Eight games in, the Mario Kart games have become deep enough that the discussion of which one is best gets more profound. The first one on SNES was a great establishment game. It has its place in history, but the advancement of tech leaves it behind, in my opinion. Mario Kart 64 ages pretty well. Mario Kart: Super Circuit, my personal favorite Then…
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With a new month in, and the leaves falling, it's that time to reveal some new digital offerings coming to the green platform. Beginning November 5th, these new titles will start becoming available to Game Pass across the Standard and Ultimate subscription tiers!
Take to the battlefield in the newly released tactical strategy simulator from…
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Over half of US Xbox users launched Black Ops 6 on DAY ONE
Since the acquisition of Activision Blizzard…
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The Neo Geo may have been an obscure device, depending on which hemisphere you lived on, but if there was one reputation it bared was its depth of unique fighting games. One of its early 2000's arcade tournament brawlers, Rage of the Dragons, is getting a re-release on modern consoles. Hearkening back to the age of sprite-based fighting games, Rage…
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Sony rolls out its collection of free digital downloads for PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of November! Members of the Premium, Extra, and Essentials tiers will have access to these three games that are available across the PS5 and PS4 consoles.
For the PlayStation 5, it's the surreal psychological Japanese action thriller for…
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Another free lineup of software for subscribers of the NSO Expansion Pack. The broadening library includes two 3D action titles! Fans can have access to the creepy 3D puzzle/action explorer Shadow Man. And also, one of the Nintendo 64's staple first person shooters, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
These games are available now (requires subscription…
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For as much fun as it can be to blabber about 90's gaming (and dabbling within the 2000's, since anything can become retro, based on my definition of it), reaching back to the very beginning for me with Atari is always special. The brand has a plethora of classic software that was the building block of the coin-op days, and Centipede was one of the…
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Two weeks ago, Nintendo launched a mysterious closed playtest for the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. Nintendo accounts for the US, Germany,…
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In memory of Rachel Lillis
Despite strong competition from its contemporaries, Nintendo has dominated the handheld market due to the success of the Game Boy. By the mid-90's, Pokemon was the killer app that would cement its legacy, and ushered in a phenomenon that has yet to be toppled, becoming a household name in video games. Even…
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A day that ends in "Y", so that means it must be a game studio is closing down. This one can be considered more or less surprising (depending on who you ask), as Netflix's gaming division takes a blow. First reported by Stephen Totilo of…
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Fresh off the success of their work on the Silent Hill 2 Remake (whcih broke a million salr, Bloober Team continues to truck along with their delving into survival horror with their newest game. Revealed at the Xbox Partners Preview in October, we got our first look at a cinematic trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn. Set in Eastern Europe,…
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"We're seeing a collapse of creativity in games today [with] studio consolidation and the high cost of production."
When it comes to medium-sized studios in game industry, there has been a dearth of them in recent years, as studio purchases and closures have established a gap in video game…
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A free game update for October, courtesy of Nintendo. If you're a subscriber to the Nintendo Switch Online Service and its Expansion Pack, you'll be able to look forward to a popular duo making a return. The puzzle/platformer Banjo-Tooie will be making its way to the Nintendo 64 library on the 25th. …
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It only felt like yesterday when Bandai Namco released the critically acclaimed Game of the Year in Elden Ring and revived the Armored Core franchise. As it turns out, mass layoffs can affect any company. Based on the reporting, the Tekken producer/publisher is handling this with a "traditional Japanese approach", by sending…
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Through the 90's, SNK (under Playmore ownership/branding) and Capcom were among the titans battling it out for tournament fighter supremacy. From the inside references to characters like Dan Hibiki and Yuri Sakazaki parodying signature poses (and even special attacks), fans were salivating to see this "Dream Match" play out. While it remains…
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There is some shifting occurring within Xbox's game division. Craig Duncan, who has been the boss behind Rare, will be appointed the head of Xbox Game Studios. Duncan replaces Alan Hartman, who was promoted to the position last year, but intends to retire. According to a report from…
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The newest RPG under the Sega umbrella has been a smash hit, as Metaphor ReFantazio has flown off the metaphorical shelves. Since its October 11th release, Atlus's role-playing game has sold 1 million copies in a matter of days. This pace shatters the previous record held by Persona 3: Reload earlier this year, which sold 1 million copies in…
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While the brand has been enjoying a string of consistent success in video games with the recent releases of JRPGs Metaphor ReFantazio and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sega continues to experiment with branching more of their IPs into multimedia works. In the latest news,…
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On October 9th, Nintendo (seemingly out of nowhere) launched a first-come, first-serve play test for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. You must have been at least 18 years old, and registered in Japan, US, Germany, UK, France, Italy, and Spain. The registration was filled literally in minutes. I attempted to apply, but missed out.…
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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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