James Tuttle's Blog (276)

Disc-less Xbox 1 S Coming Soon

We could be getting a disc-less Xbox 1 S console in the not so distant future. 

First detailed by Brad Sams. The new console is code named "Xbox Maverick" and is supposed to launch some time in Q1 of 2019. According to sources speaking with Windows Central, this new console is going to release in May 2019, with pre-orders going live sometime in…

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Added by James Tuttle on March 5, 2019 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Break Down Of Pokemon Direct

In an all new short 7 minute Nintendo Direct, they will finally be announcing the newest entree into the Pokemon franchise. Mentioned at E3 2017, people have been long expecting a new game and its finally here!  

Ladies and gentleman, I give you generation 8. …

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Added by James Tuttle on February 27, 2019 at 8:00am — No Comments

Hero 30 Has Been Unveiled Onto The World

Baptiste, combat medic. A DPS\Healer hybrid. He is similar to Moira, but doesn't require his damage to charge his healing. 



His primary weapon is similar to Soldier 76's, but fires in 3-round bursts. It also comes equipped with a Biotic Launcher. Basically a grenade launcher that shoots out a healing grenade that provides his team with…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 26, 2019 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Could Game Pass Be Coming to Switch?

Its a very strange time to be a gamer. With company's competing with each other for sales, they are also finding strange ways to befriend each other too, like with cross play functionality. 

But in an even stranger turn of events, we maybe getting Xbox Live on the Nintendo Switch. 

In a listing for their GDC 2019 schedule. It said that…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 22, 2019 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Reggie Says Farewell

Sad news to report this afternoon. 



Long time president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has announced that he is stepping down effective April 15. He is said to be replaced by marketing man Doug Bowser (insert Bowser jokes here). 

Reggie has been the face of Nintendo of America for 15 years. Every event, every Direct. He…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 21, 2019 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Huge Switch Rumor

Yesterday, I posted an article about a possibility that Nintendo is going to be reviving a game that was thought to be dead. 

Today I am posting a new leak that blows this wide open. 

"Nintendo Insider" is reporting that a source close to the project is telling them that the game Nintendo is reviving is.....…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 18, 2019 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Rumor: Nintendo To Resurrect A Long Dead Franchise

Nintendo Switch seems to love the rumor mill. There are currently two rumors going around regarding the little tablet that could. Imran Khan - senior editor for Game Informer - went on the "Kinda Funny Games" podcast on February 13th - a day before the Nintendo Direct. He dropped 2 very interesting hints, and who would know better than the editor to…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 17, 2019 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Daemon x Machina - Demo Impressions

This is just going to be my impressions of the demo that was released after the Nintendo Direct a few days ago. I put about 2 hours into this game, and while I didn't finish the demo. I did experience a lot of what the game has to offer. Here are my thoughts on that experience. 

When this game was first announced at E3 2018, I had high hopes…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 17, 2019 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Nintendo Direct 2.13.2019

After months of speculation, we finally got our direct, and what a great one it was. So lets get to the break down! 

Super Mario Maker 2 is coming this June. They have added a lot of new building features to the game judging by the announcement trailer. They also added a new style based on Super Mario 3D Land. The first Mario…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 13, 2019 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Twitch Rivals: APEX Legends - Challenge

Today, Twitch.tv teams up with Apex Legends to bring you the first of its Challenge series.

Here is an overview of the rules. 

"Each event features 16 three-player squads. Streamers from North America and EMEA are representing their territories, with a total of 48 competitors. Each squad will compete to earn the most points, with 5…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 12, 2019 at 4:19pm — No Comments

The Chart Game

I remember as a kid, many many moons ago, of just walking into a toy store or department store and purchasing a game. Give them money, they give me the game. 

Years later, Collectors Edition became a thing. A more expensive version of the same game that came with added stuff. Some had maps, a steel case, a statue, maybe even an art book. 

Now a days? You get this. …

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Added by James Tuttle on February 11, 2019 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Marvel Partners With Hulu

Hot off the heals of the successful TV series "The Runaways". Marvel and Hulu have just announced 4 more shows. The new adult animation series is going culminate into a crossover titled "The Offenders", an obvious play on Netflix's "The Defenders" cross over. 

Here is the press release detailing the show names and what they are…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 11, 2019 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Division 2 - My Thoughts

I have been playing The Division 2 Private Beta. So far, I am really enjoying it, but then again I also liked the first game. I like these shooter\looter games and between this one and Anthem. I ended up going with Division 2. 

The Division's first year was marked with issues and complaints. Most of which were fixed in the 1.8 update. Division…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 10, 2019 at 10:59am — No Comments

More Lay-Offs Likely For Blizzard

Rumors are swirling about more layoffs coming to Blizzard. Just days before the publishers quarterly earnings call which is set to be this Tuesday, February 12th. 

Bloomberg reports that the layoffs are expected to be in the hundreds. 

While Activision owns the majority shares of Blizzard, they both work autonomously of each other, but…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 9, 2019 at 11:39am — No Comments

Apex Legends

Earlier today Respawn Entertainment, creators of TitanFall, had a live stream where they were going to announce their newest game. 



What might it be you ask? Well, it wasn't TitanFall 3, it was actually confirmed that they aren't working on TitanFall 3 at all. However, they have been working on a new IP called "Apex Legends" - which is…

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Added by James Tuttle on February 4, 2019 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Metroid Prime 4 Has Been Delayed

This is deeply saddening news. 



Nintendo has just announced via their Youtube page, that all development on Metroid Prime 4 has been scrapped and the entire project is starting over again. This time with Retro Studios behind the development. The reason, as given by Shinya Takahashi, that Nintendo was aware of the passionate response to the…

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Added by James Tuttle on January 25, 2019 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Its Morphin Time!

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. A TV series that has been around for 25 years and has had many many games based around it, some good, a lot of them terrible, is getting another one. 



Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a team based fighting game that utilizes the 25 years of history of this franchise. You can put new and old…

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Added by James Tuttle on January 17, 2019 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Bungie Parts Ways With Activision

In a blog posted today, Bungie has announced that it is officially splitting ties with partner Activision. A partnership that has lasted for 8 years and 2 games. 

They're not just splitting ties, they are establishing them self as their own studio. No longer tied down by another company and more importantly, no longer having to answer to another…

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Added by James Tuttle on January 10, 2019 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Top 10 Things Nintendo Needs To Do For The Switch

I love my Switch, I really do. But its lacking something. So I have compiled a list of 10 things that I feel Nintendo needs to do with the Switch. 

In no real order. 

1) Online Service. 

While Nintendo has been dabbling with online services since the Super NES. In this new modern area, we kind of expect our online services to work. Switch online is just terrible, especially for a paid service. While it is cheap, at only $20, that doesn't excuse it for…

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Added by James Tuttle on January 9, 2019 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Overwatch Has A New In Game Event

With the introduction of the newest short story, the first of many that are going to be coming, we have a new challenge ahead of us. 

Hot of the heels of the Nuka Cola challenge for D.Va last year. This time…

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Added by James Tuttle on January 9, 2019 at 1:28pm — No Comments

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