The Animal Crossing: New Horizons branded Switch did its best to break the internet today. It’s fair to say the online reaction was rabid. Animal Crossing is a beloved franchise, with a loyal fan-base that has been waiting a long time for the latest iteration of the series. The special edition console, from the marketing
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While the game itself received some mixed reception for its storytelling and gameplay, Hideo Kojima’s long-awaited Death Stranding arguably delivered on creating an intriguing new world to explore for players. That especially is tied to the game’s memorable creatures and enemies like the BTs, the supernatural beings with ties to the realm of the living and
The Nintendo GameCube is a console that is looked on incredibly fondly. Launching back on the 18th of November in 2001, it was beaten to market by the original Xbox by only three days in North America. Over the course of both life-cycles, only 2 million units separated them at the close of play, with
The Yakuza and Grand Theft Auto franchises have tons in common. Both are dramas with the seedy underbellies of criminal organizations serving as the setting. Both also feature massive open worlds with countless activities and missions to engage with. With that in mind, a Yakuza fan on Reddit made some Yakuza 0 cover art in
If you couldn’t get it on the action earlier this week during the closed phase of the Disintegration beta, then your time has now come today. Starting now, Disintegration’s open beta portion has now kicked off and is available for all players. The beta went live earlier today at 10:00am PT today and it will wrap up tomorrow,
Since its release this past November, Hideo Kojima’s long-awaited Death Stranding has continued not only to garner attention for its story and world, but also its visuals and music. The music of Death Stranding especially gained acclaim for its haunting songs from artists such as Low Roar and CHVRCHES, with a new soundtrack album for the game now available
Overpass is doing its best to stand out in a crowded racer market. Instead of pitting you up against other racers in head-to-head matchups, Overpass embraces the truly treacherous world of off-road racing. There are no paved racetracks to zip around. In their place are mountainous passes that will require as much pre-planning as they
Square is well known for having lavish video game-themed cafes to promote a new game release and Final Fantasy VII Remake is no exception. The upcoming cafe will be opening in February and will feature tons of aptly themed dishes and drinks that are both lovely to look at and sure to be just as
Long regarded as one of the best entries in the series, Devil May Cry 3 brings players back to the very beginning of Dante’s journey as the Son of Sparda. Originally released in 2005 for the PS2, DMC3 arguably is the entry that refined its combo-based, stylish combat for future entries to come, and with the upcoming
Wizards of the Coast has made massive strides towards increasing its presence in the gaming industry over the past year. They’ve acquired studios like Tuque Games and announced a variety of games based on their IP like Baldur’s Gate 3, Magic: Legends and Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance. Now, it is opening up a brand
If you were worried that the upcoming animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge wouldn’t be as violent as the video game series that it’s based on, you can probably quell those concerns. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge and one of the main criticisms from many
The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle game by Bulkhead Interactive that first released for current systems and PC in 2016. The game’s design draws heavy inspiration from Valve’s Portal series, while the narrative is an original mind-boggling adventure. The puzzles don’t develop into a worthy challenge until late into the game; however, the story
Even though we still don’t know a lot about Rare’s upcoming new IP Everwild, Rare has made one thing clear: it wants the game and its marketing to be inclusive. Microsoft has been one of the more proactive publishers in the accessibility scene. Not only have they released the Xbox Adaptive Controller, but they’ve been
Nintendo Online was launched back in September of 2018 and is required to play Switch titles online. Not only that, but the service allows handy access to cloud-saves, special offers, and games. It’s proved popular, and relatively inexpensive when it comes to its full-priced Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus competitors. Only Epic’s Fortnite has
Sony Interactive Entertainment has just announced that over 1 billion software titles have been sold worldwide for the PS4. This accounts only for games sold through retailers and the PlayStation Store, not including downloadable content. This total also includes games of all kinds, not just those from Sony’s first-party studios. The actual amount of software
It was only a little over a year ago that Mike Laidlaw, the former creative director of the Dragon Age series at BioWare, announced that he would be joining Ubisoft at a new studio in Quebec. Now, Laidlaw has announced that he’s already going to be moving on from Ubisoft. Over on Twitter, Laidlaw informed everyone
Over the past year, Inti Creates has made a concerted effort to get more of its games on new platforms. Blaster Master Zero, its sequel and Mighty Gunvolt Burst all came to PC last year. Now, Inti Creates has confirmed that both Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 will finally make their way
During a financial results briefing, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa shared the news that the company won’t be releasing another model of the Nintendo Switch this year. Earlier today we learned that the Switch has already sold more units than the SNES and is closing in fast on the NES. Even though the Switch Lite was
The 2020 edition of the Taipei Game Show was slated to kick off next week, but that will no longer be the case. Announced earlier today, the organizing group behind the Taipei Game Show revealed that this year’s edition of the convention has been postponed. The reason behind this cancellation is due to the Wuhan
Ever since Cuphead released in 2017, the lovingly-crafted animated indie game has provided a wealth of incredible fan creations. A lot of that can be attributed to its vintage animation style and art, and in the case of this stop-motion fan-made video, it’s even more incredible to see how its art translates to the real world.
Square Enix published a new trailer for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, revealing the theme song of the game, along with with many iconic moments and returning faces from the original PS1 classic. The trailer first depicts Cloud and Tifa in their childhood, with Cloud mentioning his dream to go to Midgard and become a Solider
After just more than a week and thousands of guesses, the name for the next Kingdom Hearts mobile experience has been revealed. Announced under the codename “Project Xehanort,” the actual title will be Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road. There seems to be a lot of other announcements, so we’ll announce the title a little early. Please
Today Blizzard released its first Developer Update video for 2020 on the official Overwatch YouTube channel. As per normal, lead director Jeff Kaplan sat down to speak about upcoming changes and additions coming to the game. These topics include balancing and the introduction of hero pools for competitive mode and Overwatch League. In the past, PC
Since the Epic Games Store first debuted in late 2018, Epic Games has been working hard to not only bring a wide range of users to its platform through exclusive titles and free games, but also to bring on a number of diverse publishers and studios to bring content to the store itself. While Epic
Nintendo closed 2019 in excellent fashion, selling over 10 million Switch consoles. In total Nintendo Switch has now sold over 52 million units since it’s March 3, 2017 release date. These updated sales numbers put the Switch well over the SNES which boasts lifetime sales of 49 million units. It goes without mention that Switch
Fans who either haven’t gotten a Switch yet or are looking for a relaxingly nice aesthetic upgrade ahead of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ release just got a very tempting incentive to drop $300. Nintendo announced Thursday night via its social media channels that Animal Crossing’s Switch debut will be getting a special edition version of
In 2018, Ink Stains Games successfully ran a Kickstarter for their game Stoneshard. Since then, the game has picked up HypeTrain Digital (Police Stories) as a publisher, while continuing to just better and better looking. And now, the turn-based RPG that was initially slated to be out a while ago, is finally ready for its
Today SEGA Europe announced that all packaging for their future physical PC releases will be fully recycled. The announcement which was made over Twitter can be seen below. We’re pleased to announce that all of our future physical releases of PC games will be launched in fully recycled packaging! Total War: ROME II – Enemy
It took a few years, but it seems as though EA has finally released a Star Wars video game that is surpassing all expectations. Announced today during Electonic Arts’ financial call going over sales for the publisher’s third quarter of the current fiscal year, it was revealed that Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has already
343 Industries today released a new video talking about the studio’s ongoing work on the Halo franchise. In the process, the video also shed some light on the ongoing development of the upcoming installment in the series, Halo Infinite. For the most part, this video focuses largely on what 343 Industries does as a whole, rather than
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