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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?...
Everything We Saw At The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase
21.2.2024
Nintendo held its first Direct showcase of the year, and it was dedicated to third-party games coming to the Switch in 2024. This 23-minute showcase saw Xbox Studios finally announce which of their games are coming to the competing platform after weeks of rumors and speculation. But we also...
Surprise! 2024's Most Intriguing Tactics RPG Has A Demo Out Now
21.2.2024
Unicorn Overlord, the upcoming tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware, has a demo available right now on Nintendo Switch. The announcement came during today’s short Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. Like other Nintendo Switch demos, players will be able to get a jump start on the game’s opening...
Nintendo Direct Just Confirmed The Worst-Kept Secret In Games
21.2.2024
During the February 21 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the Mario maker announced something we’ve kinda known for a while: two Xbox exclusives will hit the Switch very soon. Those games are Grounded and Pentiment.Read more
40 Years Later, Nintendo's Most Underrated Series Deserves Another Shot
21.2.2024
Nintendo is the undisputed heavyweight champion of video game heroes. Their pantheon of premier protagonists—Mario, Link, Samus—contains some of the most recognizable characters in all of media. Though the gameplay gimmicks and boss fights might differ, their pure-hearted nature in the face...
Persona 3 Reload Modders Are Fixing The Remake's Worst Omission
20.2.2024
One of the biggest complaints surrounding Persona 3 Reload was that Atlus’ remake of the beloved PS2 RPG didn’t have all the add-ons from previous updated editions of the game. This included the playable epilogue called The Answer from Persona 3 FES, and Persona 3 Portable’s female protagonist...
Princess Peach: Showtime! Previews Set The Stage For A Charming Platformer
20.2.2024
Ever since Nintendo announced Princess Peach: Showtime! last June, fans of the Mushroom Kingdom’s ruler have been waiting with baited breath for the game’s release on March 22. So far fans have had a series of trailers spotlighting the game’s unique transformation mechanic that sees Peach donning...
Fantastic Tomb Raider Remastered Collection Was Led By Fan Modder
20.2.2024
The recently released Tomb Raider I-III Remastered collection is a damn-near perfect reconstructed version of those classic ‘90s action platformers starring the iconic Lara Croft and her two handguns. And if you were curious as to why the remastered Tomb Raiders were so dang good, you can probably...
Gigantic’s Return Feels Like The Anti-Overwatch In The Best Way
20.2.2024
I never played Gigantic when the team-based MOBA shooter was active from 2017 to 2018, or when it was briefly revived in 2023. Now, publisher Gearbox and developer Abstraction Games are reviving the Motiga shooter as Gigantic: Rampage Edition, and when I played a few rounds via a remote preview...
Play This Short But Stylish Atlus RPG Before It Leaves Game Pass Next Week
20.2.2024
As much as I love Persona and have gladly sunk hundreds of hours into the many entries in Atlus’ series of RPGs, a lot of other people actually respect their time. That means they likely haven’t played or finished a Persona game. Thankfully, Atlus made 2022’s Soul Hackers 2 for people who want...
PS5 Pro Likely Launching Ahead Of GTA 6, Analysts Say
20.2.2024
While the PlayStation 5 is apparently entering the later stages of its life cycle, some industry analysts think Sony might be planning to give the system an update similar to the one the PS4 received with the PlayStation 4 Pro within the next year.Read more
How To Watch Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct—And What To Expect
20.2.2024
Nintendo has just sprung a Nintendo Direct on everybody, and as is custom, it’s just around the corner. And by that I mean it’s tomorrow morning. The next Direct airs on February 21 at 6:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. ET. At 25 minutes, this Direct won’t be the longest ever, but it is sizable enough that...
What To Expect From This Year's Pokémon Presents Stream
20.2.2024
It’s that time of year again, Pokémon fans. The Pokémon Company is hosting its annual Pokémon Day showcase, which will offer a glimpse into what fans can expect throughout 2024.Read more
Bethesda Drops A Nuke... Full Of Fallout Games
20.2.2024
Things are going to get pretty Fallout-y this April. With Amazon Prime’s promising-looking TV adaptation due to hit the streamer April 12, Bethesda is leaping on its own bandwagon and releasing seven Fallout games, in one handy nuclear bomb.Read more
PowerWash Simulator Is Getting Space Marines Because Sometimes The Universe Is Good
19.2.2024
Alongside a worldwide vaccination program, PowerWash Simulator is the only reason humanity survived Covid. The 2022 release, inexplicably published by Square Enix, asked us simply to clean. Clean playgrounds, houses, flying saucers, all caked in a thick layer of mud and grime. It was, and still...
Are These The Cutest Pokémon Plushes Ever Made?
19.2.2024
If you, like me, are a child, you’ll regularly refresh the new releases on the official Pokémon store to see what madcap paraphernalia its selling today. With almost daily drops, these additions can be anything from a statue of Ditto eating Pewter Crunchies, to an entire range of wildly overpriced...
Super Meat Boy Forever Will Be Free This Week On Epic
19.2.2024
Every week, out of the kindness of its bulging heart, Epic gives a game away for free on its PC games store it desperately wishes you’d use instead of Steam. Pure altruism, no doubt. At the time of writing, for instance, you can pick up Dakar Desert Rally gratis. From February 22, it’ll be Super...
Stormgate's Ex-Blizzard Devs Want Players To Invest In The Company
19.2.2024
As 2024's big bad—Late Stage Capitalism—continues its grim rampage, some developers are looking to more innovative approaches to avoid the publishing industry’s self-sabotaging need for impossibly endless growth. Stormgate creator Frost Giant—a studio created by former StarCraft 2 devs—is following...
Helldivers 2, Palworld, And More Of The Week's Essential Tips
17.2.2024
Love is in the air this week at Kotaku Towers, and the PS3-era charms ofHelldivers 2 have us totally smitten. Meanwhile, the Palworld hype train charges on, but we’re still keeping an eye on old loves and frenemies like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Overwatch 2. These are the week’s can’t-miss tips...
All Of Our Best Palworld Tips, In One Handy Place
16.2.2024
We’re just six weeks in to 2024, and we’ve already seen the release of some absolulte bangers, including Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Persona 3 Reload. But the year’s biggest surprise so far has been a game most observers wrote off as a Pokémon-knockoff—until millions of people realized there...