Thanks to a new update, you can now take your Civilization VI saves on the go with you. 2K Games announced last night that Civilization VI now supports cross-platform cloud saves between Steam and Nintendo Switch. All you need to do is link your 2K Account to both systems and you’ll be able to transfer … Read more
Wolfenstein: Youngblood, a co-op focused shooter, is coming to PC, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One this summer. According to Bethesda: Wolfenstein: Youngblood will throw you (and a friend!) back in time to 1980s Paris, fighting the Reich’s war machine as one of BJ Blazkowicz’s twin daughters, Jess or Soph. Terrorize the goose-stepping fascists with a … Read more
Twenty-two years after the launch of Final Fantasy VII, Square’s classic RPG finally makes its debut on a Nintendo console. Final Fantasy VII has been ported to all manner of consoles and mobile devices – including PSP, PS3, PS4, PC, iPhone, and Android – but it’s never made an appearance on a Nintendo system. That … Read more
Nintendo Switch has slowly gained a reputation for being an indie-friendly platform. Today, Nintendo announced that they are adding another indie title to their growing catalog. This time it’s the formerly Microsoft-exclusive game Cuphead. Cuphead was first released in 2017 on Xbox One and PC. It’s a brutally tough platformer with a distinct hand drawn … Read more
Let’s say that one day you eat a psychedelic mushroom and – for a few hours only – you get to relive your childhood. You relish the memories of times with friends and experience harmless fun without a care in the world. If you grew up in the ’90s, Mario Kart probably feels a lot … Read more
After 15 years as president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring. His replacement? Bowser. Okay, so it’s not that Bowser. The new president’s name is Doug Bowser. He is Nintendo of America’s current Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and a former executive at Electronic Arts. Of course, Reggie’s departure is bittersweet. … Read more
Nintendo surprised fans on Wednesday with news that they are remaking The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening for the Switch. Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was originally released on the Game Boy handheld in 1993. Last year marked its 25th anniversary. The remake is planned for a release in 2019. We have the trailer from … Read more
Nintendo revealed that Super Mario Maker is coming to the Nintendo Switch in June during today’s Nintendo Direct. Super Mario Maker came out on the Wii U in 2015 and the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. Fans have wanted the Wii U version ported to the Switch, but Nintendo is releasing a sequel instead with new tools to … Read more
Psyonix announced today that Rocket League will have an update released on February 19 that adds the ability to have cross-play friends lists. Cross-platform play between PC, Switch, and Xbox One has been a feature since April 2018. Cross-play support was added for PS4 last month, but the support only extended to matchmaking. Now, you … Read more
Nintendo announced today that the company is dropping a new Nintendo Direct tomorrow. Nintendo says that the video presentation, which will feature Switch games, will be around 35 minutes long. It will broadcast at 5:00 PM Eastern Time. This will be the first Nintendo Direct of 2019. We don’t know what all will be featured … Read more
After twelve years in business, the Wii Shop Channel closed its digital doors for good today. Last year, Nintendo stopped allowing users to purchase Wii Points for digital products. Yesterday was the last day to redeem any remaining Wii Points toward purchases. While users can still re-download WiiWare and Virtual Console titles, as well as … Read more
Doom (2016) is the first full-fledged Doom game since Doom 3 came out on PC and Xbox way back in 2004. That’s a twelve-year gap with only an expansion pack, a visually-upgraded re-release of Doom 3, and a mobile game. And as it turns out, Doom (2016) – hereafter referred to as “Doom” – is … Read more
The hit free-to-play cooperative online action game Warframe is coming to Nintendo Switch. Canadian developer and publisher Digital Extremes unveiled the game at TennoCon 2018, its third annual Warframe convention. The game is being developed by Panic Button, who is responsible for the Switch ports of Doom, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, and Rocket League. Check … Read more
While fighting games are nothing new to me, I am not a veteran of the BlazBlue series. I’ve dipped my toe in a couple of times and always had fun, but they seem geared more toward hardcore fighting game players and less toward the casual player like me. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is a crossover … Read more
There are not a whole lot of games that can credibly claim to be novel ideas. Of course, novelty alone does not guarantee that the concept is a good one. That is why I was pleasantly surprised when I first booted up Team 17’s newest game, Yoku’s Island Express. Team 17 is most closely associated … Read more
We don’t know a lot about Nintendo’s upcoming Pokemon RPG for the Switch, but we do know that it’s coming in 2019 and is part of the “core” series. In other words, expect something more along the lines of X and Y rather than some of the Pokemon spin-offs. Unfortunately, that’s really all we know … Read more
You like deals. We like deals. We all like deals! These are the top deals that we found for the week of May 20, 2018. HARDWARE Nintendo Switch with Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy-Con controllers – $289.99 (free shipping, no tax) Asus G11DF-DBR5-GTX1060 Gaming PC (Refurbished) with AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz 8GB 1TB+256GB … Read more
