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…
I’m told that Atelier Ryza and its sequel are fun games with a colorful cast and lighthearted alchemic adventure. This sort of tone is clearly what the merchandisers are going for with this ⅙ scale figure of protagonist Ryza at the beach, having a great and fun time showing off…
After being teased and then leaked, FuRyu’s new throwback action-RPG Trinity Trigger finally got a proper reveal, showcasing its nostalgic top-down Mana-like gameplay. The game hasn’t seen any sort of Western localization confirmation, but a lengthy demo is available in Japanese, which some people have been kind enough to upload…
The folks at Square Enix just held a 35th anniversary event for Dragon Quest in Japan, and among the the announcements is a brand-new game! Starring Erik and Mia from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, it features the two of them as children who set off on…
From developer Dume Games Studio and publisher JanduSoft, Astronite will be bringing more Metroidvania action to Nintendo Switch later this year. Giving off several familiar indie vibes from iconic titles such as Gato Roboto, below viewers can take a look at Astronite’s announcement trailer that shows off a black and…
To celebrate Pac-Man’s 42nd anniversary and tomorrow’s release of Pac-Man Museum+, Bandai Namco has released a new launch trailer that goes all out on being a retro Pac-Man palooza. Packed to the brim with gorgeous sprite work and references across the franchise, below Pac-Man fans can feast their eyes on…
According to developer Hello Games, No Man’s Sky is still on track to land this summer on Nintendo Switch — in fact, the title could be coming even sooner than anticipated as the game is seemingly in its final stages of development. While audiences have not been informed about the…
Bandai Namco previously announced that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R was getting a full requiem in the form of JJBA: All Star Battle R. Today marks the first look at what makes this more than a straight port, as we’ve gotten not only the revival’s release date but a…
Square Enix is continuing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII in style, recently announcing plans to temporarily retheme its Akihabara and East Shinjuku cafes to the iconic RPG and its many spin-offs. Visitors to the cafe who order a meal will get a luncheon mat that they…
Fangamer has opened pre-orders for its upcoming physical version of Slime Rancher Plortable Edition. The physical edition, which costs $9 more than its digital counterpart, naturally comes with a box and features a foldable 9″ by 12″ map, a souvenir ticket, and a vinyl sticker. You can pre-order Slime Rancher…
While the Neo Geo Pocket is often associated with fighting games, plenty of other genres had a footprint on the little system, including RPGs. As part of its push to revive games from the retro handheld on Switch, SNK has ported the system’s first RPG – Biomotor Unitron. …
Gather your arms and ninety nine friends: Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is officially coming to the Nintendo Switch. The game’s developers announced it via a Kickstarter update, where they say they held off on confirming a Nintendo Switch version until they were sure there wouldn’t be a…
Fighting game fans take notice, because a dark horse of the genre is making the jump to consoles this fall. Them’s Fightin’ Herds, with its cast of cute and quadrupedal characters, is on the way to Nintendo Switch and more with rollback netcode and cross-platform play: Originally envisioned…
