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…
For the third year in a row, various developers from Japan and the US are banding together for their own digital announcement showcase. New Game+ Expo is on the way again, featuring no less than ten companies poised to share their latest news. Participants include the following: Aksys Games…
Viewtiful Joe still stands out as a beloved piece of Capcom’s history, standing side-by-side with Ōkami and God Hand as a fine game from Clover Studios. Of the three, it’s the only one that received a sequel from the original developer in its time, with Viewtiful Joe 2 both continuing…
Last night the lineup of featured titles for the world’s largest fighting game tournament was announced. Despite previous confirmation that Nintendo and Super Smash Bros. would not be participating, and the certainty that all official matches won’t be played on Nintendo Switch, a handful of the games that will take…
The Monster Hunter Rise of today is a very different game than when it launched. Event Quests, special collaborations, and more have pushed the game steadily along for about a year now! With the massive Sunbreak expansion on the horizon, Capcom decided it was time to look back at that…
Another species will be coming to Pokémon Unite in just one week, Trainers! The Pokémon Company and Tencent have revealed that the alloy Steel and Dragon-type Pokémon Duraludon will be entering the battlefield on Monday, March 14th. As can be seen in the reveal trailer, Duraludon will be…
From the creators of Bravely Default II and Octopath Traveler, Acquire and Square Enix recently returned to their stylization of polygonal three-dimensional environments and 16-bit pixel art characters with Triangle Strategy. To celebrate the release of their new tactical role-playing game, Nintendo has released a video featuring returning character designer…
On December 18th, 2022, it’ll have been 35 years since Final Fantasy first hit the Famicom in Japan. Square Enix has already marked the occasion a few times with the announcements of the likes of Chocobo GP, Stranger of Paradise, and even a fancy new logo, but it looks like…
Earlier this morning, in a now-deleted Instagram post, Lego announced some brand-new additions coming to the Lego Super Mario line, including one that fans have been asking about for some time! That’s right, Princess Peach and Peach’s Castle are on the way, just in time for Mar10 Day. (Thanks to…
With Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the way, I was confident I knew what Nintendo 64 game would join the Expansion Pack lineup next. How wrong I was, with all my hopes and dreams pinned on Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. That easy going waltz through Dream Land is…
Nintendo has announced that Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot will be delayed once more. Previously pushed back to April 8th for developmental polish, this new delay is instead “in light of recent world events” and has no given new release date. In light of recent world events, we have made…
The official Happy Meal website has recently updated its Toys section with a collection of eight Mario Kart-themed collectibles, which are now available across McDonald’s restaurants. The roster includes popular franchise characters Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Donkey Kong, and Toadette. Clicking on each individual toy…
The reveal of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet a little over a week ago was a surprise to many (including myself) who weren’t expecting the ninth generation of the franchise so soon after the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It generates a bit of whiplash where, almost immediately after the most…
