3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
Not many video game characters can say they’ve got their own day, but if anyone deserves it it’s Mario. The key to this is one of two things: that Nintendo’s plumbing powerhouse has been at it for decades and deserves that recognition, respect, and admiration; or he has a name…
Towards the top of the year the Humble Store debuted Switch and 3DS titles, leading off with a whole heap of Nintendo published games that’s grown since then. Now it looks like a few more publishers are supporting the sales platform, with 2K, Curve Digital, and Humble’s own published titles…
The mark of a truly great and popular game isn’t found in day one sales — in fact, it’s not really found in sales at all, but they do provide some metric by which we can estimate the impact and longevity of a video game. And The Legend of Zelda:…
Bust out the birthday cake and exactly two candles, because the Nintendo Switch has now been around for 730 days! The console released on March 3rd, 2017 alongside The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and some other games people occasionally remember (Snipperclips? That was fun and novel, wasn’t…
Nintendo’s latest investor report is here, bringing together the facts and figures for the nine month period ending December 31, 2018. As always, we’ll run down the essentials. For starters, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has become the best-selling Switch game, at 15.02 million units sold. Impressively, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate…
Set your alarms! Limited Run Games is bringing another Nintendo Switch title into the physical realm. Released digitally last summer, Another World 20th Anniversary Edition is now receiving a standard and limited edition. While the standard version was announced earlier this week, the details surrounding the limited edition have just…
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa recently stated that Nintendo’s goal to sell 20 million Switch consoles by the end of the fiscal year is “a bit high, but it’s achievable.” He added that the “first order of business” is to maximize the console’s holiday sales numbers. Nintendo ought to be pretty…
Nintendo’s in a good place financially right now, with the Switch continuing its steady climb to success with few hurdles, and Smash Ultimate poised to cause a surge in units sold. Forbes recently sat down with Nintendo of America president and meme machine Reggie Fils-Aimé to discuss the Switch’s performance,…
T’is the season for spooky scares with Halloween right around the corner, and fans of our long-toothed specters of the night will be very happy with this latest announcement. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has revealed that the dialogue-heavy RPG Vampyr is heading to the Switch via its latest investor report….
A new version of the Switch is to be released in the second half of 2019, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the WSJ’s Takashi Mochizuki, the move comes about in order to propel the Switch’s momentum in its third year, as the console’s sales have softened in 2018…
Ubisoft has revealed that South Park: The Stick of Truth will officially be coming to Nintendo Switch on September 25th, which is just a few short days away. You’ll be able to add it to your collection digitally for $29.99. Original article: South Park: The Stick of Truth is coming…
The summer was a good time to be the Big N, it appears, because Nintendo cleaned up the sales chart. The company took home the highest hardware sales with the Switch, the biggest publisher sales in general, and the number one sale spot with Octopath Traveler (which, despite being developed…
