Posts

Play the NES games that come with Switch Online the “way they’re meant to be” Nintendo’s online service for the Switch launched yesterday and along side it they announced wireless NES controllers to play the retro titles Nintendo is offering members. Along with cloud saves and online play access, Nintendo also give subscribers access to 20 enhanced NES titles, including Excitebike, Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda and Mario Bros. Three more games will be added each month....

It’s almost time for a new season of Rainbow Six: Siege and Ubisoft has revealed the first few details of Operation Grim Sky. The new season is just around the corner. Take a first look at the Year 3, Season 3 of Rainbow Six: Siege: Operation Grim Sky. Full reveal during the Six Major in Paris. — Rainbow Six Siege (@Rainbow6Game) August 7, 2018 In Operation Grim Sky, players will be introduced to two new defenders, a no-nonsense police officer from Great Britain, and an American attacker who’s seen it all....

God of War Ragnarok is launching very soon, and Sony is poised to have another global hit on its hands. The game already supports many languages, but different regions also demand their own marketing approaches. The latest Ragnarok promo on the PlayStation Japan YouTube channel is extra strange. Dubbed the “God of War Ragnarok Song,” the video is part karaoke, part dance routine. Japanese television personality Hiromichi Sato (literally) rolls in and begins singing about the exploits of Kratos and his son Atreus....

It’s not exactly Switch Pro, but is it worth the buy? So we now have our new Nintendo Switch OLED model in the horizon, and although it’s not the exact model we saw coming, it can be agreed on that everyone was anticipating something new. The only thing left in a lot of people’s minds based off this new name is: What exactly is OLED? And more importantly, do you need it?...

It seems another security loophole has been found in the newly resumed PlayStation Network Service. This exploit allows a hack to potentially change your PSN password, as long as they know your email address and birth date. Since it’s been widely regarded that these things were exposed during the intial hack on the PlayStation Network, millions of accounts could potentially be in jeopardy. Sony has responded quickly to the new exploit, doing maintenance on the affected portions of their network....

Brand new gameplay of Returnal, the upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive from developer Housemarque, has been revealed in the second episode of their new podcast. The episode explores the origins of the concepts behind the game and its story. According to the game’s Director, Harry Krueger, the ideas present in Returnal came out of a conversation in which the development team was asked what game they would make without any limitations....

Excelling in any player vs player content will ultimately come down to player skill. Still, we’d argue that picking the right tools for the job is as much of a skillful play as button-mashing. That’s why it’s a good idea to at least know what you’re facing or wielding and how it compares. That’s how most PVP content works in games, and in New World, as an MMO, it’s the same....

Long story short: Playground Games has built a second team to work on an open world action RPG for Xbox One and Windows 10, which is rumored to be a Fable reboot. Many were expecting the game to be revealed at X018, but it’s apparently taking a bit longer before we can discover what it actually looks like. “The second studio is growing, it is I think reveling in the fact no one knows who they are, no one is looking at what they’re doing,” PG boss Ralph Fulton said in an interview....

Update 1.3 has arrived for NHL 23, and here’s the complete list of changes and fixes added with this patch. The ice hockey simulation video game was released last month and the developer EA Vancouver wants to increase the title’s gameplay experience with regular updates. So, the latest version which was pumped out today introduces the long-awaited Cross-Platform Matchmaking and more. Here’s everything new with the NHL 23 update 1.3....

There is more to being a king than having a good sword arm, you’ll also need have an equally good head on your shoulders. In Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom, Evan will come to understand this early on his adventure when he is forced undergo a lengthy trial to prove that he is worthy of the throne: The Kingmaker’s Trials. The Kingmaker’s Trial is rite of passage that Evan must brave alone at the end of Chapter 2 and is composed of two parts: the Trial of Knowledge and the Trial of Courage....

