At long last, developer Poncle has unveiled the online co-op update for its hit indie darling Vampire Survivors. Promised for over two years now, update v1.14 finally includes online co-op for up to four players. It isn’t crossplay enabled (and may never be), but at least you don’t need to…
Summer 2026 is already heating up with the recent announcement of a new Avatar: The Last Airbender fighting game. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game’s fast-paced 2D elemental showdowns look like they’ll appeal to fans of Marvel Vs. Capcom’s combo-heavy battles. Appropriately, Justin Wong has just been revealed as the game’s…
Just last year we were treated to a remake of one of the most important and influential RPGs of all-time, Dragon Quest III. Remade in the HD-2D style that Square Enix has zeroed in on for several remakes and original RPGs, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake looked stunning. This year,…
In a new interview with Traxion, Sonic series producer Takashi Iizuka explained why Sega made the decision to delay the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. While I’m pretty sure most people would have assumed this was the case, Iizuka said, “We wanted to release the Switch 2…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
The ability to turn off autosaving is not something I’ve ever really given thought to, but it seems that the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A will actually lack the ability to turn off autosaves when it releases this week. As spotted by players who have gotten leaked copies of the game…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
During the Pokémon GO’s Season of Max Out (Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 to Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024), Dynamax and Gigantamax Pokémon were added to the game. This mechanic is part of Pokémon’s Generation VIII (Pokémon Sword and Shield) where Pokémon transform into “giant” versions of themselves or even new larger…
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…
Much has been written about the explosive success Nintendo has seen with the Switch 2 since it released in June. While it was a pretty safe bet that first month sales would be high after such a long wait between consoles, analysts weren’t sure if Nintendo could maintain that pace…
In a massive update, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has been added to Nintendo Music! Not only are the GameCube tracks added, but the Nintendo Switch soundtrack has also been uploaded. TTYD GameCube’s OST has 111 tracks at a runtime of four hours and 11 minutes, while TTYD Switch’s OST…
On the Nintendo Today app this morning, Nintendo uploaded a brand-new version of its mysterious “Close to You” short that reveals what many assume it was: an animated Pikmin short. The trailer is almost exactly the same as the previous version, just that it now features the colorful Pikmin we…
Early this morning, Nintendo uploaded an animated short to YouTube and social media and um… no one really knows what it’s about. While some of the first guesses were that this was a new Baby Rosalina design for the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, that doesn’t seem to be the…
