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…
Sega has been coy about a specific release date for Sonic Frontiers, even though we know it’s headed here by the end of the year. But thanks to a listing on a Taiwan Kuji shop, we may have a release date set: November 15th. As pointed out by u/FahdaadTD on…
Halloween may not be happening for two more months (and some odd weeks), but that hasn’t stopped companies from announcing their spooky plans for this year. In fact, The Pokémon Company announced last month what their Halloween plans were, along with announcing the new Pokémon TCG: Trick or Trade BOOsters….
Yesterday it was A Short Hike’s 2nd anniversary on Nintendo Switch. What’s a better way than to celebrate it by taking this digitally released game and make not one, but two limited physical edition runs for it? Super Rare Games announced today that this charming indie title is their next…
Earlier today Sega of Japan held a livestream confirming the last few games for the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 in Japan. Shortly after, the western branches of the company confirmed the list and we finally have confirmation that the system will be heading to Europe on the same date!…
Square Enix and Warner Bros. Japan’s upcoming anime based on Legend of Mana, subtitled The Teardrop Crystal, finally has an airdate in Japan and it’ll arrive in early October. As Gematsu reports, the first episode of the show will air at 01:25 a.m. JST on October 7th during MBS and…
The Splatoon 3 media campaign continues! While the Squid Research Lab in North America is taking a break today (just teasing what special weapons they’ll cover next), it’s been a different story for the game’s Japanese social media accounts. Last night, a new “Starting Splatoon” site launched, aimed at getting…
Nintendo scalpers are present in every facet of the company’s presence from the newest console to the oldest game, and theme parks are no exception – folks have been hawking exclusive goods from Super Nintendo World from practically the moment it first opened in 2021. But now you don’t have…
You may know of Embracer Group, the giant Swedish conglomerate that’s made headlines almost entirely off the back of all the studios and other companies they’ve bought over the past couple of years – ranging from Dark Horse Comics and Gearbox Software to the acquisition of Crystal Dynamics and Eidos…
It was only two days ago that Kotaku published a report on a “frat boy” culture of sexual harassment and other deplorable actions at Nintendo of America, the latest in a long string of troubled murmurings from the company. A couple days later, Kotaku has obtained the internal memo from…
The 2022 Pokémon World Championships are happening right now in London! Luckily, for Trainers who can’t attend in person, all the big battles and matchups are being streamed. Throughout the event, you’ll also see some codes dropped for various games – Pokémon GO, Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and Pokémon…
It’s rare that we report on logistical news but as we approach the holidays, slowly but surely, it is no doubt a major point of concern for most companies. Nintendo is no exception, and it’s announced a new method of making things more efficient via Nikkei. The key announcement is…
After two years of being available via Early Access via Steam, the adorably chill life sim Ooblets finally has a 1.0 release date for consoles and PC. Marking the occasion we have an all-new trailer. Check it out: Ooblets will launch digitally on September 1st, 2022, while a…
