We’ll soon be playing with power. There’s been a load of discourse about the price tags associated with everything concerning the Nintendo Switch 2, and rightly so. If we can’t discuss things like this openly and frankly, you know some big company would look to exploit the public more than they already do. The talk…
45 minutes of announcements. Exactly one year on from its debut presentation, The Triple-i Initiative is back for another round of news drops and announcements. The show is set to kick off in just a few minutes, promising 45 minutes of world premieres, gameplay reveals and launch dates from over 30 developers. The dev lineup…
Party on! Hello, yes, we’re back with the boxed charts over in Japan. Apologies for missing last week, it was quite a busy one for Team NL, as I’m sure you can imagine. This week, Super Mario Party Jamboree is once again at the top, selling another 11,487 copies. It’s not the biggest increase we’ve…
Star Overdrive! Monument Valley! Promise Mascot Agency! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. Before we jump into this week’s download, let’s address the elephant in the room — last week was a little bit crazy, and that means certain…
Will something good happen instead? After months of speculation, Nintendo finally lifted the lid last week on the information that people really wanted to hear: a new Mario Kart game, the Switch 2 release date, what the heck Switch 2’s mysterious ‘C’ button does. As it turns out, clicking the right Joy-Con’s new button opens…
Grab your free items now. Nintendo announced Splatoon 3‘s returning SpringFest a few weeks back, but the explosion of Switch 2 news means that the starting date has crept up on us. As a new piece of SpringFest art from @NintendoUK so rightfully reminded us, the latest Splatfest is almost here, with the three-team competition…
Good time Gals. Inti Creates is a fascinating development house that has spent the past few years crafting throwbacks to beloved genre archetypes. The team tends to take a specific model and iterate on it across several titles. Aside from Comcept’s infamous Mighty No. 9, Inti has a strong history with the Mega Man series,…
It’s going as well as expected. The next generation of Switch is introducing a new concept when it launches on 5th June 2025: Game-Key Cards. In case you missed it, these are ‘physical’ game releases that contain a cartridge, but the cartridge has no meaningful data on it. Instead, it acts as a ‘key’ of…
And she’s brought some unlikely pals. Yes, you read that right. Raised by Chozo, DNA spliced to hell and back, and with several incredibly demanding missions behind her, Super Metroid’s Samus Aran — ex-Galactic Federation superstar (and part-time metal ball) — has somehow found the energy to start slapping big monsters around the Forbidden Lands….
Gee, wonder why… “Pokémon with guns” became the go-to description for Pocketpair’s Palworld because, well, the screenshots and footage shown around its initial announcement indicated that, yes, the in-game creatures look like Pokémon holding guns. According to communications director and publishing manager John ‘Bucky’ Buckley (thanks, IGN), the “Pokémon with guns” moniker isn’t particularly well-liked…