3DS Streetpass Plaza Limit Increasing From 10 To 100 With Premium Update

Available after today’s Nintendo Direct, a premium update to the Nintendo 3DS’ Streetpass Plaza will speed up functionality and increase the number of players you can encounter from 10 to 100. Hooray! Anyone who has ever brought their 3DS to a gaming convention will surely appreciate not having to go through new visitors ten at…

Super Mario Maker Releasing On 3DS In December With Some Feature Limitations

Super Mario Maker is coming to the Nintendo 3Ds on December 2nd, 2016. The 3DS game, released on Wii U last year, comes with 100 built-in courses. You can also play courses designed on the Wii U version of Super Mario Maker, although not all will be compatible. You also won’t be able to search…

Nintendo is back with another hype-filled 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct. Will they announce Picross 3D 2 for North America? Dole out more Pokémon Sun & Moon news? Declare next year to be the year of Wario? Watch and find out.

Our Favorite Games From August

August was a busy month for video games! From much-anticipated big titles to smaller fan games, here were some of our favorite games from August. Brutal This ASCII-inspired roguelike dungeon crawler was a lot of fun You can get the game for PS4 Abzu Abzu is a simple but beautiful gamefull of mystery and discovery.…

The Importance Of Anime In Persona 5

Persona 5 looks terrific. Especially the animated sequences by famed studio Production I.G, perhaps best known for The Ghost in the Shell anime. In a recent interview with Weekly Famitsu, animator Toshiyuki Kono, who directed those cutscenes, said that Persona 5 director Katsura Hashino first got in touch three and a half years ago. This…

In Hong Kong, KFC Serves Up Something Different 

I live in Japan. We have lots of KFCs (including buffets!), where you can get lots of fried chicken. It’s probably the same where you live. But if you live in Hong Kong, you can now order something slightly different. According to Excite and Sina, Hong Kong KFC has started offering “Kansai-style” sukiyaki nabe, which…

British Telecom Giant Is Suing Valve Over Steam Patent Infringement

British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can’t count to three. The suit has been filed against Valve in Delaware, a place that tends to favor patent holders. BT claims that Steam “offers a broad range of products and services which incorporate…

What It’s Like To Review A Video Game Console That Hasn’t Even Been Announced

Yesterday, reporter Laura Kate Dale posted a review and video of the PlayStation 4 Slim. Problem: the console isn’t out yet, nor has Sony announced it at all. This is not the first time an apparent PS4 Slim has been seen in the wild. Earlier this month, one appeared on UK auction site Gumtree. It…

World Of Warcraft: Legion‘s Order Halls Are A Good Reason To Play All The Classes

The Druids. Nobody knows who they were, or what they were doing. In World of Warcraft: Legion what they’re doing is spending a lot of time in their lush and vibrant Order Hall, the latest expansion’s answer to one of Warlords of Draenor’s more contentious features. I loved Warlords of Draenor’s Garrison feature, which gave…

A Newcomer’s Take On The Witcher 3

As we’ve established, many on our staff adore The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We’ve written tons of articles about the game, and several of us have played it all the way through more than once. Our EIC Stephen Totilo, however, is still only a little ways into his first playthrough. In the video above, he…

Nine Players Who Kicked Ass In Battlefield 1’s Beta

Battlefield 1’s beta is in progress on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Players are showing off some amazing snipes, clutch artillery shots, and outright unbelievable engagements. Here are nine players pulling of some of my favorite moments so far. The Most Cinematic Sniper I’ve Ever Seen Like something out of a sweeping war movie,…