The Nintendo Switch isn’t the most powerful console on the block, but it’s loaded with features that set it apart from the competition. While you will probably use most of these over the course of normal Switch ownership, some are so situational or obscure that you might never realize they exist unless someone tells you.
Month: September 2022
Team Ninja surprised a lot of people today by releasing a demo for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (the studio’s upcoming Soulslike title set to release in 2023). While that demo strongly suggests Wo Long could be one of 2023’s best games, the action title’s most fascinating feature so far has to be its elegant approach
Video game consoles are expensive. However you choose to look at it, buying any console these days can be a huge investment. Thankfully, the amount people have to spend on modern gaming platforms won’t increase anytime soon. Well, at least that’s what we used to think. Recently, Sony shook the gaming world by announcing that
While the Nintendo Switch’s online collection of retro games never seems to grow as fast as anyone would like, the subscription service currently includes a pretty impressive overall collection of retro hits and obscure curiosities. Even better, the latest update to that service finally brings one of the most underrated Sega Genesis games to a
Next month, writers Tom King and Phil Hester are teaming up to bring back one of Gotham City’s oldest protectors. No, not Batman. Heck, I’m not even talking about the original Green Lantern and his cabbie sidekick Doiby Dickles. I mean Slam Bradley, the hard-drinking, hard-talking PI. Originally a lead character in Detective Comics, Bradley
We are in the middle of a Yakuza renaissance, or at least we would be if the franchise still went by that name. Going forward, we should actually say that we are in the middle of a Like a Dragon renaissance. Yes, Sega has seemingly changed the Western name of one of its fastest-growing global
Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) has long been one of the most controversial and divisive characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The character was first introduced in season 1 episode “Encounter at Farpoint,” and is the son of Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), the chief medical officer for the Enterprise. Thanks to his mother’s job
Unless you’re trying to remain entirely unspoiled about God of War: Ragnarok before you play it on November 9th, I highly recommend you check out the game’s latest story trailer. Like most of the game’s promotion material thus far, it’s an enticing preview of what is to come as well as an incredibly well-done piece
While Nintendo’s recent showcase of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kindom (the now properly named sequel to Breath of the Wild) rightfully has many fans buzzing, don’t be surprised if a few Zelda diehards seem a little disappointed by Nintendo’s latest Direct presentation. After all, a seemingly credible series of rumors strongly suggested
After many years of anticipation, Nintendo finally confirmed that a remaster of the beloved 1997 N64 FPS GoldenEye 007 is coming to Switch Online. While the remaster’s debut trailer doesn’t reveal a ton of new info about the project, it does confirm that the Switch remaster will include a somewhat surprising online multiplayer mode. Actually,
Nobody loves to make last-minute announcements as much as Nintendo. While most video game companies like to hype up their reveals and showcases days and weeks in advance in order to drum up interest, Nintendo often elects to go the Beyonce route and just surprise drop the biggest shows of the season. That strange tradition
It’s difficult to overstate just how hard the Sega Dreamcast flopped in the grand scheme of things. Despite allegedly being the most powerful console on the market at the time of its release, the Sega Dreamcast sold poorly and ended up killing Sega’s console hardware business. However, just because the Dreamcast was a sales failure
While the Assassin’s Creed franchise has consistently been one of Ubisoft’s more lucrative properties since it debuted in 2007, the series has endured quite a few highs and lows throughout the years. Given recent developments, the ghosts of Assassin’s Creed games past could rear their ugly heads again very soon. Over the weekend, Ubisoft held
The last official Star Fox game, 2016’s Star Fox Zero, was a bit of a misfire due in no small part to it releasing on the Wii U and requiring the GamePad to properly aim at enemies. Fortunately, when Nintendo games fail to live up to expectations — or when the developer itself doesn’t listen
It’s no secret that Cyberpunk 2077 launched in a disappointing, broken state in 2020, and CD Projekt RED has spent the last two years playing catch-up to fix a myriad of issues. This work has primarily consisted of patches that cleaned up bugs, made tweaks to gameplay, and added missing features. The just-released Patch 1.6,
The Legend of Zelda primarily revolves around three characters: protagonists Princess Zelda (duh) and Link, as well as the villainous Ganondorf. Or is it Ganon? Ganon is arguably one of the most iconic villains in video game history, which is especially impressive when you consider he was also one of the first. When gamers were
There have been so many movies turned into video games in the last several decades that it’s hard to keep track of them all. On the other hand, television-to-game adaptations have been a little more sparse. This might be because game developers don’t know what genre to fit specific TV shows into. Turning a 1990s
Reactions to the reveal of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us remake were decidedly mixed. Some were impressed by the remake’s completely rebuilt visuals, others were irked by changes to some of the character designs, and many were flabbergasted by the fact that a remake of a 2013 game is selling for the retail price
By many accounts, Halo Infinite is an overall fantastic, if notably flawed, game. Gamers and critics alike hailed the game’s campaign as a return to greatness, especially after the disappointment that was Halo 5: Guardians. However, despite some overall improvements, Halo Infinite shipped incomplete, and its developers promised that those missing features would eventually be
If the Saints Row reboot didn’t quite do it for you and you’re still looking for a crime game to tide you over until the release of GTA 6…well, you’ve got quite a few options. You could even just dive into the world of GTA Online (if you dare). However, for my money (which, in
