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…
It’s probably been a minute since most of us have visited a Chuck E. Cheese’s. If you’re a parent, it’s a no-brainer. It’s practically the birthday party mecca. However, gamers most likely don’t frequent a CEC as a hangout spot or seriously think about it as an arcade. What makes…
When an opportunity presents itself, people won’t hesitate to pounce on it. With the explosive success of Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, it was inevitable that we’d eventually see people trying to make money off of the game. Recently, a trading feature was added to TCGP and that has opened…
Save your diamond rings this Valentine’s Day — Early Nintendo Switch 2 units have been spotted selling on the Chinese Black Market priced at a wild $40,000. This report comes via the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit from a Xiahongshu forums user who obtained a CAD model of the Nintendo Switch…
As the countdown towards the release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond marches on, the excitement among Metroid fans becomes ever more palpable. It’s been nearly eight years since the game was first announced, and just over three since the last new Metroid game was released. Needless to say, there’s a…
Update (3/3/25): Glover is now officially available in the Switch eShop, and QUByte Interactive is here to give you another close look at what you can expect from your adventure with the Glove hero himself! Check out the launch trailer below for a look at the massive worlds you’ll be…
One of the more exciting announcements during Sony’s State of Play stream, Koei Tecmo announced Warriors: Abyss as a surprise shadowdrop for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Seemingly inspired by Hades and tasking players with taking on thousands of monsters from the depths of hell, Warriors: Abyss is the…
After an incredibly short glimpse of the game during last year’s Game Awards, Sega was back at today’s State of Play stream to fully unveil Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. While no release date was mentioned, today’s trailer showed off a couple of new mechanics and a longer post on the PlayStation…
If you utilized Amazon as a third-party fake Nintendo merchandise seller, they’ve got your number. The Big N and Amazon filed a joint lawsuit in October 2023 for illegal sales of fake amiibo and game cartridges being passed off as the real deal. The seller in question failed to respond…
As part of Sony’s “State of Play” presentation today, Sega unveiled a brand-new trailer for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Revealed in 2023 at the Video Game Awards, many speculated that the developers behind Streets of Rage 4 would be responsible for this game. As it turns out, that is correct,…
Throughout the history of the video game industry, Nintendo has always found itself as one of the big-name companies. With its massive global consumer base and a value of over $80 billion today, it’s safe to say that Nintendo has done quite well for itself over the years. That being…
With no official information about how players will be interacting with the upcoming Switch 2, it has fallen on people investigating patents to see what Nintendo might have in store. One of the latest ones discovered highlights a feature I’m not sure many of us expected: the ability to flip…
Wonder Fest was held this past weekend, and with it, come sneak peeks of new Good Smile figures at WonHobby! One of the prototypes shown was a figma for Byleth (Female), the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. As Byleth is a prototype, she is currently unpainted, but we’re able…
