NetEase Games has acquired Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio led by games design auteur Goichi “Suda51” Suda, and maker of games and franchises like No More Heroes, Killer7, and Lollipop Chainsaw. The two companies announced the acquisition via news release on Thursday. “As we all know, NetEase Games has developed many excellent games in the past, […]
Metroid Dread fans are celebrating when they finally get the morph ball
Metroid fans have had to wait a very long time for a brand-new 2D Metroid game — 19 years, to be precise. And if they want to use Samus Aran’s iconic morph ball power in Metroid Dread, they’ll have to wait even longer. [Warning: The following contains mild spoilers for Metroid Dread.] The morph ball […]
New Pokémon forms confirmed for Zorua and Zoroark
Remember that found-footage horror video The Pokémon Company posted earlier this week to promote Pokémon Legends: Arceus? Somehow, the footage has been cleaned up into HD quality, giving us a clearer look at just what brutally murdered the intrepid explorer from the clip. But first, I have just one question: Did they really have video […]
Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct: The biggest announcements
Well, now we know why Nintendo wanted to save Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ new content announcements for their own, special 20-minute Nintendo Direct: There’s a lot that’s coming to the game, both free and premium, on Nov. 5. Several longtime favorite characters will make their New Horizons debut; players will get even more customization and […]
Wario is the ultimate Italian American
I’ve always felt some imposter syndrome about being Italian American. Even though most of my family has never even been to Italy, we eat pasta instead of ham on Christmas, and we indulge the loud, boisterous Italian stereotype. As a kid, I clung to Italian characters I saw in TV shows, movies, and, of course, […]
Metroid Dread has a game-breaking bug — here’s how to fix it
It could happen to you: Metroid Dread has a game-breaking bug near its ending that will result in the game force-quitting with the message, “The software was closed because an error occurred.” But don’t worry. Nintendo has released a workaround for any players facing this problem, which the company also plans to fix in an […]
Bayonetta 3 resurfaces with a gameplay trailer
Bayonetta 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2022, developer PlatinumGames and publisher Sega said following a four-minute gameplay trailer shown during Thursday’s Nintendo Direct. The trailer, as heavy with cinematics as it is with in-game footage, shows Bayonetta coming to the rescue against a kaiju-esque enemy who is overwhelming the local defense. Bayonetta and […]
Smash Bros. Ultimate’s final update finally brings Isabelle and Doomguy together
The final major update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is here, bringing the roster of playable fighters to a staggering 82 with the addition of Sora from Kingdom Hearts. Ultimate’s new update also makes one fantasy reality: Isabelle from Animal Crossing can now hang out (and presumably fight, but I like to think she wouldn’t) […]
19 months later, Animal Crossing: New Horizons finally gets its Froggy Chair
Nintendo will release the highly coveted and beloved Froggy Chair for Animal Crossing: New Horizons as part of a new, free update for the life simulation game coming Nov. 5. It’s one of many new items coming to the game, and one that longtime Animal Crossing fans have been desperate for since New Horizons launched […]
Monster Hunter Rise won’t have cross-play or cross-save between PC and Switch
Monster Hunter Rise is finally coming to PC early next year, but it won’t let players join their friends on Nintendo Switch. Monster Hunter Rise will not have cross-play or cross-save when it arrives on PC in 2022, and neither will the Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak expansion when it comes to Switch in summer 2022, […]