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…
Last month Nintendo dropped the surprise reveal of an all-new multiplayer Kirby game, Kirby’s Dream Buffet. Now we have an official release date and an overview trailer! In the trailer we get to see plenty of gameplay plus details on the rewards you’ll obtain, like hats and character…
With a new Splatoon game coming soon, it means our Turf War and Ranked Battle sessions will be taking place on a limited number of maps. Nintendo’s official Splatoon Twitter account has been showing off various new maps over the last few weeks, but today during the Splatoon 3 Direct,…
August 2022’s Splatoon 3 Direct was a 32-ish minute long presentation getting all us Inklings and Octolings ready for the release of Splatoon 3. While over the last year we’ve seen various announcements about the title’s Story Mode and Salmon Run (sometimes branded as Salmon Run Next Wave), today we…
Update (9/8/2022): It looks like SplatNet 3 has been added to the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app today and is already functioning! Just like Splatoon 2, Splatoon 3 will be getting its own dedicated app within the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app. Featured in today’s Splatoon 3 Direct,…
We can’t spend all our time blasting and styling. Sometimes we need to kick back and change up the flow with a nice side activity — and Splatoon 3 appears to have just such a thing in store with the new Tableturf Battle minigame, a card battle mode aping main…
Inklings and Octolings – it’s been seven years of Turf Wars and Ranked Battles in the Splatoon series. While most of us have been spending our time in Splatoon 2 (and gearing up for Splatoon 3), all that hard work and ink (so much ink) will pay off in Splatoon…
The Splatoon 3 Direct aired this morning, bringing with it quite a few nitty-gritty details about the way we can outfit ourselves in the game. First up is Ammo Knight, with horseshoe crab Sheldon returning once more to dispense weaponry when you pony up — unlike the previous games, however,…
The Splatoon 3 Direct aired this morning, and as you’d imagine in a game about marine paintball, the weapons took up a bit of focus. First came the announcement that all the basic weapons from previous games would be returning, rather reassuring to anyone fearful that their fave would be…
Woomy! Today’s Splatoon 3 Direct prepped all of us Squid and Octokids for the game’s launch on September 9th. Everything from the game’s story mode, multiplayer, locations, weapons, amiibo, and more were squeezed into the 30-minute presentation. Closing it out though was the announcement of a major Splatoon 3 battle….
With a new trio of hosts and a Rock, Paper, Scissors World Premier; it’s pretty clear that something fishy is going on when it comes to Splatfests in Splatoon 3. Thankfully, today’s Splatoon 3 Direct surfaced up some details that show a new direction for the long-standing and fan-favorite mode. …
Oh Splatfests, how we’ve missed you. These popularity contests ended up some of the best parts of Splatoon from a community perspective, and in proud series tradition we’re getting one ahead of schedule. The Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere will test the waters and get the ink pumping before the…
A proud tradition of the Splatoon series has been its hosting duos. The first game gave us the Squid Sisters idol pair, while Splatoon 2 introduced the world to the MC/DJ duo known as Off the Hook. No doubt we’d see some new, rising talent in the mix for Splatoon…
