As promised, Nintendo has officially released their Super Nintendo World Direct presentation today. If you have been following along with the news coverage of Super Nintendo World over the past year or two, then it’s likely that the Direct didn’t have anything major that you hadn’t heard before. The Direct does, however, provide an in-depth…
Handy dandy VR We spoke with Razer about its Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) ecosystem at the Consumer Electronics Show a couple of months ago and were excited about the possibilities. Even more intriguing is the announcement that Leap Motion has partnered up with Razer to integrate its motion-tracking capabilities right into Razer’s OSVR headset…
It is a “time of both crisis and opportunity” for the games industry, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in his concluding remarks at today’s Unreal Fest address, where the Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker demonstrated new features coming to its development tools. The kids are playing more games than ever and Fortnite is growing…
Crikey, it’s never looked this good. An upcoming Pokémon anime short from CoMix Wave Films – best known for its work on films such as Your Name, Suzume, and Weathering With You – is looking absolutely stunning so far as evidenced by a brief trailer posted to YouTube. Dubbed ‘Dragonite and the Postman‘, the short…
If you’ve heard the name Toei before then it’s likely from its anime subsidiary Toei Animation that produces One Piece, Dragon Ball, and is responsible for both Sailor Moon and Digimon. For fans of those long-running anime, I’m happy to share the news that Toei is branching into gaming. Toei Games will first venture into…
Valve boss Gabe Newell is headed to court. A court order filed on November 16 (via Gamesindustry.biz) says Newell is required to testify in person in the ongoing antitrust lawsuit between Wolfire Games and Valve so the plaintiffs in the case can “adequately assess” his credibility. Wolfire filed the antitrust suit in April 2021, claiming…
The first televised video games award show. It’s that time of the year when the Game Awards roll around to try and provide the industry with a glossy video game alternative to the Oscars. But what you might not realize is that it wasn’t actually the first attempt to combine video games with a big-budget…
Horse games have a reputation—a fairly earned one, I’m sad to say—for being bad. If they’re horse-accurate, they’re ugly. If they’re pretty, they’re boring. If they’re highly anticipated, they’re buggy and unsupported. Horse enthusiast gamers have been burned before and often left half-fulfilled by the latest horse games. Horse courier sim The Legend of Khiimori…
Nintendo Switch fans are used to asking developers to bring their games to the popular platform and one of those games is Persona 5. IGN recently chatted with Atlus Communications Manager Ari Advincula about whether or not the intensive JRPG will come to Nintendo’s latest platform. Advincula said that basically if fans want it they…
There comes a time in every gacha game where, for whatever reason, the developer decides adding a rhythm game is a good idea. It’s not. Critical Hit Welcome to Critical Hit (formerly known as Soundtrack Sunday), where I celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our…