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A free demo of Monster Hunter Wilds, which allows players to experience the opening story of Capcom’s hit action RPG, launched for other platforms back in August. Then a month later, it was revealed in the latest Nintendo Direct that a port of the game is in development for Nintendo Switch 2. Now today, Capcom

Epic Games has reportedly delayed the release of an upcoming shooter game featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters from March to an unspecified date, according to Bloomberg. According to the publication’s sources, Epic is delaying the release because it is shifting to an “AI-first” production model using tools like Anthropic’s Claude.  “No more hand-written code” is

We need it. Now. Nintendo has released a new overview trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, give us perhaps our best look yet at the remake’s gameplay – yes, even more than the Direct announcement. There’s lots to peruse, including the new Hall of Fallen Foes feature, which is

Nintendo has released another update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, following the surprisingly robust 4.0.0 update last month. The latest update, Version 4.0.1, doesn’t add any fresh new content, but it does fix a few important bugs when playing on Nintendo Switch 2. Most notably, the number of item boxes and obstacles should now be

Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, and ahead of its release, Rockstar Games has created a webpage where you can preview six in-game radio stations. The stations feature Latin music, southern hip hop, country, metal, AfroBeats, and pop, and I just finished listening to each preview.  While listening, I used my phone’s Shazam

Ratamatazz. Released at the height of the rhythm-action boom and following the march of peripheral-based music games, Patapon was a visually unique treat. The result of a collaboration between game designer Hiroyuki Kotani and French artist Rolito Giuli, this curio had you control a tribe of tiny eyeball creatures by tapping out rhythms on face

Those of you opting for the digital version of the upcoming Nintendo Switch Sports Resort should be made aware that the estimated file-size has shrunk from 16GB and is down to 9.83GB. This is according to the file-size of Version 1.0.0 of the multi-activity sports game on the Nintendo Store backend. Nintendo has been very

A couple of months back, we learned that Phoenix Cyclops would be the first DLC fighter to join Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls. He was just the first character in the game’s Year 1 DLC roadmap, however. This weekend, the next three characters were revealed. Jane Foster as Thor, Venom, and Jubilee are coming to the

Here come the grannies! Following an impressive entry from Halfbrick with Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen, developer Gameloft is taking a crack at the beloved IP with Bluey’s Happy Snaps. After Gold Pen’s more fantastical approach, this latest adventure brings things back to basics, making for a charming, lighthearted experience that kids will absolutely

Bill van Zyll, who is the vice president and general manager for Nintendo in Latin America, has said in a new interview that there are no plans to discontinue physical media. Discussions on social media have become frequent as of late due to Sony confirming it plans to ditch discs with the PlayStation 6 which has

Paramount Pictures is making a live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie, according to a Deadline report. The publication says the movie is set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, which began with CD Projekt Red’s RPG of the same name and has since expanded into novels, comics, and anime like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (which is getting a sequel this

Image: Nintendo The upcoming return to 64-bit Hyrule has us discussing Ocarina of Time memories, chatting about our favourite characters and bosses, and generally looking wistfully into the middle distance with a smile on our faces, wondering how all these people and places will look in reimagined form on Switch 2. In the course of

Starfield has long been rumoured to be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 system though we have yet to receive any announcement. Today, reliable leaker NateTheHate has said on X that he believes the port of Starfield may have been cancelled on Nintendo’s latest platform. We had heard that the team had difficulties getting Starfield

Forza Horizon 6, the latest open-world racer from developer Playground Games, was set to launch on PlayStation 5 this year but has since been delayed to 2027. Fortunately, it launches early in the year, specifically on January 26.  If you pay for the more expensive Premium Edition of Forza Horizon 6, you can start the

Few games have had as lasting an impact on the overarching gaming space through one mechanic alone as the Nemesis system presented in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and its sequel, Shadow of War. First released in 2014, it’s hard to believe such innovation has been stuck locked away for over a decade since Monolith Productions,

