As part of the Universal Epic Universe theme park. Nintendo and Universal have given us a first look at a brand new Super Nintendo World, which is coming to the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida in 2025. The new world will be opening as part of Universal’s brand new theme park Universal Epic Universe, which…
Makes the dream work. You can tell as soon as its snazzy intro cutscene kicks in that Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a remake of 2004’s Game Boy Advance puzzle-platform classic, doesn’t intend to reinvent any wheels whatsoever. It fully and faithfully recreates the 20-year-old original’s opening movie (albeit with a nice lick of paint) and…
Tinfoil hat secured. PlayStation is due to broadcast its latest State of Play event on Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 (that’s tomorrow, folks), and if rumours are to be believed, we may see the return of Sega’s 2011 platformer, Sonic Generations. The rumour originated via Nick Baker, co-founder of Xbox Era, who posted a cryptic tease…
Times are a-changin’. Following the departure of Mike Ybarra from Blizzard just last week, Microsoft has announced that Johanna Faries has now been appointed as the new President of the formidable subsidiary. Faries is currently serving as General Manager for the Call of Duty franchise, with her new role at Blizzard effective from February 5th,…
Wallet… Engage! While Fire Emblem Engage might have been somewhat pushed to the side after the monster year of releases that was 2023, Good Smile Company once again has us itching to return to Elyos with the announcement of its new Alear figure. Much like the Fire Emblem figures that the company has released in…
Following a slight delay. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for the Nintendo Switch will be getting their next update tomorrow on 1st February 2024. The release date of Version 3.0.1 was confirmed in a brief post on social media by the official Pokémon account. It was meant to be distributed in “late January”, so this is…
Here’s to many more! It seems like yesterday Hamster was only celebrating its 100th Arcade Archives release, but it’s now actually 400 titles into its retro revival project. Hamster Corporation announced this in a brief post on social media, noting how Rainbow Islands was its latest game to arrive on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation…
Eidos will instead focus on an “original franchise”. It’s not a fun way to start the week, but unfortunately, there’s been even more video game development layoffs. According to Bloomberg, Embracer Group is cancelling the next entry in the Deus Ex series after two years in development. As a result of this, it’s laying off…
“Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain”. You know how Celeste is currently celebrating its 6th anniversary and the official social media account said it was cooking up something small but cool? Well, it’s now been officially revealed as Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain. It’s a computer game that allows fans to “relive the magic…
EA responds to a recent discovery. Earlier before, fans of the long-running life simulation series The Sims got excited when a Nintendo Switch version of the fourth game was seemingly discovered alongside other platforms in a Google search description. Unfortunately, there are “no plans” to release the game on the Switch. The official communications account…