The book has somehow managed to raise £2560, almost half its goal. A new Kickstarter book claiming to be an “exhaustive review of the point-and-click adventure games produced by Lucasfilm between 1986 and 2000” has come under criticism recently for its use of AI art and for “pilfering” information from different sources like Wikipedia and…
“I truly appreciate the love, but that is not my voice”. The new Star Fox game for Switch 2 has many Nintendo fans incredibly excited, and following the announcement this week, there’s been some discussion within the Nintendo community about who might be voicing the characters in this modernised take on the N64 classic. Nintendo…
Hey! Another brawl. Hello everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at Kirby Mass Attack for the Nintendo DS. It wasn’t quite as close as we were admittedly expecting, with the North American version easily beating the competition with 65% of the vote. Read the…
Parkour has always been a distinguishing feature of Assassin’s Creed. Hooded figures leaping between rooftops and flinging themselves into conveniently placed haystacks is one of the series’ most consistent visual motifs. But as the games have evolved from historical action-adventures to quasi-RPGs, on-foot traversal has become increasingly sidelined in favour of more elaborate stealth and…
Just look at that little guy! Both Nintendo’s official Switch 2 camera and Hori’s Piranha Plant offering have their perks (the former has much better resolution, the latter… looks like a Piranha Plant), but neither is going to be all that useful for handheld play — being pretty bulky models, and all. Fortunately, it looks…
“Don’t you know who this is? This is Jeff Minter”. In January 2003, legendary British game developer Jeff Minter and the Guildford-based development studio Lionhead announced Unity — a brand new game for the Nintendo GameCube that was set to combine a psychedelic virtual light synthesizer with groundbreaking shoot ’em-up mechanics. The exciting project had…
The game industry annus horribilis continued today with an announcement from Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments, which said that it is implementing a hiring freeze, cutting costs, and laying off an unknown number of employees. “During 2023, Frontier refined its strategy to refocus on its core strengths following a period of disappointing financial performance and…
Two Point Studios and SEGA have announced that Two Point Hospital: JUMBO Edition will finally be arriving on the Nintendo Switch system. Two Point Hospital: JUMBO Edition is set to arrive on 5th March for $39.99 and includes four downloadable content packs, two item packs, plus a new free update. Two Point Hospital: JUMBO Edition…
Every ’90s kids dream. If you were a Pokémon-obsessed kid in the ’90s, there’s a good possibility that one of your biggest dreams growing up was to have your very own working Pokédex. Despite being a work of fiction, the device always looked so cool whenever it appeared in the anime, essentially acting as a…
DK, Wrapped. Oof, well this has been quite the day for Donkey Kong Bananza content, eh? The spotlight Direct was absolutely jam-packed with DK goodness, revealing some familiar faces, highlighting a bunch of gameplay mechanics and announcing enough collectibles to make even the most tentative completionist break out in a sweat. On top of all…