Legend reborn. Remember Steel Empire for the Sega Mega Drive? What about the GBA release? 3DS? Well, whichever one you’ve experienced, if any, you’ll be happy to know that an updated version dubbed The Legend of Steel Empire is about to drop for the Nintendo Switch on January 23rd, 2024. Boasting updated visuals and improved…
It’s-a fatality. The latest UK boxed charts are in and the standings have been a little shaken up since last week, it seems. Perhaps the biggest change has come in the rise of Mortal Kombat 1 to third place, remaining one space ahead of Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate and pushing Super Mario Bros. Wonder firmly…
Uhhh… meow? Yes, a live-action Minecraft movie is really happening. We know Jason Momoa is involved. We know Jack Black is involved. And, as of today, we know that director Jared Hess wants to get it right — or, at least, not get it wrong (thanks, Eurogamer). In a recent interview with The Salt Lake…
Switch up. Despite trade-ins and pre-owned sales being one of the core pillars for the UK specialist retailer GAME for many years, recent reports have indicated that the firm will be ending physical trade-ins next month on February 16th, 2024. So far, GAME itself has kept schtum on the matter, while staff from multiple UK…
“Make the designs cool”. Masahiro Sakurai has released a new YouTube video looking into the concept of customisation in video games. It’s not the most groundbreaking stuff imaginable and it will likely only truly resonate with budding game developers. Still, since Sakurai has announced that he will be winding down his YouTube channel this year,…
Knight and day. Publisher Deck13 Spotlight and developer Argonwood have announced that the medieval-inspired turn-based strategy game Rising Lords will be bringing the battle to Switch on 18th January. Taking place in the fictional kingdom of Aubelin, Rising Lords will see you playing as a Lord who is attempting to rise (shocking with that title,…
Save data will carry over. Ahead of the Fate/Samurai Remnant DLC release next month, Koei Tecmo has now made a demo of the action role-playing game available on the Switch eShop. The demo will allow you to test out the earlier stages of the game and save data will carry over to the full game…
System-related updates, bug fixes & more. Square Enix said it would continue to improve Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince on the Nintendo Switch, and at the end of last month it rolled out a new update, bumping the game up to Version 1.0.3. This update included system-related updates, some bug fixes and a few…
It’s also offering free product repairs. Following in the footsteps of The Pokémon Company, Nintendo has announced it will donate 50 million yen to the Red Cross Society after a devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the country’s Noto Peninsula earlier this month. As part of this, Nintendo has announced it will also provide free repairs…
A new Mystery Gift code is also live. After more than a year of post-release content, The Pokémon Company has finally wrapped up Pokémon Scarlet & Violet with an epilogue chapter. As part of this (spoiler alert), it’s also officially introduced the brand new mythical Poison/Ghost-Type, Pecharunt. Here’s a detailed description of Pecharunt, courtesy of…