Most puzzle games aren’t weird enough. Sure, ambitious new titles like Legend of Solgard look to shake up the match-three formula, however, a lot of puzzle games end up focusing solely on mechanics rather than world-building or narrative. While that’s all fine and dandy, it would be nice to see a new generation of puzzle games
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For the past week, indie developer Gears for Breakfast and publisher Humble Bundle have been teasing exciting announcements for A Hat in Time, and today we finally learned what these were. The A Hat in Time: Seal the Deal and co-op DLC packs were unveiled, and the developers finally announced that the game would be
Today, OtherSide Entertainment and 505 Games announced Underworld Ascendant will be headed to the Steam Marketplace on November 15, 2018. From the minds of Warren Spector and Paul Neurath, Underworld Ascendant is a follow-up to Ultima Underworld, a game known for paving the way for the immersive sim genre. As seen in the new trailer
Many believe that Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a very similar game to the original Valkyria Chronicles, and in many ways it is. That’sn definitely a good thing since the first title of the series was amazing. That being said, It isn’t exactly the same game with just a new story and cast added to it.
Today Bandai Namco released a brand new trailer of the upcoming anime fighting game My Hero One’s Justice. If the title feels familiar but not too much, that’s because it’s actually a My Hero Academia game, titled My Hero Academia: One Justice in Japan. Bandai Namco lost the “Academia” in the west likely due to licensing reasons. The trailer is
Nintendo expects to ship 20 million Switch units this fiscal year, but the prestigious Osaka-based firm Ace Economic Research Institute appears to have more faith in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!/Let’s Go, Eevee! then the house of Mario and Zelda itself. The firm’s analyst Hideki Yasuda recently released his analysis of the company’s finances, and came up
Topstitch Games shared a trailer to celebrate the launch of Treadnauts, a 2D party game where players battle each other in tanks as they soar through the air. The trailer shows off some gameplay and a few of the game’s different playable zones. Treadnauts allows players to battle it out locally or online. In four different playable zones,
Today Nintendo and The Pokémon Company revealed a new trailer of the upcoming twin games Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!. The trailer features the two of the mega evolutions that will be available in the Switch titles, Mega Kangaskhan and Mega Gyarados. Not only we get to see what the Pokémon will look like, but
Today NIS America revealed one more new trailer of the upcoming Disgaea: Hour of Darkness remaster Disgaea 1 Complete. The video shows the intro of Etna Mode, which is a bonus mode that was implemented in Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness for PSP. At the beginning of the game, Etna accidentally kills Laharl, sparking an alternate storyline focusing on
Following the top-twenty released on Wednesday, today Media Create released its weekly analysis painting a more precise picture of the Japanese market between August 6th and August 12th. According to the first, the 26,000 copies sold by Yakuza 3 for PS4 represents roughly 70% of the initial shipment. That being said, considering that it’s a remaster of
bread machine games recently released its new game Slam Land, and to celebrate you have a chance to win either a Nintendo Switch, a custom Slam Land skin for the console and its controllers, and a digital copy of the game, or one of fifteen digital download codes for Slam Land, allso for the Switch. If you want a
Ever since Season 5 of Fortnite started a little more than a month ago, the game’s map has been littered with small little rift portals that, when jumped into, will automatically transport you to the top of the map, allowing you to activate your glider once more. Now, for some reason, Epic Games has detected a bug
Developer Sobaka Studio and publisher Buka Entertainment originally had two titles slated for release this year – Redeemer: Enhanced Edition and 9 Monkey of Shaolin. Ahead of their appearance at Gamescom, new trailers were released for both the aforementioned titles. Unfortunately, we also learned that both titles have been noticeably delayed from their original launch window. Redeemer:
Each video game establishes its own degree of literacy—that is, every new game that one plays has to teach them the ways of its language. This will generally come in some form of tutorial, whether they be optional or a part of whatever story the game is telling. Simply put, games go out of their
Little Dragons Café will launch in just over a week for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, so publisher Aksys Games is releasing several videos highlighting different parts of the game. Recent videos highlighted how the developers came up with the idea for Little Dragons Café and how managing a café works, while today’s focuses on exploring the game’s
