In a recent discussion with VGC, Nightdive Studios bosses Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman have stated that they feel the company is ready to start tackling Xbox 360 and PS3 remasters. While the company has made a name for itself remastering games from the sixth console generation and earlier, including…
I can’t believe we’re this eager to get Switch 2 news out, but Nintendo has shared a brief look at the Switch 2’s brand-new “C” button ahead of tomorrow’s Direct. On the Nintendo Today app, the latest hype video for the Switch 2 gave us a seven-second look at the…
In an astonishing turn of events, the ROM for BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 Week 1 has finally been discovered and dumped for preservation. Over the weekend, LuigiBlood (famous for their preservation efforts and Nintendo Direct leaks) announced that they were finally able to secure a copy of the previously…
Another Switch update is here, bringing the firmware to version 7.0.0. On top of the typical “stability” enhancements, we’ve got a couple new user icons and languages. The icons are based on New Super Mario Bros. U, meaning there’s still no Smash love, but you can represent yourself with Toadette,…
Golden amiibo are nothing new — both Mr. Nintendo and the Blue Bomber have gotten the 24k treatment before. But those aren’t dazzling prizes for winning a national video game tournament, and these two new shiny plastic figures straight from Splatoon Koshien 2019 will have you believe that squids…
“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.” -Shigeru Miyamoto Miyamoto’s philosophy is one reason that Nintendo has always been a unique developer. Nintendo is not afraid to push back a highly anticipated game to ensure its quality. Even in the Wii U era when…
When it comes to head-to-head strategy games, it takes a worthy opponent to bring out the real thrill of it all. Thankfully, Chucklefish has just confirmed a wider pool of tacticians for players to face off with in its upcoming Wargroove thanks to cross-platform play. Sometimes your friends aren't…
Dragon Ball FighterZ has just turned a year old, and during the finale to its well timed World Tour tournament series it was announced the game would be receiving a second season of DLC characters. Headlining it are Tournament of Power heavy hitter Jiren and Videl, who fights alongside the…
Despite the announcement of Splatoon 2 ceasing new content support in December, several new weapons, plus a demo, have been announced for the game! 10 returning “Sheldon’s Picks” weapons from the first Splatoon game for Wii U will be arriving via a free update: the Aerospray PG, N-ZAP ’83, Grim Range…
Last month, online retailers across Europe started posting store listings for an “Assassin’s Creed Compilation”, with the Switch, PS4, and Xbox One listed as platforms. Unfortunately we didn’t hear any official word since, but a new development could suggest it’s all very real. As Nightmare666xD on Reddit discovered, Czech retailer…
In a reveal at the Japan Amusement Expo, it was announced that BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle would be making the jump from Switch and other consoles to arcades in Japan later this spring. While we’ve known something new has been in the works for the game since last year’s Evo,…
It’s always interesting to see developers take a well-established genre and turn it on its head. Take Magic Scroll Tactics for example – on the surface is has many similarities to turn-based tactical RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics, but rather than playing on an isometric “board”, you take a side-on…
It’s been a while since Metroid Prime 4 was announced for the Switch at E3 2017, which was the last official mention of the game, but most of us figured the game wasn’t too far off. It turns out things weren’t going nearly as smoothly as we expected behind-the-scenes, however,…
The Nintendo Switch is slowly but surely becoming a platform that’s great for budding video game historians, with companies big and small porting over their older titles given them a chance to shine once more. Sega Ages is one of the most noteworthy of these efforts, with the team at…
The Switch just continues to sell, and it now sits at 10.5 million units sold in the US according to the latest NPD report. In 2018, consumers bought 5.6 million Switch consoles in the US, which is up 16% from 2017. The Switch was the best-selling hardware of the year,…
