Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak wins Game of the Year. At this year’s annual Tokyo Game Awards, which are held during the Tokyo Game Show, the Family Computer — known as the Famicom or NES (to us) — won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award (thanks VGC). That’s a rather long title for an…
One of the best sub-$70 handhelds you can get. Earlier this year, we reviewed the Anbernic RG35XX, a Game Boy-style mini handheld that offered decent 16- and 32-bit emulation for a low price. It certainly wasn’t the perfect device – it lacked power when compared to its rivals, for example – but it was a…
Apparently, Nintendo wants to make one last pre-Christmas promotional push of the big Super Nintendo World area that is opening in Universal Studios Japan early next year. Despite the coronavirus pandemic delaying Super Nintendo World’s opening, and the pandemic even worsening so far this holiday season, Nintendo’s got some Super Nintendo World news to share….
What is a legacy? I’ve struggled with that question as I’ve tried to write about Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O., the latest entry in the series that invented 3D fighting games before eventually fading from the public consciousness. R.E.V.O., a new version that just hit Steam last week, is a chance to reset that, for one…
Our newsfeeds have been dominated by one word over the past few weeks, and that word is “tariff”. President Trump’s favourite word, apparently. His administration’s international trade policies have thrown markets the world over into something of a loop. Still, even among all this pricing turmoil, there’s really no excuse for a $1,371 motherboard, is…
We’re already getting into the Halloween spirit, and we’ve got a great line up in store for you this month. So let’s just jump right in! First up, we have Friday the 13th: The Game. Players can take on the role of a teen counsellor or Jason Voorhees. As a teen counsellor, you and up…
Platinum Games has repeatedly mentioned that they wish to own their IPs and it seems that the Bayonetta games are the next on their list. The company’s head Atsushi Inaba says that Platinum Games has a desired interest in self publishing the Bayonetta video game series. With their recent investment from Chinese behemoth Tencent it…
For a game series that revels in realizing the obscure and ephemeral pieces of the Warhammer Fantasy setting as in-game units, Total War: Warhammer has left the interests of one specific player segment unfulfilled: the furries. As countless intersecting player subcultures are no doubt celebrating, that changes next week when giant tiger people become playable…
“Rediscover this divisive game in a whole new light”. The 32X is an add-on system which doesn’t get a lot of love these days, even from hardcore Sega fans. Designed to prolong the lifespan of the ageing 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive, the 32X was quickly abandoned when it became clear that Sega should have…
It’s the 15th anniversary of MachineGames, the Swedish developer that most recently gave us the hit action adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The studio announced a free New Game+ update for its big Indy game yesterday to celebrate its birthday, but today it hinted at something more interesting for the future. “Thank you…