When comparing to the past few years, it’s fair to say that 2024 has been quite slow in terms of Nintendo content. Most of the year’s lineup has been ports and remakes, so needless to say, when rumors start to circle about new games on the horizon, it’s exciting. Notably,…
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…
In 2020 I would have called Hades the rare kind of game that so successfully interweaves its gameplay, narrative, art direction, and voice acting (among other things) that it’d be impossible to single out any one as its strongest element. That’s not to say my opinion on those qualities has…
It’s a common tale – someone somewhere makes a special edition for a certain region that is just extremely cool and rad, leaving every other place in the world seething with jealousy. The lucky ones this time are Asian territories, where Sega Asia is releasing a really nice Limited Edition…
There’s a little over a month to go until Switch owners can embark on another Dragon Quest adventure, although this one will be rather different. Based on the classic The Adventure of Dai manga, Infinity Strash will be an action RPG filled with iconic monsters that covers up through episode…
Start revving your engines as the next Nintendo Switch Online addition to the Nintendo 64 library has been confirmed! Excitebike 64, first released in 2000, was the second game in the rather short series after the NES original, taking the action behind-the-back of racers while keeping an emphasis on sick…
Job hunting sucks. Sometimes it feels like you get so desperate that you’d take any position offered – but how about “Dome-King”? Such is the case of protagonist Mush, who ventures to a job interview for such a title in Dome-King Cabbage, a surreal Visual Novel from Cobysoft Joe. …
The Switch has no shortage of JRPG-style games but you might still want to keep an eye on this one! Bloomtown: A Different Story from developers Different Sense Games and Lazy Bear Games is set to meld turn-based combat, monster taming, and social RPG mechanics into one rather pretty pixel-art…
So far the SteamWorld franchise has had Metroidvania mining, strategic space piracy, and turn-based RPG combat, but who would have guessed the next port of call would be city building? SteamWorld Build is looking to coat the genre with its signature style while adding some flair of its own. Sure,…
The Star Wars franchise has had plenty of iconic games over the years but one of the most revolutionary of its day was Star Wars: Dark Forces, released in 1995. Players were put in the shoes fan favorite Kyle Katarn in a first-person shooter not unlike Doom and could blast…
It’s time to engage in some peculiar platforming? From Yorkshire-based developer Coal Supper comes Thank Goodness You’re Here!, a quirky M-rated platformer about exploring a town full of strange and fascinating people. Bumble through the town of Barnsworth in this ‘slapformer’ as you complete odd jobs for its…
It’s almost time for the long-awaited final update for Sonic Frontiers to speed onto the scene and Gamescom Opening Night Live has given us a teaser of what’s to come. While the trailer is short on information, official Sega sources have confirmed that Tails, Amy, and Knuckles will…
As promised Gamescom Opening Night Live gave us an update on Sonic Superstars and it was quite the substantial info drop! For starters we have the new trailer itself which focuses mainly on the game’s multiplayer content. We see the co-op play but also the brand-new battle modes which’ll let…
Geoff Keighley has once again returned to Cologne, Germany for another Gamescom Opening Night Live event! It’ll be kicking off very soon at 11 a.m. PT and you can catch it live below: As for what to expect, we already have confirmation that Sonic Superstars will be featured…
The long-anticipated Sea of Stars – a retro-styled RPG made by the team behind The Messenger – finally arrives next Tuesday, August 29th. In celebration of its imminent release, the game has gotten a two minute launch trailer breaking down its core: The three-character turn-based combat is inspired…
