Before Resident Evil 2 had Claire, there was Elza Walker. Elza Walker was a motorcycle racer who was also a student at Raccoon University. She was going to be the protagonist of Resident Evil 2, but the game would eventually be redeveloped and Elza would disappear from the script.
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hile a Western release date for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers was leaked in early December when a trailer briefly becoming available ahead of schedule, Atlus has now officially confirmed the game's English-language release.
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Back in 2019, Fortnite linked up with "a galaxy far, far away" for an epic intergalactic crossover event. A major piece of dialogue popped up during the event and raised an intriguing question: is Fortnite now an official part of the Star Wars series canon?
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Fortnite: Chapter 2 - Season 5 is one of the most notable updates to the game yet, and God of War's Kratos is now a skin in the game. Here's how to get the Kratos skin in Fortnite season 5.
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Virtual reality was booming in 2020, especially amid COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions.
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While fans might enjoy collecting every installment of their favorite puzzle game, there's one version of the famous block builder that never actually existed — a version for the Sega Mega Drive — making it one of the rarest games in the world.
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2006's Sonic the Hedgehog, a.k.a. Sonic 06, is an infamous title in the iconic blue hedgehog's library that will never be forgotten. Contained in this game were an assortment of technical bugs, a broken physics engine, a god awful story, and overall terrible gameplay.
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Digital artist @spdrmnkyxxii seems to consider Christian Bale a good choice for the role of Metal Gear Solid's Liquid Snake, and has proven the point with an extremely convincing image of the actor as the character.
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A combination of those factors has made some Nintendo games worth thousands of dollars for the cartridge alone. A boxed copy with a manual drives prices even higher. However, one game, Stadium Events, is so rare, with only a handful of copies in circulation, that it has become legendary .
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Retro video games are some of the most highly sought-after items in gaming, and that's especially true for Atari 2006 games. But then there's the rarest Atari 2600 game, Air Raid.
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Hades is tough enough to challenge even the most experienced player, but Aid boons from famous Olympians can help Zagreus in his journey out of the underworld. These are the most powerful Aid Boons in Hades.
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Two games immediately come to mind when it comes to late Neo Geo CD titles: Bang Bang Busters and Treasure of the Caribbean.
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In 1995, Atari released its Jaguar CD System as an add-on to its console, the Atari Jaguar — but the project may have been doomed from the beginning.
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The Switch did have some flops -- and some were worse than others. Whether it was a rushed development cycle or just an overall bad experience, these games brought little to the table.
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On Dec. 5, a livestream of a Splatoon 2 tournament, called the North American Open, was unexpectedly canceled the day before its final rounds. Then the hashtags #freemelee and #freesplatoon began to trend on Twitter, both of which catalogued unpopular decisions made by Nintendo.
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Tumblr's 2020 year-end round-up of the platform's most beloved video games, movies, and television shows is here. In a year where people spent months isolated from each other due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's not entirely surprising to see that games involving connection & nostalgia topped surveys.
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tar Wars has been inspiring games since 1983, when Star Wars: The Arcade Game was released. Since then, the franchise has put out countless new video games through different developers and publishers. But what about those characters that have been forgotten when it comes to Star Wars video games?
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When the Super Nintendo started strong in 1991, Sega was not content to stay in second place.
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During the Wii's reign, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 were pushing the envelope as to what kind of graphics could be produced on a console. Sadly, the Wii didn't measure up, capping at 480p. But at least it had addictive motion controlled games like Wii Sports and Just Dance.
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In April of 1992, Expert Gamer, a video game magazine, released an article detailing a very specific method to obtaining a character that was not a part of the Pokemon universe. The article allegedly detailed a method to obtain Yoshi, the loveable green dinosaur from Super Mario Bros.
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Nintendo has done some shady things in the past, and such a tradition continues into 2020. As much as the company has frustrated its fans, gamers continue to forgive Nintendo. With so many great games and a constant reimagining of the way people play, it's hard to stay mad at the legendary company.
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Recently, a trailer for the Western release of Persona 5 Scramble hit the internet. Now named Persona 5 Strikers, the trailer shows off all the Persona 5 musou goodness audiences have longingly anticipated since 2019 — including bosses and special moves — but now with English voiceovers.
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Fans have noticed a Star Wars Easter egg where Fortnite's Peely was encased in carbonite, just as Han Solo was in The Empire Strikes Back. Reddit user Urboijeff shared a screenshot of the carbonite, which could be found in one of the rooms inside the new Hunter's Haven house.
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While a fair share titles like Overcooked and Cuphead have earned widespread acclaim for their cooperative gameplay, the list of worthwhile co-op experiences on the Switch doesn't end with the hits. Here are three under-the-radar co-op titles for the Switch well worth checking out.
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Like most consoles, the Game Gear came in different variations via special editions.
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It looks like the Nintendo Switch release of Super Mario Galaxy is the closest thing fans will get to another sequel. That's okay, because it gives everyone a chance to once more see all the Easter eggs that Nintendo put into the original game, including a Pokémon reference.
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A 21-year-old California man has been sentenced to three years in prison by the U.S. District Court in Seattle for hacking into Nintendo servers and leaking confidential information. Ryan Hernandez is expected to pay upwards of $259,000 in damages to Nintendo.
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