Confirmed in California WARN notice. SEGA of America has submitted a notice of layoffs which will affect 61 of its employees on 8th March 2024. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice was submitted earlier this month on 8th January in Orange County, California, and was flagged by the Twitter account @WhatLayoff (via GamesIndustry.biz)….
Bum note. Nintendo is widely known for its wholesome, family-friendly content, but it often likes to push certain boundaries when it comes to its WarioWare franchise, injecting a bit of crude (but still rather tame) humour into its marketing material to reflect Wario’s more ‘off-colour’ personality. To demonstrate this, Nintendo has launched a new WarioWare…
It worked on three RPG games for Switch. There’s some industry news coming out of Japan today that Square Enix has absorbed the developer Tokyo RPG Factory. As part of this, Tokyo RPG Factory will be immediately dissolved and “will cease to exist as an individual entity” (thanks, Gematsu). Tokyo RPG Factory was a subsidiary…
Get them while you can. If you’ve not completed your Zelda amiibo collection, you might be interested to know more restocks are happening. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Returning next month. Nintendo’s upcoming release Mario vs. Donkey Kong will revive the 2004 Game Boy Advance title next month on the Switch. If you haven’t already seen our own “hands on” here on Nintendo Life, we mentioned how “psyched” we were for the full release, as the Switch version is a game filled with…
New hardware “is typically a plus”. Electronic Arts has shown ongoing support for the Switch generation, so what can we expect from the third-party video game giant when the next iteration of Nintendo hardware arrives? When asked about the expected launch of Nintendo’s next system during an earnings call, Electronic Arts’ CEO Andrew Wilson admitted…
Featuring members from both development teams. The Game Developers Conference 2024 has announced developers from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Super Mario Bros. Wonder will be presenting talks at the upcoming conference, taking place between March 18-22. Here’s an idea of what you can expect from each talk, including the presenters:…
Plus One. The King of the Monsters is making its way to Minecraft in some brand new DLC, available on the Minecraft Marketplace. The Godzilla DLC is out right now, and what a perfect fit for Minecraft, if we say so ourselves. The idea of the dinosaur-like kaiju stomping around the blocky world of Minecraft…
Touches base on Switch in March. MLB The Show 24 has been announced today, along with its release date. The game will be launching on Switch (and all other platforms) on 19th March 2024, with this year’s cover star revealed to be Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays. Revealed on PlayStation.Blog and through…
Skylanders, disc burns, and lethal charity boxes. Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Ollie reflects on just some of the eventful episodes from his days working in video game retail… When news hit that GAME, the UK’s last…