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Rumor: A new version of the Nintendo Switch is due out some time next year
Everyone likes the Nintendo Switch. It's a solid console that's portable and fun and useful. About the only thing it's lacking is some hardware...
Warframe releases the Heart of Deimos for PC, Xbox, and PS4, delays Switch version to later this week
It's time for another romp around an open world region in Warframe, and while an infested moon doesn't really elicit visions of playful romping,...
IKEA Taiwan recreates a catalogue’s offerings in Animal Crossing New Horizons
In what is probably one of the most creative and surprising bits of synergy between gaming and the real world, a Taiwanese branch of...
Untitled Goose Game goes from antisocial to social with multiplayer
Honk honk honk honk honk! Honk honk? Honk. Honking honk honk, honk honk honk multiplayer (honk honk). Honk honk; honk honk honk. Honk!
Last year's...
Torchlight III confirms fall launch window – and Nintendo Switch release
We've been wondering when exactly Torchlight III would launch, especially given its de-MMO-ification and multiple delays throughout development. And technically, we still don't have...
Leaderboard: Why do you ‘work’ in MMORPGs?
A while back, WAPO put up a piece called Why do we enjoy games that make us work?
Proficiency, control, fairness, escape. This is a topic...
Nintendo’s financials hail Animal Crossing’s success while Nexon crushes it with MapleStory
More quarterly financial reports are rolling in, this time from Nintendo and Nexon, and both studios are crowing about exceptional runs.
For the big N,...
Temtem is headed to PS5, XBXS, and the Switch, not just PC, when it launches next year
Still got your eye on Temtem? The totally-not-Pokemon MMO hit early access earlier this year, with plans to formally launch next summer, and as...
The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
Animal Crossing New Horizons now lets players trip and fall, create penis-shaped fireworks
There's been a recent update made to the adorable Animal Crossing New Horizons, including the ability to visit a dream version of other players'...
Heroes of Hammerwatch is a twin-stick multiplayer rogue-lite RPG arriving to Xbox and Switch this week
If you like your dungeon crawler hack n' slash games more pixelated and challenging, then you might be familiar with Hammerwatch, a game that...
The Nintendo ‘gigaleak’ included plans for a Pokemon MMO from 2004
If you hear what sounds like a thousand dogs sniffing at something this weekend, it's because there was an apparent massive leak of Nintendo...
SuperData June 2020: Valorant had the ‘biggest launch ever for a free-to-play PC title’
It's time for our monthly check-in on how the games industry is doing according to SuperData's numbers, and don't worry - they're all still...
Police in Taiwan locate the owner of a lost Switch thanks to Animal Crossing
So here's a cute story for you. A man in Taiwan took his Nintendo Switch along when he went to the ATM to grab...
Magic-slinging battle royale Spellbreak will go free-to-play on all platforms, allow cross-platform play at launch
Remember Spellbreak? It's a battle royale title that we first highlighted when it was in pre-alpha testing in October 2018. Its whole shtick is...
Massively on the Go: Fun ideas for online play in Animal Crossing New Horizons
I love sandbox gameplay. I'm pretty sure a lot of you readers do too, which is probably why a good deal of us have...
Vague Patch Notes: MOBAs, battle royales, and shallow genre pools in the online gaming space
This past week, Nintendo announced Pokemon Unite, and then I had to go to see a doctor because I rolled my eyes so far...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is letting you swim and dive starting on July 3
Sure, having your own private island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is nice, but why not just descend into the water around it and...
Massively on the Go: Exploring Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor expansion
I knew from the website shown at the initial announcement that Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion, The Isle of Armor, would be more of...
Pokemon Unite is a new MOBA for mobile devices and Nintendo Switch from Nintendo and Tencent
Gosh, that... that headline basically says it all, doesn't it? Yes, Nintendo has announced Pokemon Unite, which is a Pokemon MOBA, a genre that...
