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…
Even though Animal Crossing: New Horizons may have received its final content update with the Happy Home Paradise downloadable expansion, Nintendo has remained committed to improving upon everyone’s tropical escape with minor patches. Yesterday afternoon, the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Version 2.0.5 update suddenly dropped alongside a patch note guide…
The Pokémon Company is getting closer to releasing its new way to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game around the world with Pokémon TCG Live. Announced back in September 2021, TPC did also state that a mobile soft launch in Canada and a global open beta for PC and Mac…
Niantic is gearing up for its Pokémon GO Tour: Johto, with details released earlier this week. Now, in preparation for the massive one-day catch-a-thon, a new event will kick off this Friday. Focused on stocking up on Poké Balls, this GO Tour Poké Ball Prep Rally event will also feature…
No longer content to merely post cardboard art of anime and game references for Twitter clout, a fast food chain is entering the ring, and they have beef: Arby’s is now an official sponsor for the Capcom Pro Tour, just ahead of the season final on February 17th. Meaties…
Online Play Tests are always an exciting time to try out new games, and the Nintendo Switch Sports iteration is almost upon us — from February 18th to 20th, you’ll be able to go online with the Nintendo Switch Sports Online Play Test to try out Tennis, Bowling, and Chanbara against…
You may or may not be familiar with Snow Bros., a classic arcade game of the ’90s (similar to Bubble Bobble) about using snow and snowballs to defeat enemies. Well, Nick and Tom are back and more special than ever, as Snow Bros. Special has been announced for Switch. Keeping…
Youtube channel Curiomatic, known for making renders and other art related to video games, is celebrating their 7th anniversary, and has released their most ambitious project yet — a five minute fan tribute to Mother 3, gorgeously animated in a faux-claymation style and covering the whole breadth of the game. …
If you’re itching for more Fire Emblem-like experiences on Switch and the wait for the next mainline entry is proving a bit too taxing, you might want to cast your eyes towards Dark Deity. Previously announced for Nintendo Switch last August, the indie strategy RPG is heavily inspired by Nintendo…
One of the most notable mobile games to release around the globe in the early 2010’s was GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons. Over the years it received plenty of spin-off games, including an RPG + Mario Cross-Over combo pack on the 3DS, and now it’s Switch-bound. Puzzle & Dragons…
Nintendo has announced the wind-down of its eShop services for both the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U, with a planned end in March 2023. As of late March 2023, it will no longer be possible to make Nintendo eShop purchases for the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS…
The Sonic cinematic universe is growing, with a third Sonic the Hedgehog film in the works in addition to a Knuckles-centric Paramount+ live-action series. In an exclusive from Deadline Hollywood, it was revealed that Paramount Pictures and Sega have begun development on a third Sonic the Hedgehog movie to follow Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Next…
We’re less than two weeks away from Pokémon GO’s next Tour where we’ll explore the Johto region. While Niantic has dropped some details about the event ever since it was announced back in December, today they’ve released a detailed summary outlining what Trainers can expect between the ticketed and non-ticketed…
