Digging deep. Okay, how many of you automatically went to press the ‘B button to jump the first time you picked up Donkey Kong Bananza? It’s been a staple in Mario games for a long time, so it’s pretty natural to assume things would be similar here. Except it isn’t, but the change actually makes…
What a surprise! As a part of today’s Xbox Gamescom showcase, Dead Cells dev Evil Empire finally lifted the lid on The Rogue Prince of Persia, revealing that it will be coming to Switch and Switch 2 “later this year”. While every other platform landed the full release of this Prince of Persia roguelike today,…
Threading the needle. You’ve read the title, you’ve seen photos of the booths online, so you know it’s coming — six years after its last official public demo, we’ve finally played Hollow Knight: Silksong. And, we’ve played it on Switch 2, too. Ahead of the game’s special broadcast tomorrow, 21st August, we — or, more…
Let’s Jet. Once upon a time, Jet-Ski games were all the rage. Arcade cabinets and fifth generation consoles were replete with these high-speed polygonal racers that sent you careening around tracks set in sunny locales with bobbing water physics. Aqua Jet was an early example of the trend and released the very same year as…
Took something perfect and painted it red. Gamescom 2025 is officially underway, and a handful of team NL are out on the show floor, gobbling up as many of the games as we can get our hands on. Naturally, the Nintendo booth has captured much of our attention, with a particularly stacked line-up including the…
Photo Mode arrives. Remember last month when Level-5 said that it would be adding a Photo Mode to Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time in a July update? That patch got hit with a last-minute delay, but today, it has been released in all its glory. The ver. 1.5.0 update is now live…
I hate this wait. Skybound Entertainment and Broken Mirror Games have announced that I Hate This Place, the adaptation of the comic series from writer Kyle Starks and artist Artyom Topilin, will launch on the Switch on 7th November 2025. The new trailer also gives us a further glimpse at the craft-based survival horror gameplay,…
No Quirrels from us. Well, it has been quite the week for Hollow Knight: Silksong news, hasn’t it? We got a tiny peek at some more gameplay in Gamescom Opening Night Live, Team Cherry revealed a “special announcement” is coming on Thursday, and now we’re getting to go hands-on with the damn thing. Our more…
“Did I startle you..?”. Although many deemed it somewhat tedious, sailing across The Great Sea is what made Zelda: The Wind Waker, well… The Wind Waker. It was a really cool mechanic in hindsight, and we don’t know about you, but we often fantasised about having our own ‘King of the Red Lions’ sailboat in…
Watch out, Mario Kart World. Kirby has the ability to put everyone in a good mood, right? I mean, I’ve been in a lovely mood thanks to the pink puffball (and Nintendo), as I was lucky enough to go hands-on with the upcoming racer Kirby Air Riders for the Nintendo Switch 2 at Gamescom in…