When looking back at JRPGs and their communities over the years, a concern that will come up time and time again is localization. Oftentimes, especially in the past, whether or not a new game would see release outside of Japan felt like a coinflip. Ys X: Nordics, the latest entry…
It’s been roughly 15 years since I last played Madden, about the same amount of time since I last played football in real life, actually. I played football for a big chunk of my youth, and even declined an opportunity to play junior college football to focus on my grades….
In a new interview posted by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier today, the noted industry pundit had a chance to talk with Team Cherry ahead of the announcement of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s release date. As many have been wondering for the better part of a decade, why did Silksong take seven years…
We’re nearing the end of a long, long wait for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. While we’ve gotten a few Japanese commercials for the game that show how it can bring people together, this morning a US ad has debuted that brings the world of Animal Crossing to life. https://youtu.be/BCoqZap0tCw…
The Worms series has been a local multiplayer staple ever since the original game released for every system under the sun back in 1995, with its turn-based side-scrolling mayhem proving popular at parties. Now, three years after the last main entry Worms W.M.D., the series is coming back with another…
Pokémon Sword & Shield’s Wild Area has rotated out its selection of Pokémon once again, this time bringing in the Gigantamax variants of three Kanto Pokémon – Snorlax, Gengar, and Machamp. Gigantamax Snorlax is only available through these events so far, so be sure to catch the big…
SXSW is the latest event to be cancelled due to coronavirus concerns, with the city of Austin making the call just a week before the event was scheduled to take place. This means the various planned panels, like Reggie’s, have been cancelled. One of the biggest panels for gaming news…
Yesterday saw the release of tons of new gameplay and hands-on videos for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Sifting through all them can be a pain, so we’ve compiled a list of all the important ones, plus all the surprises and new details we uncovered in them. Check out the list…
We’ve seen some crazy crossovers in the gaming world, with Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons taking the cake recently. Thus, it’s no surprise to see the Nintendo property getting more love from an unlikely source: The Acacia Strain has revealed merchandise for its new EP “D” — with…
In a recent, sobering report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), it has been revealed that Nintendo is among 83 foreign companies directly or indirectly benefiting from the coerced labor of Uyghur minorities in China. Uyghurs have lived throughout Central and East Asia for well over a thousand years,…
The Pokémon Company made the tough decision to cancel its 2020 Pokémon Europe International Championships today. Citing the World Health Organization’s recommendations for dealing and preventing the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), European representatives for 2020 Pokémon World Championships will have to be decided through another method instead of the scheduled…
The Mana series is known for its musical excellence, and with all luck the upcoming Trials of Mana remake will be providing in that department. Fortunately, we can now catch a glimpse of what’s in store, as Square Enix has posted previews of the game’s soundtrack on its website. The…
Murder by Numbers, the latest game by indie developer Mediatonic, has received a launch trailer courtesy of publisher The Irregular Corporation. Murder by Numbers is set in 1996 Los Angeles, and follows the story of Honor Mizrahi, an TV detective who turns real detective when her boss is murdered, and…
For all you Pokémon GO battlers out there, we’re excited to say that you can finally and officially look forward to the first ever GO Battle League Season, which starts a week from today on Friday, March 13th, at 1:00 p.m. PST. Of course, if you’ve been participating in the…
Sally forth into the mysterious unknown! Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX launches today for the Nintendo Switch, and with it comes a launch trailer showing off some footage of the game in action — from getting creamed inside the roguelike dungeons, to initiating rescues via wonder mail, to glimpses…
