Insomniac Games will never admit to slacking off Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 development and playing pool in the staff cafeteria, so narrative director Jon Paquette’s new quote isn’t much. The first-party studio’s “best game ever” would be a treat for PS5 owners. “Boy, am I excited about [Marvel’s] Spider-Man 2,” Paquette said during an Insomniac Games livestream of Marvel’s Spider-Man. I ...
Read More »Nintendo’s stunner! From July 6th, PS4
By 1992, physics-based platformer Gimmick! had moved to the 16-bit SNES despite being one of the best-looking NES games. The Sunsoft release, only available in Japan and Scandinavia, has developed a cult following over the years. Re-release, right? PS4 will do that on July 6, 2023. Bitwave Games will ensure a flawless port with quality-of-life features like save states, rewind, ...
Read More »Capcom’s Record-High Profit Confirms Crazy Win Streak
Capcom’s unstoppable. The Japanese publisher’s fiscal year results are its best ever. It’s crazy that this is the company’s sixth straight year of record-high profit. Since Monster Hunter: World and Resident Evil 7 revitalized it, it’s grown. Success continues. Capcom sold 41.7 million games last year, a record. We suppose this happens when you keep making bangers. Capcom’s dominance has ...
Read More »Zelda Speedrunners Excited About New Tears Of The Kingdom Mechanics
Speedrunners will return for Tears of the Kingdom on May 12. IGN interviewed Breath of the Wild speedrunners ‘Player 5’ and Tom “Tallest Thomas” Rasmussen about starting over in Tears of the Kingdom and what they expect from the sequel’s early days. Fuse, Ascend, Recall, and Ultrahand are expected to change the game, and both speedrunners are excited: Player 5: “I’m ...
Read More »Burning Shores Update 1.23 Horizon Forbidden West Patch Notes Live Now
Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion’s PS5 patch is out. This 3.8GB update fixes common issues and more, updating the game to 1.23. Spoilers in the patch notes! Quests of all sizes have had progression blockers and other issues fixed. We addressed Aerial Capture: North’s issues here. The Stormbird on the western map has also been fixed. The full patch ...
Read More »Switch Gets Super Mega Baseball 4 Next Month
Super Mega Baseball’s fourth installment will hit Switch on June 2nd, according to a new trailer. Super Mega Baseball 4 returns over 200 baseball legends in a chunky, big-head visual style. The game has new animations, stadiums, audio, and soundtrack, as well as some luck-boosting tweaks. The above trailer gives a taste of the arcade-style gameplay, but the title’s eShop ...
Read More »Mortal Kombat 12! Early Teaser
An otherwise unremarkable video in which NetherRealm Studios staffers thank the series’ 30th anniversary appears to include Mortal Kombat 12’s first teaser. A Warner Bros shareholder report revealed that the game will release in 2023, but creator Ed Boon and his team have kept quiet. Until now! Nothing but appreciation for our fans over the past 30 Years. We're ...
Read More »The Invincible’s Ten Tense Minutes on PS5
The Invincible, coming to PS5 later this year, has been drawing attention. It’s a story-driven sci-fi adventure based on the Polish novel of the same name, and its trailers have looked promising. Ten minutes of raw gameplay from The Invincible has surfaced online. The footage is boring, but it’s tense and dangerous. The game’s atmosphere seems to be working. The ...
Read More »Octopath Traveler II Director Discusses Series Future
Octopath Traveler II only launched on Nintendo Switch and other platforms last month. The team isn’t ready to discuss a third HD-2D game. However, it has “casually chatted” about future series developments. Director Keisuke Miyauchi told Famitsu (translated by Nintendo Everything): Famitsu: “Compared to the last entry, this game [Octopath Traveler II] has advanced a lot, but I can’t help ...
Read More »ESRB Rated Switch’s “The Lara Croft Collection”
Square Enix announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and the Temple of Osiris for Nintendo Switch in October 2021. Last year, both titles were delayed until 2023. Feral Interactive Limited’s Switch game ‘The Lara Croft Collection’ was graded by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. “Collection of two action-adventure games” matches Feral Interactive’s spin-off announcements. Full description: Rating Summary: ...
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