This small update is available now. At the end of last month, Nintendo released a major update for its Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World – adding Bob-omb Blast to the game’s Battle mode. It also included various adjustments and fixes. Now, in a new update today, the Mario Kart team has released a…
Rising from the dead in 2026. Medieval cemetery management is back with Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild announcing Graveyard Keeper 2 is coming to the Switch and Switch 2 later this year. This sequel to the “original, unhinged title”, which launched on the Switch in 2019, will see you restore a town and lead a…
Bonjour, evildoers. Today’s Triple-i Initiative showcase promised us some Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse news, and we got a little bit of that during today’s presentation. In the short new trailer up top, featuring commentary from Motion Twin — the lead developer on Konami’s revival, who also created Dead Cells — we got a look at some…
“Game Systems Help You Understand The Real World”. “What’s the mindspace of someone that is trying to rebuild from scratch, away from all her friends? What is that mindspace like? Is she really healthy or happy? What leads her to do that?” Those are the questions Isadora Sophia, lead coder and writer on Neverway, an…
And the box art’s a looker, too. Nintendo today lifted the lid on Rhythm Heaven Groove’s release date (2nd July, if you missed it), and followed it up by opening pre-orders and revealing the all-important price. The upcoming rhythm title will set you back £33.99 / $39.99, with pre-orders now live on both the European…
An unbreakable block. This week’s physical games chart from Famitsu are here, and they paint a very familiar picture, as Pokémon Pokopia is once again the number-one selling physical release of the week. While last week saw a big dip in sales across the board, the drop this week is much smaller, with Game Freak…
Feel the beat. This one has felt like a long time coming, huh? Nintendo has today revealed that Rhythm Heaven Groove will arrive on Switch on 2nd July. Groove was first announced back in the March Direct last year with a mysterious ‘2026’ release date. Today’s announcement, made first on Nintendo Today!, was the first…
Pre-orders have popped up on Amazon. We know Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is supposedly riding onto Switch 2 sometime in 2026, but not exactly when; nonetheless, pre-orders have opened up on Amazon in the US, giving us an idea of just how much it’ll cost to visit The Lands Between on the newest Nintendo console….
Clock in, zone out. When a video game’s biggest selling point is that it’s perfect for zoning out to, it could sound like faint praise. Yet the fact that I still wanted to deliver stuff and poke around for secrets in Sam C.’s Easy Delivery Co. — a low-poly delivery simulator that’s equal parts cosy…
Bug Spray. Pokémon Champions launched yesterday in a… less-than-perfect state. Fortunately, it looks like The Pokémon Company is working on a fix. Even if we put aside the limited available Pokémon and Items at launch, the game was quickly criticised for the sheer number of bugs on display (and no, we’re not talking about Beedrill…