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 few days ago a trio of games made their way to the NES and SNES selections available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. Alongside them came two more sneaky additions in the form of SP versions for Super Mario World and Super Punch-Out!! Like previous SP releases, these are essentially…
Mario Kart Tour is revving up for a few egg-cellent additions next week, as it embraces springtime and leans into that Easter aesthetic. Who better to bring a few dozen colored eggs than Yoshi, who’s getting some love in pretty much every corner of the mobile game. A…
Updated on 3/31/2022 – 1:15 p.m. PT: Added statement from ESA. The ESA has officially canceled any plans for an E3 event this year and is planning for a “larger comeback” next year, according to IGN. After the January announcement of the cancelation of its in-person event, the ESA stated that E3…
With Pokémon GO Tour: Johto behind us and the Season of Alola well underway, Niantic is already prepping Trainers for its next big event in the mobile game. Announced on the official Pokémon GO Blog today, Pokémon GO Fest will return in 2022! Once again, Pokémon GO Fest will be…
Today’s New Game Plus expo had plenty of announcements but the one that caught my eye was Samurai Bringer from developer ALPHAWING Inc. and publisher Playism. While games mimicing the visual styles of older consoles are nothing new, Samurai Bringer goes for the oft-underrepresented aesthetic of the DS, with chunky…
One of the most inventive RPGs of the PlayStation era is finally coming back as NIS has announced a port of Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure as part of Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 3. As a rare example of a video game attempting the musical genre, Rhapsody is filled to…
Ever since movie Sonic was redesigned with more game-accurate footwear, fans have been clamouring for a real-world version of the shoes. Now, just in time for the blue blur’s second silver screen appearance, FILA has answered that wish. The Ray Tracer Evo X Sonic 2 shoes are unisex and already…
During today’s New Game+ Expo, Inti Creates debuted new info on the upcoming third installment in their flagship 2D action series, Azure Striker Gunvolt 3. A new video, featuring an intro from Action Supervisor/Executive Producer Keiji Inafune, as well as plenty of gameplay, also debuted. Featuring two main,…
If you’ve ever played Zelda and wanted something similar with more of a sci-fi bent to its world and narrative then you may want to check out XEL. The upcoming top-down action adventure game has protagonist Reid explore the titular world to uncover truths about her past while solving time-bending…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC might be over and done with, but at least we have amiibo to look forward to for the foreseeable future. Coming up first in 2022 is the noodle fighter from ARMS, Min Min! When Does the Min Min amiibo release? The Min…
Have you been venturing across the continent of Norzelia with Serenoa and Frederica over the last few weeks wondering how Square Enix and Artdink crafted such a gorgeous world to explore? Leave it to Digital Foundry to, of course, provide everything you want to know about the technical specifications of…
The brothers are back — not the Italian gentlemen, of course, but the snow brothers Nick and Tom! Clear River Games has released a new gameplay trailer for Snow Bros. Nick & Tom Special for Nintendo Switch. Below, viewers can get a better look at the upcoming classic arcade game…
