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…
Maybe you made your first Mii for Wii Sports, or perhaps your sports streak began on the NES. Now though, a new era of Joy-Con flailing and living room catastrophes are on the way – for the whole family! Yes, Nintendo Switch Sports is but a month away, and a…
The base level Switch Online subscription thought it could mask its true nature by releasing ⅔’s of the Mother series, and here we are again with a trio of not-so-Nintendo titles. At least this time all three of them have a level of recognition and history, leading off with a…
March is coming to an end and that means the first month of Nintendo Switch Online customizable user icons will be getting rotated out shortly. The final batch of Super Mario Odyssey icons for the month primarily heads to Lake Lamode, the game’s small but dense water-themed Kingdom. You can…
In news that could easily be framed as the end of a roller coaster of abhorrence but in actuality is merely another bump in its tracks, Activision Blizzard has settled a sexual harrassment lawsuit with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Emphasis on the “a.” This is not the…
There’s nothing quite like a new game coming out for a console with one foot (or hell, two feet) in the grave — Fragrant Story, a strategy RPG inspired by ’90s classics and featuring some truly legendary talent, is releasing for the 3DS next month. In the year of our…
While the internet is always fixated on character reveals for Super Smash Bros., I personally find indie crossovers to be just as, if not more, interesting — they’re always out of left field by comparison. Such is the case with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, which has added its third…
Natsume and ININ Games’ upcoming reboot of the Pocky & Rocky series is just around the corner and fans of the scrolling shooter may want to guard their wallets when it comes to these latest physical edition announcements. The studios will be partnering with Strictly Limited Games and GamesRocket to…
The original Chrono Cross is beloved for many reasons but one of the most enduring aspects of the game is its soundtrack, scored by the legendary Yasunori Mitsuda. The upcoming Radical Dreamers Edition remaster of the game looks to be carrying that legacy onwards, with its new vocal theme getting…
Hey fashionistas (is fashionista a gender neutral term? I hope so), here’s some hot new GAMER product for you — fashion line Maybelline is releasing the Maybelline Pokémon Pikachu Collection for Japan, including mascara, eyeliner, and more. Here’s a quick rundown: Lashonista mascara (¥1,290) Ultra Fluffy Brow pencil –…
It’s a move, fittingly, straight out of the early ’90s — in order to capitalize (emphasis on the “capital”) on the release of the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie, Sega has teamed up with General Mills to release a Sonic the Hedgehog cereal, complete with honey-flavored rings and Sonic-…
Update (4/7/22): Skybound Games has shared a video announcing the physical editions of Eastward that are set to release on May 24th. In the trailer below you’ll find additional looks at the physical copies alongside gameplay and reviews of the game. You can also get a glimpse of the promotional…
We have a pretty solid idea of which video games are popular in a worldwide sense, but it’s always good to take a closer look at popularity in certain regions (especially outside the US). Case in point — the 30 best-selling game franchises by retail sales in the UK have…
