While ex-Nintendo employee Jill Braff will lead ZeniMax/Bethesda. Following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard earlier this year (finally, right?), it’s been announced that Bobby Kotick will step down from his role as CEO on December 29th, 2023 (thanks, Eurogamer). Kotick became CEO of Activision all the way back in 1991 and was integral to the company’s…
Here are the top 10. It’s that time of year again when the aggregate review website Metacritic rounds up the best and worst games of the year, according to their Metascore. Today, the focus is on the “worst video games of 2023” with focus on the lowest-scoring games released across any platform between January 1st…
Happy holidays! The Pikmin series has been paired up with holiday celebrations in the past, and Nintendo seems to be doing it again this year in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Nintendo had another fantastic year. As we get closer to the end of 2023, a lot of sites are starting to compile all sorts of data to illustrate the year in games. The team at GamesIndustry.biz has put together its own “year in numbers” infographic, and one game that features throughout is the award-winning title,…
“Wonder Flowers are blooming”. Nintendo’s mobile runner Super Mario Run has received a new special update which brings the “Wonder Flowers” from Super Mario Bros. Wonder to smart devices. Players can find these Wonder Flowers in the Toad Rally mode between now and 14th March 2024. Here’s the official rundown: Read the full article on…
New features, fixes and more. Another update has launched for the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 but the catch is it won’t be released on Nintendo Switch until “early January 2024”. Although Version 1.4.0 isn’t out on every platform just yet, Konami has shared the full patch notes – so you can at…
Crazy Taxi & Golden Axe feature, too. Sega has published its Management Meeting 2023 Presentation slides, which give us a few more small details about its plans to revive some of its classic franchises (via Gematsu). The quintet of revivals — potentially new entries in classic series’ or reboots — were revealed at The Game…
A promising new sprout. Two years ago, a new developer called Singularity 6—comprised of various ex-Riot, Sony, and Blizzard staff—announced Palia, a “Massively Multiplayer Community Sim” that would aim to bring together the best parts of Stardew Valley and World of Warcraft. Since then, the title has been in early access on PC, and even…
Well that’s just peachy. The journey through Pokémon Scarlet & Violet isn’t over just yet. The Pokémon Company has announced that it will release a free epilogue for the game on 11th January 2024. With The Teal Mask, which launched in September, and last week’s The Indigo Disk, we thought the story to this Paldean…
Strange, for a game all about language… Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim sings (or should that be ‘chants’?) the praises of one of his GOTY picks… Let me make something clear right from the jump: Chants…