Still better than the cloud. October is shaping up to be an exceptionally busy month for game releases, and one of these is Kingdom Hearts Collection for the Switch 2. Ditching the cloud for a proper native release, many fans have been eagerly waiting for this for quite some time. But if you’re looking to…
MyCareer and MyTeam hit the bench. We NBA 2K fans are no strangers to an online server shutdown, but 2K is pushing the boat out even further this year, as it has announced that NBA 2K25 is being fully delisted later this month, with the ensuing server closings pruning the title’s two best game modes…
A bit of a sleeper. In the lead-up to Kingdom Hearts 3, Square Enix needed some fresh content to rebuild interest in the franchise after it had been dormant for years outside of mobile games. After porting over the collections of most of the earlier games to more modern platforms, the company then decided to…
Not a cloud in sight. The Kingdom Hearts series has a long and storied history with Nintendo handhelds dating back all the way to the GBA, though (debatably) there have never been any mainline titles developed for them. The ultimate monkey’s paw then curled with the Switch, when Square Enix answered fan wishes to port…
What’s great about the PS2 back catalogue is that it’s too vast to have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything in there. The defining 20 or so games on the platform—God of War, Gran Turismo 3, Final Fantasy 10 and so forth—are very well known, and maybe Millennial players can recall a weirdo game or two…
“Transforms the 1-player race view into a true fullscreen experience”. Super Mario Kart was clearly designed with multiplayer in mind, and rightfully so – with two players, it’s one of the most compelling experiences on the SNES. The focus on two human players competing with one another shows in the fact that, even when playing…
You’re a wizard, Marty Butterblatt Jr. A brand-new Game Boy Color game has launched on Kickstarter, Essencelord is a top-down, loot-driven adventure set in a world of sword, sorcery, magic, and monsters – and the work of single developer Tyler Lombard. As an apprentice adventurer, having just graduated from “Marty Butterblatt’s School of Sword &…
Rivi-awesome. Getting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to run on the original Nintendo Switch was an achievement in itself. Some obvious concessions had to be made, especially surrounding the visuals. Character models looked rather murky and the foliage around our protagonist Geralt had to be drastically toned down. With The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt –…
Denparessing. Genius Sonority, the developer and publisher behind the 2024 free-to-play RPG The New Denpa Men, has announced that it is wrapping up the game’s service later this year. The game’s regular service will end on 7th December at 8pm GMT / 9pm CET / 12pm PT / 3pm ET, with all in-game data such…
While Xenoblade Chronicles 2: NS2 Edition makes its debut. The latest UK charts data is in, and we have a few new releases this time to highlight. First up, Minecraft Dungeons II lands at number 2 for its debut, just behind EA Sports FC 27. The new title comfortably sold the most on Switch 2,…