As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
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…
Oh, Reggie Fils-Aimé. Nintendo of America’s former president has put up with a lot in his time, and while fans seem to have moved past beating on the Wii U or wondering what being a Purple Pikmin actually feels like, there is one burden he continues to bear. The ever…
Multiplayer horror hit Dead by Daylight surprised fans with a collaboration with the Silent Hill series last year, and it’s not done yet with its creepy collaborations. The recent Resident Evil Showcase presentation announced that the game will be receiving a new DLC chapter based on the Resident Evil franchise…
A recent Resident Evil Showcase presentation gave fans a deeper look at the number of projects related to the horror series that are currently in the works, including the upcoming CG-animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. The Showcase confirmed that the show will launch on Netflix in July 2021. Unlike…
NIS America has released another trailer for its upcoming localization of FuRyu’s otherworldly JRPG, The Caligula Effect 2. In it, you can get an idea of the story’s themes, the setting of Redo, and various key figures. The Caligula Effect 2 launches this fall.
Every year, Hallmark reveals a new wave of ornaments based on pop-culture properties, and in recent years they’ve started incorporating more and more video game licenses. 2021’s no different, and there are some unusual picks that are sure to make any festive decorations stand-out (if you can even bring yourself…
The biggest gaming expo of the year, E3, was officially confirmed to be returning as an all-digital event earlier this month, with companies like Nintendo and Microsoft quickly declaring their support for and planned presence at the late-spring expo. Among the companies involved was Ubisoft, yet just like many of…
Thanks to the appearance of a new rating, we may have an idea of what’s on the way from Super Monkey Ball. While it’s firmly a rumor until an official announcement is made, the Australian Classification Board added a page for something called Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, though it…
New Pokémon Snap is just two weeks away, and for any promising Pokémon photographers it’s time to learn the tricks of the trade. We previously saw this overview trailer in Japanese, but the English version has arrived to shed some light (perhaps from an Illumina Orb?) on the long-awaited sequel….
Prior to this week’s Indie World Showcase, Nintendo was celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Animal Crossing franchise. Debuting on the Nintendo 64 in Japan, the latest entry in the Animal Crossing (Dōbutsu no Mori) series, Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, certainly catapulted the life sim full…
From a gameplay and storytelling perspective, Hades delivers consistently and admirably. With a list of accolades longer than the River Styx, at this point it’s clear the world has embraced Zagreus’ Orphic adventure with open arms. Now a new audience will be able to escape hell and lose themselves in…
We’re just a couple of weeks away from New Pokémon Snap’s launch, and Pokémon GO intends to celebrate with a new event themed around the photography-based adventure game. Get ready to participate in the New Pokémon Snap Celebration event from Thursday, April 29th at 10 a.m. to Sunday, May 2nd…
“The sun will still set, but you won’t see it rise. There will only be Dracula, and his war council and the hordes of the night.” Over a year has passed since Castlevania’s third season debuted on Netflix, and it was about time the series would make another grand return…
