The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
This weekend’s Ubisoft Forward had a big piece of news for Switch owners! Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope has teased not another Mushroom Kingdom character, but the hero whose home series brought that bwah-ing bunnies to the world. That’s right – Rayman is back! The wacky Rabbids and…
Disney’s D23 Expo returns to Anaheim Convention Center this weekend, and for Day 1 of the massive convention, Disney held a showcase featuring recently released and upcoming Disney and Marvel video games. For Disney Dreamlight Valley, which just launched in Early Access this week, a future update was announced and…
As part of today’s Disney & Marvel Games Showcase we got to see an all-new Mickey Mouse platformer, and this time around three of his friends are along for the adventure. Disney Illusion Island features the artstyle of the modern Mickey shorts and was developed by Dlala Studios, the team…
The expansive Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga performed very well when it released earlier this year so it’s no surprise the game will continue getting content over the next few months. As part of today’s Disney & Marvel Games Showcase, it was confirmed that six more character packs are…
You may or may not be familiar with Billy Mitchell, the one-time world champion of Donkey Kong and other arcade games depicted villainously in The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters who then in 2018 became a sort of IRL villain after it appeared he cheated on Donkey Kong…
Sonic Adventure fans rejoice as two of the characters who first made their debut in the Dreamcast classic will soon be getting Jakks Pacific figures! Better yet, we’ve got our first look at them. As spotted by Sonic Merch News, the not-quite-God of Destruction Chaos 0 and Big the Cat…
Do you want some little guys for your desk? Some friends? Some neighbors you can say howdy-do to? Well, you no longer have to wait for that orb spider in your windowsill to lay eggs — now you can just order these delightful and not creepy-crawler Hollow Knight mini-figures from…
A few late game Legends: Arceus Pokémon will soon be getting plushes in Japan, alongside an old Platinum favorite, and an iconic Hisuian form will be getting a sizeable figure. As announced on the official Japanese Pokémon Center store, the Origin Formes of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina will be getting…
Masahiro Sakurai’s latest project — a YouTube channel where he releases videos every couple of days exploring various aspects of making games — has been going well, with him releasing vids on everything from Risk vs. Reward in game design to lag to frame rates. One topic he’s begun to…
We’re almost at the end of the special Ash’s team Mystery Gift code distribution for Pokémon Sword and Shield! This week’s release is all about Ash’s Sirfetch’d. From now until Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, you can add Ash’s Sirfetch’d to your team in Pokémon Sword and Shield by…
Now with Splatoon 3 released, Nintendo has started to roll out brand new, Splatoon 3-themed icons for Nintendo Switch Online members. Looking to freshen up your icon? You’ll have the chance to exchange icon elements for My Nintendo Platinum Points over the next four weeks! That’s right, the Splatoon 3…
Splatoon 3 is finally here! Now that Inklings and Octolings can make the trek to The Splatlands, grab a catalog from Hotlantis, and jump into online matches and/or Salmon Run shifts, it’s gonna be quite busy in Splatsville. Of course, we can’t forget about the game’s companion app via the…
