Helping more people experience the “power of play”. The Entertainment Software Association has this week announced a new “cross-industry effort” known as the Accessible Games Initiative and Nintendo of America will be one of the five founding members. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Arriving next week. Nintendo’s rollout of retro games for the Switch Online service will continue next week with the addition of four Super Nintendo titles. These games (made up of strategy, turn-based and RPG action) will be arriving on 28th March 2025 and include Nobunaga’s Ambition, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Lord of Darkness, Romance of the Three…
One hit and it’s game over. During the Future Games Show today, Capcom chimed in with another look and some more information about the Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny remaster, slicing its way onto the Switch this May. One of the highlights from the game’s director Motohide Eshiro was about the new “Hell” mode – which…
The last few years of Magic: The Gathering have seen a lot of crossovers, like Fallout and Middle-earth, as well as sets with unusual themes like the cute animals of Bloomburrow and the grand prix race of Aetherdrift. Given how well most of these sets have sold, obviously this has been a popular move with…
The 1999 classic returns. Nightdive Studios has delivered all sorts of modernised retro-releases during the Switch generation and another one you can look forward to is System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster. During the ‘Future Games Show: Spring Showcase’ today it was confirmed this “sci-fi horror action RPG” will be launching for Nintendo Switch and…
Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is getting lots of new content in 2025, studio Megagon Industries announced today. The wait won’t be long either: a new mountain will be added on April 9 in a free update, bringing the total to four. Like the existing slopes it’ll boast four trails, each with harder variations and challenges….
If Farcana is “the Middle East’s answer to the acclaimed Marvel Rivals,” as its developer claims, I don’t see Disney quivering in its boots anytime soon. Developed by 160-person Abu Dhabi-based studio Dizzaract—which apparently makes it the largest game studio in the region—Farcana is a 5v5 hero shooter packing the noxious double whammy of AI…
I had the chance to talk to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 producer François Meurisse during the 2025 Game Developers Conference, and the Sandfall Interactive COO got down to brass tacks about how the game draws on JRPG history, the types of stories that can be told with these mechanics, and how the ambitious Expedition 33…
When Abyssus first dredged itself up and into view at last year’s PC Gaming Show, I was immediately struck by its glowy firearms, which appeared moddable on the fly and unique in the world of co-op FPS. I love Deep Rock’s flamethrowers and Vermintide’s swords and sorcery just fine, but let me have my cake…
Category: Games March 20, 2025 Why Nightdive Remastered System Shock 2 Instead of Remaking It Morgan Shaver, Communications Manager, Nightdive Studios If Nightdive Studios were a home, it would be built upon the foundation of System Shock. As one of the studio’s formative projects, the Kickstarter campaign for its acclaimed System Shock remake put Nightdive…