Captain Toad on Switch is excellent - but 3DS is the real surprise

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1471 words  |  Trudie Dory

Nintendo has wasted little time in porting most of its Wii U back catalogue over to Switch and the trend continues with Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - and this is actually a great thing as it's one of the Wii U's most enjoyable titles. Of course, it's ultimately derived from a mini-game in Super Mario 3D World, but it holds up as a standalone release with a whole host of fun puzzles, beautiful visuals and a superb implementation of the Wii U dual-screen concept. [Read More]

Dark Souls 2 season pass owners warned off buying latest DLC from PSN

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  404 words  |  Trudie Dory

UPDATE: Bandai Namco has told Eurogamer the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC has now been linked to the Dark Souls 2 season pass on PS3. The DLC should now show up as free to download for season pass owners. ORIGINAL STORY: PlayStation 3 owners who bought the £19.99 Dark Souls 2 season pass are upset because they're unable to download the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC without paying for it. [Read More]

Everything announced at the Warhammer Skulls event

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  591 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Games Workshop kicked off its Warhammer Skulls event with a raft of video game announcements alongside new trailers and images. Strap yourself in, there's a lot of Warhammer stuff in here. First up is the reveal of Total War: Warhammer 2's final DLC, which reworks the poor old Beastmen. Creative Assembly didn't stop there. The UK developer announced Skarbrand as a Legendary Lord for Khorne in the upcoming Total War: Warhammer 3. [Read More]

Fortnite season 11 release date delayed

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  315 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Fortnite has delayed its 11th season launch by one week, which means there's a little longer to finish your Season X Battlepass. Season 11 will now kick off on Sunday, 13th October, Epic said in what is likely its last set of patch notes for the season. To keep you busy until then, a final week's worth of time-limited rewards ("Last Stop") will begin in a few days, before this season's delayed Overtime challenges (" [Read More]

Google's Olympics-inspired RPG is way better than it needed to be

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  293 words  |  Trudie Dory

The delayed and controversial Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will hold its opening ceremony tonight - and to celebrate, Google has released one of its best ever Doodle games. Head to the front page of Google.com and you'll find the Doodle Champion Island Games available to play. But rather than a quick mini-game, this is a fully-fledged 16-bit style sports RPG. You play as Lucky the Cat, and get to explore an island full of sporting trials. [Read More]

Halo Infinite co-op estimated release date: Where is co-op in Halo Infinite?

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Halo co-op has been a staple of the franchise, and unfortunately - at least at launch - Halo Infinite is an exception. Campaign co-op isn't available in Halo Infinite right now, but developer 343 Industries has confirmed it is coming - and has given us an estimated release date to work from. This means - eventually - you and a friend to play the campaign in co-op, and not just rely on regular multiplayer to save the galaxy together. [Read More]

Magic: The Gathering reveals 2021 roadmap and recommits to Arena mobile

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  372 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Wizards of the Coast has revealed a Magic: The Gathering roadmap detailing releases through to the end of 2021. It also recommitted to a mobile release of 'really rather good actually' online game Magic: The Gathering Arena. The plan is apparently to release it this year, a spokesperson told me, but when this year and on which mobile ecosystem they couldn't say. As for the road ahead, the most imminent release will be new set Zendikar Rising, which arrives 17th September in Arena and 25th September for tabletop. [Read More]

Nier Replicant's extra content revealed in new trailer

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  220 words  |  Patria Henriques

Square Enix has confirmed Nier Replicant's extra content via a new trailer. In the video, below, we see an extra dungeons, extra costumes, the guest cast from Nier: Automata, and a look at an extra episode called Mermaid. 15 Nightmares - aka The World of Recycled Vessel - first released as DLC for the original 2010 action adventure. This is now included in the main, remastered game. Speaking of costumes and weapons, Nier Replicant has Kabuki and Samurai costumes, and costumes and weapons from Nier: Automata. [Read More]

Nintendo squashes Super Mario Commodore 64 port which took seven years to make

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Last week, after seven years of work, Nintendo fan ZeroPaige finally released a working port of Super Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64. The achievement - and hard graft behind it - caught the eye of C64 fans, who praised the effort of recreating one of gaming's greatest masterpieces for the much loved home computer. But then - of course - Nintendo swung into action. Four days after its release, Nintendo began taking it down. [Read More]

Pokémon Go Gen 7 Pokémon list released so far, and every creature from Sun and Moon's Alola region listed

 Posted on April 1, 2023  |  10 minutes  |  2062 words  |  Patria Henriques

Gen 7 contains 86 new Pokémon which will gradually be released into Pokémon Go. Unlike other generations - Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3, Gen 4, Gen 5, Gen 6 and Gen 8 - the Alolan variants originating from the Alola Pokédex were released long before the first Gen 7 Pokémon arrived in Pokémon Go. The Gen 7 Pokémon made their first appearance in the Pokémon universe in Pokémon Sun and Moon for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. [Read More]