Fine finale. It feels like a lifetime ago since Nintendo announced that it would be expanding Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with the Booster Course Pass, adding a total of 48 courses made up of revamped classics and brand-new additions. But does the expansion end with a bang or a whimper? Well, much like prior waves,…
Also landing on CBBC. After a long time without a Western release date, The Pokémon Company has today announced that the new animated series, Pokémon Horizons, will be landing in the UK next month on BBC iPlayer and the corresponding children’s TV channel CBBC. While we don’t have a specific release date at the time…
It’s meant to be out this year. If you were worried Level-5’s upcoming Switch release Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time might not make its 2023 release window, today we’ve got a bit of an update. This latest information (via Ryokutya2089) has been discovered in a Japanese advertisement, which suggests the game’s launch…
“Always on gameplay” with an extended life cycle. During Warner Bros. Q3 earnings call, the company’s CEO David Zaslav has revealed it’s focused on transforming its “biggest franchises” from three to four-year releases into “more always on gameplay” experiences through live services, multiplatform releases, and free-to-play extensions. The “goal” is to have “more players spending…
Expansion plan knocks it back to 2028. Back in August, there was a report from Nikkei claiming Nintendo’s new development building had been delayed due to an “expansion plan”. Nintendo didn’t officially comment about this at the time, but now within the slides of its latest financial results briefing, it’s confirmed construction has been up-scaled…
Wave 6 has arrived. Today marks the arrival the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ‘Wave 6’ Booster Course Pass DLC for Nintendo Switch. This new update includes a whole bunch of new cups and courses, and four new racers have been added to the roster including (Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline and Peachette). There are also…
Atlus appears to have fixed it now. Atlus’ new tactical RPG Persona 5 Tactica might not be out until next week, but there are apparently some lucky fans out there who have already been able to access and play the game. As highlighted on social media and elsewhere, it seems the Steam version of the…
Grab your trilby and trench coat. Updated with the world’s greatest detective’s newest adventure on Switch, Murder On The Orient Express, along with our favourite coffee-loving yellow mouse, Detective Pikachu Returns! Everyone loves a good mystery, and even more so if they’re the one who gets to solve it. The detective genre has evolved a…
Ah, so relaxing. GameChops and music artist Funk Fiction have released Sonic & Chill, a relaxing new addition to the ‘& Chill’ album series featuring multiple tunes from classic Sonic games. Comprised of 14 tracks in total, you’ve got the likes of Chemical Plant Zone, Welcome to Station Square, and Hydrocity Zone to accompany you…
Another casualty of Embracer’s restructuring. In yet another blow to the gaming industry, VGC has reported that Embracer Group may soon be closing the Nottingham-based UK studio Free Radical Design. The team was reformed back in 2021 to revive the classic FPS franchise Timesplitters, but it looks like that may now be under threat as…