There’s nothing like the smell of hot coffee and the sweet melodies of chirping birds in the morning. Unless of course, you’re Rise & Shine’s protagonist in which case you’d probably rather wake up to the smell of pistol smoke and the sound of an alarm clock getting blasted off your bedside locker. Originally released
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Nintendo published a new trailer for Mario Tennis Aces on Switch, showing new character Birdo (Catherine in Japanese). Birdo is characterized as an All-Around character like Daisy, Mario, and Luigi. People with a Nintendo Switch Online account can unlock Birdo early, starting October 1st, by playing the game’s online mode. Nintendo will properly add her to
Kadokawa Games released the first trailer and screenshots of its upcoming live-action remake of Root Letter, titled Root Letter: Last Answer. We get to see the actors for the main characters and a comparison between the live-action mode and the original game. Incidentally, the original illustrated gameplay featuring artwork by Taro Minoboshi will also be
Take a break from violent and gritty shooters with a bright, colorful, and gleeful game—from developer Greg Lobanov, Wandersong is a musical adventure now available on PC, Mac, and Switch. Players will take the role of a “lowly bard” and use the power of the Earthsong melody to save the planet. This game has plenty
We’re coming up on almost a year since Super Mario Odyssey was released for the Switch, but Nintendo hasn’t quite stopped putting out additional content for the critically-acclaimed platformer. Fans of classical music may find Mario’s new Conductor Outfit and Conductor Wig to be quite amusing. That’s right—players of Odyssey can now toss a powdered
With New York Comic Con 2018 just around the corner, it’s time to start getting excited about the guests that will grace this year’s lineup. Running alongside stars such as MythBusters’ Adam Savage, Power Rangers’ Jason David Frank, and Gotham’s Sean Pertwee; Square Enix will be delivering a Just Cause 4 focused developer showcase and
Game developer Dark Star Studios announced its upcoming game, Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption will be released on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One October 18. If you are a fan of titles like Dark Souls, you may very well enjoy this game as they are quite similar in style. Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption had an official
You’ve probably turned off the rumble in your controllers by now because you, like many gamers, value battery life over hand-held haptic feedback. Well, Razer is hedging a bet: the new Nari line of wireless headsets is putting rumble around each of your ears. The Nari Ultimate–the most expensive version of the Nari–comes complete with
Last month, Toybox Inc. and Aksys Games released their restaurant-management/adventure game Little Dragons Café on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Overall, the game is quite the wholesome experience, and publisher Aksys Games seems to be expanding that kindness into the real world by donating to charity Extra Life. Specifically, Aksys Games will be $10,000 of Little Dragons Café’s
It has been over a week since the launch of Nintendo Switch Online and it has seemed to have gone smoothly. The service also works with a mobile app, which must be used for voice chat in most games. Interestingly, in just one week the the number of app installs grew 76%, meaning that around
After a couple of teases, the sixth season of Fortnite Battle Royale has officially begun. Titled Darkness Rising, this spooky theme is coming just in time for Halloween. With new locations and features like pets, this season will have plenty to offer for players of the absurdly popular game. Areas of the map are now
Bandai Namco Entertainment has released a new trailer showcasing some previously revealed free content that’s available now in Dragon Ball FighterZ’s latest update. In particular, the trailer shows off a new stage, seasonal Z Capsule loot, and new ranks that can be achieved in Ranked matches. You can check out the trailer for yourself down below. The
Sony made the completely unexpected announcement that Fortnite would have cross-platform play and progression with PlayStation 4 and competing consoles Xbox One and Nintendo Switch—now, Epic Games is getting into the nitty-gritty, promising the feature of account merging for this November. The feature is important to many who own multiple consoles; initially, those who had
Today, it was announced that 07th Expansion’s Visual Novel Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Hou, which initially released for Switch on July 26th 2018, will launch for PlayStation 4 as well on January 24th 2019. Higurashi Hou is an ultimate version of sorts of the Higurashi Visual Novel. The game is fully voiced, has new illustrations, new
If you’re into Fornite like it seems everyone is nowadays, then you know that the start of a new Season is one of the most exciting times to be playing the battle royale title. Well, it’s time to gear up once again and prepare to purchase yet another Battle Pass as Season 6 is set to begin
Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included new information about the upcoming live-action visual novel Root Letter: Last Answer. First of all, we learn the platforms that the game will launch for in Japan, and those are PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PS Vita. The game also received a release date for the local market. It will
The Razer Kraken Tournament Edition (TE for short) strikes an impressive balance between cost, comfort, and a high caliber of quality. It not only serves as a refresh to their popular Kraken line of headsets but also to introduce THX Spatial Audio into the headset game. While there is a lot of competition at the
Adorable, brightly colored shenanigans are afoot in Space Mace and Graffiti Games’ upcoming auto-runner Joggernauts which is making its way to Switch and PC. The idea behind Joggernauts is quite simple; rearrange your team of athletic aliens so that their colors correspond with the obstacles ahead. Switching the leader in your pack will allow you
For the 38th week of the year on the UK sales chart, things have remained roughly identical to the week prior. Marvel’s Spider-Man has once again finished in the top spot on the chart this week making this the third straight week that it has done so — not a huge surprise. Shadow of the Tomb Raider has
It’s normally very challenging for western games to land a the top of the Japanese sales charts by Media Create in their debut week, but doing so for three consecutive weeks is a rather epic feat. Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man did it, as you can see in the software chart below, showcasing the period between
Released earlier this summer, The Banner Saga 3 brought players of the strategy-RPG series its much-anticipated conclusion in a dark and thrilling fashion. For those dedicated fans looking for some added challenge from the game after its launch, there will now be plenty to look forward to from the release of a new piece of DLC in
Last week brought the unfortunate news that Telltale Games, the developer behind acclaimed episodic titles such as The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, would begin a majority studio closure that resulted in the layoffs of the majority of its staff. In the wake of the news, the fate of the studio’s current project, The Walking Dead:
Team17 has released a launch trailer for The Escapists: Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch, available now for $14.99 USD on the eShop. Break out of many different prisons in The Escapist: Complete Edition. Originally released in 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, The Escapists now comes to Nintendo Switch. Included in the Complete
In another unexpected development following the closure of Telltale Games, a Reddit user leaked footage of the company’s now-canceled Stranger Things project. The leak shows off gameplay featuring TV show characters Will Byers, his mother Joyce Byers, and a Demogorgon in the Upside Down. The leaked footage depicts will in an interactive conversation with Joyce, in
Arkane Studios has been one of the industry’s most prominent proponents of single-player experiences that allow the player to test new things out in a given environment. These ideas are at the root of every Arkane game which made it all the more interesting when they revealed that they’d be making releasing Prey: Mooncrash, a new
Tokyo Game Show 2018 has come and gone, and we can finally talk about most of the content that we experienced at the Makuhari Messe. There were tons of great games at the show, so we have a lot to talk about, from Devil May Cry 5 to Ace Combat 7 and Project Judge, it was a festival of really
In an unusual move for the Pokémon franchise, a new pocket monster will appear on mobile game Pokémon Go before its mainline counterparts. Not only that, but new Pokémon Meltan will also be available on Pokémon: Let’s Go Eevee and Pikachu. Meltan is a Mythical Steel-type Pokémon, with a body similar to that of Ditto’s, but with a hex nut-looking head.
During the Nindies Spring 2018 Presentation, Klei Entertainment unveiled Mark of the Ninja: Remastered, a remaster of the critically acclaimed 2012 stealth game. While not much has been heard about it since then, another trailer was released today, revealing that Mark of the Ninja: Remastered will be released on October 9. Additionally, this trailer also
Famous developer Hidetaka Suehiro, known as SWERY, creator of Deadly Premonition and Dark Dreams Don’t Die(D4), shared in an interview new information for one of his upcoming games: The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories. The Missing was born thanks to the friendship between SWERY and Kido Oka, Arc System Works’ CEO, who promised him
Before a holiday season that will surely call for family and friend gatherings, The Jackbox Party Pack 5 will finally be available for all on essentially every single current home platform. Containing five games that utilize mobile phones as controllers, the pack will release on PlayStation 4 a day earlier than on other platforms. This