NEWS

A new mob will be announced at ‘Minecraft Live’ on October 15. Three mobs will be added to the game, but only one. Mobs compete for community votes to win. A crab, armadillo, and penguin mob will appear this year. A look and a bit about each: “The crab has one gigantic claw, which it likes to wave around as it scuttles ...

Telltale Games has joined Epic Games, Crystal Dynamics, and Team17 in laying off employees in a turbulent year for the video game industry. Former Telltale cinematic artist Jonah Huang posted that the studio had laid off “most of” the team in early September and that he could not comment on The Wolf Among Us 2, the sequel to the 2013 ...

On November 14, 2023, Devolver Digital will release KarmaZoo for the Switch, a co-op platformer for up to ten players. It has beautiful pixel-art graphics with lighting effects and bright colors, but the co-op gameplay is the real draw. You’ll be matched with randomly selected online players and must work together to boost your karma by helping teammates overcome obstacles ...

LEGO Animal Crossing was a huge surprise from Nintendo today! Nintendo has confirmed the next LEGO X Nintendo collaboration, which was rumored in August. Nintendo UK released a short teaser of several LEGO Nintendo mini-figures, but no sets or dates have been announced. Tom, Isabelle, Kapp’n, Rosie, Bunnie, Marshall, Fauna, and Julian are depicted. Flowers, buildable trees, fruit trees, and ...

On October 17, 2023, the Nintendo Switch eShop will release a retro collection of A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia and its Game Boy sequel, The Rescue of Princess Blobette. The new collection will retain the original games’ essence while adding modern quality-of-life features like display filters, a music player, and save states (similar to Nintendo’s Switch Online ...

Nintendo announced yesterday that the 3DS and Wii U would lose “online play and other functionality” in “early April” next year. Pokémon Bank for 3DS won’t be affected in the near future, but other parts of the 3DS online service will. As stated in the announcement, this service will continue after other online services end. To raise awareness, the official ...

Mario and Sonic both have new side-scrolling games coming out in the same week this month, sparking online debate. Super Mario Bros. Wonder producer Takashi Tezuka says the Nintendo team doesn’t mind and looks forward to “2D side-scroller action games”. He called it a “interesting coincidence”. This is what he told Game Informer: Takashi Tezuka: “I think it’s an interesting coincidence. ...

Fans can now watch the first trailer for PokéTsume (‘Pocket Filled with Adventure’ in English), which premieres in Japan on October 17, 2023. The series follows Madoka Akagi, a young girl who moves to Tokyo and becomes obsessed with Pokémon after her mother gives her a Game Boy and Pokémon Red. Fans will love the trailer’s game series references and ...

A Tiny Sticker Tale, Ogre Pixel’s latest cozy game, launches on Switch today. Follow adorable donkey Flynn as he searches for his father and uses a magical sticker book to change the world. The player will solve puzzles while exploring Figori Island. Additionally, the stickers can decorate your home and island. The game takes 2-4 hours, making it ideal for ...

Feral Interactive has announced Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal, a Nintendo Switch update of the 2006 stealth classic. There’s no hard release date beyond a vague ‘Winter’ window, but the game will include all twelve sandbox missions from the original and several key improvements from later installments to make it better than ever, including: Finding key targets and objectives in ...