Mlem! Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Let’s check in with what went on last week, shall we? We took a look at Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for the Game Boy Advance to celebrate the announcement of its arrival on Nintendo Switch Online. It was a reasonably close battle, but ultimately…
Ion Fury, Phantom Fury & more. It’s Realms Deep this weekend – a celebration of retro shooters in both old and new ways. It’s hosted by 3D Realms, the legendary publisher behind series such as Duke Nukem. As part of the 2023 event, 3D Realms and friends once again hosted a show filled with world…
Ed Boon: Don’t expect an Omni-Man “game play trailer”. If you’ve been wondering when we’ll be seeing more Mortal Kombat 1 reveals, it could potentially be at New York Comic Con 2023 in a few weeks. In some new posts on social media, the game’s director and co-creator Ed Boon mentioned how a new patch…
The Switch release is now running on Frostbite. Electronic Arts kicked off its new replacement series EA Sports FC 24 this week and the good news is it’s finally delivered a solid experience on the Switch. It’s all thanks to the much-needed Frostbite Engine upgrade which puts the Nintendo version of the game in line…
Atooi boss talks Hatch Tales’ delays and reviving a cult classic. Over 15 years since its initial release on the Nintendo DS, horror FPS Dementium: The Ward is getting a re-release on the Nintendo Switch eShop, utilising the 2015 3DS remaster as its foundation. While its creepy low-fi visuals and disturbing creature design have attracted…
We mean Soccer, not that ‘other’ football. Updated with EA Sports FC 24. Enjoy! Football is the world’s most popular sport, from the elite level of child-like millionaires with dazzling skills and impressive diving techniques, to actual children on playgrounds using jumpers for goalposts. Being a football / soccer fan that owns a Switch, however,…
Sub-Zero to ‘Hero. When you think back on the significant controversy caused by Mortal Kombat back in the ’90s, it’s almost incredible that the series not only survived such choppy waters but managed to flourish into one of the most iconic video game franchises of all time. Over the course of the next 30 years,…
Game on! Well, it’s the end of September. Feel sick yet? Let’s discuss some weekend gaming plans to help out. Before we dive into all that fun stuff, though, let’s first take a look at some of this week’s highlights. We heard the news that Hideki Kamiya was leaving PlatinumGames, took a look at the…
It will now arrive in 2024. It’s that time of year again when we’re starting to see the odd delay or two, and the latest one to join the list is an update for the spooky fishing sim Dredge. Black Salt Games has today issued an announcement via social media about the delay of the…
16% of Epic’s workforce has been axed. Epic Games this week laid off 16% of its workforce, with Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier suggesting the Fall Guys developer Mediatonic had been “hit very hard”. This allegedly followed with claims elsewhere online that the entire UK-based team had been cut. Apparently, this is not the case. In a…