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…
Sonic’s got a lot going on for his 30th Anniversary, extending all the way to his guest appearances in Super Smash Bros. This weekend’s Spirit Board Event will be all about the Sonic the Hedgehog series, bringing us not Sega’s speedy needlemouse, but his friends! For three days starting…
Earlier this year it was announced that Sega would be collaborating with Netflix on a new animated Sonic the Hedgehog show, set to debut in 2022, titled Sonic Prime. While we’ve known some basic plot summaries, we’ve finally gotten a glimpse of what the show might look like thanks to…
We’ve previously covered the vinyl slinging Ship to Shore PhonoCo. before thanks to their release of the Klonoa soundtrack on the physical media format (plus casette!) Now they’re back at it again with another decidedly ’90s series – Mega Man Legends. The 3D action adventure game was quite the departure…
It’s been less than two weeks since Blizzard Entertainment announced the imminent arrival of cross-play for Overwatch. While many were excited by the announcement, there was still the lingering question of just when Blizzard would flip the switch and let the masses finally play together. That question has now been…
Sky: Children of the Light will finally come in for a landing on Switch on Tuesday, June 29th! To celebrate the triumphant arrival of this free-to-play co-op adventure, thatgamecompany has released a gorgeous new trailer showcasing the game’s magical environments and ethereal cast in action. The new trailer closes with…
Nintendo of America and Canada are ready for some summer tunes and mixes, considering what title is the next full game trial for Nintendo Switch Online members. Be the DJ at home or on the go with FUSER from Harmonix (the creators of Rock Band and Dance Central). Play with…
What a brick by brick turnaround! Earlier this month, it was announced that LEGO Builder’s Journey would no longer be an Apple Arcade exclusive. Even better, it would be coming to the Nintendo Switch soon – as in today. Reminiscent of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker games, here you’ll control the…
A month and some change from now the Reapers’ Game begins once again. Rindo and the Wicked Twisters will have their hands full with the Shinjuku Reapers encroaching on Shibuya, and we’ve gotten a fresh look at some that were spotted in past trailers. These include the aloof Ayano, condescending…
Minecraft has crossed over with practically everything at this point and with 2021 marking Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary, what better time for the blue blur to get blocky? As announced via the official Minecraft blog, a new Sonic DLC has arrived, and it’s practically a game overhaul. There are…
The Nintendo Tokyo store houses tons of merchandise both routine and limited, but for my money the best gets are those themed to the store itself. We previously saw merch designed after key art when the store first opened, but this Friday they’re taking things to a whole new level….
The jan-ken master of the Master System has returned! Today marks the release of Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX, both a remake and return of the 1986 original. Merge Games has been hard at work putting this one together to the point they’re working in new, extra content. That…
On top of the new commercial advertising LEGO Luigi’s capabilities earlier today, LEGO has updated its website with more products that’ll also be launching on August 1st. For starters there’s a new Power-Up pack, this time being Super Mario Bros. 3’s Frog Suit. With this equipped, “players earn extra digital…
