That Time Miyamoto Played Mario On My Hacked PSP

While we’re prepping for E3 this week and reminiscing about the great moments from expos past, let me regale you of a tale of the weirdest thing that ever happened to me there. I told this story to people immediately after it happened at the 2005 E3, and then it ended up getting passed around…

The Next Mass Effect Andromeda Patch Will Let Male Characters Romance Jaal

Mass Effect Andromeda’s next patch has the sort of improvements you might expect, like expanded character creation options. It also has something very unusual for a video game patch: it adds another gay romance route for lovesick space adventurers. As we reported earlier this year, there was much controversy within the LGBT Mass Effect fan…

What You Need To Know About Games Vanishing From the iOS App Store

Apple is ending support for 32-bit games with its upcoming iOS 11, launching this Fall. That means developers are rushing to update their games with 64-bit infrastructure and, sadly, several unlucky games will vanish from the iOS App Store. iOS 11 is currently in beta, but even now, some 32-bit games aren’t showing up in…

Breath Of The Wild Cheat Gives Link Deadly Super Speed

When Link’s gotta go fast, Hyrule pays the hilarious price. In the video below, Zelda fan DeliciousTea Gaming uses a modded version of Breath of the Wild to make Link run at mach speed on the Wii U. Thing is, Link’s speeding body triggers BOTW’s physics, meaning he can damage enemies just by slamming into…

The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind Expansion Feels Like Coming Home 

Following a brand new tutorial, The Elder Scrolls Online’s Morrowind expansion brings us right back to the docks of Seyda Neen on the island of Vvardenfell. It’s like we never left. This post originally appeared 5/23/17. We’ve bumped it up today because Morrowind is out of early access. The biggest question leading into the new…

Chill Soundtrack Makes Tricky Puzzle Game Slightly Less Stressful

The surprisingly complex Yankai’s Peak has some intense puzzles, but it’s pretty relaxing to play. Well, mostly. Yankai’s Peak is another horrifying puzzle game from Kenny Sun. Like Yankai’s Triangles, it takes a simple shape—here, pyramids—and creates a compelling series of puzzles out of manipulating them. The goal of Yankai’s Peak is to push a…

Arms Lets You Fight In A Hoverboard Skate Park, And It Is Dope

The Nintendo Switch’s upcoming fighting game Arms offers much more than battle slinkies. Its wild maps might be its best asset. Right now, I’m obsessed with Arms’ Snake Park map, where you can glide on hoverboards and punch people in the face. It’s the Arms character Kid Cobra’s map (ha ha—get it?). He’s a skateboarder…

Battleborn‘s Competitive Multiplayer Is Now Free-To-Play

Starting today, anyone with an Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or PC can download the free trial of Gearbox Software’s hero shooter Battleborn, gaining instant access to all of the game’s competitive multiplayer content. It’s like it’s gone half free-to-play. Last fall we reported that Battleborn would be going partially free-to-play, with unlimited multiplayer with the…

In 2015 Vanillaware revealed 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, the latest very pretty game from Dragon’s Crown and Odin Sphere director George Kamitani. Today Atlus announced it will be localizing and releasing the PS4/Vita game in the West. The game’s Japanese release date is still TBA, so expect it sometime after that.

Oh hey, Pokémon Gold and Silver are coming to the 3DS eShop on September 22nd, same day as the Switch version of Pokken. Like other Virtual Console versions of Pokémon, you will be able to battle and trade wirelessly.

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon Only Announced For 3DS Later This Year [Update]

Despite rumors that a mainline Pokémon game would appear on the Nintendo Switch, developers Game Freak only announced that souped-up versions of the latest games will be releasing on 3DS hardware. For many, this news will be disappointing, but it’s not without precedent. In the past, Game Freak has stated that they “believe that Pokémon…

The Pokémon Fighting Game Is Coming To Nintendo Switch

Hey, at least it’s not another mobile spin-off. Here’s the trailer for Pokkén Tournament DX, which will be available starting on September 22nd 2017: The Switch version of the game will come with all of the DLC characters: DX will also include 3 vs 3 team battles, online ranked matches and friend-only group matches.

You can catch today’s Pokémon-centric Nintendo Direct right here, starting at 10 AM Eastern. Hopefully we get to see a new game, rather than a spin-off, but you never know.

Sino Alice Art Gets Covered Up Because Of Cleavage

The art for Sino Alice has been changed on both the Google Play Store and the App Store in Japan. The original key art, which can still be seen on Square Enix’s website, featured low cut outfits. The new art, however, does not. Sino Alice was created by Yoko Taro of Nier fame and developer…

Going To Japan? Short On Cash? Stay Here, Maybe.  

Visiting Japan can be expensive, so here’s how to cut costs. This article was originally published on December 6, 2016. It has since been updated and expanded. For ages, internet cafes have been a viable option for budget travellers visiting Japan. (Heck, I wrote about one chain of Japanese net cafes back in 2004 as…