The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
Last week we reported on the news that Pokémon HOME would be getting updated to Scarlet and Violet on May 23/24 (depending on your region). It turns out that was a mistake, as The Pokémon Company has released a small statement confirming that the update will be arriving later at…
Well, that’s something – not even 24 hours after the first reveal of Mortal Kombat 1, and a listing on Amazon Italy has accidentally revealed which DLC characters are coming to the game in “Kombat Pack 1,” which includes the following: Quan Chi Omni Man Ermac Peacemaker Takeda Homelander…
The Super Mario Bros. Movie is, scientifically speaking, making all of the money – and others are taking notice. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida went to see the movie himself recently, and talked about doing so during the company’s yearly Corporate Strategy Meeting, calling Mario a “beautiful and wonderful IP” and…
As part of his continued series of videos on making games, Sakurai took time to discuss the creation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl in depth. He was approached by Satoru Iwata to make the game just after the reveal of the Wii in 2005, when Sakurai had just become an…
Life goes on, through whatever pain is endured – and maybe you can alleviate that pain slightly by purchasing a figma of Mio, heroine of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Mio comes with her dual ring Blades, multiple for combat and performance, her signature flute, and even a long hair extension (if…
The Sonic Symphony held in 2021 was a smash hit, resonating with fans old and new with beautiful arrangements of Sonic tunes from over 30 years of games, topped off with some rock stylings from Crush40 and other artists. Many of us have been clamoring for a live event and…
Back in early 2020, Platinum Games managed to wrangle The Wonderful 101 out of Wii U exclusivity with a Kickstarter campaign. One promise made during the process was for free DLC featuring Luka as a stretch goal, which was surpassed, and now the first part is finally here! The Wonderful…
What do Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy VII, and SpongeBob SquarePants have in common? Well, they’re all inhabited by very messy people, apparently, as the latter is joining the former two as paid DLC for PowerWash Simulator this summer. As revealed in the trailer below, you’ll be able to take your…
The Game Boy Advance library available to Nintendo Switch Expansion Pack subscribers will be getting another update next week and it’s bringing with it some familiar favorites. While you have the option to play their originals on Switch already via the NES and SNES libraries, the Super Mario Advance versions…
Where many third party developers seem to have moved on from supporting the Nintendo Switch, Netherrealm Studios seems dedicated to pushing the limits of the platform. The newly announced Mortal Kombat 1 (yes, that’s what it’s called) will be heading to current gen systems and PC, as expected, but nestled…
At long last Pokémon trailers will be able to transfer old favorites to the Paldea Region and vice versa starting next week! As announced by The Pokémon Company, the creature curation tool Pokémon Home will be updated to support Scarlet and Violet from May 23rd. This means you’ll be able…
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been out for almost a week, meaning the numbers from its launch weekend are beginning to roll in – and boy are they impressive. In the game’s home country of Japan, Tears of the Kingdom had the seventh best launch in…
