Nintendo outlined its plans for the long-awaited Switch subscription service this week, and it actually sounds pretty great. But maybe hold off on praising the company, because it also sounds like the Virtual Console is officially dead.
Read More »Nintendo Switch Online Service Details Revealed
20 free NES games, to start, will be ushering in the next era of online functionality for Nintendo and the Switch. In a relatively conspicuous tweet, Nintendo announced details regarding the upcoming paid online service. We already knew that the service would be required to play games online, but this …
Read More »Coming up: The games of May 2018
May is going to be a much bigger month than April was, particularly for Nintendo Switch gamers. And one of the biggest reasons is Mega Man and Street Fighter publisher Capcom.
Read More »Nintendo Download: Time to Get Funky!
Anyone who has been waiting to get funky with the re-release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is about to have all of their wildest dreams fulfilled. Tropical Freeze headlines 17 new games coming to the Switch’s online shop this week. Also included are all three Naruto Storm games and …
Read More »Nintendo’s lays out its plans for E3, will include Splatoon and Smash championships
E3 might be for announcements and fresh looks at what’s coming soon, but Nintendo will also be playing up some of it’s standards too. This coming show will include championships for both Splatoon 2 and the new Switch version of Super Smash Bros.
Read More »Dark Souls: Remastered digital pre-orders open for Xbox One and PS4
Bandai Namco and From Software’s Dark Souls redux is almost here. Well, for two out of the three consoles it’ll be arriving on anyway. And if you’re set on going the digital route for it, you’ll be happy to note that digital orders have officially opened for the game.
Read More »Nintendo Download: Vikings, Shadow Cores and Squids!
Nintendo’s weekly eshop update arrived this morning, and if you’re a fan of Norse mythology or Neogeo games, this is your week! The staple games this week include Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Light Fall and a free Splatoon 2 update! I am pretty sure that the timing for Jotun is coincidental, …
Read More »Sega’s Sonic Mania Plus racing to retail this July
The “Plus” edition of Sonic Mania has finally been dated and will be hitting this coming summer. Aside from the announcement, Sega has also releases a first trailer for the game, starring Ray and Mighty.
Read More »Fear Effect Sedna (Switch) Review
Fear Effect is back on the Nintendo Switch and the other 8th generation consoles. The last we saw of Hana, Rain and the gang was ironically in the prequel Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix. Originally, a third game titled Fear Effect: Inferno would have been released for the PlayStation 2 …
Read More »Fox n Forests launch date revealed, brings 16bit gameplay back next month
Hitting for all the major platforms simultaneously, Fox n Forests is almost here. Bonus Level Entertainment’s ode to the era of the SNES shows off its retro look and season-changing mechanics in this fresh trailer.
Read More »Wolfenstein II finally arrives on the Switch on June 29th
Bethesda’s shooter sequel to the relaunched Wolfenstein first landed on consoles late last year. And now it’s finally almost here, bringing more FPS action to the Nintendo Switch.
Read More »Bombslinger (Switch) Review: True Grit
Bombslinger’s Bomberman action is a blast.
Read More »Nintendo Download: Ample Parking, Day or Night!
So. I was pretty thrown off to see the line from South Park’s theme appear at the top of this week’s download. I guess it makes sense though, because this week’s big game is South Park: The Fractured But Whole, which lands on April 24. Some other interesting titles this …
Read More »Praise the sun, Dark Souls: Remastered release dates have (mostly) been announced
Bandai Namco has revealed the release dates for its remaster of Dark Souls. The game will be landing on most platforms next month, with one big exception.
Read More »Immortal Redneck blasts the Nintendo Switch next month
Originally released last year, Immortal Redneck is a procedural generated first-person shooter that blends “rednecks” and ancient Egypt. Yes really, and it’s pretty darn cool. And with this new release, we’re getting the game on Switch.
Read More »Sega Ages to bring classic Sega titles to the Nintendo Switch
There might be no Virtual Console on the Nintendo Switch, but don’t tell Sega that. Sega Ages will be bringing a flow of the company’s classics to the console, starting with a quintet of fresh eShop additions.
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