Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Coming to PC

Long before indie dinosaur adventure Ark: Survival Evolved hit the stage there was Turok: Dinosaur Hunter on the Nintendo 64. Eighteen years later, the first two Turok games will be re-released on the PC. Acclaim’s first-person shooter put players in the role of a Native American time traveling warrior who must stop the Campaigner from … Read more

Nintendo Confirms Wii U and 3DS Lineups for Rest of 2015

Good news, Nintendophiles: Nintendo has confirmed the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS lineups through the end of 2015. Super Mario Maker leads the pack on the Wii U with its September 11th release. The game lets users create their own 2D Mario-themed levels. Yoshi’s Woolly World comes out on October 16. The game will also … Read more

Mighty No. 9 Delayed Until 2016

The fan-funded Mega Man clone Mighty No. 9 has been delayed. The game is the brainchild of Keiji Inafune — the main illustrator of the original Mega Man on the NES. It received four times the the original goal of its Kickstarter campaign. Mighty No. 9 was scheduled for a September 15, 2015 launch date. … Read more

Mega Man Legacy Collection Packs All 8-Bit Games Into One Package

Mega Man is still one of the most revered video game characters around, even though he has not exactly translated very well to the 3D era. That legacy lives on through compilations, the latest of which is set to release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on August 25. Mega Man Legacy Collection includes all … Read more

Funk of Titans Review

What do you get when you combine funk music with ancient Greek mythology? Probably something similar to Funk of Titans, a newly released indie PC game on Steam that was previously released on Xbox One. You play as Perseus, the son of Zeus, who also happens to be a pretty big fan of funk music, … Read more

Super Smash Bros. Update Adds YouTube Uploading

Super Smash Bros. is indisputably one of the best party games out there. My friends and I have spent countless hours on the couch playing against each other over the years. Across all of those matches, there are bound to be memorable moments. Now you can capture those moments for others to see. YouTube announced … Read more

ZombiU Coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One

One of the best third party Wii U exclusives is about to make the transition to other platforms as a digital download. Zombi (called Zombi U on the Wii U) was one of the flagship titles when Nintendo’s Wii U system launched in 2012. Ubisoft says that the survival horror game — where players try … Read more

Splatoon Update Adding Game Modes, Weapons on August 5

Splatoon has already made a name for itself as one of the most entertaining multi-player experiences on the Wii U. Now the game is about to get even better. Nintendo announced today that a large update to the game will be released on August 5 packed with two new game modes, new weapons, new gear … Read more

3D Streets of Rage 2 Released for Nintendo 3DS

Streets of Rage 2 is back. Sega has re-released the 1992 Sega Genesis classic on the Nintendo 3DS today taking advantage of the system’s stereoscopic 3D. Other new features include a “Casual Mode” which kills enemies as soon as they hit the ground. For hardcore gamers, they’ve added a “Fists of Death Mode” where one … Read more

Virtual Boy Turns 20

Nintendo’s first attempt at 3D handheld gaming — the Virtual Boy — turns 20 years old today. Virtual Boy launched in Japan on July 21, 1995 and less than a month later in the United States. Virtual Boy had a number of well-documented problems including a prohibitive price for a “portable” gaming system (it retailed … Read more

Smart Boy: Meet the Fan-Made Nintendo Smart Phone Concept

Nintendo has yet to show any inclination toward abandoning standalone gaming handhelds in favor of a smartphone, although the company has said that they will release five mobile games before March 2017. That isn’t stopping one fan from dreaming big. The “Smart Boy” is a fan-made rendering of what a Nintendo smartphone might look like … Read more

Farewell to Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata

Gamers continue to mourn the loss of Satoru Iwata, the president and CEO of Nintendo. Satoru Iwata started his career at HAL as a game programmer, where he helped to develop Balloon Fight, Earth Bound, Kirby and Pokemon games. It’s rare anymore for someone involved in game development to go on to lead a game … Read more

Listen to the Glorious GoldenEye 007 Uncompressed Soundtrack

Goldeneye 007 has been out for nearly twenty years now. I know, that alone is crazy. Widely considered one of the best video games ever made, Goldeneye made a distinct, lasting impression on the console shooter genre. Yet the game was hindered by the technology of the time. If you compare an emulated version of … Read more

E3 2015: Star Fox Zero (Wii U) Trailer

The headliner for Nintendo’s Wii U platform this year is a new Star Fox game that blends the staple flight combat with ground combat, similar to the GameCube’s Star Fox: Assault. The game’s controls make use of the Wii U GamePad’s gyroscopes. We have to say, though, that it is quite visually underwhelming, especially compared … Read more

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Leaked Clips Reveal New Characters & More

Some short clips and video footage have surfaced this afternoon, leaking some new characters, a new stage, and other goodies coming soon to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. 

For the sake of spoilers, we will mention all the details after the break. 

Read more

Nintendo Site Reveals Metallic Mario Amiibo Figures

Nintendo’s future strategy for its “Amiibo” product line seems to be getting clearer by the day: the interactive and highly-collectible figurines are here to stay, and more Amiibos are on the way in 2015. After enjoying the astounding success of the first waves of Amiibo figures in late 2014, Nintendo seems quite dedicated to the idea, and with good … Read more