As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
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…
Later this year, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge will bring the ninjitsu turtle brothers’ arcade adventures to the modern era of beat ‘em ups. While the game is still in development, Dotemu has published a behind the scenes video of the title. Below, viewers can watch Tribute Games’ studio…
April has been a busy month of announcements for Pikmin Bloom, and the updates seemingly are not stopping any time soon. Niantic and Nintendo’s mobile application has been updated to version 43.0. While the update may not provide a noteworthy overhaul or any major additional content, Pikmin Bloom has received…
The force is strong with this one. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is starting off with a trip into hyperspace for launch week as UK sales figures have shown superb results. According to GSD (via Eurogamer), the latest LEGO title from TT Games is currently the second-largest physical launch…
If you’re still riding a high from the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie and want to bring that excitement to the family game night you have plenty of options, but this latest reveal is a spin on an old classic. A version of UNO based on the blue blur and…
Update (4/14/22): Nippon Ichi Software has shared a new video for the upcoming release of GrimGrimoire OnceMore in Japan. You can now get a closer look at some of the visuals, battles, dialogue, and more from the game! Right on the heels of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim’s…
The lawsuit issued by California’s DEFH (Department of Fair Employment and Housing) has had all the dramatic turns of a television miniseries since it was filed last July, and it just keeps getting wilder — as reported by Jason Schrier of Bloomberg, Melanie Proctor, assistant chief counsel for the department,…
Don’t Starve, a Tim Burton-esque survival game, is an indie gem by all measures. Released in 2013, the game still had a place in the public consciousness almost a decade later. The original title came to Nintendo Switch in 2018. Now, Switch players can finally get their hands on the…
With spring now upon us, we’re quickly running out of excuses to not get physically active. Fortunately, with Nintendo Switch Sports almost here, that doesn’t mean we have to stop playing our beloved Switch, and GameXplain has a full ten minutes of new gameplay to share featuring the various sports….
For the majority of the Earth’s land mass, spring is here, a time when cold winter gives way to warmer winds. But below the Earth’s equator, the opposite is occurring, as they gear up for chilly weather after a hot summer. And Nintendo is honoring that autumnal April the only…
We’ve all been there. We try a free trial for an online service that, I don’t know, allows you to astrologically assess your entire Twitter timeline (politicians are such Geminis), and then you forget to cancel and end up paying subscription fees for months. Well, the consumer protectorate Competition And…
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Final Fantasy franchise and Square Enix has already marked the occasion with a few game releases and merchandise announcements. This latest collab, however, leaked a little too early it seems. As spotted by Kakucho Purei, UNIQLO will be producing 16 T-shirts based…
It’s still hard to believe the 2D-HD revival of the classic SNES RPG Live a Live is even happening but here we are, getting two new trailers for the incoming release. Each video focuses on a different playable time period – Prehistory and Imperial China. Characters from each are spotlighted,…
