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…
Hey, did you hear about Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars? It was a neat looking game where the interface was entirely card-based, had Yoko Taro as a guiding voice, came out in October? Well, it turns out that making that kind of game in such a simple style…
Fresh on the heels of teasing a Pokémon GO set for this summer, we’ve gotten a more forthcoming glimpse of newness in the Pokémon Trading Card Game — new Pokémon from the recent smash hit Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Debuting in this month’s new Battle Legion subset of cards include cards…
The vertically-focused dungeon crawler spinoff Shovel Knight Dig has been known about since 2019, and in the three years since it appears to finally be nearing completion. As revealed via this week’s Yacht Club Games Presents, the game is in its final stages of development, hopefully meaning it’ll be out…
Life Is Strange was a mild game-changer when it originally came out in 2015, iterating upon adventure game design while also having notable LGBT rep for a (relatively) mainstream title, and now the little PNW WLW Game Made By French Dudes That Could is coming to modern consoles this month……
By shaking up the series formula to a drastic degree, Pokémon Legends: Arceus was a big risk on the part of Game Freak and The Pokémon Company, with many wondering if audiences would be receptive to the changes. Thankfully it seems like that worry was unwarranted, as the game has…
While it’s beloved by many as a PlayStation classic and has seen references in the likes of Final Fantasy XIV and Theatrhythm Curtain Call, the original Final Fantasy Tactics has received little merchandise over the years. It seems like Square Enix is going all-out to rectify that, however, with a…
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is a fresh new take on the franchise, but aesthetically it takes place in the past — an older, dustier time. And what by nature are older and dustier than antiques? What would we think of an old-timey Poké Ball today? These are the questions at the…
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has its first villain — and its first evil ninja, as the diabolical Shredder has joined the lineup. The most iconic baddie the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was revealed and will be released today. Given that the game already has hefty shell-head rep with Leo,…
The Pokémon TCG has of course featured countless sets based around the mainline games and their release in the past, along with a handful of anime-inspired cards, but this marks a first — an expansion based entirely around mobile game Pokémon GO, coming this summer. We don’t know…
The Nintendo Switch’s success needs no introduction at this point, but how about an impressive milestone instead? In its latest fiscal updates, Nintendo has given the Switch’s lifetime console sales. These are reported as 103.54 million units, which now places the handheld hybrid ahead of the Wii’s 101.63 million. Next…
Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, have been a highly contentious subject since they blew up in popularity last year. Often discussed in conjunction with NFTs is the Metaverse; virtual worlds where, in some cases, it would be possible to “own” digital items. Naturally in Nintendo’s latest investor Q&A session, translated early…
