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…
Remember Detective Pikachu? No, not the 2019 movie starring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds — rather, the 2016 3DS game that the movie was (loosely) based on. Yes, while oft forgotten in the face of its much more widely known adaptation, the initial Detective Pikachu game came first and there…
A few months ago we brought you the news that IDW would be doing a one-off special Sonic the Hedgehog comic to celebrate Miles “Tails” Prower’s 30th anniversary. Now we have our first look at a cover for the issue, and it’s brought with it a very retro cameo… Yes,…
Today Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival brings even more drumming action to Switch and on top of adding a few new multiplayer modes it also brings along the Taiko Music Pass which adds another 500 songs to the game! To get you pumped up, a new trailer has been dropped….
Square Enix’s upcoming rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is set to be loaded with iconic Final Fantasy tracks, with the base game featuring 385 tunes. Thanks to fans, we now know just what tunes will be included. RPGSite and Finaland have teamed up to collate sources and figure out…
For a while now the official Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube channel has been sharing some “TailsTube” videos featuring the titular two-tailed fox interviewing characters from the series. Last time we got some Eggman and Orbot perspectives, and now it’s Knuckles’ turn. In the video we learn about Angel…
As one of the biggest media franchises of all time, Pokémon has a longstanding tradition of collaborating with various music artists, from the legendary Donna Summer and Weird Al Yankovich back in the day to more recent acts like Post Malone for the franchise’s 25th anniversary. And now we have…
Square Enix recently revealed the sequel to Octopath Traveler to the world in the latest Nintendo Direct, with a fairly soon release date of February next year. And there’s good reason for that: the game is quite far along in development, as revealed in a Famitsu interview translated by Noisy…
The day we all knew would someday come fast approaches. Over a year after the casting announcement, and far longer since the project was announced, and we’ll finally catch our first glimpse of the Super Mario Bros. animated movie from Nintendo and Illumination. The teaser trailer for the film releases…
Exciting news on the Tamagotchi front — they’re releasing a Star Wars model for Baby Yoda! Yes, Baby Yoda, that lovable little creature from the Mandalorian who melted our collective hearts and has already made a video game debut in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. A delightful little scamp,…
Picross fans are spoiled for choice on the Nintendo Switch, whether it be the long-running S series, spin-offs themed to Sega, or even the retro Mario’s Super Picross via Nintendo Switch Online. Well, it’s time to get ready to plant more crosses as Jupiter has announced Picross S8 for release…
Given their simplicity, Atari’s classic games catalogue seems tailor made for a WarioWare-style microgame collection, and now that seems to be happening courtesy of developer iLLOGIKA. Featuring over 150 microgames that mash-up classic games with newly drawn sprites, the game will reward you with vintage art, posters, and manuals. Remastered…
10 years ago, Tribute Games made the ingenious decision to merge Breakout/Arkanoid with RPG elements to make Wizorb for PC. Now, it’s finally heading to a Nintendo platform with a Switch release! The game features boss fights, a town you’ll slowly rebuild, and more besides. Wizorb launches for…
