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Ahead of its release this summer, Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble is bringing plenty of fast-paced hype with a new trailer highlighting the title’s new Adventure Mode. Featuring 200 stages across numerous different worlds, players can look forward to both local and online four-player co-op.

Fortnite fans are upset over the game's removal of cosmetic item rarities, which graded the game's vast vault of character skins, pickaxes, back blings and so forth with various different 'quality' levels.

Blizzard games are set to return to China, thanks to a new agreement with publisher NetEase.

Blizzard and NetEase’s new deal was not just for Blizzard games to come to China. As it turns out, it could go the other way too.

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a really exciting year as not only has the blue little hedgehog had a collaboration with the angry birds, but there is also a big Shadow event that will be involving many exciting things players and fans can take part in.

CEO of No Rest for the Wicked developer Moon Studios, Thomas Mahler, has revealed in a recent interview that the studio has ideas, including even a title, for a third game in the Ori franchise. Mahler spoke about a potential follow-up to Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisp in an interview with Game Informer.

Mortal Kombat 1's upcoming playable DLC character, Ermac, has been given an airing in developer NetherRealm's latest gameplay trailer, ahead of his arrival later this month.

Yesterday was a sad day for 3DS and Wii U players as the online services went down for both of them. This is something that sadly happens with each console as they get older and age, especially with Nintendo – it just seems to always happen way too soon. With the Nintendo Switch already almost a decade old, we knew we’d watch the other consoles fall before a new one could go live, hopefully in 2025.

Developer Dimps and publisher Bandai Namco have announced that Android 18 (DB Super) and Videl (DB Super) will be included in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Future Saga Chapter 1 DLC. The release date for Chapter 1 has yet to be announced.

Dredge, the 2023 indie Lovecraftian fishing title from Black Salt Games that took the gaming world by storm, is set to become the next live-action Hollywood adaptation. The New Zealand-based game company is teaming up with production company Story Kitchen to bring the creepy game to life.

Mortal Kombat 1 players with the Kombat Pack will be able to snag Ermac as the newest DLC character on April 16, while the powerful persona will be made available to everyone else on April 23.

NetherRealm Studios’ Mortal Kombat 1 will see the debut of its next DLC fighter, Ermac, on April 23rd. However, Kombat Pack owners gain early access starting on April 16th. Check out his moves in the first gameplay trailer below.

Warner Bros. Games has announced a release date for Mortal Kombat 1’s Ermac DLC.

This year's Pokémon World Championships will culminate at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Developer LocalThunk has released the first major update for Balatro on the game’s beta branch. Slated for release in the coming weeks, the update can currently tried out by anyone that owns Balatro on Steam by switching to the game’s beta branch.

Saber CEO Matthew Karch has entered a no-holds barred interview with IGN about his company’s experience with Embracer Group. But what he has to say is probably going to surprise you.

We have an interesting new rumor about Persona 6, which is more loaded than it looks at first glance.

Balatro, the acclaimed poker-themed roguelike from developer LocalThunk, has just received its first big content update — officially known as Update 1.0.1c — with the patch currently in Steam public testing ahead of a full release «in about a week».

Everyone and their mama know that the video game industry has been struggling to what seems no end, as not only have there been many issues with AI trying to develop video games for certain companies, which then only takes away jobs from others, but the times are getting tough which leads to places mot having as much money as they normally would.

is a delightful new puzzle game with a botanical twist, taking players around a sprawling mansion and its grounds as they try to sprout rare plants. The title comes from Balloon Studios, a developer founded by Laure De Mey, who previously worked on other unique puzzlers like, and cozy-centric publisher Whitethorn Games. Though it's a very short journey, still manages to be memorable, and provides a laidback solving experience that's quite relaxing.

Helldivers 2 was the UK’s best-selling game for the second consecutive month in March.

LocalThunk, the solo developer of hit poker roguelike Balatro, has released the game’s first major update for testing.

