Never put it past dedicated modding communities to make older consoles run on a wide range of hardware. Once we started to get into 3D consoles, the desire to play older games on newer hardware increased and it was up to fan communities to make that wish a reality. While…
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. Now,…
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…
Even with all the spectacular reveals and announcements coming from Nintendo’s Nindies Showcase to fawn over, it’s pretty telling that I’m still thinking about the newest No More Heroes game the most. Bringing back Travis Touchdown and mixing in various indie games with Suda51 at the helm is a recipe…
UPDATE: Fans of Stardew Valley will be happy to hear that the popular game has officially been submitted to Nintendo for testing. With enough luck on our side, maybe this means we’ll see the title out on Nintendo Switch before the year ends after all. It has been submitted…
Hyper RPG conducted interviews and hosted this year’s Nindies@Night held in Seattle, Washington during the week of PAX West. Suda51 sat down and talked about where Travis’ next journey will take him in addition to some announcements about the game.
A Splatfest, a new weapon and a new gear item? It’s barely the first of September, but that isn’t stopping Splatoon 2 from making fresh new additions. BEHOLD THE FORGE SPLATTERSHOT PRO Dropping tonight at 7:00 p.m. PT, a couple hours before Splatfest, Sheldon will have the Forge Splattershot…
It was one of the most intriguing games to come out of the Nintendo Switch’s reveal event back in January, but we haven’t heard a peep from Square Enix regarding the pixelated RPG Project Octopath Traveler since. Thankfully that’ll soon be changing, with the game getting a presentation slot during…
During Gamescom Nintendo revealed that four siblings from the Fire Emblem Fates games would be slashing their way into Fire Emblem Warriors. Now, we have confirmation of yet another – Elise. You can watch her decimate armies with magic on horseback in the new Japanese trailer below: Fire…
Fans of shovelry, make space on your shelves! Tonight, three new amiibo were revealed from Yacht Club Games’ unstoppable throwback platformer. Plague Knight, Specter Knight and King Knight will all receive the toys-to-life treatment when they release as a triple pack sometime next year. You can take a look at…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Gunvolt strikes back, a world of Lego sparks the right side of our brains and an evil league of supervillains plot to drain your sanity. There’s still a few more days left in Capcom’s Publisher Sale. Get insane discounts up to 80% off on…
I’ve been rolling around at the speed of sound through Sonic Mania since it released, but there’s another Sonic game to look forward to this year. Today Sega finally announced when Sonic Forces will race onto the scene, along with what kind of extras you’ll find in the game’s Bonus…
Both of Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball Xenoverse games have proven hits with fans on other platforms, with their various layers of RPG mechanics and heaps of fanservice covering all bases. With that in mind, being able to take the upcoming Switch port of Xenoverse 2 on the go and battle…
The indie support for Switch keeps on coming, with Team17 confirming the latest game in the long-running Worms franchise is blasting onto the system. Worms W.M.D. has quite a different visual style compared to earlier Worms titles but the core gameplay is intact, with teams of invertebrates facing…
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