Prepare to suck up your envy. Kirby’s very first game — Kirby’s Dream Land for Game Boy — appeared in Japan on 27th April 1992, which means today marks 30 years since HAL Laboratory’s loveable pink marshmallow first sucked up our hearts. With the release of the marvellous Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the little […]
What a wonderful world. Gameloft, the mobile developer founded by Ubisoft’s Michel Guillemot who also helped to bring Earthworm Jim and Rayman to DSiWare, has unveiled its brand new magical collaboration with Disney. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a cross between a life-sim and adventure game where you can interact with you favourite Disney and Pixar […]
Get your Pokédollars ready. TiMi Studio has unveiled a new in-game subscription service for Pokémon Unite, the hugely popular MOBA that recently surpassed 70 million downloads. Called the ‘Pokémon Unite Membership’, this scheme will give players monthly rewards for signing up for the service. Don’t worry, Pokémon Unite will remain free to play, and the […]
Wii haven’t come far. Note: At the time of publication the online functionality is not yet live for this game. As it is such a crucial part of the experience, we have decided not to score the game until we can have sampled the full online experience. Once we have, we will update the review […]
A platformer to close out Namco month. We’re getting another Arcade Archives release on Switch tomorrow, as the Japan-only platformer Yokai Dochuki is the next game to launch in the series, but with a slightly different name in the West, however — Shadowland. Originally released in arcades in 1987, the game sees you platforming through […]
Felix reveals how the Switch won him over. It’s still hard to believe that the Switch has now been in our lives for over 5 years. Granted, there were about 2 years there that many of us would probably rather forget thanks to the “Virus That Shall Not Be Named”, but to think that Nintendo’s […]
By over 600%. Last year, we covered the announcement of the beautiful hand-drawn Metroidvania Afterimage. Created by Shanghai-based developer Aurogon Shanghai (famous for creating the GuJian games — a series of RPGs set in ancient China) released a Kickstarter campaign a few months after revealing their game. And today, the company has announced that they […]
Watch the full SXSW talk here. Reggie Fils-Aimé – the famed ex-President of Nintendo of America – is currently working to promote his upcoming book, Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo. Last month, Reggie took to the stage at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas to discuss his upbringing, […]
It’s worth a look. We have another beautiful-looking Limited Run Games release for you today — or in this case, a rerelease. The video game distributor has announced a brand new retro release for the SNES side-scrolling action RPG Dragon View. Limited Run revealed the rerelease of this cult classic yesterday, complete with a green […]
Download it today. There have been calls for more streaming services to be made available on the Nintendo Switch, and it seems Japan has got a new one today. It’s the American subscription platform Hulu and can be downloaded for free right now if you’re located in this region. It was previously released in North […]