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…
Kirby’s Dream Course is one of those SNES games that’s oddly pervasive despite it’s very strange concept – what if golf, but Kirby? It turns out that weirdness is no coincidence, as the game was originally planned as another game entirely before the popularity of the pink puffball proved too…
New Japan Pro Wrestling titan Kenny Omega is a pretty well known gaming enthusiast. He incorporates a number of game references into the name of his moves (including a finisher called the “One-Winged Angel”), and worked with Toby Fox to create an Undertale-styled wrestling promotional video for one of his…
It’s been 24 years since Seiken Densetsu 3, the critically acclaimed sequel to Secret of Mana, graced Super Famicom systems. Since then, fan cries for a western localization have fallen on deaf ears… until now! That’s right, my fellow Mana maniacs: Seiken Densetsu 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch as…
Once again Limited Run has used E3 as an opportunity to announce its next lot of physical editions, and it’s not just current-gen consoles that’ll be getting a piece of the pie. But let’s cover those first… For Switch we’ll be seeing Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Rogue Legacy,…
Clone consoles that play classic game cartridges in HD have been popular for a while now, such as Analogue’s “NT” systems or Hyperkin’s Retron range, but the Nintendo 64 has been unfortunately passed over. That is until now, with Hyperkin announcing the Ultra Retron. Check out a teaser video below:…
The annual independent games festival BitSummit was held this last weekend. Celebrating the indie game scene in Japan, notable and longtime industry icons attended to promote their newest works. With the show over now, media outlets have started to publish interviews that came out of the event. Gematsu was able…
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Today Sega of Japan held its final Mega Drive Mini stream, confirming the last ten games that’ll be included the 30 that were previously announced. That’s not all though – both Darius and Tetris are getting new ports as well, with the latter being based on an exceedingly rare official…
Plenty of games change before they release or just never see the light of day in the first place, but when you add in all the localization woes associated with it, no Nintendo series can feel as ethereal as Mother. Before there was the Game Boy Advance game we all…
Modding extraordinaire Kaze Emanuar has an impressive track record of tinkering with Super Mario 64. Over the last year, their recent project is using 64’s polygon style, and mashing it with Mario and Cappy’s adventures from Super Mario Odyssey. Appropriately named Mario Odyssey 64, Kaze has been sharing updates about…
With only a couple weeks to go until E3, and a Pokémon Direct announced for next Wednesday, the question of what would be revealed during a worldwide broadcast in yesterday’s Pokémon Press Conference lingered in everybody’s minds. Hardcore fans wanted long-awaited sequels, craving Pokémon Snap and Mystery Dungeon followups, and…
During today’s Pokémon Press Conference stream, The Pokémon Company announced something of a successor to Pokémon Bank, titled Pokémon Home. The brand new cloud service will connect not only to Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!, but it will also allow Trainers to bring their Pokémon already in…
