Rime will no longer cost more digitally on Switch than it does on other platforms. Developer Tequila Works in March blamed the disparity on development and publishing platform costs. And indeed, the physical Switch release will still retail for more than other platforms – a fact that presumably can be …

Nielsen’s US Games 360 Report 2017 has found that non-gamers still remain largely unaware of some video games hardware. Among the general population, only 22 per cent of people have even heard of the Nintendo Switch and only 11 per cent the Xbox Scorpio. In contrast, 69 per cent of …

Last week, Nintendo unveiled a brand-new piece of hardware for the 3DS family – the New 2DS XL. It came as a surprise to almost everyone, especially considering the 3DS platform is now well over six years old. Indeed, with the launch of the Switch on March 3rd, many expected …

Nintendo and Ubisoft are teaming up for a new crossover title due out on Switch this August. Kotaku has confirmed that Mario will join forces with Ubisoft’s Rabbids in a game called Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. For what its worth, we’ve heard a couple of other journalists say that …

Nintendo Switch title Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has raced to No.1 in the UK Top 40 on its first week of release. Amazingly, it’s Nintendo’s first All Formats No.1 since way back in early 2011, when Pokemon White topped the listings in week nine. It’s also the first Mario game …

Nintendo 3DS sales rose during the platform holder’s last fiscal year, despite the handheld now being in its seventh year on sale, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told investors today. The news comes on the same day that Nintendo announced a brand-new addition to the 3DS family, in the form of …

There’s a greater range of hardware and operating system platforms than ever before. That means more opportunity, and more complications, for games publishers. We catch up with a handful of thoroughly modern publishers working across a range of digital and physical formats to ask them what they think of the …

The Nintendo Switch has only been out for a little over a month, but already one analyst has said that it believes a new iteration could be in the works. As reported by Bloomberg, Citigroup says that despite the Switch’s early success, Nintendo is locking out a large part of …

Last night’s Nintendo Direct announced a number of new Switch and 3DS release dates, and also revealed two new bits of Switch hardware. Headlining the dates are Splatoon 2, which arrives on July 21st, and Arms, which will hit shelves on June 16th. Also confirmed was a Nintendo Switch release …

GAME recently published its financial results for the six months up to January 28th, including the key Christmas period. We all know that last year was tough for retail, as a number of key titles failed to chart over the key November release period, and more recently Ukie reported that …