Before billionaires decided they’d quite like to transform Mars into a tax haven, the red planet was pretty cool. The disgustingly youthful among you might not even remember its heyday. It really peaked in 1996, when Tim Burton and Jonathan Gems created Mars Attacks!, a B-movie pastiche based on the ancient TCG. OK, maybe I’m…
“It becomes easier for other companies to follow suit”. Since Switch 2 launched, one of the hottest topics has been Game Key Cards – physical items which unlock digital downloads. Critics have said Game Key Cards are anti-consumer, and Japan’s National Library has since decreed that they cannot be considered eligible for preservation, which stands…
Originally released in 1982, Xevious is one of the first vertical shooters in video game history. Released on a plethora of consoles over the past 40 years like Nintendo, Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation and even X-Box Live Arcade, Xevious is a title that every hardcore shooter fan or retro-game enthusiast should give a…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Schaefer who currently is displayed on card number 4712 from the Superstars of 2025 Collection. Steven is a world record holder on the NES game Dr. Mario. He is also a wizard at puzzle games on home consoles. Other world records are for Yoshi’s Cookie as well as…
Who needs Wario Land? Perhaps the biggest surprise of the recent Direct was Nintendo’s Virtual Boy announcement for the Switch Online service. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Quake and Quake 2 are, famously, very different shooters. The original is a dark gothic fantasy with a side of HP Lovecraft, while the latter leans hard into industrial sci-fi. I’ve always thought of them as entirely separate stories, but Quake 2’s latest official episodes—the Machine Games-developed Call of The Machine—explicitly connects the two, with…
RG-Beautiful. With the Switch 2 now in full swing, accessory manufacturers have unleashed a bevvy of additional bits and bobs for players to enhance their experience with Nintendo’s new console. JSAUX is one such company, and has released a rather lovely-looking charging dock for those who happen to own more than one set of Joy-Con…
As someone who grew up when true cooperative games were vanishingly rare, the sheer number of games that allow you to play with pals at your side these days is astonishing. Every other game seems to support larking around for up to four people. And in the increasingly unlikely event that a game doesn’t have…
Listening to the soundtrack of atmospheric soulslike Lies of P when it was released, I realised something—wait a second, I know a lot of these songs. Why do I know a lot of these songs? The game just came out! It’s not like developer Neowiz was licensing chart-topping pop tunes to include in its soundtrack….
Featuring all sorts of goodies. The upcoming release Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment got a little bit more time in the spotlight during the latest Direct. Apart from the title’s Switch 2 box art, it’s also been revealed Japan will be getting a special “Treasure Box” release featuring all sorts of goodies. This retails for…