The director of the upcoming Resident Evil installment has addressed the widespread online speculation of open-world elements in the hotly anticipated title. Koshi Nakanishi shut down the idea in an interview with Game Informer, directly confirming that Resident Evil Requiem “isn’t an open-world game.” “The main concept behind this…
The first Nintendo Direct of the year is rumored to be happening during the first week of February, according to a renowned leaker known for his accuracy. On Nate the Hate’s latest podcast episode, he claimed that the next Nintendo Direct is likely to occur next week. “From what…
Ubisoft is seemingly not starting 2026 off on the best foot. After its bombshell announcement of a complete studio restructure last week, which included shuttering two studios, cancelling six games (one of which was the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake), and delaying a further seven, stock prices for…
Well here’s something unusual – the very first glimpse we ever got at the Nintendo Switch back seven years ago in October 2016 is no longer available. The video has been taken off their YouTube page, presumably made private. Why would they do this? Some think it’s a banal matter…
Talking Flowers are one of the most novel touches about Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but the story of how they came to be is pretty wild. According to new portions of the Ask the Developers interview on the game, it all started when Producer Takashi Tezuka, always full of ambitious…
In just a matter of weeks, Splatoon fans are in for another exciting amiibo launch! This time around, the spotlight shines on the characters from Deep Cut, Big Man, Frye, and Shiver! As with previous amiibo releases in the Splatoon series, these new additions promise to bring fresh gear and…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder isn’t even out yet but with a streetdate broken that means loose copies are out in the wild and, naturally, the game has been dumped online. Hacking of Switch games is pretty commonplace at this point, with everything from Breath of the Wild to Super Smash…
It’s been almost eight months since the release of Hogwarts Legacy on the Xbox and PlayStation 5. Initially, it appeared that the promised Switch release might have been too ambitious for the Warner Bros. Games team to tackle. However, to our surprise, it looks like the game is actually happening!…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a game predicated on the fantastical and unexpected, but this would’ve been a whole new level – a new Ask the Developer interview for the title reveals that one of the ideas for the game was an “eight-heads-tall, life-sized, live-action Mario humming along with the…
With the imminent release of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Nintendo has started releasing an Ask the Developer interview with the creative team behind it. One of the first questions raised is about where the inspiration for the game came from – Takashi Tezuka, producer and Mario godfather, revealed that the…
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is only a few days away, and it’s easy to see that this isn’t your run-of-the-mill 2D Mario game. To celebrate the title’s upcoming launch, Nintendo UK sat down with Producer Takashi Tezuka, Designer Koichi Hayashidia Composer, the legendary Koji Kondo, and Director Shiro Mouri to…
The advent of Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings with it a freshness and innovation that the Super Mario Bros. 2D franchise hasn’t had in a long while. After revolutionizing platformers in the ’80s and ’90s, the series faded in the face of Mario’s 3D escapades… only to surge back in…
Red buses are one of those famously London landmarks, like Elizabeth Tower or those guys in funny hats. And now they’re not just giving guests tours: they’ve been emblazoned with Mario and friends! Have you spotted a #SuperMarioBrosWonder bus around London? Snap a pic of it and post using…
Last Friday the latest Nintendo Switch model hit store shelves, more than six years on from the system’s original release. The Mario Red OLED gives the device a familiar red hue with some very subtle references to Nintendo’s mascot on the back and inside the dock, and it’s already proven…
Splatoon 3’s Splatoween event is almost here! After being absent during last year’s Halloween season, Splatoween is back in 2023. This year’s Splatoween asks residents of Splatsville to choose which spooky creature would be the best friend: a zombie, a skeleton, or a ghost? The three members of Deep Cut…