Update 1.6 recently launched for Stardew Valley on PC, and it was a much more significant one than you’d expect to see for an indie title that released eight years ago. With 8-player multiplayer support, new Festivals and endgame content, and more, Update 1.6 added a hefty chunk of new content and features, following which the game saw a significant boost in player numbers on Steam– but when exactly will the update become available for players on other platforms?

We have a pair of rumors indicating that Activision is gearing up for their reveal of the next Call of Duty game.

Yuji Naka has resurfaced on Twitter, with a spicy message to start off our week.

continues its domination of the American Football video game genre across a myriad of platforms. The EA Sports game has seen continued installments for over a decade, and while recent additions can feel like minor upgrades, its popularity is undeniable. offers its players a variety of modes to enjoy, from taking control of people's favorite and best teams in the Franchise mode, creating a superstar player, or building a roster of stars in Ultimate Team. also offers a rewarding skill ceiling for avid football fans who want to invest in improvement.

There are many ways to improve your deck in Balatro, and nearly all of them are a valid focus of any given run. Planet Cards can enhance your played hands, Tarot Cards offer a variety of small benefits, and Jokers drastically change how your deck plays. The rarest form of enhancement, however, is the Spectral Card. 

You won’t get far in Balatro if you don’t augment your starting deck. Even the best decks in Balatro struggle to go beyond Ante 2, so you better get your butt in gear if you want to succeed. There are many ways to gain power in Balatro, but one of the more interesting is through the use of Tarot Cards.

Balatro may start as a simple play on Poker, but it very quickly evolves into a whole different beast. Within the core loop, this is done through augmenting your starting deck. This could be through the acquisition of new cards, the powering up of old cards, or directly altering the value of the hands you are playing. 

Balatro is one of the intoxicating games to be released in 2024. Many players (ourselves included) sunk an ungodly amount of time into the pre-release demo, and even more time once it finally hit launch. Since then, the game has exploded in the roguelike deckbuilder scene, and rightfully so. 

Developer Storm Trident and publisher Forever Entertainment have announced that the remake for mech-based tactical RPG, Front Mission 2, will be coming to PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One on April 30. The game will be priced at $34.99, and currently also has a demo available for the PC version on Steam. Check out the trailer making the announcement below.

The early months of 2024 have seen Microsoft stepping up its efforts to bring its first-party Xbox titles to audiences on rival platforms, with Hi-Fi Rush having released for PS5 and Obsidian duo Pentiment and Grounded both having launched for PS5 and Switch. Sea of Thieves arrives for PS5 later this month, and though Microsoft hasn’t officially announced further plans to bring any other of its games to rival consoles beyond that, reports continue to insist that there’s more stuff in the pipeline.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet often offer promotional codes for players to allow them to get some rare or just fun rewards and Pokemon. Sometimes during certain events or holidays, players will be able to redeem a Shiny Pokemon to add to their collection.

Friends! Jaegers! Evas! Lend me your radar dishes or cybernetic ear trumpets. Developers Storm Trident and publishers Forever Entertainment have popped up a Steam demo for their Front Mission 2 remake. Tucked within its coils there are two whole levels, Rimian Base and Batari Forest, together with a Garage where you can customise your Wanzer and access to the in-game Network menu.

Deck Nine, currently responsible for heading up the Life is Strange series having handled spin-off True Colours and remasters of the first two games, have been accused of fostering a toxic workplace home to sexism, mismanagement, crunch and abusive treatment of staff left to linger by the studio’s higher-ups.

Back in October 2023, the announcement was released that the time for the 3DS and Wii U to die is here…and it is quite sad. On Monday, April 8, 2024 Nintendo is shutting down the online servers for both the consoles as they have aged over time, leaving the Nintendo Switch as the last console to have internet connection as of right now.

Nintendo will be shutting down online play for 3DS and Wii U early next week.

A new investigation into developer Deck Nine — best known as the current steward of Life is Strange, a series celebrated for its diversity and inclusivity — has painted a picture of a studio where toxicity, hate speech, harassment, crunch, bullying, and abusive leadership has been able to fester as a result inaction from senior management.

The sus team of voice actors for Among Us' upcoming animation is complete.

