A few days ago, we reported on the rumour that PlatinumGames was going to go into self-publishing, with its first title being the remaster of the Wii U’s ‘The Wonderful 101’. This was confirmed after The Wonderful 101 Kickstarter was launched last night. Despite its goal of $50,000 for the …

Although there's no confirmed release date yet, the handheld version of Apex Legends is inching closer than ever. New details regarding the mobile game have been revealed to the public, through EA's Q3 report. As per Dexerto, the first signs of the release of a handheld version of Apex Legends started …

Just a few weeks ago, rumours began swirling about two more Wii U games set to join the Nintendo Switch library and get a second shot in the spotlight. Now, it appears that one of those games will be The Wonderful 101, Platinum Games' superhero action adventure.  The Wonderful 101 …

Following on from its successful crowdfunding projects Infinity UNO and X-Connect cables, Chargeasap has announced its latest innovation. The Flash powerbank from Chargeasap is now on Indegogo with pledges starting from £107 for early birds and £115 subsequently. The 60-day campaign will run until 27th March with units expected to …

Back in June 2019, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo banded together to warn the US government against its proposed tariffs on video game consoles manufactured in China. It was estimated that rising costs would cost the games market $350 million per year, while also leading to increased pricing for consumers. Since …

At the start of 2020, the UK video game charts went through a major change, switching from GfK to UKIE/GSD tracking, which counts physical sales as well as digital sales when those figures are made available. The numbers are now in for last week's sales, with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot …

PC peripherals manufacturer Trust has introduced a new gaming keyboard that offers a full-size layout with 12 multimedia keys, that the company claims to be ideal for casual gamers looking for a high quality yet affordable solution. The Trust GXT 380-RW Avonn gaming keyboard features a full-size layout, optimally designed …

Kingston has announced a range of new gaming devices and peripherals that are coming for PC and console in 2020, as well as a few new devices for mobile gamers too. We recently got the chance to check out these new devices from Kingston HyperX and have rounded up all …

When season one of Telltale’s The Walking Dead released in 2012, it helped breathe new life into the choice-based narrative adventure game genre. Upon Telltale Games’ effective closure in 2018 however, all four seasons of The Walking Dead, alongside a number of Telltale Game’s other titles were removed from Steam’s storefront. …

When Thatgamecompany announced Sky: Children of the Light, it was known that the ‘casual MMO’ would be arriving on console eventually, but it was unknown which consoles would see the game come to its platform. In a recent interview with MCV, Thatgamecompany’s co-founder and Creative Director, Jenova Chen, confirmed that …

While Game Freak are best known for being the developers of the Pokémon video game series, the studio has been known to take on side projects from time to time. One of the studio’s most recent projects, Little Town Hero, originally released exclusively for the Nintendo Switch in October of …

Nintendo recently hosted a stream in which it announced the 5th and final character set to be joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as part of the first Fighters Pass. Byleth, the main protagonist and playable character from last year’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses, is joining the fray on the 28th …

For years now there have been rumours of a potential Mass Effect remaster and with EA becoming more open to re-releases now, there is certainly a better chance that we will see a ‘Shepard Trilogy' some day. BioWare has the internet talking about this idea once again thanks to a …

During 2019, Epic Games offered 73 different free games to its users, all with more than an 80% score on OpenCritic and a total value of $1455, resulting in over 200M+ copies claimed. With the beginning of the new year, Epic has kept on giving, with new games such as …

DOOM Eternal has already had a big gameplay reveal and a story trailer following Bethesda's 2019 E3 conference. After all of that though, the game was delayed by roughly six months. Now with the release date just three months away, DOOM Eternal is back in the spotlight with a big …

Genshin Impact, an upcoming open-world RPG by MiHoYo (known best for the action Hack and Slash RPG ‘Honkai Impact 3rd’) has been announced for the Nintendo Switch. Viewers drew comparisons to Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild when the game was first announced back in June of 2019. Genshin Impact was originally slated …

E3 serves as one of the biggest trade shows for the video games industry, where all the major companies get together to show off and announce their future products to an audience of millions. It is for that reason that when Sony announced that they would not be attending 2019’s …

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Nintendo recently hosted its first Direct of the year. Focused on Pokémon, the Direct lasted for 20 minutes, and brought three new announcements: the reveal of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX, a remake of the classic Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance titles; the announcement of an Expansion Pass …

When the PlayStation 4 first launched, it saw a staggered release between the console’s major markets. While the system was released on the 15th of November 2013 in North America, PAL regions had to wait another two weeks (29th of November) to get their hands on the system. In the …

Astral Chain, the latest action-adventure title from Japanese developer, PlatinumGames, released in August of 2019 to positive reviews from both fans and critics alike. The critical response to this Nintendo Switch exclusive appears to have been reflective in the game’s sales, as Takahisa Taura, the director of Astral Chain, revealed …

Razer always brings a lot of interesting new gear to CES, often including prototype products that don't always see a consumer release. For CES 2020, Razer brought four key products to show- a mobile game controller paving the way for cloud gaming, a new wireless router, Razer's very first desktop …

When Super Mario Maker 2 was released on the 28th of June 2019, there was no doubt that it was going to be successful. With the original Super Mario Maker selling over 4 million copies on a console which sold fewer than 14 million units, it was clear that interest …

Kenichi Sato, the president of PlatinumGames, alongside Atsushi Ishida, studio head at PlatinumGames, stated that the studio will make various announcements throughout 2020, some bigger than others. According to Sato, this series of announcements will start early this year. As per InsideGames, translated by Siliconera, both Sato and Ishida talked about …

Ever since the Nintendo Switch first released in 2017, fans have been asking for a ‘Switch Pro’, bringing a mid-generation refresh to the handheld-console hybrid in a similar vein to the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Last year, rumours of a Nintendo Switch Pro, alongside a smaller dockless switch, …

When the Nintendo Switch released in 2017, a feature missing from the console-handheld hybrid was backwards compatibility. This meant that a number of Wii U titles remained stranded on a console which sold fewer than 14 million units. Since then, Nintendo have slowly been porting these titles to the Switch. …

The Dragon Quest franchise is 33 years old and contains 11 titles in the main series with countless spinoffs, re-releases, and remakes of its games. Celebrating the franchise's success and achievements in 2019, the series' creator Yuji Horii has revealed what's coming next for Dragon Quest on his Twitter account. The …

GameSir already produces a range of innovative and high-quality gaming peripherals for PC and console gaming systems. Just recently the company announced it has launched the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its VX2 AimSwitch Gaming combo device. The GameSir VX2 AimSwitch Combo aims to help users who experience difficulties playing FPS …

It has been over two years since Nintendo and Platinum Games first announced Bayonetta 3, a highly anticipated sequel to the action series. The game hasn't really been mentioned since then, in fact, Platinum has announced and released a completely different Switch exclusive game since then. This week though, Platinum …

2019 has been a great year for video games from beginning to end. We’ve now passed the last full week of the year, so we’ve also got our final top ten weekly video game chart for the year, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare unsurprisingly leading the way.  As reported …