“the franchise experienced a slowdown”. EA has announced that it is lowering its financial forecast for the current business year, citing underperformance from its tentpole titles EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard (thanks, VGC). EA stated that it has initially expected “mid-single-digit growth” for its live service titles, but has now revised…
Alongside the excellent Fear the Spotlight. Nintendo has received a nomination for the upcoming 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for its trans representation in 2024’s Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Switch remake (thanks, Eurogamer). The game, launched on 23rd May 2024, featured the inclusion of dialogue from the 2004 GameCube version that had originally been…
A special collab. Last week, Marvelous announced Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma would be launching on the Nintendo Switch this May. Now, in another update during a livestream event, it’s been revealed there will be some special collaborative DLC with the action-farming sim Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Following “a disagreement about the IP rights of Celeste”. The Celeste developer Extremely OK Games has made the “difficult decision” to cancel the 2D “expor-action” game Earthblade. This new project was originally revealed in 2021 and now in a blog update it’s been revealed the project was cancelled “late last month”. Long story short, there’s…
Four Switch releases in one package. Aspyr is apparently launching a new Star Wars bundle alongside the release of Jedi Power Battles this week. The “Prequel Pack” includes Aspyr’s latest release bundled with the existing releases Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars: Republic Commando, and Star Wars Episode I: Racer. No pricing details have been…
Crafting memories. Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land sees the Atelier series reaching new heights with a huge open-world style map and a deep focus on exploration. And in today’s new trailer, Koei Tecmo has detailed many of the game’s new and returning features. Focusing on the new to start with,…
Flexing that backward compatibility. Prior to the official reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, one of the late-game leaks revealed that the Joy-Con controllers would now house an optical sensor on the side, leading many to theorise that the console would support mouse functionality. Fast forward to the debut trailer, and yes, it seems that…
Pika your slot. With the Pokémon European International Championships right around the corner, reservations for London’s pop-up Pokémon Center are now live. The store will be up and running throughout the event at ExCel London from 20th-23rd February 2025 , and, much like previous years, you need to book a slot if you want to…
It’s a good’un. When Astro Bot launched in September 2024 for the PS5, many lauded the game’s quality and compared it favourably to some of Nintendo’s very best 3D platformers. During the recent New York Game Awards 2025 event, ex-president of Nintendo of America offered his own opinion on the game after it won the…
Switch who? ‘Retro gaming company’ Sjgam has just revealed its latest handheld, the ‘M20 Pro’, and while it appears to be far from the best emulation device money can buy, its design looks… familiar. Let’s not beat about the bush here: it’s a Switch (thanks for the heads up, Notebookcheck). According to the Sjgam website,…