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Review: Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising – Tedious Side Quests Mar This Prequel’s Metroidvania Charm

A mixed intro to the world of Suikoden’s spiritual successor. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a spiritual successor to the legendary Suikoden series of Japanese role-playing games, blew past its funding goals on Kickstarter two years ago, raising a whopping 4.5 million USD and shattering all its stretch goals in the process. It’s safe to say […]

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EA Has Renewed Its Partnership With Middle-Earth Enterprises

It’s already working on a Lord of the Rings mobile game. Electronic Arts is known for creating blockbuster games based on series like Star Wars, but it’s also worked with plenty of other IP in the past. One, Nintendo gamers from the 2000s might recall, is Middle-Earth’s The Lord of the Rings series. Now, many […]

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Nintendo Reveals Opening Cinematic For Mario Strikers: Battle League

Out on Switch this June. While Nintendo’s western branches are seemingly focused on promoting Nintendo Switch Sports and certain upcoming releases, Nintendo’s homeland appears to be really excited about the release of Mario Strikers: Battle League next month. Last week, Nintendo Japan shared an introductory overview trailer – showcasing some gameplay, cinematics, and showing how […]

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Update Adds New Cards, Accessories And Much More

Download it today. If you haven’t already given Konami’s new free-to-play title Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel a go, now might just be the perfect time. Konami has rolled out Version 1.1.1 – featuring new cards, solo gates, selection packs, accessories and much more. Here are the patch notes, courtesy of the Twitter account @MasterDuelSite: Read the […]

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Three More Street Fighter Legends Are Coming To Ubisoft’s F2P Brawlhalla

Arriving May 25th. Capcom’s iconic Street Fighter series is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, and while there’s no sign of the newer entries coming to the Switch any time soon, Capcom has been giving Nintendo fans their Street Fighter fix in different ways. They’ve released collections like the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, and […]

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Get Your Funky Kong On With This Donkey Kong Country Ska Album

In a ska-bound land. David Wise’s work on the Donkey Kong Country series soundtracks is arguably some of the most iconic of the SNES era. The original set the tone, from the ‘Main Theme’ to ‘Aquatic Ambience’ to ‘Gan-Plank Galleon’. And because of Wise’s excellent work, we’ve all heard of ‘Stickerbush Symphony’ from Donkey Kong […]

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Video: We Instantly Make Nintendo Switch Sports Better

Well, the bowling at least. Nintendo Switch Sports is a bit of a bare bones experience, to say the least. We said just as much in our review, and our lovely video team previously discussed the reasoning behind our 6/10 score in more detail. To clarify, it’s not a “bad” game by any means, but […]

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Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes “Undergoing A Technical Investigation” For Switch

But don’t get your hopes up… If you’re a fan of the Suikoden series, you’ve no doubt heard of (or even backed) Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Announced back in 2020, the game was fully funded within two hours of the Kickstarter‘s launch and made over $4.5 million by the campaign’s end. At the time, the […]

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UK Charts: Nintendo Switch Sports And LEGO Star Wars Retain The Top Two Spots

Kirby and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe jump up. This week in the UK charts, there aren’t any changes at the top at all! April’s major Switch release, Nintendo Switch Sports, has held on firmly to the number one spot, with LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga also keeping its position right behind the motion-controlled game. […]

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AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative Delayed By Two Weeks In Europe

Australia and New Zealand too. Spike Chunsoft has announced that its upcoming murder mystery sequel, AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative, has been delayed in Europe. The game was originally scheduled to release on June 24th alongside the North American release, but in Europe and Oceania, Switch owners will need to wait until 8th […]