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Nintendo has released the total worldwide hardware and software sales figures for the Switch and Nintendo 3DS. These numbers were updated on September 30, 2018 and released today. The last announced Switch life-to-date sales figures were 19.67 million, while the 3DS was at 72.89 million.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2018 -
Nintendo’s Biggest Selling Games For Switch, 3DS, Wii U And More As Of Fall 2018
It’s that time again! Time for Nintendo to update the sales figures for its best selling games for current gen and previous gen hardware. Here are Nintendo’s best-selling games: And the Nintendo 3DS: The Wii U: The DS: The Wii:
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 30, 2018 -
Red Dead’s Companion App Is Great, And You Should Definitely Use It
It doesn’t take long with Red Dead Redemption 2 before you run into a Kirk Hamilton-sized conundrum: do you play with the HUD on, and experience the Old West through health meters and radars, or do you turn all that off and do things the pretty/pure/hard way. We’ve spent years debating the merits of both…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2018 -
Scrabble World Champion Drops 100-Point Word On His First Turn
New Zealand’s Nigel Richards, 51, has won his fourth Scrabble World Championship after beating American Jesse Day in this year’s final. His very first word went for 100 points. That word was “zonular” (“like a zone”), but he also scored 84 with “phenolic” and 68 on “groutier”. His opponent had some big words of his…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2018 -
A Hotel Strike Was The Talk Of This Year’s TwitchCon
The chants rang out all day, every day of TwitchCon. “Check out! Check out! What do we want? A new contract! When do we want it? Now!” As Twitch’s massive convention spilled out into the streets of downtown San Jose, California last weekend, it was impossible to miss the workers on strike in front of…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 29, 2018 -
Red Dead Redemption 2‘s Puppet-Like NPCs Clash With Its Meticulous World
Red Dead Redemption 2’s excessively detailed world tries to suggest reality. Fall and you get covered in mud; while covered in mud someone might make a coy comment about how they hope it’s not shit. The world is full of little flourishes and behaviors that suggest its NPCs are real people with genuine reactions. But…
By Heather Alexandra Published October 29, 2018 -
I Like Baseball Now Because It’s Just Like Dwarf Fortress
Last Saturday night, I watched a game of baseball, a sport I’ve always disliked. As the game unfolded and I found myself enjoying it, I realized how much it has in common with the stressful video games I love to play. One of my friends is a native Angeleno and a huge Dodgers fan, so…
By Gita Jackson Published October 29, 2018 -
Smash Bros. Characters Reimagined In Garfield’s Image
Someone has gone to great lengths to render the lasagna-obsessed cat as some of the Nintendo fighting game series’ most iconic characters. Not content to stop there, artist Shawn Bowers also gave each of them perfect backstories. For example, there’s Nessfield. He plays sports and loves baseball. “He did not have enough money for a…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2018 -
Prototype Wii Remote From The GameCube Era Sells At Auction
Over the weekend, an old Wiimote controller was sold at auction in Japan for 74,000 yen (approximately $660). Why so much? The device wasn’t just any old Wiimote, but one of the prototypes Nintendo originally created for the GameCube before the Wii had been released. The bundle, which sold on Thursday at Yahoo Auctions per…
By Ethan Gach Published October 29, 2018 -
No Man’s Sky’s Latest Update Will Be Underwater
The upcoming No Man’s Sky update, The Abyss, is all about what lurks under the sea No Man’s Sky’s last named update, Next, completely revitalized the game, not only overhauling the visuals, but changing fundamental systems and adding the long awaited multiplayer. The Abyss isn’t quite as huge, but adding undersea missions and vehicles will…
By Gita Jackson Published October 29, 2018 -
Full List Of PlayStation Classic Games Is Missing Some Classics
Sony today released the full list of 20 games that will be on its miniature PlayStation Classic, and while there are some nice ones on there (Metal Gear Solid, Wild Arms), there are also some baffling decisions. No Tomb Raider, no Crash, and… no Suikoden II Here’s the full list: Battle Arena Toshinden Cool Boarders…
By Jason Schreier Published October 29, 2018 -
Seven individuals have been arrested in Japan related to a cheat tool for the Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle smartphone game. Only one individual was arrested for selling the app, while the others either made purchases, used the cheat app or were involved with proxy servers. One of those arrested is a high school student.
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 29, 2018 -
Read-Only Memory are taking John Szczepaniak’s excellent three-volume series The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers, condensing it into one book and adding a bunch of new stories and art. The result is Japansoft: An Oral History, currently taking orders on Volume.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2018 -
The excellent Two Point Hospital is adding a sandbox mode, which is good news for everyone sick of having to start over from scratch every time they progress to a new stage. It’ll be a free update, and will also let players unlock all tech and buildings for free play.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2018 -
Skylines Time-Lapse Shows The Calming Power Of City Design
I love a good Cities: Skylines time-lapse video, and this cinematic depiction of a city springing up from its designed bones by YouTube user Ben Barton leans into everything that makes the game great. I particularly like the way that the video moves around the different spaces of a Skylines city that often show up…
By Cameron Kunzelman Published October 28, 2018