After years of speculation and anticipation, publisher Forever Entertainment has finally announced that its House of the Dead 2 remake will finally be seeing the light of day this year. Revealed alongside a new trailer, the aptly titled “The House of the Dead 2: Remake” will be hitting Switch and…
The Switch 2 has had a heck of a media week, especially in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Showcase (Abbreviated as CES) played host to a number of tech giants, including accessory developer Genki who brought mockups of the yet-to-be-revealed Nintendo Switch followup console. Genki in specific claimed this was…
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of leaks and speculation, with alleged images, specs, and rumors about the Nintendo Switch 2 dominating the gaming news cycle. Until Nintendo officially announces something about the much-anticipated console, this flurry of speculation is likely to continue. With that said, let’s continue…
Whenever a new demo is available in the Nintendo eShop, there’s a chance that the Digital Foundry team will dive in and start analyzing the technical aspects. After last week’s Nintendo Direct dropped one for Yoshi’s Craft World (marking Nintendo’s first foray into the Unreal Engine for Switch), John Linneman…
Astral Chain’s trailer debut during last week’s Direct had me grinnin’, as it marks the return of PlatinumGames to a Nintendo console since Bayonetta 2, their work on Star Fox notwithstanding. While a few things could be gleaned from the trailer in terms of style and gameplay ideas, not much…
The latest character type in Fire Emblem Heroes has been beast characters, and after a strong start with some Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn Laguz, sights have shifted to a different pair of games. Specifically the Fire Emblem Fates duology, bringing their wolfskin and kitsune characters to Heroes in…
The Switch-exclusive Sega Ages series is finally ramping back up, with the Master System’s Alex Kidd in Miracle World getting slated for release in Japan later this week, as reported by Gematsu. Originally released in Japan in 1986, and across the rest of the world in ’87, Alex Kidd in…
Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan has had a busy week in the Nintendo news cycle. Fresh off of crushing Mother fans’ hopes and dreams for the 132,463th time, Khan appeared on Kinda Funny Games on February 13th — the day of the Direct — where he dropped a hot…
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Battle Royale games are all the rage these days. Typically reserved for first and third-person shooters, many were surprised to learn the beloved classic puzzle game Tetris would be entering the fold. I’ll admit I was the first to give it a passing eye-roll. Yet…
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle still stands as one of my favorite fighting games on Switch, what with its crossover nature and simplified, yet rewarding, gameplay. Things have been awfully quiet for it since the announcement at Evo 2018 that it would be receiving a fifth franchise, and the later reveal…
I’ve already called Wargroove one of the best Switch releases of the year so far, and as I’ve started to introduce the game to friends and read up on others’ takes, a few minor quibbles have come up here and there. Thankfully, Chucklefish has been listening and has recently detailed…
We’ve known about Crystal Crisis for what feels like a long time, and we even got a taste of it at PAX West this last year. The competitive puzzle-fighting action of this game that’s bringing characters from corners I’d never have expected is calling to me more and more every…
The Fire Emblem faithful might recall that a while back a big fancy Fire Emblem Expo was announced for May 4th at Zepp Tokyo in Japan. And while many fans lack the funds or time to make it to the gathering, Intelligent Systems has you covered on the merchandise front,…
Another one of Masahiro Sakurai’s fabled Famitsu columns has dropped in weekly Famitsu, offering another round of profound insight and candid humor from one of the most famous Nintendo developers out there. Nintendo Everything has courteously provided the full translation, which we’ve summarized below: Sakurai celebrates Smash’s 20th birthday (which…
