Nintendo Will Release Its Classic Arcade Games On Switch

Nintendo is re-releasing some of its arcade games—for the first time ever since they appeared in pizza places and laundromats of the 1980s—on Nintendo Switch, beginning with Mario Bros. this month. Interestingly, these games are coming over as part of game publisher Hamster’s “Arcade Archives” banner, under which it also publishes arcade games from other…

Japan Gets All The Best 2DS Colors

Nintendo announced a few new colours for the 2DS XL today. Some were given release dates in the West, but as is becoming custom, the best ones were not. In October, the US isfinally getting the white/orange model first shown off in Japan in April: And in November, there’ll be this Pokeball one: Which is…

Shirtless Mario Leads To Widespread Pandemonium

"everyone was so horny to play as naked link they didn't consider the consequences. now we have naked mario. i hope you're happy."

Destiny 2 Clan Beats Raid In Six Hours, A World First

Destiny 2’s first raid, Leviathan, went live at 10am pacific today. Immediately, hardcore clans got to work. Hours later, a team of players cracked it. Raids, as many of you know, are tough dungeons with elaborate puzzles and challenges. You can only take them on if you’re at a high enough Power, and even then,…

Yes, Please Inject Nintendo Switch RPG Octopath Traveler Directly Into My Veins

The team behind Bravely Default is making a Nintendo Switch exclusive called Octopath Traveler. It looks beautiful, and there’s a demo out tonight. Octopath Traveler is just the working title, although this is Square Enix, so anything goes. It was originally announced at the Switch reveal event in January, and Nintendo showed off more details…

Super Mario Odyssey will get a snazzy Switch bundle on October 27th, Nintendo announced today.

Doom and Wolfenstein II Are Coming To Switch

Hope you like the idea of taking Bethesda games with you on the go, Switch owners. During today’s Direct event, Nintendo announced that portable versions of two their biggest games would make their way to the hybrid console. Soon, you’ll be able to kill Nazis in the subway, and fight back against the forces of…

Stay With Me Here: Dungeons & Dragons, Except You Cook What You Kill

So, uh, I’ve been pretty fixated on the idea of a dungeon-crawl-slash-cooking show—a Dungeons & Dragons game where you kill what you eat. A few questionably-spent days of vacation after spawning this ludicrous idea, I found a way to mod Dungeons & Dragons to accommodate my cooking fantasies. And, surprisingly, it turned out great. The…

Find Your Favorite Room In A Kaleidoscopic Labyrinth

The Catacombs of Solarisby Ian MacLarty is an exploration game that sends players through a maze of warping walls. There’s only one goal: find your favorite room in the labyrinth. It’s a trippy waltz through a technicolor wonderland. It’s this week’s Indie Pick. Navigating through the catacombs seems like a straightforward process. The walls and…

Pro Overwatch Team Starts Cooking Show

Team EnvyUs is a major esports organization whose Overwatch team is like a circling bird of prey. Other teams might be flying high, but Envy’s shadow always looms heavy. So anyway, they’ve started a cooking show. The first episode of EnvyUs’ YouTube show “Envy Eats” stars Overwatch aim god Timo “Taimou” Kettunen and follows him…

How EVE Players Pulled Off The Biggest Betrayal In Its History

EVE Online is infamous for its scammers, pirates, and ne’er-do-wells, but this week all their scams were put to shame. A member of the game’s Council of Stellar Management and head diplomat of the Circle of Two alliance named The Judge stole all of the holdings of the 4,000-person alliance for himself. He took their…

Uncharted 4 Co-Director Bruce Straley Leaves Naughty Dog

Bruce Straley, co-director of The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, is officially leaving Naughty Dog following an extensive sabbatical. “After heading up three extremely demanding projects, and taking some extended time away from the office, I found my energy focusing in other directions, and I slowly realized this was the signal that it’s time…

What Homestuck Was

On September 14th, at long last, the first episode of the Kickstarted Homestuck game, Hiveswap, will be released, only five years after it was originally announced. Homestuck was one of the biggest fandoms of the early 2010s, but what exactly was it? Well, that’s a complicated question. Before it ended in 2016, Homestuck was a…