“I always enjoyed the illustrations at the beginning of the NES manual as a kid”. When Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda in North America in 1987, it promoted it with a pretty odd commercial, with actor and comedian John Kassir walking around a darkened room spouting the various enemy names from the game….
A new batch of characters are on the way to Fire Emblem Heroes. Starting on November 18 at 11 p.m. PT, new Heroes from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade will be available in the New Heroes: Guardians of Peace summoning event. In addition, you can earn New Hero Brunnya: Devoted General in the next Tempest…
Ahead of its reveal at today’s Warhammer Skulls event, I got to speak to Owlcat producer Anatoly Shestov about Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy, the studio’s next big CRPG to follow up the breakout Rogue Trader. Here are my big takeaways from the conversation: Dark Heresy is based on the TTRPG of the same name, like…
Order from chaos. Online multiplayer, platforming, deckbuilding, horde rushes, bizarre missions that barely make sense even in context — it seems the wizards at Nintendo could put the Inklings and Octolings through just about anything and make it a blast. Now it’s time for the cephalopodic denizens of post-apocalyptic Earth to tackle the roguelite genre…
EverQuest and EverQuest 2 developer Darkpaw Games is about to release its Producer’s Letter for 2025, which will detail all kinds of events, goodies, and updates for fans of both games—and there’s one special treat for the PvP sickos that bears a much closer look. In June, Darkpaw will release an EverQuest 2 PvP server…
The official Nintendo site has revealed that the Neo Geo Pocket Color game, The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny, is now available for consumers to purchase on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game originally launched on the Neo Geo Pocket Color in March 2000. It is available to purchase now for $7.99. Here’s the details…
The village bell is ringing, warning that the Minecraft 1.21 update is approaching. While the latest Minecraft update is still probably a ways off, the details have started to spill as of this year’s Minecraft Live presentation. Along with the new friend coming from the Minecraft mob vote, we’ll also have everything from new blocks…
Including what it’s making for Nintendo’s new hardware. Ahead of the Switch “successor” reveal, a bunch of video game accessory companies have reportedly been sharing all sorts of details about this next-generation hardware. With this in mind, accessory maker Genki (which has released multiple products during the Switch generation) has announced it’s apparently happy to…
Yes, even Mario Kart. A slight shake up this week has put Nintendo out of the top 10 altogether, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe coming in at number 11. Truth be told, we wouldn’t be surprised if some folks are choosing to hold back on purchasing a new Mario Kart game until World shows up…
Our predictions for Switch 2’s biggest launch game. Nintendo announced during the Switch 2 Direct that there’s another one coming: a Mario Kart World Direct is scheduled for 17th April. Promising details of the freshly unveiled open-world Mario Kart, it’s the first game-specific Direct for a Switch 2 game and we’re excited to get a…