Nintendo’s new Switch title Arms has fallen short of the top of the charts thanks to a resurgence from one of 2017’s mainstays. Following last week’s No.1 for Wipeout: Omega Collection, fellow Sony PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn claims its second UK No.1, which comes 15 weeks after its first. …
Read More »Doom, Fallout 4 and Skyrim VR will drive awareness, but Ubisoft still ‘go-to VR publisher’ – SuperData
Virtual reality was a major theme of Bethesda’s E3 announcements this year, with titles such as Skyrim, Doom and Fallout 4 all receiving the VR treatment by the end of the year. And it’s popular IPs like this that will drive VR awareness and adoption among consumers, according to research …
Read More »Rabbid fanbase – how Nintendo and Ubisoft’s Mario partnership gives Switch a tactical edge
We knew it was coming, but somehow Ubisoft still managed to surprise us. No, we’re not talking about Beyond Good and Evil 2 (although let’s just pause for a moment and luxuriate in that tremendous trailer again); we’re talking about Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. We’ll admit, even our resident Nintendo evangelist …
Read More »Yes, there’s a Mario Kart VR game for HTC Vive
Bet this wasn’t an announcement you were expecting this week. Bandai Namco has announced plans to open a large virtual reality arcade called VR Zone in Japan in Shinjuku, expanding upon the company’s previous installation. And curiously, among the games confirmed for the new venue is Mario Kart VR. Although …
Read More »Metroid and Mario & Luigi return in new 3DS titles
Nintendo’s E3 Spotlight might have been all about new titles for Switch, but those tuning in to Nintendo’s Treehouse stream will have seen a handful of new 3DS titles as well. First up was Metroid: Samus Returns, a 3DS reimagining of the 1991 Game Boy original. Co-developed by Nintendo and …
Read More »First Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass DLC dated for June 30th
As well as announcing a slew of new titles for the Nintendo Switch today, Nintendo also announced when players will be able to get their hands on the first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Arriving on June 30th, the first part of Breath of …
Read More »Nintendo surprises with Metroid Prime 4, Rocket League and new Yoshi and Kirby titles on Switch
Nintendo kicked off its E3 Spotlight with a slew of announcements, confirming release dates for a number of titles announced earlier in the year, as well as confirmation of a couple of new surprises that are currently in development. What was once Nintendo’s big holiday title, Super Mario Odyssey will …
Read More »E3 of the Dead: our pre-show analysis
The Los Angeles Convention Centre has always been a place of peril as well as profit. Attending is something of a survival course: high-pressure meetings, late-late-late-night networking, cross-floor appointment dashes or the grinding endurance test of simply standing and smiling on the stand. But forget everything you think you know …
Read More »Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon release date confirmed for November 17th
It might not be the Pokemon Stars title for Switch fans were hoping for, but Nintendo confirmed today that two new Pokemon titles are heading to 3DS this November. Entitled, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon, these titles offer an alternate story to the original Sun and Moon titles …
Read More »Switch owners to get free Shaq Fu after NBA Playgrounds hiccup
Saber Interactive has said that its upcoming release Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will be given away fro free on Nintendo Switch. The reason? The company’s recent release NBA Playgrounds launched on Nintendo’s machine without online play. The omission was particularly painful for gamers after Saber boss Matthew Karch had …
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