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…
It’s time for everybody’s favorite kind of article, the sales report! May was a relatively low key month for Nintendo in terms of releases, mostly coasting off of past months’ releases (Nintendo Switch Sports and Kirby and the Forgotten Land continue to do well), but the Switch does have the…
Do you like racing across town with road rage just to ferry people to their destination? Headbanging to some rockin’ ’90s tunes along the way? Having merch that shows your love for the aforementioned two things? Then check out this Crazy Taxi collection from Sega’s UK shop, whose selection allows…
There once was a time when a guaranteed way to make a sequel/spinoff/prequel for something was to focus on either the character’s child or a younger version of themselves. While it hasn’t completely fallen out of vogue (Young Sheldon exists), kiddy versions of popular characters just aren’t hits like they…
A new week, another wave of Nintendo Switch Online icons for active NSO members. For June, it’s been all about Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Strikers: Battle League, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. For the last two, their icon sets have been released in waves and…
There may be no Direct today like many assumed there would, but the Nintendo rumor mill continues unabated all the same. Known leaker and Nintendo World Report contributor Emily Rogers (wow, feel like I haven’t heard that name in a while) has reported about a brand-new Fire Emblem game, including…
Last week, Capcom treated us to a few minutes of new gameplay for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, featuring the chilling lupine Lunagaron. As promised, more gameplay has been shared, this time centered on returning flying wyvern Seregios. The Capcom RnD team are back and this time they're taking on…
Acquire first released the stealth game Kamiwaza for the PlayStation 2 in Japan way back in 2006, but it’s only just now heading to the west with a remaster on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. While we previously heard Japan would be getting the re-release on October 13th, it turns…
An omnipresent feature in all of the numbered Kingdom Hearts games is the Gummi Ship, and while it’s never really anyone’s favorite part of the game, there’s fun to be had with the customization options and shoot ’em up gameplay. If you’ve ever wanted to build a Gummi Ship in…
Update (6/14/22): Capcom has revealed in a press release that the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak demo for Nintendo Switch and PC will be available starting today, June 14th, shortly after 7 p.m. PT | 9 p.m. CT | 10 p.m. ET. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is only a…
Leading off today’s Capcom Showcase was none other than Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. This massive expansion has already shown some of its new content, but if this latest look is to be believed, there are still plenty of surprises in store when it launches and beyond. First and…
Splatoon 3’s fall release means that we can have at least one more official Nintendo VS competition with Splatoon 2. For July 2022, Inklings, Octolings, and Squidkids can partake in the Splatoon 2 Inkopolis Showdown 2022. Teams of four (plus an alternate) can battle it out in Turf Mode matches,…
Amazon is back with another “Get 3 for the price of 2” sale which, as you probably gathered, offers a special discount for customers who add three eligible items to their Amazon cart. There are many great games here for Nintendo Switch owners, including Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Nintendo…