Square Enix has decided to shake up the management of one of their top video game properties, Dragon Quest.

Nobody really expected that the Endless Ocean series would ever be getting a third game, but Nintendo and developer Arika’s Endless Ocean Luminous is not only very real, it’s also continued to look quite promising since its announcement earlier this year. Ahead of its release next month, the game has now received another new trailer.

Square Enix has released a free demo for SaGa Emerald Beyond, the next mainline title in the unorthodox role-playing game series. It’s available for PS4, PS5, PC and Nintendo Switch, allowing players to control Tsunanori Mido, one of six playable characters. Check out the release trailer below.

Sea of Thieves developer Rare has shed more light on the game’s various cross-platform features before it sets sail on PlayStation 5.

Atlus has released a new trailer for Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, this time around showcasing a new form for the protagonist, as well as new demons and dungeons that players can take on. Check it out below.

Overwatch 2 has had many ups and downs since its launch which replaced Overwatch, which was the original. Instead of allowing players to contiune playing the version of Overwatch, they overrided it and turned it into Overwatch 2, making it free-to-play.

The Japanese charts for Nintendo’s Princess Peach is here, and needless to say, the game is doing really good and the “queen” is slaying once again. This is the first Princess Peach game we have had since the release of Super Princess Peach which was released for the Nintendo DS, now the Nintendo Switch houses the second Princess Peach game to exist.

With the Epic Games Store's latest weekly freebie offers now live, Epic has turned its gaze to the far-flung future of seven days time, confirming acclaimed cyberpunk action-parkour adventure Ghostrunner will be its next free title from Thursday, 11th April.

Four years after Nuclear Throne and Ridiculous Fishing developer Vlambeer announced it was shutting its doors, the highly regarded indie studio is back in the news, with co-founder Jan Willem Nijman now its full owner following Rami Ismail's decision to sell his shares.

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the unannounced but widely-expected PlayStation 5 Pro, which looks set to launch later this year.

Last week’s Japanese sales charts saw Princess Peach: Showtime! beating out competition from the likes of Rise of the Ronin and Dragon’s Dogma 2 to take the top spot in the software charts, and this week, the action-adventure game has managed to hold on to that position, as per the latest weekly data revealed by Famitsu. Selling over 27,000 units, it holds a decent lead over Rise of the Ronin, which climbed up to the No. 2 position with an additional 20,000 units sold.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, one of the most widely beloved classic PC titles, has seen a change in ownership. Developer Frontier Developments has sold the rights to the game to Atari for a sum of $7 million, it’s been announced.

Pokmon Scarlet and Violet is the latest mainstream game for The Pokemon Company. One thing that the franchise allows players to do is hunt for Shiny Pokemon. Whether that be on Pokemon GO or be on console games. However, after so much time, The Pokemon Company has published their very own Shiny hunting guide for the game.

'The Wild Bastards' is about the best name I've heard for a gang of alien outlaws in a space-western, good enough that let's skip past the fact that the game was announced last year and we've only just noticed. Wild Bastards is the follow-up to Void Bastards, 2019's roguelikelike first-person shooter about a prisoner in a corporate nightmare forced to raid derelict spaceships on a wild goose chase. This time, it's leaning into crime, jaunting across the galaxy to resurrect a game of legendary outlaws, the Wild Bastards. Allow me to repeat that name: the Wild Bastards. Alright, now come watch the gameplay trailer.

A person suspected of sending death threats to Nintendo has reportedly been arrested by Japanese police.

Sturgent Studios 2.5D Metroidvania title Tales of Kenzera: Zau has looked increasingly promising with each of its showings since its announcement last December, and with its release fast approaching, more new details on it are continuing to be revealed.

Square Enix has released trailers for five members of SaGa Emerald Beyond’s unorthodox cast, and now, the final one is available. Check out Diva No. 5, a former songstress mech who’s abandoned her original frame to cross between worlds.

Respawn Entertainment briefly had to take Apex Legends offline, because of issues with players losing their save progress.

