In what has basically become an annual tradition (save for one year), Nintendo’s September Direct presentation will be taking place on September 12th, 2025, at 9 a.m. ET. Set to run for roughly 60 minutes with details on upcoming games, there’s bound to be a lot of information covered in…
Sega has revealed some striking statistics for the recent Open Network Test of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The test – which was held last weekend from August 29th to September 1st – accumulated over a million downloads, and 10 million races were held. The numbers were confirmed on the official Japanese…
The first major update for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound on Nintendo Switch has just been released, and it fixes a rather big problem the game had at launch. As noted in our review, the Switch version of the game did not include a 60 fps mode, which would have negatively affected…
For over two decades now, the Sonic Amateur Game Expo (or SAGE) has brought together up-and-coming fan game creators and indie developers with a celebration of their projects. 2021 is no different, and the doors to the virtual event have opened up, offering demos of all sorts of experiences. It’s…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of my personal favorite gaming console, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in North America three decades ago, the 16-bit glory days brought Nintendo fans a truly stunning and impactful array of titles that forever touched hearts around the world. Personally speaking, I know my…
Nintendo has done a fair job at catering to us longtime, retro-loving fans in recent years, with the NES and SNES Classic systems satisfyingly scratching that nostalgic itch. Love for the Nintendo 64 is arguably lacking, however, with no Classic version of Nintendo’s first 3D console in sight and still…
Previously, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King was released on Nintendo Switch back in October of 2019. According to a new rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board [ESRB], another version of the title simply called the Disney Classic Games Collection is on the way to multiple platforms…
One of the classic titles of the early 00’s was The Simpsons: Hit & Run, a GTA-like open world game based on one of the most iconic TV shows of all time. Now, a YouTuber named reubs – known for making upscaled remakes/remasters of games in a short amount of…
Back in 2019, Nintendo cracked down majorly on RomUniverse, one of the most well-known sites that hosted copies of games for the company’s older systems, typically known as “ROM” files. Nintendo successfully sued the website’s owner, Matthew Storman, for $2.1 million dollars in damages, to be paid in $50 monthly…
I’ve been a fan of classic gaming mods for sometime, even attempting quite a few myself. Some of them add amazing functionality, like the Game Boy Color IPS mod. Others transform a handheld into an HDMI enabled home console. But sometimes, they exist for no other reason than to prove…
Sonic Adventure 2 is filled to the brim with iconic moments, from the City Escape truck scene to Eggman blowing up the moon. Perhaps one of the most memorable parts, however, comes when Sonic meets Shadow at the Green Forest. As the scene that gave us lines like “I found…
In a world where people are paying thousands for Pokémon cards and old video games, records are being broken left and right. Less than a month after a copy of Super Mario 64 auctioned for $1.5 million, breaking the record for most expensive video game ever sold, a sealed copy…
Nothing is quite as nostalgic for me as sitting down with my friends after school for a rousing match of Mario Kart 64. The four-player split-screen action was mindblowing to us and the graphics at the time were some of the sharpest, and prettiest, we’d ever seen. Fast forward 25…
If you’re a child of the ’90s, you probably have come across a Cruis’n game at some point, be it in the corner of an arcade or movie theater, or on the good ol’ N64. Arcade company Raw Thrills is bringing its entry in the series, Cruis’n Blast, to the…
More Rhythm Heaven is needed in the world, and it’s comforting to know there are some supremely talented individuals who agree with me on that. One need only look at the Rhythm Heaven Reanimated project, which brought together several such animators and artists to recreate every minigame and medley from…
