Month: February 2020

Forget Animal Crossing: New Horizons, we’re getting new SNES and NES titles through the Nintendo Switch Online service, as announced by their official Twitter account! As well as providing gamers access to online features, the library of cult classic games on offer incentivises those still undecided about signing up. Not long after it hit 15
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Initially released in 2016, Stardew Valley has since come to a variety of other platforms and has continually been supported by the game’s developer, ConcernedApe. After years of hard work on the title though, it seems ConcernedApe is beginning to work on entirely new projects now, although these future games might still be related to Stardew Valley. Over
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Every now and then, video game brands like Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo will crossover with popular clothing labels to create some interesting collaborations. We’ve seen it a lot in the past when PlayStation teamed up with Nike to release specially branded backpacks in addition to some limited-edition Paul George PG-2 shoes. Now, it seems as
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Bandai Namco, alongside Dengeki Online, held a stream for Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris and the anime SAO Alicization War of Underworld on February 12. We learned a whole lot more on both the game and the anime, and new trailers were published as well. The stream featured: Yousuke Futami, Bandai Namco Producer ReoNa, singer
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There has been perhaps no bigger proponent of E3 over the years than that of Geoff Keighley. The host and producer of The Game Awards and E3 Coliseum has long been outspoken about how important he thinks it is for the gaming industry to have an event that brings everyone together. But after expressing some
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Bulkhead Interactive, the developers of Pneuma: Breath of Life, Battalion 1944, and The Turing Test tweeted about new job openings this morning. The tweet encourages readers to, “Be a part of the next AAA studio.” Recently, the studio ported puzzle game The Turing Test to Nintendo Switch, but they are now looking to expand. The Bulkhead Interactive website reads, “We
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Apex Legends’ Valentine’s Day Rendezvous event that was due to go live yesterday has been postponed after Respawn Entertainment has had to delay the event. It’s not clear why the event has been delayed. For those who may have read the news yesterday that Respawn Entertainment’s Battle Royale game Apex Legends was getting the Valentine’s
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Japanese studio Sting is planning to release Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone on Nintendo Switch. The Switch version of Yggdra Union will launch in Japan on March 5, 2020, with a price tag of 1800 Yen, probably tax included. It’ll be a digital-only release. This info comes from the usual magazine leaks, most probably
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Pokemon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch was causing controversy even before it came out. From the outcry generated by missing Pokemon to the suspicion that Game Freak was cutting corners by reusing animation cycles and assets, you’d be forgiven for thinking this would have resulted in poor sales figures. That certainly wasn’t the case.
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Just announced, the upcoming Division 2 expansion, Warlords of New York, will bring agents back to the city where it all began. While some games re-imagine real-life areas, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment’s new map is a 1:1 representation of Lower Manhattan. While talking to Ubisoft Leamington and Reflections Producer Nick Scurr, I asked if Warlords
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Recently, the president of the massive fighting game tournament, EVO, updated fans on the current registration numbers via Twitter. Evo 2020 Registration Leaderboard – February Edition 1) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2) Tekken 7 3) Street Fighter V: Champion Edition 4) Granblue Fantasy: Versus 5) Soul Calibur 6 6) DragonBall FighterZ 7) Under Night In-Birth
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More and more developers are bringing their titles to the PC marketplace. Halo and Gears of War are finally available on Steam, and even Spyro has made the move over to PC with the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. That’s Sony and Microsoft accounted for, but what about Nintendo? If you want to play a Fire Emblem title on PC, for example, chances are it’ll
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Vanillaware director George Kamitani confirmed the studio is currently developing its next game. Dengeki Online published an interview with Vanillaware’s staff on 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. We have George Kamitani, the director, scenarist, designer, and more, of 13 Sentinels. Koichi Maeno, who was a designer who assisted Kamitani and was a core member of 13
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I’m genuinely surprised by how much I’ve enjoyed Legends of Runeterra so far. The League of Legends flavoured Collectible Card Game went into open beta recently, and I downloaded it entirely on a whim. It’s been years since I actively played League of Legends, and I’ve not been huge into CCGs aside from dabbling in
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