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Sonic’s 30th Anniversary Concert Kicked So Much Ass I Cried
24.6.2021
Video game concerts make everything better. Today’s livestream video game concert of Sonic music was so damn great it had me crying in the middle of a Wednesday afternoon—as opposed to my regularly scheduled Thursday cry. Read more
That’s One Way To Dodge Nintendo’s Lawyers
23.6.2021
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion, a plant-based thriller about defrauding the federal government, is out with a new update today that adds more hats to the Switch version of the game, including one that definitely looks nothing like a Yoshi egg.Read more
Put Pole-Dancing Cloud Back In Remake, You Cowards!
23.6.2021
The Honeybee Inn sequence of Final Fantasy VII Remake is probably one of the more memorable moments in the reimagined game. An interview with Remake’s co-director, Motomu Toriyama, revealed that moment could have been catapulted from merely memorable to the greatest video gaming moment of all time...
One Of Last Year’s Best JRPGs Now Has Pet Dual Wielding
23.6.2021
After six long months, gaming’s most important update of 2021 has arrived: a new patch for farming JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin that lets you dual-wield the game’s adorable pets.Read more
Two Years Later, Sega Announces A New Genesis Mini Accessory For Japan
23.6.2021
Back in spring 2018, Sega announced the Genesis Mini, a small plug-and-play version of its iconic console that was delayed and released the following year. Now in summer 2021, it’s announced a new accessory, the Tower Mini Zero.Read more
Street Fighter’s Ryu Is The Kevin Bacon Of Video Games
22.6.2021
Did you know that Ryu, the globe-hopping protagonist of the Street Fighter franchise, has become so prolific that it’s possible to connect him to just about every other video game character in existence? It’s true! No matter how weird or obscure, they probably lead back to Ryu in some way...
Hey, Nintendo, What’s Up With Animal Crossing?
22.6.2021
Listen, Nintendo, we need to talk about Animal Crossing: New Horizons.Read more
Final Fantasy IX Is Getting An Animated Series
22.6.2021
Final Fantasy IX, one of the most beloved entries in the JRPG series, is getting a cartoon adaptation aimed at eight to 13-year-olds. Read more
Splatoon 2's Online Lounge Feature Will Vanish Next Month
22.6.2021
Nintendo has announced that service for the Switch’s Online Lounge feature will end on July 28 in North America and July 29 in Japan.Read more
Next Yakuza Spin-Off Has A Playable Sega Master System
22.6.2021
The Yakuza games have long featured playable versions of classic Sega games, but they’ve normally come in the form of arcade classics. The upcoming Lost Judgment, though, is taking things back a little further in time.Read more
Pokémon Go Is Starting To Wind Back Its Covid Changes
22.6.2021
When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit last year, Pokémon Go—a game built entirely around the idea of moving freely around outside—had to undergo some changes as people around the world faced lockdowns and movement restrictions.Read more
Guilty Gear Strive Potato Mod Runs The Game On Crappy PCs
21.6.2021
While it may go overboard sometimes, Guilty Gear Strive is one of the most beautiful fighting games of all time. So beautiful, in fact, that you can reduce the quality of its graphical output dramatically—say, for the purpose of improving its framerate on less-powerful PCs—and still be left with...
Tekken X Street Fighter Is Dead
21.6.2021
After years of speculation, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada has officially closed the book on Tekken X Street Fighter, announcing that work has halted on the highly anticipated crossover via his personal YouTube channel.Read more
Hideo Kojima Conspiracy Theory Ends With Tears
21.6.2021
A week ago, most people didn’t know that Abandoned was an upcoming indie horror game for the PS5, or that it was being made by Danish developer Blue Box Game Studios. Now both are at the heart of gaming’s latest conspiracy theory that Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima is secretly involved...
Arcade Game Museum Opening In Japan For A Limited Time Only
21.6.2021
While it might seem that some of Japan’s best arcades are already like museums, here is an officially branded one. Called The Game Center Museum, it opened this month in Nagoya.Read more
Super Mario World Is Now Playable In Widescreen
21.6.2021
Software engineer and SNES ROM hacker Vitor Vilela has led a team which has created and released Super Mario World Widescreen, a download that lets you play Nintendo’s Super Mario World—first released in 1990—on modern widescreen displays.Read more
The Week In Games: The Sport Of Kings
20.6.2021
Golf is a classy sport. The kind of sport that has been played by dignified men and women. A perfect sport for Waluigi and Wario. Mario Golf: Super Rush releases later this week on Nintendo Switch. Read more
The Best Metroid: Dread Reaction Is a Metroid Cosplayer One
18.6.2021
To get ready for Nintendo’s E3 presentation, you might have poured yourself a beverage, grabbed a snack, and got comfy. Cosplayer Bonbon, it seems, donned a Varia Power Suit.Read more
New Gundam Game Being Developed For Esports
18.6.2021
Gundam is big business. So is esports. And now, Bandai Namco is eager to get more in on that sweet, sweet professional gaming.Read more
Oh Hey, George R. R. Martin Is Talking About Elden Ring
18.6.2021
While in town to receive an honorary doctorate from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin spoke with local news station WWTW about his life, TV shows and, hey, the upcoming video game Elden Ring.Read more