.hack//G.U. Last Recode is not on the Nintendo Switch, and we now know why. CyberConnect2 CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama said in a video on the company’s YouTube channel that they have proposed the idea to Bandai Namco “several times”. However, Bandai Namco said that “it’s hard to predict the cost of porting and the sales prospects”…
Mario’s 35th anniversary is right around the corner and one of the surprises is that PUMA has teamed up with the Kyoto-based company to develop PUMA x Nintendo RS Dreamers. The announcement, which presumably was meant to be announced on the 13th September, was spotted on Foot Locker. The product page has since been removed,…
Monolith Soft, the developers behind the critically acclaimed Xenoblade series, have revealed that they have now surpassed 250 employees. As of August 2020, the developer has reported that it has 254 employees, 25.2% are female and 74.8% of them are male. The average amount of time that employees work at Monolith Soft is around five…
Nintendo is holding an online career briefing next month and it’s aimed at experienced designers in the gaming industry. Developers who have worked on the Splatoon and Zelda series will talk to prospective employees on 24th October with the aim for some vacancies to be filled and for successfully selected individuals to work from either…
Growing up in the 80s in Asia, family road trips were quite the adventure. We would pack everything but the kitchen sink into the car, with my sister and I making the backseats into our playroom for the next few hours while our parents would take turns driving. There would be music on the radio…
Welcome back! September has arrived, which means it’s time to look back and celebrate the excellent new releases we saw in August — and crown one as the month’s best new game. The polls below are now live, and we’ll keep them open until Sunday night at 11:59pm Pacific (or Monday morning at 7:59am BST),…
Spiritfarer, which released on Nintendo Switch not long ago, has been updated and players should be able to download the patch right now. The fixes include numerous tweaks for story progression bugs, performance issues and the developer has also added in localisation for French, Italian and other languages. This latest update brings the software version…
The Outer Worlds made quite an impression on me last year, with its rich characters, morbidly hilarious dialogue, and the distinct stylish trappings of its capitalist space society Halcyon. The sci-fi RPG offered a funny and engaging adventure in moral ambiguity that made multiple playthroughs a must. Obsidian and Private Division add a new layer…
Nintendo, Game Freak Inc. and Creatures Inc. have filed for three new trademarks relating to ‘Pi!car!’ in Japan. According to Japanese Nintendo, the filings are for a collaboration between The Pokemon Company and Toyota Motor Corporation for a ‘futuristic car project’ that utilises a compact design without using petrol fumes. No other details have emerged…
September is here and with it brings a host of new bugs and fish to catch in the addictive Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch. Some entries in the table below (thanks to Polygon) will seem familiar and that’s because they may have appeared in your game previously, but don’t fret as there’s still…