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…
In what is now a human representation of the film “Morbius,” Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has been arrested for insider trading at Square Enix. For the second time in a month. First game creator in history to make one “morbillion” bucks (via insider trading). The first time…
The latest update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has arrived, adding eight new tracks including 3DS Rainbow Road, DS Peach Gardens, and more besides. It turns out that’s not all, though, as an all new menu option has appeared! As Eurogamer reports, an item selection menu has been added. This…
XSEED has announced that the quirky story-focused game Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories will be bringing its retro vibes to Switch next March. The game takes you to Hog Town, a sweet little place filled with eccentric animals, which hides a tale of crime and corruption. Check out the debut trailer…
The legal drama that is the Microsoft-Activision merger is entering a fever pitch as we approach the Spring 2023 deadline to approve the deal. Sony has been putting up a fight, citing the potential loss of Call of Duty on PlayStation, but Microsoft has invoked an unexpected but not too…
Ready to brawl with the best of ‘em? The eShop listing for River City Girls 2, the long-awaited WayForward sequel to their 2019 beat’em up title, states that the game will release on December 15th – a week from Thursday. With six playable characters, online and couch co-op, and a…
And here they are! Announced back in September at the D23 Expo (and back when Disney Dreamlight Valley wasn’t out for a week, publically), Woody and Buzz Lightyear can now come back to live in Dreamlight Valley. Oh, and it looks like someone else will be crash-landing in this update…
This week on Masahiro Sakurai’s YouTube channel where he discusses the development of video games, the storied director talked about two subjects: Distinguishing Between Major and Minor Elements [Graphics] – Certain elements in a game are going to be more essential than others. Sakurai discusses how to center and…
He’s about kicking ass and taking names, even if he’s no longer as connected to people making games – Reggie Fils-Aimé will once again take the stage at Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards to present honors to a lucky winner. The big man is back for his 9th year…
We’ve seen plenty of ads for The Super Mario Bros. Movie already but this latest commercial has popped up in a place you might not expect – a New York 3D billboard. These optical illusion screens are becoming more common in big cities around the globe and this very brief…
Very soon Switch owners will be able to embark on Zack Fair’s journey in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion. The game’s narrative is all about legacy at the end of the day and this new ad that’s arrived in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station is all about that aspect. The poster…
Update (3/17/23): As of March 17th, Rakuen is 10% off in the Switch eShop. Get it for just $22.49! If you’re familiar with RPG Maker indie games and/or video game music, you may know Laura Shigihara, composer for To The Moon, Plants Vs. Zombies, and more, as well…
In case you missed it, the international Smash World Tour championships for 2022 and the entire 2023 circuit got canned because Nintendo wouldn’t issue an official license for the organizers. Nintendo issued a statement attempting to clarify the situation, but it didn’t alleviate much. Part of the dramatic chain of…
