The baseball hot stove took a long time to warm up this winter, as two of the sport's free agents, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, were unsigned through the start of spring training. It put Sony's MLB The Show '19 in an awkward positio...

The original Super Mario Bros. heroine, Pauline, is set to make her debut on the courts. A new trailer sees the classy lassy capitalise on her recent comeback by joining the roster of Nintendo Switch title Mario Tennis Aces.Having made her ...

Nintendo has released a trailer for the next competitor stepping up onto the courts in Switch sports title Mario Tennis Aces. And it's one of Bowser's most old-school of henchmen, Boom Boom.Originally making his debut in Super Mario Bros. 3...

Last year, the Netherlands declared that loot boxes in video games were a form of gambling. Any product containing them would be prohibited from sale without a proper license. Seemingly ready for a court battle, EA went about continuing to ...

Last night, pro-wrestling promotion WWE held their annual Royal Rumble event from Phoenix, AZ. It wasn't great. Fortunately, the show did had its highlights, including an ass-kicking fight between Asuka and Becky Lynch for the WWE SmackDown...

The NPD Group has shared its statistics for the whole of 2018 and some not-so-surprising outcomes have happened. Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 was the best selling game of 2018 followed by Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. NBA 2K and...

Earlier last year, I took a look at an indie titled called Boss Golf. Inspired by Sid Meier's Sim Golf, it was an attempt at recreating the charm of the late-'90s and early-'00s management sims that had become massively popular under the Si...

What's the best way to spice up the Wii Fit formula? Add anime characters. Fitness Boxing looks rad because it's basically everything all of the recent VR fitness games like Sound Boxing and Beat Saber offer, just with Joy-Co...

The skateboarding gaming scene has been stagnant for a long while. The Tony Hawk legacy effectively died in 2007 with Proving Ground, and any attempts to resurrect it outside of an HD remaster of bits of Tony Hawk 2 and 3 have been uns...

Rosalina is one of my favorite Mario series characters (I was thrilled to find out that she was an unlockable in Super Mario 3D World), but a lot of people don't like that she's been hogging the spotlight. Well, too bad, because now he...

Sony has announced the free titles available for PS Plus subscribers next month and there seems to be something odd going on. Each platform has one quality game mixed with an underwhelming one. On PS4, you'll get Ubisoft's open-world sports...

Konami has released a free version of PES 2019 today. Dubbed PES 2019 Lite, the game is a stripped down version of the main title that includes "myClub," a mode that is the equivalent of FIFA's "Ultimate Team" mode. As for the modes that ha...

Shovel Knight turned five this year, and it shows no signs of slowing down. He's sold over three million copies and counting. There are not one, not two, but six different books that tell his story in one way or another. His ...

[Update: Worth bumping as Koei Tecmo has just released the most metal horse racing trailer of all-time, which you can now see below.]Last week we reported on a brand new game being teased by publisher Koei Tecmo. Said game has now been reve...

Hamster are taking to the football pitch once again for this week's release from their Neo Geo Archives. Neo Geo Cup 98: The Road to Victory has been made available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Originally releasing in 1998 (obviousl...

A new update is headed to Nintendo's court-busting Switch title Mario Tennis Aces. Version 2.1.0, which arrives later this week, will change up the way tournaments are run, as well as stamping out some bugs and tweaking character balances a...

There's a new Nintendo Switch game that harbors the same power as The Ark of the Covenant: If you look at it, your face will melt off and then you'll be worm food. Taking a dirt nap. At least you'll be in a better place. Tomorrow, the creat...

Not content with being the first DLC character for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Piranha Plant is all set to make his debut on the courts, as he and perennial lackey Shy Guy join Nintendo's Mario Tennis Aces From December 1.To un...

When NFL Blitz first hit the scene some 20 years ago, my young mind was blown away by the sheer over-the-top violence the game featured. Sure, this was a time when the NFL itself embraced this culture of hard-hitting brutality, but the game...

Looking outside my window, I certainly don't see an environmental condition fit for tennis, but the digital world, where it can be summer all year long, holds no such limitations. As such, Nintendo has announced the next three DLC character...

Rocky is not only one of the greatest sports movies ever, it is one of the greatest films ever. It was a dramatic, gritty, and surprisingly grounded film that redefined the genre, established now common tropes, and basically created th...

It's like boom  I put it in the hoop Like slam  I heard the crowd screaming out jam  I swear that I'm telling you the facts 'Cause that's how I beat Shaq

We're taking to the pitch for the first of this week's retro offerings from Hamster, as the amazingly-titled Pleasure Goal: 5-on-5 Mini Soccer makes its return on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.Developed by Saurus and published by SNK, P...

Today's contest is totally tubular! I think. Win a Switch copy of Windjammers. I know summer just ended, but why leave the beaches behind? Thanks to Windjammers, you don't have to! So pull those thongs between your cheeks and stuff yourself...

Without any prior notice, Saber Interactive has removed NBA Playgrounds from all digital storefronts. The delisting was noticed by a Reddit user for the eShop version before confirming it had disappeared from each digital shop. I suppose th...