I do love it when a retro game makes an unexpected comeback, and games don’t get much more retro than Beyond the Ice Palace. It’s been decades since the game—so old one version of it was sold on tape—made its debut, and now a sequel’s appeared, boldly calling itself Beyond the Ice Palace 2 as…
Split Fiction, the new co-op action game from Josef Fares and the team at Hazelight Studios, looks to be a hit: Hazelight revealed on Bluesky today that the game surpassed one million copies sold in just 48 hours. “The love you all show for our game is overwhelming!” the studio wrote. “Everyone here at Hazelight…
Mega Man, Resident Evil, Ghost Trick all discounted. Capcom is having a huge eShop sale right now in the US, with up to 75% off of some of the studio’s biggest IPs. Thanks to the ever-reliable Wario64 for bringing this to our attention! Monster Hunter is among the biggest here, and while the franchise is…
One of the most divisive aspects of Call of Duty: Warzone has been the replacement of the Verdansk map, which the game launched with in 2020, with the Caldera map in late 2021. Ever since the change a sizeable contingent of players have been unhappy, with many considering Verdansk the heart-and-soul of the game, and…
Category: Games March 10, 2025 How Fate: Reawakened Elevates the Series Like Never Before Kayly Ginsberg, Head of Marketing, Fate: Reawakened May will mark 20 years since the Fate franchise’s humble beginnings. Since 2005, players have taken up the mighty hero mantle and bested the Dungeon Gate’s many creatures into oblivion. Over the years, the…
It took more than five years, but a surprise patch for Remedy’s third-person shooter/interdimensional manipulation sim Control means PC players can finally sample Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience for themselves. Dr. Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience is a side mission most notable for the fact that it features Hideo Kojima as the titular doctor—a…
You’re going to die more times than you can count in “Rollers of the Realm,” but that’s not going to stop you from playing, for hours. Games that blend genres are beginning to pop up more often than even nowadays, as game creators have proven all they need is an inquisitive mind and good core…
Let’s-a save! It wouldn’t be MAR10 Day without an eShop sale and today, Nintendo of America has kicked off just that. On top of the previously-announced retail discounts, the MAR10 Day sale is now underway over on the North American eShop, bringing some welcome savings to games starring the prized plumber and his pals. This…
Typically, in an Isekai anime, the main thrust of the plot involves a poor unsuspecting person dying (usually via unfortunate truck placement) and waking up in a fantasy world of magic and adventure. In the case of Stardew Valley’s latest hit mod, it’s sort of the inverse—while they don’t have trucks in the Forgotten Realms,…
Chatter up! A new patent from Nintendo seems to suggest that voice chat will be better implemented into Switch 2, finally overcoming one of our biggest complaints with ‘Switch 1’ (thanks, Wccftech). The patent was filed back in November 2024 before being published by the United States Patent Application Office late last month. The main…