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…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, and while the sociopolitical situation is far too complex to sum up here (and you should not be relying on a Nintendo news website for this kind of information), the growing economic sanctions upon Russia are clearly having immense international effect beyond merely raising…
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is set to be a sprawling epic spanning nine movies worth of content, so it’s no surprise the game will feature a sizeable amount of planets to explore. This latest trailer focuses on the scope of the game, showcasing the pretty locales, some behind-the-scenes…
It’s official. After yesterday’s Instagram leak, the good folks at Lego and Nintendo have finally unveiled the latest additions to the Super Mario collection. That’s right! Princess Peach is officially getting added as an interactive Mega Figure along side six additional playsets, including Peach’s iconic castle. All of the sets…
It was only last week that we reported on Sonic Adventure’s E-102 Gamma getting a plush from Great Eastern Entertainment and now the company is back with another fairly obscure pull for its 10″ plush line! Sonic Triple Trouble and Sonic the Fighter’s own Fang the Sniper aka Nack the…
Square Enix’s return to quirky Chocobo racing has finally launched, with Chocobo GP boosting onto store shelves, both physically and digitally. To mark the occasion, a new launch trailer has been released that handily sums up the game in 30 seconds. Not only that but the game’s official…
Need a phone case? An airpod case? A case case? Well, all of those and more (except the last one) are going to be part of an upcoming CASETiFY collaboration with Pokémon. Buyers will be able to get customizable phone cases based on one of nine different Pokémon in two…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has grown from a cult favorite manga to full on anime phenomenon over the last handful of years, and Bandai Namco knows it. Featured in today’s State of Play showcase, a stylish PlayStation 3-era fighter is getting another chance on current consoles. Behold, the greatest high that…
Today’s State of Play featured a few surprises, with one of the final reveals being an all-new IP from Square Enix – the tactical RPG The DioField Chronicle. The game will feature music by two Game of Thrones veterans, Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell, which you can get…
In recent years video game companies have been much keener to release their soundtrack albums on digital services, and today marked YouTube’s turn for Square Enix. Not only has the company put up playlists featuring a wire array of official soundtracks, from Final Fantasy VII to Octopath Traveler, but there’re…
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe isn’t the only Mario Kart racer getting updates — the little mobile game that could Mario Kart Tour is having a whole slate of new additions and changes, the foremost of which is adding Miis and Mii costumes to the game. Other changes include the following:…
The history of the Mother series and fan translations runs deep, and now another chapter in it has been written — or rather, translated into English. The two official Mother novels written by Saori Kumi, one for EarthBound Beginnings/Mother (subtitled The Original Story) and another for EarthBound/Mother 2 (subtitled Giyagas…
It’s been a while since we heard an update on Evil Dead: The Game, with the only recent news being that the title had been delayed once again from its February launch. Finally, we have some more positive news on the game, delivered once again by big man Bruce Campbell….
