The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially been unveiled. Nintendo confirmed it comes with 256GB of internal storage, which is eight times more than the original Switch. But here’s the thing: games have never been bigger. AAA titles like Cyberpunk 2077 clock in at a massive 64 gigs. If you’re anything…
No sooner did Nintendo confirm that the Switch 2 utilizies DLSS and will support ray-tracing that Nvidia has now given us a breakdown of the CPU and GPU the console will contain. While there aren’t raw numbers to compare against Nintendo’s rivals, we do know that not only are DLSS…
During yesterday’s Switch 2 Direct, Nintendo spent a surprisingly decent chunk of time describing GameChat, a new system feature that is basically like all of the social features Microsoft introduced to the Xbox 360 20 years ago. It’s charming how old-school Nintendo can be sometimes, but one thing that wasn’t…
With the growth of Fire Emblem being tied mostly to Fire Emblem Heroes since the last Smash, I was wondering what kind of attention the mobile game might get in Ultimate. With today’s Smash Blog update, we’ve got an answer in the form of at least one sweet piece of…
The first season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead is coming digitally to Nintendo Switch on August 28th. According to Telltale’s official blog, the package will include visually enhanced versions of the original five episodes along with the add-on anthology, “400 Days.” The site’s description continues: “Both have been ported from…
Welcome back to Echo Location, where we shout our picks for Echo Fighters into the wide open gorge of the internet in the hopes that Masahiro Sakurai hears the reverbs on the other side. (If you don’t get that metaphor, don’t worry — I don’t either.) Last time we kicked…
This week marks Gamescom 2018 in Germany and Nintendo’s brought a few new toys for attendees to see up close — specifically the first wave of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, featuring Inkling, Ridley, and returning fighter Wolf; and the upcoming Octoling triple pack. Have a look at some shots…
Battle Chef Brigade was my favorite not-Zelda game of 2017, and it’s about to get even better. First announced on the PlayStation blog by Tom Eastman of Trinket Studios, Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe will bring many features to the game that have been teased for a long time now. Those…
With September just around the corner, a new character is almost here for Mario Tennis Aces. Diddy Kong is swinging into action as another Speedy character with a brand of simian style to call his own. Just like the previous post-release characters, Diddy will be completely free. Those…
Yet another Switch announcement out of Gamescom was made: the game adaptation of the award-winning comic Blacksad, called Blacksad: Under the Skin, is getting a Switch release. Blacksad is a Spanish comic intended for a French audience based in a fictionalized 1950s New York City where the inhabitants are anthropomorphized…
Before this month is out we should be getting our hands on the first Sega Ages ports, Sonic the Hedgehog and Thunder Force IV, which will be followed by more than 13 other ports, with two arriving each month. One of next month’s releases has now been confirmed and it’s…
Pokémon GO, the AR app sensation that took the world by storm in 2016, is still going strong. Now many years deep into updates, the game has changed significantly since launch — and new mechanics, Pokémon, events, and more have been added to it. Need some help? Check out our…
While the Switch has seen huge success with numerous genres, one hugely popular type of game has yet to find purchase: the MOBA, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. Tencent hopes to change all that when they bring the popular mobile hit Arena of Valor to the Switch. A recent trailer…
The toughest part of a Nintendo Direct is waiting for the next one. With a game as anticipated as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate threat goes double, but it looks like Nintendo’s trying to make things a little more bearable. As a nice surprise two full matches featuring most of the…
Another piece of news coming out of Gamescom today, and it’s not technically even game related! The comic book reading app InkyPen will be making its debut on the Switch this November, as revealed by the following trailer by Nintendo UK: # InkyPen will be a subscription service…
