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…
Another day, another Mystery Gift code for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. This week, a sandwich ingredient-themed Mystery Gift promotion kicked off for the games. Each day, a new code is released, giving Trainers another chance to stock up on their picnic baskets. Announced via the official Poké Times Twitter account…
Skullgirls has kept its never ending launch party going since announcing its first wave of paid DLC. This Season 1 Pass content has been thriving on Steam and available on PlayStation, but sadly not for Switch. The dev team was upfront about this delayed availability from the beginning, leaving it…
Kirby is back, and he’s hungry for puzzles. Returning to Tetris 99 yet again, this Dream Land denizen just can’t be stopped. That goes double for this Tetris Maximus Cup event theme, which brings a weekend long portion of Kirby’s Dream Buffet. Beginning December 15th at 11 p.m….
Developer PHL Collective (We Bare Bears: Food Truck Rush) and publisher Outright Games (Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova) have announced they will be bringing an all-new DC game to Switch in March, 2023, and it looks downright adorable. In DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos, you’ll be able to play as chibi…
With every major Pokémon game, there tend to be various Mystery Gift code promotions. So far for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, the first code that was shared online was all about giving Trainers plenty of sandwich ingredients to work with when it comes to the games’ picnic feature. That trend…
Is it time for the crystal comeback? The Pixel Remasters of Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, which all released on Steam earlier this year, appear to be headed to both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, with listings on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB, the rating…
It’s almost time for even more characters to join the surprisingly brutal sport that is Mario Strikers: Battle League. In the December 13th update, detailed in the video below, you can see Birdo and Bowser Jr. join the fray. That’s not all, though, as you can also deck out in…
The Fire Emblem series has been around for over 30 years, and has produced a number of leading lads and ladies of many kingdoms, continents, and allegiances. A whole bevy of them are coming back for Fire Emblem Engage in the form of “Emblem Rings,” items that allow you to…
The days of interesting amiibo support are, by and large, long past us – but some are keeping the flame alive. The upcoming Fire Emblem Engage will feature pretty basic amiibo support for any amiibo that you tap in, earning you “useful adventure items” (presumably vulneraries, weapons, stuff like that)….
It was a big night at The Game Awards for PlatinumGames’ premier witchy franchise. Bayonetta 3 not only walked home with a shiny award for Best Action Game – nabbing Nintendo’s fourth award of the night – but Nintendo also releasing a trailer for a brand-new prequel game unlike anything…
Announced very early in yesterday’s eventful Game Awards event, Dead Cells is getting another cross-over and this time it’s with one half of “Metroidvania”. No, Samus isn’t screw attacking onto the scene, but Castlevania’s Alucard and Richter are more than ready to bring their expertise to the rogue-lite take on…
In an award that effectively amounts to “Most Hype,” The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has won the Most Anticipated Game award for the 2022 Game Awards. The Legend of #Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is coming in 2023. What are your favorite The Legend of Zelda:…
