As time marches ever forward, I’m beginning to have this bizarre sensation of writing retrospectives for films, games, and consoles that I was alive for the launch of. Released on November 18th, 2001, in the US, the Nintendo GameCube came at an exciting time for the games industry. Even to…
Here we go! Let’s take a look at the nominees for the 2024 Game Awards. While Nintendo doesn’t have an entry in the Game of the Year category this year, it currently holds three out of five nominees for Best Family Game, where the company has historically been the favorite…
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside an hour on Wednesdays for Pokémon GO Trainers to find 5-Star (Legendary) Raids easier by increasing the appearance rates. After further testing, Raid Hour was renamed…
Awards season continues to truck along, with various academies and institutions you don’t really hear about at other times of year continuing to dole out awards. This weekend was host to the BAFTA Awards, when the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gives out a host of accolades to…
While the Nintendo Switch has been a massive success, few issues have continued to nip at its heels like the infamous Joy-Con Drift, leading to lawsuits, backlash, and more as the company continues to try and appease those suffering the notorious affliction. Previously, Nintendo has offered free Joy-Con repairs in…
The platform fighter Rivals of Aether has built up quite the audience since its launch for PC back in 2017 which has allowed it to net comic books written by Sonic Frontiers’ Ian Flynn, a sequel, and several spin-offs. Switch owners who want to explore the world a bit more…
Switch owners already have plenty of opportunities to duke it out across the Final Fight and King of Fighters series’, but now one of the more recent entries in the latter saga is getting a port to the system. King of Fighters XIII was the last game in the series…
Over the weekend, Inklings and Octolings alike took to the Splatfest fields to determine which paranormal creature was real – Bigfoot, Nessie, or aliens? Turns out the Scottish plesiosaur is hiding under Loch Ness after all, as the winner is none-other than Nessie! 第5回フェス「実在するのは？ ネッシー vs 宇宙人 vs 雪男」の結果は、30対15対12で「ネッシー」チームの勝利に終わった。「ネッシー」チームのみなさん、おめでとう！フェスに参加された方は、バンカラ街でスーパーサザエを忘れずにお受け取りいただきたい。#スプラトゥーン3…
Square Enix has a bunch of Dragon Quest titles in the pipeline, but one you may have forgotten is the action RPG based on the manga/anime The Adventure of Dai. Thankfully we’ve gotten an update on the game and it includes a release window! Square Enix and developers Game Studio…
Just ahead of the oncoming Splatfest, Splatoon 3 has updated to a new version: v. 3.1.0, which deals primarily with tweaks to both Splatfests in general and also a broad range of weapons. Details include the following: In Splatfests, more points have been weighed for Tricolor Battle results, with…
With the recent Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay demonstration, we got a look at our first new enemy for the game: a Construct, a simple foot soldier of mechanical design that Link will fight on his quest. And now thanks to Twitter, we have a closer look…
It’s almost time to gear up and roll out – the brand-new Cryptid-themed Splatfest kicks off tomorrow, the first since Splatoon 3 got its first wave of DLC added a month ago. And the returning Squid Sisters haven’t been resting on their laurels – they have a new track, with…
Eiji Aonuma’s recent The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay demonstration directly revealed a lot of core info about the game, but it also had blink and miss it details in the background, from certain button prompts to a Korok to more. But one of the most innocuous…
Developer Bytten Studios has been working on its own take on the monster collection genre for a while now but now Cassette Beasts is upon us! Cassette Beasts may look similar to Pokémon on the surface but it has its own unique spin on the genre. In the RPG you’ll…
When Sonic Origins released last summer, it was let down by a variety of bugs, which were pointed out by Headcannon’s lead developer Stealth. Headcannon helped put together the mobile ports of Sonic 1 and 2 as well as Sonic Mania, so this vocal response caused quite the stir. While…