During today’s Sonic Club Chaos 35th anniversary livestream, SEGA announced that their collaboration with Epic Games is still to be continued. A Fortnite teaser of Metal Sonic’s eyes glowing red appeared briefly at the event, revealing that the fan-favorite robotic clone of Sonic created by Dr. Eggman will be jumping from the Battle Bus and

If you’re like me, you’re always on the look for new gear- and ability-gated exploration games that recall the joy of early Metroid and Castlevania games. Echo Weaver offers a new twist on that idea, by keeping the exploration element, but making progression be tied to knowledge acquired over the course of play, rather than

After years of content updates and DLC expansions, Mintrocket has announced that the final wave of DLC for Dave the Diver will launch in ‘Early 2027‘, and it’s a crossover that feels like it was always meant to be. Dave will be teaming up with Subnautica 2 in the free expansion, adding the ocean moon

As announced earlier this week, today’s scheduled Nintendo Music update includes nearly 2 hours of music from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000) on Nintendo 64, with 111 total tracks now available on the service. The curated playlists this time around are for Battles, Dungeons, Welcome to Termina, and Ocarina Songs, alongside the usual

2K Games has surprise-dropped a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S update for Mafia III that adds 60 FPS performance to the game alongside other technical improvements. If you already own the game on PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, the update is free; if you don’t, 2K is currently selling it on digital storefronts at

Dotemu and Tribute Games teased their upcoming Doctor Doom-focused Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC a few months back, and today at New York Comic Con, the teams announced when we can expect to play it. ‘The Siege of Castle Doom’ expansion will be available on 10th November, adding two new playable characters into the mix and

With the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds World Championship happening on Friday which are set to reveal what is in store for players with regards to the second year of content, the game’s creative director Masaru Kohayakawa has said on the SEGA Staff blog that the team is “also making a huge update to the game specifications.”

It seems like just yesterday that Riftbound, the League of Legends card game, was bursting onto the scene with Origins. On October 23, its Radiance set will arrive with numerous new cards for deckbuilders to dig into, and today Game Informer is showcasing one of them: Ziggs, Explosive. Long-time League players know Ziggs as the

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Docked) Order of the Sinking Star is not for the weak-willed. The latest puzzle adventure from Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) makes the player earn their wins, rewarding them with an intriguing, slowly unfurling story set in a mystical plane beyond comprehension. My many hours spent staring at these puzzle

Monster Hunter Rise continues to shift copies despite the newer Monster Hunter Wilds. Today, Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Rise has now sold 20 million units worldwide since it originally launched on the Nintendo Switch as a timed exclusive back in 2021. Capcom has thanked fans for its support of Monster Hunter Rise and

China-based NetEase Games acquired Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind the No More Heroes series, Lollipop Chainsaw, and more, back in 2021. Now, months after the launch of Romeo is a Dead Man, the studio’s latest release, Grasshopper Manufacture has split from NetEase to become an independent studio once more.  Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda, better

Back what seems like a lifetime ago, I got a chance to have a pop at Nintendo Switch Sports Resort at gamescom [sic] ’26. No, I don’t mean the stuff that just anyone with a ticket and the patience to wait in an enormous queue could play. No, I got a chance to play sports

Nintendo has launched two more Nintendo Switch apps as part of the “little-kid-friendly” My Mario series: Hello, Peach! and Hello, Luigi! These free games are designed for parents to enjoy with their younger children, allowing you to playfully interact with characters from the Mario series, like playing Peekaboo, or making silly faces by stretching them

Kena: Scars of Kosmora was revealed in February as a direct sequel to 2021’s Kena: Bridge of Spirits. It was announced with a 2026 launch window, but as we entered a very packed autumn with no updates, that seemed less and less likely. Developer Ember Lab has now confirmed the game will be pushed into

Image: Square Enix October is shaping up to be an exceptionally busy month for game releases, and one of these is Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III] for the Switch 2. Ditching the cloud for a proper native release, many fans have been eagerly waiting for this for quite some time. But if you’re looking to install