A store in Japan has introduced a unique approach to combatting scalpers, enforcing a mandatory quiz on customers before they can purchase Pokémon cards. A photo shared by X user Ryo Saeba (via Dexerto) showed an announcement board in a Bic Camera store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. It demands that customers…
Capcom removed an entire chapter from Resident Evil Requiem before its release, the game’s director has revealed. In an interview with Denfaminico Gamer, Koshi Nakanishi recalled how Resident Evil 7: Biohazard had a “Chapter 2” that was scrapped during development, and stated that the exact same thing happened with Requiem….
If you’ve ever shopped for secondhand Nintendo DS games, then this story will sound very similar to you. In a post on ResetEra yesterday, user jokkir wrote that they purchased a copy of Pragmata on Nintendo Switch 2 from an Amazon Warehouse deal. Warehouse deals are when Amazon sells off…
Last month, Nintendo saw the release of both Metroid Dread and the Nintendo Switch OLED model on the same day — both of which are now breaking records a month later. Starting with Metroid Dread; according industry-tracking firm The NPD Group, Metroid Dread has officially broken the record for best…
Notice how hard it’s been to buy new consoles lately? Both last year’s Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 as well as this year’s new Nintendo Switch OLED model have been in short supply, selling out almost the instant they go on sale. There’s a reason for that (well, besides…
Breaking news from the NPD sales report for September: people are still buying video games, and companies are still selling them. Who could have seen it coming? Jokes aside, the most notable item of the month is that the PlayStation 5 led in unit sales, snapping a streak by the…
Following this week’s news of the Nintendo Switch OLED Model boosting software sales in the UK, it seems the console itself is also seeing some success regarding its debut in Japan. According to Famitsu, the OLED Model sold 138,409 units in its first three days alone. When including the standard…
Perhaps you’ve picked up a shiny new OLED Model Nintendo Switch, or are waiting for one in the mail, or are simply curious about the console’s offerings in general. Fortunately for those curious, Nintendo has released a lengthy developer interview with two Technology Development Department workers: head developer Ko Shiota…
What a twist! You know that Switch Pro you were hoping for? The one with an updated GPU/CPU, 4K support, and an upgraded screen? It turns out that all those leaks were true! Just for the wrong company. Valve, the company behind the largest digital distribution gaming platform and creators…
Since its debut in 2018, the Nintendo Switch Online service has ever so slowly expanded with new experiences and titles to its growing retro games catalog. During Nintendo’s 81st Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa responded to a question regarding possibly adding a higher tier option to…
Star Wars Day isn’t until May the 4th, but that hasn’t stopped Lucasfilm from dropping out of hyperspace early with steep sales and deals that run the gamut from physical merch to video games across all platforms. Nintendo fans in particular should definitely take notice, as nearly the entire suite…
Let me make one thing immediately clear: I am in no way ungrateful for Capcom’s support of the Nintendo Switch so far. In fact, it’s an excellent system of choice for Resident Evil fans, with seven key titles from the franchise: Zero, the 2002 RE1 remake, 4, 5, 6, and…
With Nintendo Switch sales still hitting insane numbers and the console being a worldwide phenomenon, the system has no doubt brought in many newcomers to the world of video games. With many people getting to grips with setting up a games console for the first time, Nintendo has set up…
In the latest quarterly earnings report from Ubisoft, the publisher revealed some pretty outstanding metrics that place the company in a very healthy place. Of note, the report states that Ubisoft was the leading publisher in terms of unit sales in 2020 on all platforms combined, the top third-party publisher…
It’s no secret that the online performance of some Nintendo Switch Online-supported titles leaves much to be desired, with Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2 immediately coming to mind. While they are impeccably crafted in terms of pure fun and mechanical depth, their online performance can often hurt an otherwise…
