Crazy! Taxi? It’s well documented that Nintendo, despite being one of the world’s leading creators of video games, didn’t start out in the field. The company was founded 1889 to create playing cards, and over the course of the next few decades would try its hand at several other markets – including toys, ‘love hotels’ […]
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Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting A Child Of Light Crossover, For Some Reason
Sure, that’s cool. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has had some intriguing updates and crossovers to freshen up the experience and keep the game on our radar. These have been slowing down, understandably, but back in October a “special character” collaboration was teased; now it’s been revealed. It’s an intriguing crossover, albeit a bit of […]
Taking Credit for History: Why the University of Arizona and Age of Empires IV Want Students to Play During Class
Summary Current and future University of Arizona and Arizona Online students can earn credit toward their college degrees by playing Age of Empires IV. We talked with those involved in the creation of this unique opportunity for Universe of Arizona students. Age of Empires IV is available to play today with PC Game Pass and […]
Mighty Goose To Add New Levels And A Deadly Foe In Free DLC
“A thanks to everyone who made the launch so egg-cellent”. Mighty Goose is a colourful and frenetic run ‘n gun title, which we quite enjoyed in our review last year. Developed by Blastmode and MP2 Games, it’s now confirmed to be getting a nice boost with free DLC on 19th April. This DLC looks and […]
Digital Foundry Shares Its Tech Review Of Triangle Strategy
The latest HD-2D experience under the microscope. Triangle Strategy has been out for nearly a month now, getting off to a good start in terms of sales and earning plenty of praise. Currently a Switch exclusive, as HD-2D predecessor Octopath Traveler was at launch, it’s now had a technical analysis by Digital Foundry, above. It’s […]
2D Beat-Em-Up ‘Wonder Momo’ Joins The Arcade Archives Collection On Switch
High-kicks to rival Chun-Li. Hamster has announced that 2D beat-em-up Wonder Momo will be coming to Switch and join the Arcade Archives line-up. It will launch on March 31st (tomorrow!) for the price of $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29. Originally released back in 1987, Wonder Momo was developed by Namco and featured a female protagonist […]
Captain Tsubasa: Rise Of New Champions Gets A Major Update And New DLC
9 new playable characters to be added in total. It was a very welcome development when Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions was localised outside of Japan, and Bandai Namco has kept busy with updates and improvements. Right now the game already has plenty of content and solid online play, keeping long-term players and fans […]
Rumour: Could We Be Getting New NES And SNES Games This Week?
Nintendo Switch Online apps set to undergo maintenance. New games for the Nintendo Switch Online service have been trickling out at a pretty slow pace so far, though some scheduled maintenance for the NES and SNES apps suggests that more could be on the way this week. We’re only speculating at the moment, but as […]
Mini Review: Imp Of The Sun – Flickers Of Flair In A Well-Designed Metroidvania
Hail to the Imp. Originality is overrated. So is perfection. There’s something to be said for the scrappy B-tier games that, let’s face it, make up the majority of most systems’ libraries. A lot of them simply don’t get a second look because they appear, you know, a bit cheap. And, when we first booted […]
Epic Games Faces Lawsuit Over The ‘It’s Complicated’ Fornite Dance
Not the first, won’t be the last. Epic Games finds itself facing a fresh lawsuit after YouTuber and choreographer Kyle Hanagami claims that the ‘It’s Complicated’ emote used in Fortnite is actually based on one of his own dance moves. Although the emote was introduced to the game in August 2020, Hanagami’s move dates back […]