Is Nintendo finally starting to loosen up? It took the company 30 years to make another big Mario movie after the 1993 live-action flick got two thumbs down from Siskel and Ebert, but hey, it went just fine: Jack Black did a song and lots of money was made. Now Nintendo is really letting loose:…
Halo Infinite has been on a roll lately, with its latest season having the makings of an honest-to-god comeback. The game is now well stocked with fun maps and game modes, while its battle passes have evolved from terrible to tolerable. The player count has jumped significantly, and a flood of nostalgia-bait maps from Halo…
N7 Day was a bit of a letdown this year, as a multi-stage tease for the next Mass Effect game ended up delivering basically nothing except another reminder that yes, it is happening. But bigger things were happening elsewhere, as former employees of BioWare and contract workers on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf took advantage of the…
Hi there, Xbox Insiders! To Whom It May Concern Fall has begun over here at HQ, and you can already feel its effects in the air. The leaves are turning, the faint smell of vaguely pumpkin flavored coffee permeates the office, and the night is dark and full of terrors. (That’s from when everyone still…
Best of the best (Image credit: Bandai Namco) 2023 games: Upcoming releases Best PC games: All-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPSes: Finest gunplay Best MMOs: Massive worlds Best RPGs: Grand adventures The lasting appeal of survival games is simple to understand. Fighting to stay alive is hard-coded into our DNA, so it’s…
Wes Ball is on directing duties. Nintendo has announced that it is working on a live-action The Legend of Zelda movie with producer Avi Arad and director Wes Ball. Following the immense success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie with Illumination, the Zelda project will this time be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Read…
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The Microsoft era of Blizzard has just begun, and it’s not clear yet how the studio will change under the reign of Xbox head Phil Spencer. Maybe it’ll mean more StarCraft, maybe not, but from the sounds of it we shouldn’t expect a radically different approach from Blizzard: It’s gonna keep running on the ol’…
Every first-party game that has sold over one million copies. Updated with sales figures from Nintendo’s Q2 FY24 financial report – enjoy! At the time of writing, the Switch has the highest number of software sales of any Nintendo console, ever, with over one billion games sold on the platform since March 2017. What’s more,…
With winter inbound, it’s time to head south! Welcome to Call of the Wild: The Angler’s latest reserve – Spain Reserve. Find new fish species, take on new reserve activities, and make new friends in unspoilt scenery. With the cold weather setting in, everyone here at Expansive Worlds is excited to invite you to fish…