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…
Hey Inklings, new Splatoon 3 music track just dropped. Shared on the official Splatoon Twitter accounts (Japan’s and North America’s), the Squid Research Lab is happy to share another single from C-Side. Warning: If you have a pair of headphones on… lower the volume a bit. We’re dabbling in “thrash-metal”…
In a series as long and storied as Kirby, there are inevitably characters who simply don’t show up that often, or who can end up forgotten completely. Such was the case with Kirby’s animal friends from Kirby’s Dream Land 2 and 3 for multiple decades, relegated to brief cameos or…
“Oh, Nintendo, they’re so family friendly.” Fools. Maybe the squeaky clean company of the ’80s that refused to have even a hint of a cross in their localized games counts, but in recent years the company has become a den of harlots. First they publish Bayonetta, then comes Fire Emblem…
It’s the dog days of summer, so what better way to cool off than pretending you’re a plumber in an animal costume driving a motorcycle on giant ice cream bars? From August 10th to 24th, the Sundae Tour takes place in Mario Kart Tour. This new tour will bring the…
It’s only a matter of time until any given Pokémon gets turned into a marketable plushie — and Pokémon Legends: Arceus has already been out for over seven months, making it prime material for any ‘mon left unmerchandized. And each of the fully evolved Hisuian starters — Decidueye, Typhlosian, and…
God save the Queen (Melia Antiqua) — Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has become the biggest launch in series history in the United Kingdom, overtaking the last entry Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in physical sales. It can be assumed with digital sales on top of that, the game is doing quite well in…
Next month PC users will be able to run through the 2D side scroller Freedom Planet 2 but now we have confirmation of the planned window of release for the game’s console ports- Summer 2023! Hello everyone! Freedom Planet 2 is still going strong, and console ports are now…
When Sonic Origins launched it was unfortunately saddled with a variety of issues that didn’t effect the original Genesis classics. Thankfully Sega has finally dropped an update that remedies some of these issues, as Tails’ Channel reports. Perhaps the most infamous bug is gone – Miles “Tails” Prower no longer…
Ever since the days of Mega Man Zero Inti Creates has been celebrated for its 2D action games, and now we know the studio’s next project. Grim Guardians: Demon Purge promises to feature plenty of challenging stages where you switch between two characters, the long-range Shinobu Kamizono and the close-range…
Update (Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 at 7:45 a.m. PT): Congrats, Pokémon Trainers in the UK! Retailer GAME announced they’ll be exclusively offering the statue too. Previous pre-orders and all future ones will get it with their pre-order of Pokémon Scarlet, Violet, or both (while supplies last). August 2022’s big…
Hunters – a digital event concerning Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak’s updates has been announced! Save the date for Tuesday, August 9th at 7 a.m. PT | 10 a.m. ET, as Monster Hunter Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and Game Director Yoshitake Suzuki will be covering what’s happening for Sunbreak’s Title Update 1….
If you played Coconut Mall back in Mario Kart Wii, you may remember a brief section from near the end of the track where Miis drive back and forth to obstruct your progress, presumably trying to park. Miis have been largely phased out of Nintendo games, leading to Shy Guys…
