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Big Shakeup At Nintendo Testing Center Ahead Of Switch 2
27.3.2024
Nintendo of America is restructuring the small army of contractors that helps test its games and hardware in its Washington state headquarters, the company confirmed to Kotaku. According to four current and former contractors, the result is a massive downsizing that comes amid layoffs across...
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Another GBA Classic This Week
27.3.2024
Nintendo Switch Online, the subscription service that gives players access to a library of games for consoles and handhelds from the company’s past, will receive its latest Game Boy Advance title this week. F-Zero: Maximum Velocity is dropping onto the service this Friday, March 29.Read more
PS5 Pro May Not Run GTA 6 At 60 Frames Per Second
20.3.2024
Details about the PS5 Pro keep leaking all over the place, with us recently learning that it’s likely targeting a holiday 2024 release window and that it will apparently feature “PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution,” whatever that is. While headlines are suggesting this is “the most powerful...
Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming
18.3.2024
Balatro, the popular roguelike deck-builder quickly taking over the world, has now sold over 1 million copies in less than a month. And good news to all you Balatro sickos out there (myself included): the hit card game is getting ported to mobile devices, too. Finally, I’ll be able to stop playing...
FF7 Rebirth, Dragons Dogma 2 Preview, And More Of The Week's Spiciest Takes
9.3.2024
It’s only been a week since launch, so you’ll have to forgive us for still being completely obsessed with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, a sprawling RPG sequel with a lovable cast that we have a whole lotta feelings about. This week also marked a couple big anniversaries for the Nintendo Switch and...
Nintendo Won't Tell Anybody Who Developed Its New Princess Peach Game
8.3.2024
The first game since 2005 with Princess Peach in the starring role launches on Switch on March 22. That’s not far from now. And while we have a demo for Princess Peach: Showtime and have seen plenty of trailers for it, we still don’t know who actually developed Showtime. Weirdly, when asked...
All The Best Mario Day Deals On Switch Games And Accessories
8.3.2024
This upcoming Saturday is March 10, which means Nintendo’s annual celebration of its iconic plumber is here. This year’s MAR10 Day might not herald any large announcements since we just got a handful of Mario games last year, and the influx of titles to the Switch seems to be winding down...
Everything You Need To Know About The Princess Peach: Showtime! Demo
7.3.2024
Are you ready for opening night? Princess Peach: Showtime! is launching later this month, and Nintendo surprised us when it announced on March 6 that the Switch-exclusive action-adventure game has a free demo that’s available now. The demo lets you get a feel for two of Peach’s transformations...
Balatro Might Be Delisted On Switch, But Has Still Sold 500K Copies
6.3.2024
Balatro was recently in the news after some versions of the game were removed from digital stores due to a ratings kerfuffle that is still ongoing. However, that setback hasn’t stopped the popular roguelike deck-builder from selling more than 500,000 copies across all platforms in under...
Nintendo Emulator Settles Civil Dispute, Must Pay Millions
4.3.2024
Nintendo and the people behind the game emulator Yuzu have agreed to settle a lawsuit after a short civil dispute in district court over allegations that the software allowed folks to illegally download Tears of the Kingdom over one million times.Read more
Seven Years Ago, Nintendo’s Risky Gamble Paid Off Handsomely
4.3.2024
Seven years ago, Nintendo took its biggest gamble yet and released the Nintendo Switch, a forward-thinking and bold home console that dared to be a handheld first and foremost. It’s hard to argue with the results of that bet all this time later, especially seeing as how the Switch has continued...
One Of 2024’s Best Games Has Been Yanked From Switch Over Gambling Concerns
1.3.2024
Breakout hit Balatro—a poker-themed roguelike deck builder—has run into some ratings trouble that’s led to the game being suddenly removed from the Nintendo eShop in many European countries. This removal has surprised both the developer and publisher, who now have to work to get the game back up...
Dragon's Dogma 2 And 26 More Games To Get Hyped For In March
1.3.2024
Really, how are we in the third month of 2024 already? After two full months of incredible releases such as Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Helldivers 2, to name a few, it’s time for another calendar full of fresh games. Read more
Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times, Nintendo Claims In Lawsuit
28.2.2024
Nintendo filed a civil lawsuit on February 26 against Yuzu software developer Tropic Haze, claiming that the team’s tech let folks illegally pirate 2023’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom over one million times a full week and a half before it even came out. According to the Mario maker...
Here’s Why The Nintendo Switch 2 Might Not Launch Until March 2025
26.2.2024
If it feels like you’ve been hearing a lot about the Nintendo Switch 2 recently, it’s because you have. Over the past month or so, a proverbial dam of info about the highly anticipated follow up to the Nintendo Switch has seemingly leaked, including that the console’s launch was delayed to 2025...
*That* Borderlands Movie Trailer, A Nintendo Direct, And More Of What Went Down This Week
24.2.2024
As yet another week passes, we get more proof that 2024 is shaping up to be a very busy year in gaming—if not for game releases, then certainly for big stories around game exclusivity, adaptions, and, as always, streamers. This week we got our first look at the highly anticipated Borderlands movie...
If You Want Mother 3 In English, Hit Up Nintendo, Creator Says
22.2.2024
Mother 3 is one of those games everyone talks about but hardly anyone has played—and for a bummer reason. The 2006 Game Boy Advance RPG was never officially released outside of Japan (it’s called Earthbound everywhere else) so unless you imported it and understood Japanese, you couldn’t experience...
Xbox's Biggest Surprise Hit Of 2023 Is Coming To Switch 2: Report
22.2.2024
Xbox recently announced that four of its older titles would be going multiplatform, and finally detailed which games would be making the leap earlier this week. Among the games is Hi-Fi Rush, Bethesda and Tango Gameworks’ surprising rhythm-action game that came out of nowhere early last year....
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Some Classic Games From Rare
21.2.2024
During today’s Nintendo Partner Showcase, which confirmed that former Xbox exclusives Grounded and Pentiment will launch on the Switch this year, the company also announced that five Rare classics are downloadable right now for folks with an active Nintendo Switch Online membership. It’s a blast...
Nintendo Is Bringing A Highly Requested Game To Switch Online...But Only In Japan
21.2.2024
Nintendo Directs are often different across different regions. The order of games presented may be a bit rearranged, or there may even be wholly different titles announced in one region than another. Today’s Partner Showcase may have featured the single biggest such discrepancy of all time. Why?...