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…
For the past few years, EA has “skipped” E3 by hosting their own event the weekend prior. Held at the Hollywood Palladium, it’s a three-day event filled with announcements, demos, and experience. With the shift to digital events (or a mix of digital and in-person) due to the global pandemic,…
It may have skipped out on receiving a physical release last year when it launched, but developer Crytek has announced that Crysis Remastered will finally be launching physically on Nintendo Switch later this year. Below you can check out the official upcoming cover art of the release! The…
The digital trading card game Shadowverse is getting adapted with a story-focused RPG next month, and if you’re curious about it you’re in luck as you can take it for a spin via the eShop today thanks to a new demo! The demo features the first part of…
In a crossover like Puyo Puyo Tetris one of the hardest things is to make it all fair. When two mechanically different game systems are stacked against each other, it’s likely one will have an edge just by design. Hence the dreaded 4-wide combo from Tetris in competitive Puyo Puyo…
It’s been a long hype cycle of character and mode announcements, but we finally have a release date for Streets of Rage 4’s Mr. X Nightmare DLC. Featuring three new fighters, character customization, a new difficulty, fresh music from Tee Lopes, and more besides, it seems like a sizeable package….
Have you ever wanted to play Mario… without actually playing Mario? EPOCH is here to solve this previous nonexistent koan with their Super Mario Maze Game Deluxe, a “tabletop action game” where you traverse a dangerous castle maze to stomp Bowser and rescue Princess Peach. You even play it with…
Popular goofy multiplayer game Fall Guys came out last year, right around the time that other goofy multiplayer game Among Us was starting to pick up a lot of attention and an active playerbase. Similarities between the two games (mostly in their character designs) have been noted ever since, but…
Spike Chunsoft has revealed what their cryptic Nine Eyes countdown was leading to: and as many suspected, it was a sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, the stellar 2019 vn-adventure game by madman Kotaro Uchikoshi. Dubbed nirvanA Initiative, it stars Mizuki Okiura, daughter of the last game’s protagonist and also…
Bidoof – they’re lovable, have big teeth, and considered to be a god thanks to a meme. This Plump Mouse Pokémon has reached a new level of fame this year by getting its own day. The Pokémon Company announced that July 1st will be known as Bidoof Day and its…
Let’s face it, our childhood Game Boys aren’t getting any younger. My well-loved Minish Cap GBA SP is just not in the shape it used to be — it’s covered in scratches, has a row of dead pixels at the top of the screen, and has been in desperate need…
Since its launch in March, Monster Hunter Rise has been receiving consistent updates. Version 3.0 brought Crimson Glow Valstrax to the game as well as a new ending for the game’s main story. Of course, with new content like this, you’re bound to get new media – for example, music….
July has always been a big month for Pokémon GO – it’s the month the game debuted in 2016 and took the world by storm and when Pokémon GO Fest is held – so it’s no surprise that it’ll be a busy, catching-extravaganza month for Trainers. The official Pokémon GO…
