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Preparing for construction Yesterday sawNintendo raise many an eyebrowwith the unveiling of their “New way to play” Nintendo Labo, essentially a range of cardboard construction kits designed to house the Nintendo Switch, turning it into a range of papercraft-style toys. For anyone who cannot wait to punch out the perforated designs and turn the hybrid console into a… erm… piano, or something, the first two kits in the range are now available to pre-order at various U....

Everyone should be allowed to work in their pajamas As someone who works from home, Nintendo’s insistence that potential eShop game developers have dedicated office space has always rubbed me the wrong way. The quality of the individual title, not whether studios can pass another barrier to entry, should be what truly matters. Going off a tweet by Nintendo’s Dan Adelman, the company might be changing the policy going forward....

Love this game The one or two times a year I get to talk aboutKid Icarus: Uprisingis usually when I get to tell you that it’s criminally underrated. So I’ll do it again: this game rocks. Chided at launch because of the hand-cramps it gave, I was able to experience it with and without a Circle Pad Pro attachment and my big hands adjusted. Thankfully Nintendo is looking out for the little guy, constantly putting in references inSuper Smash Bros....

‘We aren’t working on anything at the moment’ Mewtwo is coming toSuper Smash Bros.next spring, but Masahiro Sakurai explained toIGNthat, “releasing that character is an experiment meant to act as a foothold in content distribution; thus it’s simply meant as part of the service we’re providing to gamers.” Speaking toVideogamer, Sakurai said the studio is not working on any otherSuper Smash Bros.DLC at the moment. “I understand that DLC could add a lot to the appeal ofSmash Bros....

Would you like to try a sample? I’m unsure if a free promo will be the final push you need to try the chaotic co-op cooking gameOvercookedafter all these praise-filled years, but here we go.The originalOvercookedis free on the Epic Games Store until July 11, at which point the PC store will shift to its next freebie,Torchlight. There’s a simplicity to the firstOvercookedthat I still appreciate returning to from time to time as, well, things have gotten quite hecticin the sequel’s ongoing DLC packs....

My very real fear is not getting the Pharah skin for a second year in a row For the next three weeks (from October 10 to November 1), the terror of scrambling for 3,000 credits strikes back inOverwatch! The latest Halloween event will feature fifty new seasonal items, including: Eight new legendary skins such as a Dracula-themed Reaper, Van Helsing McCree, and Cultist Zenyatta. (The previous skins from last year’s event will also be available again as well)....

I wonder if there will be any hedgehog silhouettes… Shadow artis one of the cool things I’ve seen on the Internet and marveled at, knowing I could never come close to creating something similar. Taking three-dimensional objects and arranging them in such a way that they cast a different two-dimensional image in shadow is just mind boggling. Though I may never create my own pieces of shadow art, withShadowmatic, I may be able to play around with it and feel partly awesome....

Cash rules everything around me Selling off the PC division, entire buildings, $1.3 billion in expected losses. Fun times at Sony. The PlayStation brand, including thesuccess of the PlayStation 4, is a bright spot, however. In itsfirst quarter reporting, Sony actually posted a$265 million net income, about seven times better than the same period last year. Operating income, too, doubled. On the Games & Network side, which is basically PlayStation, sales and operating revenue doubled (131....

Health and safety is highest priority Boston’s preeminent video game convention will be one major exhibitor lighter than usual. Sony just announced that it’s pulling out of PAX East due to safety/health concerns raised by the coronavirus outbreak. In anupdate to its previous PAX East plans, Sony said “Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment made the decision to cancel its participation at PAX East in Boston this year due to increasing concerns related to COVID-19 (also known as ‘novel coronavirus’)....

It’s dead, Jim! No Bones you can’t bring this one back:Pokemon Rumble Rushseems completely lost to the ether. Following a warning from The Pokemon Company recently,they made good on their wordto kill off the ill-fatedRumble Rushmobile game, which was part oftheRumbleseriesthat started all the way back in 2009. As of today you cannot log into the game even if you own it as the servers are shut off entirely, nor can you download it out of curiosity: as it has been removed from the iOS marketplace....

But where’s Skull and Nuke, or whatever they were called? Developer nWay released a short trailer of gameplay footage for their upcoming (and super colourful) fighting gamePower Rangers: Battle for the Grid, which is set to launch this spring on multiple platforms. In the clip, we get to see Red, Green and Yellow Ranger (right?) engaging in a frenzied scrap.Battle for the Gridis clearly aiming for aMarvel vs Capcom/Dragon Ball FighterZstyle, with screen-filling attacks, assists and tag options....

God damn it. You game developers just don’t get it, do you? Ports will not get youanywherewith the Wii. This has already been established. Wii ports suck, and there’s not much you may do about it. Comparisons (graphical and otherwise) willalwaysbe drawn between the Wii version and the 360/PS3 version. The only thing worse than a Wii port of a “next-gen” game is a Wii port of a “last gen” game....

Resident Evil 7 pushed 7.5 million alone Resident Evilhas had its ups and downs; but far more ups than the latter. Capcom seems to agree, at least from a monetary standpoint. See that header image? That’s Leon dropping the mic. Beating its chest in a blog post this morning, the publisher reports thatResident Evilhas now surpassed the 100 million shipped units milestone: the first Capcom franchise to do so. The recentResident Evil 3remake numbers are most certainly what pushed that figure over the edge, but strong sales forResident Evil 7are partly responsible....