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…
A new campaign straight from Garreg Mach will be happening for mobile Fire Emblem fans all week. In anticipation of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, A Hero Rises: Garland Moon Cup event is currently happening in Fire Emblem Heroes. From now until Sunday, June 12th, players can vote for their…
Calling all campers who are busy speaking animalese! This past weekend, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was updated to its latest 5.0.5 version. With the June update, Nintendo has detailed quite a number of upcoming events players can already and soon participate in. Below, players can find a complete list of…
It took a little while but Nintendo Switch Online’s redeemable icon rewards have been refreshed for the month of June, and on top of celebrating Animal Crossing birthdays that land in June we also have a new featured game – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Naturally Link…
In Europe and eager to get your hands on some Nintendo Switch games digitally, some of which are being discounted for the first time? Well you’re in luck, as the European regions will be getting a Super Sale this Thursday, June 9th. New Pokémon Snap, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker…
Following Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference presentation earlier today where iOS 16 was announced, the first beta of Apple’s new iPhone firmware was made available to developers — who have wasted no time digging into every nook and cranny they can find. Riley Testut, the developer behind the popular emulator app…
With E3 seemingly a thing of the past, more and more publishers are adopting the digital showcase model. Just a few hours ago Sega announced a new Sonic Central, and now Capcom’s getting in on the action with the newly branded Capcom Showcase. Introducing the #CapcomShowcase, a new livestreamed…
Sonic the Hedgehog has been getting due attention lately, thanks to the first looks coming in fast of Sonic Frontiers and upcoming release of Sonic Origins. Sega’s got at least one more ace up their sleeve though, and it’s the announcement of a new Sonic Central presentation! Sonic Central…
The upcoming Resident Evil TV series has already drawn a lot of skepticism from fans of the game franchise, due to a plot that appears to be a great departure from the official source material. Whether or not the new Netflix show delivers with its story elements, however, the latest…
A big disappointment during the initial release of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was that the crossover cartoon fighter featured not even a little voice acting. The voices of Nickelodeon characters are arguably just as (if not more) iconic as their visual appearances, and the disappointment magnified when it was revealed that…
It’s been three years since the we found out that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would be getting a direct sequel, and the wait has been a killer! Just when we all thought we were close to the game’s 2022 release, BAM: Nintendo hits us with a…
In news that appears scintillating at a glance but is probably rather procedural, copyright files for the still-untitled animated Mario movie from Illumination and Universal has two new company names attached: “Nintendo Studios, LLC” and “M Brothers Productions, LLC,” both clearly branches of the main Nintendo Co. Ltd. back in…
We all go through periods of time when we’re down on our luck, scraping by on meager salaries (if you get salaried work at all). We should all therefore extend our sympathy to Niantic and The Pokémon Company, who are clearly just managing to make ends meet with $6 billion…
