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…
Bomberman fans, a new Bomberman game is coming to the Nintendo Switch! Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, Super Bomberman R is getting a sequel. Simply called Super Bomberman R 2, this title will include a new story mode with exploration, base building, defense and strategy, and boss…
Sonic Frontiers has just come off a month of previews and reveals, being shown through IGN First Looks and hastily taken photos of Summer Game Fest demo stations. For today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase though, Sega pulled back the curtain a little further to reveal new details, characters, and…
It’s official! After leaking yesterday, the release date for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and more has been confirmed thanks to today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. Slated for October 20th, 2022, we were treated to some battle tactics featuring Mario, Rabbid Rosalina, and Rabbid Luigi during today’s presentation….
The previously unlocalized SNES gem that is Live A Live is getting the chance it always deserved. Arriving next month, Nintendo took time to prop it up in the middle of today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. That took the form of a demo announcement, granting players access to the…
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is but days away at this point, but it took pole position in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase all the same. The latest trailer had a returning monster to share, though it’s one players likely expected after the last batch of reveals. After Gore Magala’s…
As part of today’s Nintendo Direct mini we got our first big look at Dragon Quest Treasures gameplay and it’s shaping up to be a cute adventure filled with iconic monsters, Dragon Quest XI’s Erik, and plenty of traversal. Using a fortune finder you’ll be able to track down the…
Farming sim adventures continue for Doraemon, Noby, and friends! Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase, there will be a second game in the (now) Doraemon and Story of Seasons crossover series. DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of the Great Kingdom: Doraemon, Noby and their friends land…
Switch swashbucklers best prepare yourself as later this year it’ll be time to Return to Monkey Island. The long-awaited revival of the beloved LucasArts adventure series was announced for consoles and PC earlier this year but this is our confirmation of a Switch port, which will be the game’s console…
Update: On top of the standard edition, Bandai has revealed that Pac-Man World Re-Pac will also be receiving some special edition treatment with the Chrome Noir Chogokin Bundle that can be purchased directly through the Bandai Namco Store. Available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One…
Out of the blue during today’s Nintendo Direct mini Square Enix shared an all-new game, the fantasy life simulator Harvestella. In Harvestella you’ll tend to crops and chat up townsfolk, but there’s plenty of exploration and combat to partake in too. Not to mention the Quietus, a downright sinister event…
Get ready to Jack In as the classic Game Boy Advance and DS RPG series Mega Man Battle Network is finally being brought back with a Legacy Collection port. The series of games, which takes place in an alternate universe where Mega Man is instead a computer program battling viruses…
The cake may be a lie, but the Portal Companion Collection is 100% true and coming later today on the Nintendo Switch! The game features both Portal 1 and Portal 2 in one head-scratching package. If you’ve never played Portal before, you owe it to yourself to check…
