Another great Octo Expansion. A few years ago, a cute new action-adventure game called Eastward released on most platforms, blending some appealing EarthBound-esque visuals with a narrative-driven game loop that’s vaguely reminiscent of the older Zelda games. We really enjoyed it, despite its flaws, and it seems that developer Pixpil had some more ideas it…
In a decade of tuning into Awesome Games Done Quick, I’ve seen runners speed through gaming history while blindfolded, with hands tied behind their backs, and even two runners sharing a single controller, but I’ve never seen what happened today at AGDQ 2024: a dog and his owner teamed up to speedrun an NES classic…
I ain’t afraid of no ghost. After being announced for Switch earlier this year, publisher and developer Illfonic has now revealed the Switch eShop page for Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed – Ecto Edition which confirms that the creepy co-op ghost-hunter will be heading our way later this week on 19th October. The game originally launched on…
Growing up with the NES, there was a few games in the library that continue to grow strong even today. One of those is most defiantly the Mega Man series. The NES produced the first six games in the franchise. Some of these games are hard to come by and are a bit expensive at…
Persona 5 Royal is set to steal hearts on PS4 next week! Join Joker and the rest of the Phantom Thieves — including newcomer Kasumi — in an updated new take on the legendary JRPG series’ most recent mainline entry. Other new additions to Royal include a new area and activities, a grappling hook for…
The 1980’s Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker’s rather cool Mario’s Cement Factory for the C64! Well todays news…
Game prices may increase, too. An analyst has predicted that Nintendo’s next console will be an iterative evolution on the current Switch and will cost $400 at launch. Oh, and it’s apparently also coming this year. Speaking via a predictions round-up over on GamesIndustry.biz, Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO of game industry consultancy firm Kantan Games,…
AMD gamers looking to build a new system might want to start with the latest release from Asus, the 970 Pro Gaming/Aura ATX motherboard. It’s the first board based on the new AMD 970+SB950 chipset and not only supports two-way, quad-GPU CrossFireX configurations, but two-way, quad-GPU Nvidia SLI setups as well. The board even sports…
Admittedly we’re *checks watch* 7 days away from the start of July so it’s not technically the middle of 2020 just yet. But what’s a week between friends? Especially if it means we can kick off the Mid-Year Deals promotion now rather than later. That means from today you can enjoy titles like DayZ, Need…
I’ve been writing about games for too long to keep track of the number of times I’ve been promised a “living world”, but the prospect continues to hold so much appeal that I’ve yet to become jaded—uncharacteristically—despite the payoffs being few and far between. Unforetold: Witchstone is another RPG with these lofty ambitions, driven by…