A brief new trailer for Nintendo’s upcoming Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is available on Twitter, courtesy of Nintendo of America. While it features some familiar scenes from the announcement trailer, two new additions highlight the RPG’s signature humor. Check them out below.

Atari, along with developer Headless Chicken Games, has unveiled a new single-screen racing game that harkens back to classic top-down racing games of the past. Titled NeoSprint, the game is set for release on PC and consoles, and will be out in Summer 2024. Check out the trailer below.

So, we’re in the second year of an ongoing wave of layoffs in the video game industry. If you paid attention to a broader level something like this has also been happening in the tech industry as a whole, but for video games, it’s meant hundreds of very talented and valuable people losing their jobs.

The new Hollow Knight game, Silksong has officially bee rated in South Korea ahead of its release, which isn’t supposed to be until sometime late 2024. However, the game has gone through many delays which has people wondering if this release date will actually stick.

A person suspected of being responsible for threats that led to the cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024 has reportedly been arrested by Japanese police.

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There’s been quite the commotion about Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong due to its Xbox Store page and ESRB rating suddenly going live. If those aren’t enough to indicate an impending announcement, the highly anticipated Metroidvania has been rated “12+” in South Korea.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been classified in South Korea, suggesting news about the game’s release date could be on the way.

Presumably, the remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic can’t hold up a newspaper with today’s date to prove that it is actually doing okay and hasn’t been quietly disposed of in a tax report somewhere, Warner Bros-style. As such, it falls to the head of current developers Saber Interactive to promise that the long-in-the-works Star Wars game is still “alive and well”.

Dataminers have found a new Nintendo patent, that solves a common issue for Nintendo Switch owners.

Reboot Rally is back for Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2, so if you have a friend that hasn’t played in some time, now is the perfect opportunity to get them back on board the Battle Bus. This event has free cosmetics on offer for partying up with eligible buddies.

Following trailers for Van Arkride and Agnès Claudel for The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak, NIS America’s latest is about Feri Al-Fayed. As a Jaeger and member of the elite Warriors of Kruga, she’s a fierce warrior, somewhat mirroring Fie Claussell from Trails of Cold Steel. Check out some of her moves below.

With Mario RPG, Princess Peach: Showtime!, and Super Mario Wonder having all released over the spand of the last few months, Princess Peach: Showtime! having been the latest. Nintendo has slowed up a lot of gaming releases over the past year as it seems a new Nintendo Switch console is underway, hopefully coming in 2025. However, it seems Nintendo is seeking players feedback on their games.

Some new research has come out with some curious findings about video games from the last year.

Insider Gaming has an incredible new rumor for fans who enjoyed The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, as well as Dead Cells.

Square Enix has announced that SaGa Emerald Beyond will receive a free demo on April 4th. It’s available at midnight local time for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5, while PC players can access it via Steam at 9 AM PDT.

A new industry report has highlighted the growing influence a group of fewer, older video games have over consumers’ annual playtime.

Atari has announced that NeoSprint, its reboot of classic racing series Sprint, is coming to PC and consoles.

The PC and console market grew by 2.6% to $93.5 billion in revenue last year, according to a new report by video games date company Newzoo (cheers, Kotaku!) That’s good, right? Growth is universally a good thing, otherwise all those nice, dead-eyed men in suits wouldn’t keep saying it was. You can’t just lie about growth, that’s a business crime. However, here’s some slightly more worrying news, depending on how much you value new ideas: Of all the game time that gamers spent gaming in quantifiable Big Year for Gaming 2023, just 20% of that time was gamed on games other than the 66 specific games mentioned in the report.

Games that are at least six years accounted for more than 60 percent of playtime in 2023, a new report suggests.

Evil Empire, the studio responsible for the previous five or so years of updates to Motion Twin’s roguelite metroidvania game Dead Cells, are set to release a new roguelite set in the Prince of Persia universe “later this year.”

Last week, a small set of interviews went viral over claims that the proverbial ‘gold rush’ for indie game funding had ended. Today, we get some clarification about those interviews.

Nintendo has sent out a new survey to players asking them about the various RPG series starring Mario.