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…
Things have been quiet on the Dragon Ball FighterZ front, as we find ourselves in the middle of its third season. Bandai Namco is about to change that though, with plans on the game’s future and new reveals planned for this Sunday in what they’re calling a Dragon Ball FighterZ…
Back in 2014 a little-known flash game called Phoenotopia was released online, an epic 2D adventure RPG that perfectly blended aspects of Cave Story and Zelda with a lighthearted tone to make a game that punched far above its weight class. And now, over half a decade later, a remake…
Today marks the Nintendo Switch release of Banner of the Maid, the Chinese-made French Revolution strategy RPG with an anime aesthetic and fantasy elements. It’s quite a blend of elements, but it’s led to an audience on PC already. Now it marches to consoles today: Banner of the…
Rhythm games aren’t the most frequent to come along, so NISA’s got my number when it comes to the upcoming Mad Rat Dead. Featuring a cartoony art style and a hybrid of action-platforming and rhythm gameplay, it’s looking unique on both those fronts in its latest trailer. Getting…
The next Spirit Event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is forgoing the usual theme structure and instead focusing on giving players useful items for future spirit battles – namely, the Weaken Minions consumable. Over the course of this weekend you’ll be able to jump in and you’ll get the item…
The announcement of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster was fantastic and surprising, however one particularly box-art worthy bit of the original release seemed to be absent. In the original Nocturne release you could both fight and potentially recruit Dante (from the Devil May Cry Series) to your side….
Upcoming action-RPG and farming sim Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin has mostly focused on showcasing its more action-packed elements thus far, so it’s about time they delved into the mechanics of its rice farming elements. And what mechanics they are, as a new update on the game’s official JP website…
Gaming as a business is bigger than ever. That was true before the pandemic, but surprisingly, it’s even more evident now. In a recent article, The NPD group reported the highest quarter in US gaming-related spending ever. The company reports a 30% growth in revenue from the same quarter last…
Ready to return to the uncharted planet of PNF-404 this October? Way ahead of Pikmin 3 Deluxe’s launch, notable though unofficial translator PushDustIn on Twitter spotted what appears to be the game’s final packaging landing in store shelves later this year. While visiting a local Yodobashi Camera, the user went…
Publisher Microids and developer Oddworld Inhabitants have been bringing the weird Oddworld series to Switch in reverse order throughout 2020. Back in January we got 2005’s Stranger’s Wrath, then in May there was 2001’s Munch’s Odyssey. Now it’s been announced that in October we’ll be getting the 1997 game that…
Last month, Dotemu announced that it would be bringing Ys Origin to the Nintendo Switch. The first game chronologically in Falcom’s long running Ys series, the action game won critical acclaim back when it launched for PCs back in 2006 and has endured as one of the fan favourites. Limited…
Yet another former Apple Arcade-exclusive is heading to Switch, hot on the heels of the Oceanhorn 2 confirmation. This time it’s the stylized narrative adventure game Over the Alps, as reported by EuroGamer. Set across Switzerland just on the verge of World War 2 breaking out, Over the Alps is…
