Finally, finally, finally. We've complained at least two months in a row about Nintendo's neglect of a certain NES classic. That ends today. Super Mario Bros. 2 is now playable on the Nintendo Switch, along with another retro NES title, Kirby's Adventure.
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Something very obvious is missing from Kingdom Hearts 3. And it's something that'll be immediately apparent to those who've been on the Kingdom Hearts train for almost 17 years: Final Fantasy characters.
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We're just two days away from the release of Metro Exodus, the post-apocalyptic shooter from 4A Games and Deep Silver. And fortunately, for those who've been holding out for critical takes on the game, the review embargo has lifted.
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It wasn't a matter of if, but when. Activision Blizzard has told its employees that the company intends to lay off some of its workforce, with Kotaku reporting that the total number of employees let go "could be in the hundreds."
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Hi-Rez Studios has stayed true to its word. According to VG247, the company has officially dropped its 6.1 update for Smite, enabling cross-platform play and cross-progression on PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
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There's finally something to do in Destiny 2 again -- that is, if you don't mind it being centered around Valentine's Day. Today kicked off the 2019 edition of the game's Crimson Days event, which means there's a whole lot of red in the Tower, and a whole lot of loot ready to be earned.
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Apex Legends is highly unique in that the battle royale game only has one mode, which requires you to play in a squad of three. But it might not be that way forever, according to GamesRadar.
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We've known for a while that Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered is hitting PS4, Xbox One, and PC this spring. But it seemed odd that Ubisoft wouldn't also bring the game to the Nintendo Switch. According to DualShockers, however, evidence for a Switch port has been uncovered on Ubisoft's own website.
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Apex Legends may be the first surprise hit of 2019, and that's thanks in no small part to the quality experience that Respawn Entertainment has delivered. But the studio apparently wants you to know, very badly, that EA had nothing to do with this game whatsoever.
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It was just a matter of time. Sony's slow-moving beta for PlayStation cross-play has only been available for two games thus far: Fortnite and Rocket League. Now the CEO of another development studio is giving the company an earful.
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A story related to Apex Legends has come along to tug at everyone's heartstrings. And it has to do with a tribute found in-game to the best friend one of the game's developers lost -- his dog.
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Battle royale shooter Apex Legends has been taking the world by storm since it launched this past Monday. And now the creator of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds -- the game that made battle royale popular -- has weighed in on Respawn Entertainment's new title.
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Epic Games has unveiled the next PC game it'll give away in its namesake storefront, and that game is Thimbleweed Park, the 2017 retro-style adventure game from developer Terrible Toybox.
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Who doesn't like a free game? You can get one right now, if you have an Xbox 360 or an Xbox One. The original Crackdown is totally free right now, according to VG247, in order to celebrate the impending launch of Crackdown 3, which arrives on Feb. 15.
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It is both a surprise, yet not a surprise at the same time. Red Dead Redemption 2 has moved a whole lot of product. That is almost expected, given Rockstar's prior history with Grand Theft Auto 5. But did anyone think the studio would have moved 23 million copies of RDR2 already?
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The Mortal Kombat Shaggy saga has come to an end. On a Q&A for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 11, NetherRealm Studios community manager Tyler Landsdown put the matter to rest, stating definitively that Shaggy will not appear in Mortal Kombat 11. Ever.
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It seems Apex Legends had one heck of a launch. According to GameSpot, Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall​ battle royale game managed to hit the million-player mark in just eight hours yesterday -- a good sign for a title that most hadn't heard of before the week began.
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That escalated quickly. After making fans sit through a four-hour stream that featured little more than still scenery, Respawn Entertainment officially unveiled Apex Legends -- and announced that it's launching today.
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Fortnite's first-ever live concert turned out to be a rousing success. According to Eurogamer, 10 million players -- and millions of others via streaming services -- watched Marshmello's live set this past Saturday, paving the way for Epic Games to put on similar events of this type in the future.
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Can you name an actor or actress from any of the original Mortal Kombat films? Probably not. The older Mortal Kombat movies weren't exactly brimming with star power. Fortunately for us, though, Twitter artist @Bosslogic has his imagination.
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The Shaggy revolution rages on. Tens of thousands have joined a Change.org petition asking that the Scooby-Doo character be added to Mortal Kombat 11, and now that petition -- which had 173,000 supporters on Jan. 29 -- has blown past the 300,000 mark.
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It looks like the PlayStation 5 might have backward compatibility, after all. According to Push Square, Sony has filed a patent for a mechanism to run legacy software -- which could point to the PS5 being able to run past PlayStation titles.
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Heads up, BioWare fans. The Anthem open demo is now live, which means the public at large can now experience a few story missions, activities, and Javelin types on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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We reported a few days back about a groundswell of support for Scooby-Doo's Shaggy to join the Mortal Kombat 11 roster. And we told you about the game's director, Ed Boon, seemingly shutting the idea down on Twitter. But it seems Boon isn't ready to let the joke die just yet.
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We felt pretty good about Darksiders: Warmastered Edition coming to Switch yesterday after THQ Nordic accidentally leaked its trailer. But we didn't want to come right out and say it was definitely happening. We wanted to be sure. And now we are.
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Another Nintendo game is getting delayed, though fans might not be quite as brokenhearted about this one. According to GameSpot, Mario Kart Tour -- a mobile game take on the series -- won't release in the first few months of this year, as previously announced.
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The Game Pass library just keeps growing. After adding a slew of titles to the service earlier this month, Microsoft topped off January with one final game: 2014's Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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