The idea of Blizzard games on Nintendo Switch used to be an absurdity, but a recent confirmation of Diablo II on the platform has changed the conversation. In a Gamespot interview, Diablo III senior producer Pete Sitwell spoke candidly about his opinions on Overwatch and StarCraft II potentially coming to Nintendo’s hybrid console. Overwatch has long been on PC,
It’s always interesting when games tackle genres outside of their own. In this case, Digital Extremes takes attributes from its popular online shooter Warframe and applied them to a classic 1-on-1 fighting game format similar to that of Mortal Kombat and other arcade hits from the early 1990s. The Street Fighter-style mini-game is unashamedly titled
Cosmic Star Heroine has all the makings of a ’90s SNES RPG. It’s a solid game at an affordable price, but Cosmic Star Heroine rarely sets itself apart from the wide variety of games that came before it, and because of that it suffers. In my mind, the game is not much more than RPG comfort food that
We haven’t heard about Krillbite’s enigmatic narrative game Mosaic in quite some time, but the title has emerged to reveal that it will also grace the Nintendo Switch with its presence. The game will also release on all other current platforms. From the team behind Among the Sleep, Mosaic has players follow the repetitive and
Tripwire Interactive previously stated that their vehicular combat title Road Redemption would come to Nintendo Switch, and with a new trailer, the developer/publisher is now ready to showcase the game on all current consoles. Road Redemption is described as a roguelike combat racer, where players lead a biker gang across America on a “road rage
Every lead up to a new Smash Bros. game is special. From the exciting announcements of new characters, stages, and game modes, to the ever-joyful trailers that are always in store, I’d argue that Super Smash Bros. and its developers know how to create more hype and anticipation than almost any other game. Even with this being said, there’s
Today Idea Factory International announced that the release window of Brave Neptunia: Behold World and Space!! Ultimate RPG Declaration!!, titled in the west simply Super Neptunia RPG has been changed. While the game was previously slated to come in the fall for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, it will now be launched in North America and Europe in the
Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer and a new batch of screenshots and artwork of the upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. The assets focus mostly on the five new characters that will bring the crazy big cast of the game to 170, Zeus, Athena, Ares, Odin, and Perseus. We also get a neat official description that
Imagine this– it’s Friday night and you’re going to have a few friends over for drinks. You assess your entertainment options. There’s Cards Against Humanity which has, quite frankly, stopped being fun five years ago. Of course, you can always boot up the old Xbox One and get your friends to play Jackbox Party Pack,
SEGA and Sumo Digital will once again be showing off their upcoming racing game Team Sonic Racing at Gamescom, which runs in Cologne, Germany from August 21 until August 25. Ahead of the game’s appearance there, the developers have unveiled and unveiled screenshots for Team Vector and a brand new stage called Ice Mountain. Team
Early this morning, patch v5.21 for Fortnite was officially released to the world, and it contained some pretty awesome stuff, to say the least. What’s not awesome though, is that Epic Games, the developer behind the massively popular shooter, is reporting an increase in crashes after the update’s release, so be wary. Luckily, the developer has identified the
At this point, we are less than a month away from NBA 2K19’s official release but developer Visual Concepts and 2K Sports doesn’t seem like they are stopping with news about the title anytime soon. Today, they announced that hip-hop/rap artist Travis Scott would be curating soundtrack for the game, using some of his own tracks and
Today is Wednesday and statistics firm Media Create published its usual hardware and software charts, giving us a glimpse into the ups and downs of the Japanese video game market. Below you can check out the software chart related to the period between August 6th to August 12th. As usual, the second number for each
Even since its release in 2012, Diablo III has still remained a hugely popular title across PC and consoles, and it seems as though that Nintendo Switch owners may be able to look forward to slaying demons with their friends later this year. The apparent confirmation of Diablo III for Nintendo Switch has come by way of Forbes,
The good old days of sitting on your couch for a spot of fishing of Bass Pro Shops: The Strike on the Wii seem like a distant memory, don’t they? Wouldn’t it be great to bring those nostalgic moments back? Fret no more, my friend, as according to Amazon Germany this is exactly what is happening.