The opening night is a well-known concept in entertainment. It’s a potentially defining moment that either sets the stage for success or depicts an impending failure. A film, a concert, an art piece — All things that an opening night benefits. Video game consoles have a different take on an…
With the Nintendo Switch 2 about to turn two weeks old now, it’s safe to say that the system has been a massive success. With record-breaking sales in such a short time, the demand for the console is truly tremendous. While the supply has mostly been able to keep up,…
Revealed in today’s Donkey Kong Bananza Direct, we’ll be seeing (or hearing) voice acting in the upcoming platformer! If you recall, Pauline was the singer of Jump Up, Super Star in Super Mario Odyssey. Bananza has already established that this younger version of Pauline is a singer, utilizing her talents…
The Fire Emblem series has been around for over 30 years, and has produced a number of leading lads and ladies of many kingdoms, continents, and allegiances. A whole bevy of them are coming back for Fire Emblem Engage in the form of “Emblem Rings,” items that allow you to…
The days of interesting amiibo support are, by and large, long past us – but some are keeping the flame alive. The upcoming Fire Emblem Engage will feature pretty basic amiibo support for any amiibo that you tap in, earning you “useful adventure items” (presumably vulneraries, weapons, stuff like that)….
It was a big night at The Game Awards for PlatinumGames’ premier witchy franchise. Bayonetta 3 not only walked home with a shiny award for Best Action Game – nabbing Nintendo’s fourth award of the night – but Nintendo also releasing a trailer for a brand-new prequel game unlike anything…
Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin’?In the lane, snow is glistenin’ It’s nearly time to sled into a winter wonderland, racers! The Peach vs. Bowser Tour is wrapping up, which means it’s time for Mario Kart Tour’s Holiday Tour to begin. This time around, the new GBA Snow Land course…
Last night during The Game Awards, Keegan-Michael Key made an appearance to debut a new look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In the clip, Mario is given a tour of the Mushroom Kingdom by Toad, voiced by Key himself. We see plenty of references, like the warp whistle and…
Announced very early in yesterday’s eventful Game Awards event, Dead Cells is getting another cross-over and this time it’s with one half of “Metroidvania”. No, Samus isn’t screw attacking onto the scene, but Castlevania’s Alucard and Richter are more than ready to bring their expertise to the rogue-lite take on…
In an award that effectively amounts to “Most Hype,” The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has won the Most Anticipated Game award for the 2022 Game Awards. The Legend of #Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is coming in 2023. What are your favorite The Legend of Zelda:…
Can I get a “Woomy!”? This year’s The Game Awards spanned 31 categories and a variety of them sported Nintendo nominees. For the sales juggernaut that is Splatoon 3, it managed to secure two nominations. One for Best Family Game, and the other for Best Multiplayer Game. Well, the adorable…
Fire Emblem Engage is still over a month away from release, but we already have a glimpse at the game’s downloadable content. Whether you find the announcement of such content before release palatable or not depends on the person, but we have details on the first wave of the Expansion…
About a year and a half ago, Extremely OK Games – developers of Towerfall and Celeste – announced their next project, titled Earthblade. And now we have our first glimpse of the the game, courtesy of a reveal trailer at The Game Awards 2022: From the youtube description:…
The Game Awards proper got off to a hell of a start, revealing the followup to Supergiant Games’ (under)earth shattering rogue-like Hades. How do they follow up a game of that caliber, with beloved characters and impeccable gameplay? Well… with a direct sequel, naturally! Hades II looks to be all…
It’s time again for The Game Awards, where fans and industry members come together to celebrate the last year of releases and herald what’s to come. Nintendo’s received quite a few nominations across the categories, though a look at Best Family Game shows them effectively omnipresent. Beating out Splatoon 3,…
