Back on the Trails. The Trails series is known for its incredible worldbuilding through many different games, including Trails of Cold Steel, Trails from Zero, and Trails to Azure, as well as Trails in the Sky. The events of those games culminated with Trails into Reverie, which finally got a localized release this year. The…
Mysteries abound. Publisher Thunderful and developer Tag of Joy have announced that the point-and-click adventure game Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit will launch on the Nintendo Switch on September 28th, 2023. Boasting some remarkable behind-the-scenes talent – including the Art Director from Broken Sword 2.5 and voice actors from Monkey Island, The Wolf Among…
They ain’t pleased. Unity recently announced plans to charge developers a fee each time a game utilising the Unity engine is installed via its new ‘runtime fee’ policy. While there are caveats to the policy in terms of its structure (there are minimum revenue and total install numbers to consider, for example), there’s no doubt…
Receiving a worldwide release. Revealed during yesterday’s Japanese Nintendo Direct showcase, we got a first look at Shin chan: Shiro of Coal Town — another holiday adventure game in the same vein as Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, which stole our hearts last year. This one will be released in Japan this winter…
Don’t stop me now. The latest Japanese charts are in and it’s another successful week for Pikmin 4, which once again beats out the competition to claim the top spot after selling an additional 31,013 units. Otherwise, we’ve got a couple of new additions to the top ten, while Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon…
Before Tours start getting recycled. It was announced earlier this week that Mario Kart Tour would receive no new content updates as of the upcoming October ‘Battle Tour’. That means that the next update, the ‘Anniversary Tour’, will be the final fresh one that we are going to see in the game. This is set…
The GameCube title ran at a silky smooth 60FPS. It seems the visual upgrades in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch may come at a cost. An early tech analysis by Nintendo World Report seemingly reveals the new version of this turn-based RPG classic will target 30FPS. This analysis is based on Nintendo’s…
Go on, tell us! One of the many game updates Nintendo shared during its latest Direct was focused on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and its Booster Course Pass expansion DLC. It confirmed new tracks and four new characters would be coming in this final wave. This includes Diddy Kong from Double Dash!!, Funky Kong from…
Here’s what’s included. In case you missed it, Mortal Kombat 1 is now in early access, with the game scheduled to officially launch next week on 19th September. Ahead of this, Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios has released a day-one update. It’s worth noting the Switch version has its own separate version of patch…
Octopath Traveler II + Various Daylife. If you’re a fan of Square Enix games, you might want to check out the new Switch game bundle it’s offering in the US and UK. Right now you can get Octopath Traveler II (main game) and Various Daylife (main game) for the single price of $64.99 / £52.99….