The year of wild collaborations continues! Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has revealed two new collaborations, featuring the iconic Kaiju Godzilla and the digital diva Hatsune Miku. Both collabs will be available on November 26th as a part of the big 2.0 update. While the update itself is free, Godzilla…
The history of the Fire Emblem franchise is one fraught with a lot of obscurity and uncertainty. With the franchise nearly being canceled entirely prior to the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening, it has been quite a winding path to get to where it is now. Despite these troubles, the…
Nintendo Switch Online is back with new icons, this time themed to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Celebrating the Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raid Battle event that will kick off in a few weeks, the icons are meant to get players excited for the battles ahead! In the meantime, you can enjoy…
Every year around this time, we get a brief glimpse back at some of the Overwatch team’s past exploits in the form of story-based co-op missions. This year’s Archives event includes the usual lineup of PvE goodness mixed together with some fresh new challenges, new mission modifiers, and a batch…
The theater can be a magical place, bringing wondrous characters and emotions to life for an audience that ranges from first time attendees to ever-present devotees. That’s partly why I was excited when Balan Wonderworld made its stage debut, with a theme and culture ripe for replication in video game…
Get ready to Jan Ken Pon! once more as Alex Kidd’s long-awaited return via Miracle World DX, an officially licensed remake of the original Sega mascot’s first adventure, finally has a release date. The news comes courtesy of a gorgeous new trailer showing off not only faithful level recreations but…
Last weekend brought Monster Hunter Rise spirits to Smash Ultimate, including a feline friend and a creature of pure malice. Well, thanks to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury we’re getting another dose of cats and anger! For five days starting on Friday, three new spirits from Super…
Well, this came out of nowhere. Nintendo has announced that Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will soon be able to grab another freebie based on the mould set by Tetris 99 and Super Mario 35, this time starring Namco’s very own pellet-munching hero, Pac-Man! It’s no limited time affair…
Zordix Publishing and Rock Square Thunder have announced a new indie puzzle-platformer for Nintendo Switch, titled The Lightbringer, which will see players attempt to restore a beautiful world cursed by corruption. In a lush and sprawling realm where the inhabitants have long relied on the energy of ancient monoliths to…
I have fond memories of being a Star Wars fan around the time Episode III came out, bringing us tons of great games like Battlefront. One of the best games from that era, Star Wars Republic Commando, is finally available once again, this time on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4…
With over 5 million copies shipped you’d be forgiven for thinking Monster Hunter Rise’s launch went off without a hitch. There were a few technical issues, though, including a potentially save-ruining bug in specific circumstances. With the release of Ver. 1.1.2, that and other bugs have been addressed, as detailed…
Creature in the Well left enough of an impression that I’m intrigued by anything Flight School Studio develops. Lately that’s been a tranquil mech adventure that gives a bug-sized view of its forest setting, something that sounds curious enough without the previous pinball pedigree. Previously we learned about Stonefly’s gameplay,…
Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic emerging early last year, 2020 went without an E3 press conference, and as a result publishers and developers took alternative steps to advertise their upcoming games. This year, however, the E3 brand is back. While it won’t be an in-person event, the ESA has…
At first glance Cozy Grove might look like an Animal Crossing clone. You play as a strikingly adorable character arriving on an island where you set up camp with a goal of interacting with and pleasing the locals, and you can decorate the island pretty much however you would like….
A new adventure awaits Shovel Knight and possibly his friends! Yacht Club Game’s shovel-wielding blue knight has had an interesting 2021 so far, recently appearing in Arby’s kid meals as disc launcher toys. Now, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout’s Twitter account is hinting that Shovel Knight will star as the next…
