Wait, there’s Switch 2 Direct happening? After landing a last-minute delay last year, Argonaut Games has today announced that the Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster will leap onto Switch on 2nd April… now why does that date ring a bell? Yep, when we’ve all finished revelling in the news of the Switch 2 Direct,…
Give ’em Skell. Well folks, at the time of writing, we’re merely a couple of days away from the launch of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on Switch. As such, reviews of Monolith Soft’s revamped port have started to crop up and, spoiler alert, it sounds like a fresh trip to Mira may well be…
Mega(blok) Evolution. After many years of exclusivity with MEGA Bloks, it looks like The Pokémon Company might finally be teaming up with LEGO in 2026. That is, if a recent leak is to be believed. According to a post on the fittingly-named r/Legoleak Reddit forum, the LEGO Mexico Facebook page uploaded a short video teasing…
Robot Jox. We were somewhere around 20 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, on the edge of thinking, ‘This is all very familiar,’ when the really feeling it began to take hold. As fun as Xenoblade Chronicles X is in its opening six chapters — and it’s up there with the rest of the…
Currently sits at PEGI 18 in the UK. The visual novel The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty launched on Steam last April, and it was a hit — like, one million copies sold, 40,000+ ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ reviews kind of a hit. Those who had been waiting for the title to come to…
“I think that they seek the uniqueness and fun of Japanese games”. Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs for his remarkable achievement with the ‘Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games’ YouTube channel. As part of that, he conducted an interview with…
Global community manager speaks out. Although many had previously commented on the similarities between Palworld and Pokémon, it was nevertheless a huge surprise when Nintendo announced its patent lawsuit against developer Pocketpair. According to Pocketpair’s global community manager, however, none were quite as surprised as the team itself. In speaking at a GDC 2025 talk…
“IT IS coming in 2025”. Playtonic’s upcoming 3D platformer Yooka-Replaylee (aka the “remastered, remade, remixed version” of Yooka-Laylee) has officially been confirmed for a “2025 launch” and as part of this, the team has released a new trailer. It’s a “new gameplay explainer” and well, if you somehow haven’t played the original game yet, this…
“We’ve read through your comments”. Following the full reveal in February, Sega’s upcoming release Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds held a special closed network test for the PlayStation 5. While part of the focus was on the stability of online matchmaking, there was also a lot of feedback from the community about the gameplay and how the…
Beat ’em up this April. If you love beat ’em ups on the Switch and haven’t tried out Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons just yet, now might be the time to finally give it a go. Maximum Entertainment has announced there’s some new “free DLC” on the way in the form of two…