Month: August 2025

And it looks terrible. Developer Pocketpair is still very much in the midst of a lawsuit from Nintendo over its smash-hit title Palworld, but it may have another issue on its hands. As covered by The Gamer, a new title by the name of Palland is now available via the Switch eShop, and everything from…

Bringing the fight to Switch soon. : The manga series Baki the Grappler will be getting a Super Punch-Out!! style 2D action game for Switch this September. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

“Get ready for a whole new ball game”. Last weekend, Nintendo held a special ‘Global Jam’ for the Switch 2 exclusive, Drag x Drive. This game is described as “the next generation” of 3-on-3 sports, where you use the mouse controls to speed around the court, and flick your wrists to perform tricks and shoot…

Treasure Tracker also got a Switch 2 upgrade recently. Nintendo Music has received its weekly update today and this time it adds the soundtrack from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. You’ll be able to listen to tracks like the game’s title theme, The King of Pyropuff Peak and much more. All up, this album contains a…

“What could possibly go wrong?”. Following ’90s gaming mascot revivals like Gex in recent times, Bubsy is up next with his Purrfect Collection featuring multiple classic titles. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

And the book’s still open. 25 years ago today, 11th August, Mario jumped into a whole new dimension. Today marks the anniversary of the N64 turn-based RPG, Paper Mario — which is a pretty big deal, because that means the entire series is also celebrating its quarter-century anniversary. Feeling old yet? Read the full article…

Faith revived. I’m really beginning to wonder just how Nightdive Studios manages to fit in so many awesome projects. Last year, we had no less than five major releases from the team, including The Thing: Remastered, DOOM + DOOM II, and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, and it’s clearly looking to achieve a similar degree…

Leave the shell. Take the banana. The latest UK Charts are in and the newly-released Mafia: The Old Country finds itself at the top of the pile, knocking Mario Kart World off its pedestal and into second place. Elsewhere, Tales of the Shire has also performed admirably to land at number 8, despite some rather…

The horn section. Developer Underwater Fire and publisher First Break Labs have just launched a new story trailer for their upcoming puzzle adventure game Particle Hearts, and, simply put, it looks gorgeous. This one will see you playing as The Drifter, a mysterious horned figure made entirely of particles, who sets out on a journey…

Kickstart to your weekend? There’s something about side-scrolling BMX/motorbike games, don’t you agree? They promise big silly accidents, skill-based gameplay that’s easy to parse, violent falls from mid-air, fun stunts, incredibly painful crashes and… well, yeah, just loads of falling and people getting rag-dolled. Now, we’ve got some good BMX stuff on Switch already, and…