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…
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was announced for Nintendo Switch way back in February 2021. After numerous delays and the announcement that the game would be going free-to-play, Fall Guys is finally arriving on the Switch on June 21st. The beans-doing-stunts simulator had peak popularity when it released and was free…
So if you’ve been on Sonic Twitter at all the past couple weeks, you might’ve noticed that the reception to the recently revealed Sonic Frontiers gameplay has been… well, mixed. To the point that #DelaySonicFrontiers has gotten trending as fans plead with Sega to make things better. But the devs…
Unveiled during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase yesterday, Mojang has announced that Minecraft Legends will be coming to Nintendo Switch in 2023. Below, viewers can watch the game’s cinematic announcement trailer which also contains a small glimpse of pre-release gameplay. In Minecraft Legends, players will fend off…
The Nintendo Direct format sure has taken hold over the past decade — everybody and their grandma seems to be holding a slick video game presentation stream in June these days. Case in point: the Mother Direct, a whopping 50 minutes devoted purely to Mother fan projects and Mother-inspired games…
Klonoa’s revival is nearly here, and Bandai Namco has got about 20 minutes of Phantasy Reverie Series gameplay to share! Courtesy of IGN Japan, we have a direct look at both titles in the duology, showcasing all the charm this mascot’s been known for across his biggest adventures. …
With all due respect to F-Zero and Kid Icarus fans, the lack of Rhythm Heaven on the Switch at this point is just plain criminal. The charmingly realized and musically fueled member of the Nintendo library would be perfectly at home on the handheld hybrid, but it looks like it’s…
Switch owners might not be getting Persona 3, 4, and 5 like the Xbox, inexplicably, but thankfully Ysbryd Games and Necrosoft are filling the gap with their own take on the school-life RPG. At its core Demonschool is a tactical RPG with a emphasis on combos in combat, but outside…
The original Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation was a revolutionary game, but it was essentially the only game of its kind, with imitators rare and its sequels being even more ambitious with content and features. If you’ve been wanting to go back to that classic style of stealth action,…
Nintendo fans may have to wait a bit longer than usual for the company’s June Nintendo Direct, as its air date has reportedly been revealed as Wednesday, June 29th. The information comes from game writer and former gaming journalist Alanah Pearce, who shared the news on a Twitch live stream…
News on Hollow Knight: Silksong has been notoriously scarce, with every Nintendo Direct and Indie World prompting fan demand. Well, finally, a new trailer of Hornet’s adventure has arrived…during the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase of all places. After the first game held a prominent place in past Nintendo…
Magical academies have always been an appealing concept – what if school but instead you got to turn someone into a frog instead of inspecting its insides? – and next year Switch owners will be able to enroll in Kitori Academy. The game, which got a new spotlight trailer at…
Life sims are fairly common on the Switch but this new indie game from Kappa Bits and Merge Games appears to mix the best elements from each into something delightfully low-fi. Pixelshire has you develop your perfect village with a variety of terraforming tools and the ability to customize the…
