Phew, close one! After the sad closure of long-time Mario & Luigi developer AlphaDream, many fans had given up hope that a new entry in the franchise would see the light of day. Now, according to a new ‘Ask the Developer’ feature, it seems even Nintendo was close to throwing in the towel before approaching…
We found out during the Nintendo Direct Mini that Borderlands 1 and Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Editions will be available on the Nintendo Switch as the Borderlands Legendary Collection on 29th May. The collection is being published by 2K Games and developed by Turn Me Up Games. The developer has stated on their…
Feelin’ Ikki. Veteran developer Sunsoft has announced a second compilation of the studio’s earliest releases. The wonderfully titled Sunsoft Is Back! Retro Game Selection 2 launches this December and includes four vintage titles pulled from the mid-1980s. First on deck is Super Arabian, a single-screen platformer released for the Famicom in 1983. Much like its…
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently spoke at the UBS Global TMT Virtual Conference to talk about the future of the video game industry and the aspect of super-realistic visuals. Mr. Zelnick believes we are currently just ten years from seeing video games become photorealistic and shared his enthusiasm of the subject with the audience. “I’m…
Category: gamescom August 21, 2025 Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is a Modern, Graceful Action Classic-in-Waiting Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief It’s such a simple decision – in Onimusha: Way of the Sword, pressing the block button lets you deflect or parry attacks from any direction. Your character, Musashi Miyamoto, will seamlessly pull his katana…
The return of the prodigal sun. This review originally went live in 2014, and we’re updating and republishing it to celebrate the game’s arrival in Switch’s Game Boy Advance library via the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. Back in 2001 (2002 in Europe) some players were left feeling short-changed when Golden Sun reached its abrupt…
I’m a big fan of management sims, and I think Frontier’s Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster series are some of the best modern examples you can play. Not the best—that award goes to last year’s brilliant Two Point Museum, though there’s a good chance the recently announced Planet Zoo 2 could steal the crown back…
As if there aren’t enough gaming mice on the market, Be Quiet! has just announced a pair of rodents with professional and competitive gamers in mind. Named the Dark Perk Ergo and Dark Perk Sym, both mice sport a 110-hour battery life (at 1000 Hz), 55 g weight, 8000 Hz polling rate (even while wireless),…
Ubisoft Milan, who were the team responsible for the surprisingly good Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle on the Nintendo Switch platform, are currently on a recruitment drive. The studio is looking for 3D artists to work on “a prestigious AAA title.” It is possible that it could have nothing to do with a follow up to Mario+Rabbids:…
It feels like it gets earlier every year. The decorations are up. The kids are abuzz with excitement. There’s magic in the air and—oh, who’s that? There’s a very recognisable and jolly silhouette on the horizon. It’s Resident Evil 8’s Lady Dimitrescu, whose actor Maggie Robertson will be your glamorous host for the 43rd annual…