A few hours after storms caused players attending Pokémon GO Fest Chicago 2019 to evacuate the event area, Niantic announced that attendees with Saturday event passes would get an extra bonus for their troubles. Players spent around two hours waiting out the severe weather warning and wondering if they would get to head back to catch more Pokémon. Niantic kept fans updated with timely tweets about the situation, and once the storms cleared up, they made sure fans knew that their team running the festival were working with Chicago city officials to get the event area ready for reopening....

Tecmo Koei has revealed some new details through a press release detailing the gory upcoming title, Ninja Gaiden 3. Ryu Hayabusa is set to be unmasked to the world with an all new story, new gameplay and new modes in NINJA GAIDEN 3. This latest installment in the wildly popular series will take players on an unforgettable journey with super ninja Hayabusa once more, but will get a look at the world through Hayabusa’s torn eyes, and find out what drives him to fight, defend and kill....

The latest financial report from Nintendo confirmed a major new milestone for the Switch. Total sales for the Switch across base models and Switch Lite models have hit 84.59 million units. This figure means that Switch has finally surpassed the Game Boy Advance lifetime sales of 81.5 million. These updated figures make the Switch the fourth best-selling Nintendo console in history to date. Just last month, it was crowned the sixth best-selling in Japan....

An unexpected new Labo Kit is on its way. It’s been almost a year since the first two Nintendo Labo Kits were released. Now, the fourth Labo Kit has just been revealed, and it’s quite different from previous Labo Kits. Nintendo recently revealed the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. This new Kit serves as a VR headset that, like previous Labo Kits, will have to be built around the Switch using cardboard cut-outs....

According to a report by Bloomberg, which pulls in various predictions given by industry analysts, Nintendo is shaping up to have a much better year than anyone expected. Multiple analysts have raised their predictions as far as how much profit Nintendo looks to take in, with the latest estimates putting Nintendo at triple their previous level with 36.8 billion yen. The reason for these raised expectations should be obvious to any gamer, with Nintendo launching many big name franchises that resulted in fantastic response from both critics and consumers....

What a day. E3 2016 is in full swing, and while the games we checked out weren’t stellar, we did get a sense of what this E3 is going to be like. It is definitely the year of VR, at least in terms of lots of people getting to go hands-on with tons of fully developed games. The show floor is full of VR titles, and people are lining up for hours to try them out....

Sony’s PlayStation Europe handle has teased a new trailer for Team Ninja’s upcoming action-combat game, Nioh 2. In a simple tweet that featured an image of the Nioh 2 logo, the date Jan. 23, and a short phrase: “War is unending…” While we do have a date, we don’t have a time that the trailer will be released. Nioh 2, a prequel to the popular original game that was released in 2017, promises more intense swordplay, demonic enemies, and world exploration that will be tense and terrifying....

Xbox Games with Gold offers free games monthly for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members. Now the time has come, and the November lineup has been revealed. So, Xbox Live Gold members will have exclusive access to these titles for a limited time as part of the program. So will Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members, who receive all the pretty cool benefits of Gold plus access to hundreds of high-quality titles with Game Pass....

Our favorite One Tree Hill stars are back together again! In a small One Tree Hill reunion on Wednesday’s episode of the CBS Sophia Bush show Good Sam, all three leading female OTH alum actors, Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton, and Joy Lenz, are finally reunited on TV. While they may not be reprising their iconic roles as small-town North Carolina girls, it’s heartwarming to see them all together again. This is the first TV collaboration Bush, Burton, and Lenz had had since their days on the CW’s One Tree Hill back in 2009 when they starred as Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer, and Haley James Scott....

Following various leaks and reports, OnePlus launched the OnePlus 9RT device in China earlier last month. While the company has already confirmed that it will not launch any T-branded devices under the flagship OnePlus 9 series this year, the Chinese giant is expected to bring the OnePlus 9RT to the Indian market. And as per recent reports, OnePlus could launch the device in India as soon as next month. According to recent rumors, OnePlus is aiming to release the OnePlus 9RT in India sometime in December....