Years ago, Disney reshaped its approach to gaming. Recognizing the potential to connect its global audience to the world’s most financially successful entertainment industry, it hired former PlayStation portfolio boss John Drake to lead its games licensing division after years of exclusive Star Wars contracts with EA, movie tie-ins, and mobile releases. Since then, we’ve received games like Star Wars …
For a longtime fan of ND Stevenson’s webcomic turned graphic novel, Nimona — someone who followed the original comic’s release week to week from 2012 to 2014, and became part of the growing fan base hanging onto each new cliffhanger and reveal — the release of Netflix’s animated adaptation is a bittersweet moment. It’s exciting that the film was actually …
A former F-Zero developer believes Nintendo’s long-dormant racing franchise has remained that way due to the success of Mario Kart. Speaking to VGC, F-Zero artist and the designer behind Captain Falcon, Takaya Imamura, implied the game wouldn’t be worth the risk when Mario Kart is already incredibly successful (having sold nearly 50 million copies for Nintendo Switch as of November …
Another month has passed, a new season has dawned, and it’s time to check back in on Marvel Snap (Free). We’re starting to see some kind of order forming with the most popular decks after a couple of very turbulent months. We’ve also got a bunch of spiders to consider. Let’s have a look and see what’s what right now …
You know the worst thing about E3, towards the end? It felt so false. It was the event equivalent of that Steve Buscemi ‘how do you do, fellow kids?’ meme – corporations rocking up and asking you to ‘hang out’, watch some ‘rad gameplay trailers’, and engage with its ‘poggers’ branding. Opening up to the public, the show didn’t really …
Last week, there was wide speculation that Valve might be intending to ban games that use AI-generated content, following a post on Reddit that suggested the practice was not being allowed. However, this seems not to be the case—at least, it’s nowhere near that simple—following a statement given to Polygon from Valve itself. The Top Ten Most Played Games On …
Introduction During his childhood, Sam Barlow experienced a traumatic event: Being chased by monkeys around a swimming pool. He was around age 5, living in Tanzania in East Africa. His parents did nothing, he says. They just laughed. Decades later, he found himself trying to re-create the experience in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Nowadays, Barlow is known for making Her …
Buying a gaming monitor is a big decision. It’s the screen that you’ll be gazing at for hours at a time, over the course of (hopefully) many years of happy ownership. You owe it to yourself to get it right. It’s not just about finding the right size and picture resolution, but ideally making sure it has a design you …
Nintendo isn’t bringing back Super Mario RPG’s original director for the Nintendo Switch remake. As reported by Eurogamer, Chihiro Fujioka has revealed he won’t be returning for the remake but is excited about it nonetheless. “I am not involved in the remake”, Fujioka said to a fan on Twitter who asked of his involvement. “But I am very surprised and …
After ranking all of the Mario games on Switch last week, where else could I sensibly go next but to the Final Fantasy series? Look, it makes sense in my head. There are a lot of Final Fantasy games on the Nintendo Switch. Mainline games, spin-off games, and… well, that would by definition be all there is, I suppose. Since …