When you think of action roguelikes, Supergiant Games’ smash hit Hades likely comes to mind. Its blend of Diablo-esque isometric overhead perspective with God of War’s mythological combat and Greek god background made for a divine combo. It continues to chart in the Switch eShop’s top 20 most downloaded games….
Throughout the NES generation and up to even the PS3, Konami used to hide a cheat code in almost all of its games that was colloquially dubbed the “Konami Code.” The most famous example is the 30-lives cheat in the NES version of Contra, a code almost everyone has used…
In a hilarious turn of events, Apple has removed an iPhone GBA emulator from the App Store because the software was, itself, pirated. The app in question, iGBA, was a clone of the open-source GBA4iOS app, just with ads slapped onto the code. In a message to MacRumors, Apple confirmed…
Nintendo’s in a good place financially right now, with the Switch continuing its steady climb to success with few hurdles, and Smash Ultimate poised to cause a surge in units sold. Forbes recently sat down with Nintendo of America president and meme machine Reggie Fils-Aimé to discuss the Switch’s performance,…
T’is the season for spooky scares with Halloween right around the corner, and fans of our long-toothed specters of the night will be very happy with this latest announcement. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has revealed that the dialogue-heavy RPG Vampyr is heading to the Switch via its latest investor report….
A new version of the Switch is to be released in the second half of 2019, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the WSJ’s Takashi Mochizuki, the move comes about in order to propel the Switch’s momentum in its third year, as the console’s sales have softened in 2018…
Ubisoft has revealed that South Park: The Stick of Truth will officially be coming to Nintendo Switch on September 25th, which is just a few short days away. You’ll be able to add it to your collection digitally for $29.99. Original article: South Park: The Stick of Truth is coming…
The summer was a good time to be the Big N, it appears, because Nintendo cleaned up the sales chart. The company took home the highest hardware sales with the Switch, the biggest publisher sales in general, and the number one sale spot with Octopath Traveler (which, despite being developed…
Nintendo has sold a lot of consoles in the past three plus decades of its game development — over 700 million now, in fact. Since the NES, between home consoles and portable devices, the Big N has moved enough units to form the world’s fifth largest religion (beating Buddhism as…
Previously announced for a Japanese release, we finally have confirmation that the Collector’s Edition of Undertale is making its way to the West. The news comes from a listing made over at Fangamer, which offers fans of the game two physical forms of the popular title: a standard edition and…
After launching alongside the Nintendo Switch last year, Super Bomberman R has been quite the hit for Konami, and the company has regularly updated the game with familiar cameo characters and more besides. Now, it’s been revealed that the game has crossed the one million units sold mark, and they’ve…
Cower before the might of nostalgia, ye puny contemporary gamers — NPD sales for the month of June have been released, and while they contain some tepidly interesting points (Mario Tennis Aces was the best-selling game of the month, and had the highest initial sales of any tennis game ever),…
Earlier today, Ubisoft released in first quarter sales reports, and hidden in its pages was a little spoiler for an upcoming title. South Park: The Stick of Truth, the precursor to the stellar The Fractured But Whole, is coming to the Nintendo Switch digitally later this year. Originally released on…
On Friday we finally got our hands on Octopath Traveler, one of the first games announced for the Nintendo Switch way back in the January 2017 presentation. While we don’t have too much data on the game’s sales so far, word-of-mouth suggests its been incredibly successful over it’s launch weekend….
This week, the Switch was barely outsold by the Xbox One version of Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy by just 250 copies. Not only that, but Crash also became the fastest selling Switch game of the year for the UK. Last Week This Week Title 22 1 Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane…
