Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
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…
One of the most common talking points among video game circles is often the music that accompanies them. Yet for every award-winning soundtrack, there’s a handful of tracks that live on for more amusing reasons. Perhaps the most well-known song of this caliber is the notorious “DK Rap” from Donkey…
She’s the mightiest bounty hunter the galaxy has known — and on this mission, it’s personal (actually, it’s been personal on a lot of her missions when you stop and think about it). Samus Aran has received yet another figma from Good Smile based on her initial suit in Metroid…
The long-awaited The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero has finally gotten an official English release over a decade on from its original 2010 Japanese launch, with the game arriving on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC from today. Set in the Crossbell region, the game follows a different cast of…
In recent years the publisher eastasiasoft has been making an effort to release a number of games outside of its titular region, with both the Xuan-Yuan Sword and Sword and Fairy RPG series in particular standing out. Today, the company made a batch of announcements for Switch ports, including two…
Healthy news on the squiddy sales front — Splatoon 3, the big Nintendo release of the month, is still going strong in the UK, where for the third week in a row it’s been the top selling boxed retail game. This is a sign of presumed longevity for the title,…
We’re about a month off from the release of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which mean it’s time for the companies involved to focus on what really matters (to them): merchandising. As one might imagine for a game so heavily focused upon the eponymous mascots, the merchandise in question…
Fans of Oxenfree — the 2016 teenage time loop mystery that won widespread acclaim and a devoted following — have been patiently waiting for the sequel, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, originally announced in 2021 to be releasing this year (that is, 2022). Well, it looks like we’ll have to wait…
ReedPop has revealed more details about the grand return of the E3 Expo next year! The company confirmed the event will return between June 13th – 16th, as per GameIndustry.biz, and it’ll once again be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It was also confirmed that the event will…
UK-based Pokémon trainers might want to get ready for a treasure hunt as a new Pokémon exhibition is heading to Manchester’s Trafford Centre next month. Pokémon: Art through the Ages is set to feature unique art of Kanto creatures, though unfortunately we know little else at the moment. Pokémon…
Splatoon 3 players have decided what they’ll be taking to a desert island thanks to the latest Splatfest and Gear has come out on top, besting Grub and Fun. How can you lose when you’ve got all the tools you need to succeed? #TeamGear takes the deserted island Splatfest…
Another week, another slate of Nintendo Switch Online icons filed in and out of rotation. This week brings the third wave of Splatoon 3 icons, which includes another batch of squid and octo kids in various poses with different weapons, Man-o’-Wardrobe proprietor Jel La Fleur, everybody’s favorite judge Judd, a…
There are many ways to resolve conflict — mediation, fistfighting, a complex dialectical process of reflection and understanding the existence of multiple truths — but we all know the best way to definitively handle moral quandaries is through Splatfests. The first post-launch Splatfest for Splatoon 3, “What would you bring…
The buzz around the upcoming Super Mario Bros. teaser trailer is already high due to the anticipation (and fear) the populace has over what the movie will look and sound like. And now, one of the main sources of that potential apprehension has commented on the matter: Chris Pratt took…
