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Review: Pocky & Rocky Reshrined – A Thrilling New Interpretation Of A SNES Classic

Rise and shrine. Note: This review is based on the Japanese release — the game launches in North America and Europe on 24th June 2022. Pocky & Rocky, a Super Nintendo top-down run-and-gun, was developer Natsume’s gold standard, fondly remembered for its taut arcade action, adventurous stage design, and beautiful visuals. Where Tengo Project’s Wild […]

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Video: Let’s Dissect The New Splatoon 3 Trailer

Alex stirs the paint pot. After months of relative quiet, we finally found out when we would get to paint the town in Splatoon 3. On 9th September, the third entry in the ink-based shooter will be splatting onto the Switch. Before this, we’d only got a few glimpses of the Inklings and Octolings’ upcoming […]

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Kirby And The Forgotten Land Claims Third In March NPD Results

Triangle Strategy misses top 10. The NPD results, which cover game sales in the US along with a lot of other data, are now emerging for March. Nintendo published or distributed two notable titles last month, and their results were mixed. Though the full public data isn’t due until 26th April, Axios writer Stephen Totilo […]

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Rumour: Ubisoft Being Eyed Up For A Potential Takeover

Another big company could be acquired. It feels like every single month there’s news of a new video game company acquisition. This year alone, we’ve seen Microsoft absorb Activision Blizzard, Sony buy former-Halo developer Bungie, Take-Two acquire the keys to Farmville developer, and Epic Games bring in Brazilian developer Aquiris. Now, there’s another major acquisition […]

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New Trailer Highlights Nintendo Switch Sports As Part Of Fitness Regime

Along with try-hard online play. When the Wii was launched alongside its iconic bundled game Wii Sports (apart from in Japan, where it was sold separately), trailers showed games of all ages and types getting off their butts and swinging a remote around. The Switch was able to recapture that a little in this generation, […]

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Disney’s Upcoming Free-To-Play Switch Racer Reveals A Second Jungle Book Racer

They wanna be like Baloo. Upcoming free-to-play racer Disney Speedstorm has revealed a brand new character today and, given its choice, it looks like Disney thought Baloo needed a friend. Mowgli — the young protagonist from the 1967 animated feature The Jungle Book — will join his big bear friend on the racetrack when the […]