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…
Adol Christin’s latest adventure finally has a confirmed 2021 release window for North America and it’s heading to the Nintendo Switch, too! You’ll be able to join the red-haired hero as he gets afflicted by the Monstrum curse, becomes a wanted man, and has to exorcise monsters from another dimension….
Last week, The Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara announced at the tail end of the June 17 Pokémon Presents presentation that another would be airing just a week later, on June 24. Now it’s almost here and we’ve gotten an official time for the new Pokémon Presentation – 6 a.m….
The fact the Switch is exclusively getting a sequel to the cult-classic Deadly Premonition is still a little hard to believe, yet here we are, a matter of weeks from its release. In the latest trailer for the game you’ll get introduced to the new setting of Le Carré by…
Video game-themed cafés are pretty common in Japan, from Final Fantasy to Kirby. Capcom’s Cafés, located across Tokyo, swaps out their themeing every so often. Ikebukero’s is currently serving Resident Evil 3 meals, for example, while the one situated in AEON Lake Town kaze is gearing up for an Ace…
Everything changed when ALF crashed the Summer Game Fest… Okay, that’s not the intro I remember for Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra, but 2020 is changing it up. Announced during Summer Game Fest, Smite’s next crossover event is about the world of ATLA. Aang, Zuko,…
Written and reported by Takashi Mochizuki for news outlet Bloomberg, Nintendo’s gung-ho attitude towards mobile gaming and market is shifting. Mochizuki isn’t the only industry analyst pointing out this change, but he recently presented a breakdown of how Nintendo has reached this decision while also looking at the bigger picture…
Pokémon Café Mix is an upcoming free-to-start game for the Nintendo Switch. The game allows you to link together Pokémon icons to clear puzzles as you work to work to build your very own café. You must meet the goals for each puzzle before you run out of turns so…
Today, Sabotage Studio shared a new look at their upcoming crowdfunded throwback, Sea of Stars. Looking to capture the magic of ’90s RPGs such as Chrono Trigger, it’s definitely nailing it when it comes to its gorgeous visuals. Shared as part of the Summer Game Fest, the game…
Bandai Candy is eager to add more Pokémon and their Trainers to the Pokémon Scale World figure line. Previously tweeting out a prototype of Victor (the male playable Trainer) alongside Gloria (the female playable Trainer), who is featured in the first Galar region set, another character is officially joining the…
Ninjala, the bubblegum-and-ninja answer to Splatoon, is now available to download to your Nintendo Switch ahead of its June 24th debut. A tweet from the official Ninjala account stated that servers for the free-to-play game are expected to go live on Wednesday, June 24 at 19:00 PST. The first open…
We live in a time of social isolation. The mere idea of going places now seems like its own sort of fantasy, a relic of a time that in reality only stretches back months but feels like eons. Confined by the walls of our homes, the allure of video games…
The brand-new Spring Stadium stage will be included along with Min Min and 18 songs from ARMS when Challenger Pack #6 launches for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next week. Spring Stadium, fellow ARMS character Spring Man’s home stage in ARMS, was showcased during this morning’s Mr. Sakurai Presents presentation on Challenger Pack…
