October 2024 Blog Posts (8)

RETRO REBOOT | Donkey Konga (Nintendo GameCube)

The GameCube has developed some nostalgia and solid memories for those who grew up with it. While it may have been Nintendo's biggest blunder until the mishandling and poor marketing of the Wii U (I still miss it), this system certainly had some fascinating traits and features that Big N continued to utilize to this day. Their spin-off Donkey Konga…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 8, 2024 at 7:32am — No Comments

'A New Dawn': Major Revisioning Of Halo Underway, 343 Industries Becomes Halo Studios

Since the 2000's, Halo has been a staple of the Xbox brand, and was a first person shooter that defined a generation. While a high grossing property, it has also been a franchise searching for a means of adapting to the ever-changing landscape of not only gaming, but FPSes. Microsoft may be taking action, as before the conclusion of the Halo World…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 7, 2024 at 11:24am — No Comments

Saudi Arabian Wealth Fund Seeking Interest In Buying More Stake Into Nintendo

Along with forty years of global hardware and intellectual property success, Nintendo's recent financial gains with the Switch re-establishes the publisher/developer as prominent world leaders in software and hardware production. This draws greater attention from Saudi Arabia, who in recent years has been expanding their reach into video games, and…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 6, 2024 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Ubisoft Owners, The Guillemot Family, Reportedly In Talks With Tencent Regarding Potential Buyout

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- Ubisoft shares increase over 30% following Tencent news

In what has been a tumultuous period for Ubisoft, given dubious game success (or lack thereof) in recent ventures, along with shaky, tone deaf takes on…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 5, 2024 at 9:21am — No Comments

Tekken Boss Katsuhiro Harada's Efforts To Include KFC Mascot Colonel Sanders Into Tekken 8 Came Up Short

Crossovers and guest characters have become as synonymous with fighting games as chain combos at this point. Among the series leading that charge in recent years has been Mortal Kombat, which has seen icons ranging from Rambo to Peacemaker duke it out in tournament fashion, and Tekken, where Final Fantasy XV protagonist Noctis Lucis Caelum, The…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 3, 2024 at 6:30am — No Comments

Free Games Update | Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Adds F-ZERO Falcon Legend And F-ZERO Climax

Time to round out some more free game announcements! For the month of October, the Nintendo Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack is adding some additions to the Game Boy Advance catalog. The inclusions come from Nintendo's futuristic racer series, F-ZERO. Subscribers can look forward to F-ZERO Falcon Legend and F-ZERO Climax.

Both games…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 2, 2024 at 6:51am — No Comments

RETRO REBOOT | Maniac Mansion (Nintendo Entertainment System)

It's Halloween, and there's few things I love more on the calendar than the spooky season. On occasion, I reserve this time of year to review something in the vein of survival horror, and over the decades, video games are flooded with software featuring things that go bump in the night. Maniac Mansion is one of the earliest I remember in the horror…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 1, 2024 at 7:04am — No Comments

Free Games Update | Xbox Game Pass Titles - October 2024

With the beginning of October comes a list of software coming to Game Pass. Across PC, console, and Cloud, subscribers will have access to five games coming to the service this month. The news comes via…

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Added by Mike Lind on October 1, 2024 at 7:00am — No Comments

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