Fragments of a New Future? The Dragon Quest train just isn’t slowing down; despite the fact we just got Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, we’re actually just months away (5th February 2026) from the arrival of Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined on Switch 1 & 2, and there’s plenty to be excited about. Game…
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Jimbo is a Starr. Remember that Balatro trailer when Ben Starr, the voice of Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI, Dycedarg Beouvle in Final Fantasy Tactics, and Prometheus in Hades II, dressed up as the game’s iconic mascot Jimbo? Need more of that in your life? Well, LocalThunk, PlayStack, and Fangamer have you covered. The…
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Not so soulless. SEGA and Atlus are dropping a surprise demo for one of its early Switch 2 titles, Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army. The demo arrives on the Switch eShop — for both the Switch 1 and 2 versions of the game — at 9pm PST today (that’s midnight EST and…
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This is the Raye. Holiday season is almost upon us (this writer’s local supermarket rolled out the advent calendars weeks ago), and Nintendo UK is equally keen to spread some festive cheer with its new TV ads. This year’s offering once again puts the record-breaking singer-songwriter star Raye front and centre, showing that even Brit-winners…
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In this economy? Well played. The world of video games hasn’t provided much respite from global issues recently, not for those of us who love games and the people who make them. The issues facing the industry and players post-COVID — including mass layoffs, cancelled projects, questionable acquisitions, the encroachment of generative AI, rising prices,…
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Canon-fire or a misfire? Nintendo’s next big Switch 2 exclusive is just a few days away, and that means impressions and reviews for Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment are rolling in. And folks, it’s looking and sounding good. This is the third Hyrule Warriors game and is completely canonical, set long before the events of…
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Akira Sliiiiiiiide. Thought Nintendo had forgotten about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond? Think again! December’s big release has just landed a brand-new trailer titled ‘Survive’ and, expectedly, it’s still looking awesome. Now, the trailer itself is only a little over a minute long, and you will have seen a lot of the footage before, but there…
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U.S. Patent Office orders reexamination of Nintendo patent. Nintendo faces another setback in its legal battle against Pocketpair and Palworld. As reported by Games Fray (thanks, IGN), the U.S. Patent Office boss John Squires (no, not quite The Stone Roses guitarist – close, though) has ordered the reexamination of Nintendo’s “summon sub-character and let it…
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You can pet the Vulpo. Hibernian Workshop’s ace roguelike Astral Ascent has done a fair amount of growing since it first launched on Switch back in 2023. The release of the ver. 2.0 update and ‘Outer Reaches’ DLC mean the game is almost twice as big as it was to begin with, and it will…
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You Korok my world. Back in 2014 when I picked up the very first Hyrule Warriors on Wii U, my expectations were set somewhere around ‘Give me mindless musou action wearing its best Legend of Zelda costume and I’ll be a very happy boy.’ A simple boy, for sure, but a happy one. And I…
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