news on Twitter as well: Nintendo and Illumination are partnering on a movie starring Mario, co-produced by Shigeru Miyamoto…
Continuing to fan-spaz over the Kirby eraser figures that Nintendo Wire’s Kirby expert Ricky Berg covered earlier this week? Upon diving into Re-Ment’s catalog of goodies, we found it also has a licensing agreement to craft Pokémon blind box figures too. Kirby isn’t the only star of the show now…
A few months back in September GoodSmile and Capcom released the first concept art of a Nendoroid based on Roll, Classic Mega Man’s robo-sister. Now, we’ve got a look at the final product courtesy of MyFigureCollection.net and it’s definitely adorable. GoodSmile has already released a classic Mega Man Nendoroid…
Nintendo of Japan has just released new images of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Link figure from Medicom. Part of the Real Action Heroes line, this Link figure stands about a foot tall and comes with high quality clothing (made of real fabric) and accessories….
Everybody makes mistakes, so sometimes the best friend you can have is an eraser. Doubly so when they’re as cute as these Kirby eraser figures coming soon to Japan. Sold in blind boxes, there are eight variants to get. Kirby features in nearly all of them, and Waddle Dee and…
From the makers of the World of Nintendo toy line, there’s another plush to add to the Jakks Pacific’s release list this year. Joining Yoshi is one of the most common enemies in Super Mario Bros. — Goomba! Except, there’s something different about this minion serving Mr. King Koopa… …
