Nintendo will shut down the Miiverse social network running on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS this fall. With its death goes a community of artists, goofballs and “Yeahs!” If you were active on Miiverse and want to keep your post history until the end of time, you can request a download of it. You need to do this before Miiverse shuts down on November 8, 2017. You must have JavaScript...
ReCore has officially re-released. This time it’s known as ReCore Definitive Edition, and it packs some new content to potentially justify the second release alongside some changes made for the launch of the Xbox One X. Those who already own ReCore will get the Definitive Edition as a free update today. It’s available right now. Those who don’t own the original game can pick up this...
PayPal and Nintendo have announced that consumers can now use PayPal to make purchases on the eShop of their choice. For the Nintendo Switch, it’s simple. For the 3DS and Wii U, it’s… fine. Nintendo Switch owners will now see the option to pay with PayPal when they go to purchase a new game or piece of content from the eShop on their console. The button will pop up and they’ll make...
Now that the time to preorder the Super NES Classic has come and gone, Nintendo decided now’s a good time to reveal a few of the features the system will offer up. Turns out, the 21-game packing platform with two controllers and a $80 price tag can do a lot of little nifty stuff. The Super NES Classic has save states, exactly like the NES Classic. It also offers frame decorations to...
“All games look and play great on Xbox One X. But select Xbox One X Enhanced titles are optimized to take full advantage of the world’s most powerful console.” That’s how Microsoft frames the growing software lineup for the Xbox One X Enhanced collection. Much like old games were updated to take advantage of the PlayStation 4 Pro, older games in the Xbox One library are being updated...
Ubisoft had Assassin’s Creeed Origins Game Director Ashraf Ismail participate in a video Q&A for fans. The entire thing, coming in at just shy of five minutes, is focused on breaking down the game’s combat. Here’s the video in its entirety. The very first question Ismail answers is, in my opinion, the best in the clip. The question is “What would you say is the biggest change...
With essentially every Pokémon title in the main series, we saw two colors. Red and Blue, for instance. Then, Game Freak and Nintendo would release another version that offered more features and stood definitively. With Red and Blue, we had Yellow. We had Gold and Silver, and then we got Crystal. We saw the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, and then we got Emerald. You get the...
An exclusive Nintendo Switch bundle is bound for Walmart starting next month. It’ll be the only shop in North America to offer this specific package. For $379.99, consumers will get a Nintendo Switch with Neon Pink and Neon Green Joy-Con, a Splatoon 2 carrying case and a digital download code for the full version of Splatoon 2. That price is up $80.00 over the MSRP, but the case and...
Sonic Mania has an Easter Egg that only the most diehard fans will ever notice, and that’s incredible. Back in July of 2016, Sega was trying to drum up hype for the 25th anniversary of the beloved and eternally bruised Sonic franchise. The festivities included a 25th birthday party for Sonic the Hedgehog at San Diego Comic-Con. The event was livestreamed,...
Back in April, I was among the few that noticed a problem with their Nintendo Switch. It was bending, or warping if you prefer. The once flat system started to curve towards me over time. I snapped a few pictures of this and reported on the matter, reaching out to Nintendo in the process. They never responded, though readers indicated that the company was willing to repair/replace bent...
Has the burn from No Man’s Sky finally cooled enough for you to get interested in it again? I think it has for me, and what players are discovering following the latest update (dubbed, officially, Atlas Rises) has really piqued my curiosity. These planets and biomes are absolutely bizarre, and they are the exact type of haunting imagery I wished I experienced the first time around....
Before we get into this insane little story, have no fear. There are no spoilers for Game of Thrones in this post. Well, I suppose there are some minor spoilers like that a character appears, but nothing that I (someone who is super sensitive to the matter) would mark as a spoiler. I digress. Fans of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have cooked up a crazy, amazing theory about the...
I always have my phone on me. I’m sure that’s true for a lot of you. When I’m at a conference or at my office all day, I also make sure I have a charger. Now, if I’m out for a day in the city with my wife or down to the beach with my family, I never bring my charger. As my kids get older and I find myself relying on my phone more for GPS, games and music, my battery falls low way more...
The Creative Director at Ubisoft Milan working on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch, Davide Soliani, replied to a user on Twitter regarding the game’s resolution and frame rate. Based on the exchange, we now know that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will run in 900p at 30fps when docked and 720p at 30fps when played portably. This is important stuff for those...
The trouble with photorealistic mods in PC games is typically that they come at the expense of performance. Sure, they look beautiful, but when your PC runs the game like it’s on a carousel slide tray from 1952, it’s not really worth it. Enter NaturalVision Remastered, a mod done up by modder Razed. This photorealistic mod for Grand Theft Auto V makes the game gorgeous, and supposedly...
The climbing in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is really, really good. Video creator and game documentarian Danny O’Dwyer committed an entire video to a brief history of climbing in video games and exactly how well Zelda achieves it. A point that really hit home for me that I never qualified with words but felt as I played was voiced perfectly in the video. It’s that bit...
Between comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook back in February and the recent word from Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, you’d think augmented reality is the next big slam dunk for tech. Cook said that he thinks AR is a “big idea, like the smartphone.” “I think AR is that big,” he explained. “It’s huge. I get excited because of the things that could be done that could improve a lot of...
From where I’m standing, the premise of Comedy Night sounds like raw nightmare fuel. You have to get up in front of a virtual audience and do a routine. They can boo, vote you off, heckle or, I don’t know, laugh and love you. Terrifying, right? But, for anyone who’s ever wanted to try their hand at standup comedy, Comedy Night sounds like it could be that opportunity. It’s bound for...
I’ve always had a big soft spot for city simulation titles, and the best of the batch (or, at least, the most reliably good) used to be SimCity. That changed with the launch of the latest mess several years back, and that left the throne wide open for a new king of city sim. The best city sim game to release in, like, a decade is Cities: Skylines from Paradox Interactive. Now, I played...
I reviewed Splatoon 2. Spoiler alert: I like the game. I like it because of how inventive and original the core formula of covering a stage with ink in order to win a battle remains. I had problems with the game ahead of release, and they remain even as we approach a full week of the game at retail. Chiefly, the game’s multiplayer elements feel like they were designed in an era of...