The usual suspects. Nintendo recently shared a list via the Switch news channel featuring the system’s ‘most played’ games in Europe last year. As you might have already guessed, a lot of major first-party releases are included along with some of the biggest third-party and free-to-play titles. This includes games like Zelda, Super Mario, Fortnite,…
Scratch that nostalgia itch with these Switch neo-classics. Updated with Gravity Circuit and Chico and the Magic Orchards DX. Enjoy! Ah, nostalgia — it’s a tricksy thing. How many times have we gone back to revisit a treasured classic only to find that modern games have spoiled it for us? For all the brilliant aspects…
Game prices may increase, too. An analyst has predicted that Nintendo’s next console will be an iterative evolution on the current Switch and will cost $400 at launch. Oh, and it’s apparently also coming this year. Speaking via a predictions round-up over on GamesIndustry.biz, Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of game industry consultancy firm Kantan Games,…
Another Code! Prince of Persia! Turnip Boy! Goodness, is it really 2024 already? Yep, hard to believe, yet here we are. As we enter the seventh year of the Switch’s life cycle, a lot of eyes (including ours) are inevitably drifting toward a potential new hardware announcement in the coming months. With many of Nintendo’s…
Developer is now sole publisher of the IP. Developer Frogwares, known for its work on the Sherlock Holmes franchise, has become the sole publisher of its open-world investigative game The Sinking City after a lengthy legal dispute with Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive). In a post on social media, Frogwares stated that the latest version of…
What’s up, Doc? Publisher and developer Pichon Games has announced that the gorgeous but gory horror adventure The Bunny Graveyard will be making the jump (heheh) over to Switch at some point in 2024. Originally released on Steam last September, the game sees you playing as a mouse cursor on a computer (yes, really) and…
Nabb’dit. The first breakdown of physical sales in the UK for 2024 is here, with Hogwarts Legacy taking the top spot just ahead of Super Mario Bros. Wonder in the final week of 2023. According to GfK (thanks, GamesIndustry), the former is also the biggest boxed game of 2023, supplanting EA’s footballing juggernaut for the…
Bowser, is that you? Last year, Warner Bros. announced the live-action Minecraft movie would be arriving in cinemas in April 2024. Now, in a new update, Deadline is reporting the actor and musician Jack Black will be joining the cast. The Kung Fu Panda and Tenacious D star will supposedly be playing the role of…
“I have lived a lifetime’s worth of dreams”. One of the biggest reveals last year was the new voice of Mario. In case you missed it – it’s Kevin Afghani, who has now officially replaced Charles Martinet and is also voicing other characters in the series like Luigi and Wario. At the time, Kevin thanked…
A demo arrives on Switch next week. While January isn’t always the biggest month on the video game calender, this year there are already several games to look forward to. One of these is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – a new Metroidvania-style take on the classic platforming series. If you’re wondering just how…