Split Fiction, the latest co-op multiplayer game by developer Hazelight, launched on March 6th to critical acclaim. Shortly after launch, it was rumored that a movie adaptation was in the works for the game and we’ve now received confirmation on its existence, along with one of the stars as well…
As the “Year of Eevee” celebration continues, more and more merchandise centered around the beloved Evolution Pokémon continues to be revealed. Just last week a brand-new life-size Eevee plush was shown off, but that wasn’t to be all they had in store. A new batch of life-size plushies have been…
In a series of posts over on Twitter, former Capcom composer Masakazu Sugimori has suggested that Ace Attorney would not have become a franchise if it were released in the current gaming industry. As he explains, the initial sales numbers were so low that any modern publisher would have completely…
When it was announced a few weeks back that Splatoon 3 would be getting its very own line of amiibo, fans of the little figures, myself included, were eager to get our hands on them as soon as possible. While Splatoon 1 and 2 both launched with a trio of…
If there was one trend among indie games of the ’10s, it was in the development and reflection of empathy. Future classics like Papers, Please and Undertale made the player question their actions and treat the fictional characters of imagined worlds with care and nuance. In a medium where so…
Splatoon has quickly become a mainstay Nintendo franchise over the last several years, so no one was surprised when Splatoon 3 was announced early last year. A follow up to Splatoon 2 and it’s excellent Octo Expansion DLC, Splatoon 3 continues to usher the franchise to stylish new heights by…
Last year, game developer Falcom and Tatsunoko Production announced a team-up for an anime based on its The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series. We’ve finally got that project’s first trailer and some initial details! Subtitled “Northern War”, the anime will take place concurrently with the…
I woke up this morning and logged onto my computer with a stifled yawn and no coffee (I don’t like coffee). As always, I pulled up Slack to see what articles our editor listed as needed for the day. In the wake of a Direct, it’s usually a bit slower…
We’re less than a month off from Yoko Taro’s existential pain fest and showcase of attractive android women. NieR: Automata makes its way to the Nintendo Switch, and naturally, the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite game was showcased at Tokyo Game Show this year with a dramatic trailer that showcased the…
With September 2022’s Community Day behind us, Niantic was ready this week to announce various details about Pokémon GO’s October 2022 Community Day. While we knew the date just before the Season of Light began, we didn’t know which Pokémon would spotlight, the exclusive move its evolved form would learn,…
Despite a relatively close release date, there’s much we don’t know about Fire Emblem Engage, the next game in the illustrious tactical RPG series. But while we continue to look for details beyond the initial premise of summoning old FE heroes and the strikingly… striking look of the protagonists, we…
Sonic Prime will be hitting Netflix this winter, bringing more adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog to the small screen. A new teaser has dropped that reveals two familiar faces – Shadow the Hedgehog and Doctor Eggman! Big the Cat also makes another brief cameo. Check it out below: …
Just last month Bitwave Games surprised us all with the reveal of a re-release for the extremely rare Sunsoft NES platformer Gimmick! Turns out that wasn’t the only love the cult classic is getting this year, either. Ship to Shore PhonoCo. has announced that Gimmick! will be their next video…
As we approach the closure of the Wii U and 3DS’s online functionalities, Nintendo has announced the next wave of structural changes, including one which will affect current log-ins as well. For starters, after October 25th, 2022, you won’t be able to log into your Nintendo Account with a linked…
Super Sonic, the powered-up form of Sonic debuting all the way back on the Genesis’ Sonic the Hedgehog 2, has taken on two different kinds of utility over the years — in early games he was a bonus for collecting all the chaos emeralds, a reward for hard work that…
