Whenever a new shmup arrives on PC or Switch, you typically hear people clamoring for "TATE mode." In short this phrase basically translates to "vertical" support, originating with the Japanese word for the orientation. Not just in the sens...

It's hard to describe the impact that Yasuhiro Nightow had on me growing up. After discovering Trigun during a particularly tough period of my life I started to open up and just plain enjoy life more. If you've seen the carefree nature of t...

Distilling Doom down to the Switch was a small miracle. Yes I played it and encountered the visual smear and some audio issues, but they were worth working through to be able to easily play it on the go. I immediately plopped down for ...

So I've been diving back into Assassin's Creed Odyssey after a lengthy hiatus (work got in the way) and man does it rock. Am I jazzed about the picturesque, idyllic landscapes? Sure. What about the tight combat and enjoyable locales that ar...

When you release patch notes for a single player game with hidden changes, more often than not you can get away with it. If you try to do the same thing in a PVP-heavy, online game, not so much. Bethesda dropped some patch notes last week t...

Man I adore the pre-DS Game Boy era. I mean the DS and 3DS were giants in their own right (and the latter is one of my most-played systems of all time), but there was something special about the compact, post original Game Boy designs that ...

The phrase/meme "perfect for Switch" was invented last year but really became a thing in 2018. The Switch is an unstoppable force, swaying developers left and right, from indie studios to AAA publishers. Nintendo completely turned this...

I've played a lot of Metroidvanias and Ori and the Blind Forest sits squarely near the top of the pack. Now it's coming to Xbox Game Pass, so if you have it, you should get on that. Microsoft is ramping up the pretty great service as t...

You really can't get anything past players these days: if there are undocumented portions of a patch, they will find them and call you out on it. It's a reality that many, many developers have learned to cope with (Epic Games provides detai...

Kingdom Hearts III is a wrap. It's true! Just several weeks ago Square Enix confirmed that it's finally done, and given that it was announced five years ago and was just several months away from release at that point, it's just as well...

Ariana Grande already made it into Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, now it's Katy Perry's turn. In a seemingly endless line of promotions and guest stars, Exvius managed to get Perry to sign onto the game not only for a commercial (which is mutu...

Yep, Capcom is teaming up with CD Projekt Red in an upcoming Monster Hunter event. Geralt is traveling the world it seems after another recent Bandai Namco collaboration! Announced today with a very effective trailer, Geralt himself fr...

Bertil Hörberg's Gunman Clive series is one of the low key best platformers on the 3DS and Wii U. After originally debuting on mobile platforms, the western-themed platformer made its way over to Nintendo's portable and even ...

As soon as I heard "Devil Trigger" after Devil May Cry 5's E3 reveal I rushed to grab the single. This one? Not so much, but it's nice to know that music is still very much a part of the fabric of the DMC universe. The song "Crims...

So here's the thing about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate -- you only start with a handful of fighters! Yep I know, it sounds rough, but in the grand scheme of things you'll have plenty of time to experiment with the entire roster after spe...

Well this is something I hope we see a lot of in the west. Over in Japan folks are scooping up physical Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass cards, which are emblazoned with the Smash seal and everything. It's a rad little way...

Yeah, I'll take any sort of Super Smash Bros. celebration this week after the launch of Ultimate, a monumental achievement in the fighting game genre. We've already seen the amazing Sakurai amiibo in honor of his team's achievements, but th...

Kid Icarus: Uprising is one of the most fun games I've ever played. Sure it was unwieldy, especially with the default control scheme, but it was ambitious as hell and basically a playable Saturday morning cartoon. It was worth it. Its direc...

World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth update is coming on December 11. It's called "Tides of Vengeance," and will continue the Horde vs. Alliance theme that kicked off at the tail-end of Legion. The War Campaign will continue with a D...

In many ways, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U was already an "all-star" outing. Sure it wasn't 100% complete but given that the vast majority of fighting games never reach that bar, it was an acceptable loss. Nintendo ambitiously delivered ...

Low key hidden in The Game Award's many announcements was a tidbit that could end up being pretty big news once it gets ramped up: yet another storefront is in town. Epic Games is getting into the Valve business, offering up a home for all ...

Anthem is still a few months away and it's just as well. I'm ready for the low key Smash-filled holidays, not a massive MMO-adjacent looter shooter at the moment, so February 22 is fine by me. BioWare and EA want to remind you that it exist...

Back in 2008 the Xbox 360 was a powerhouse of a console. I don't mean that strictly in the technical sense, but the Xbox Live Arcade was commanding tons of exclusive deals, Xbox Live Gold was making money hand over fist, and Microsoft was e...

Capcom is going all-in with Devil May Cry 5 now that it's just a few months away from launch. You can play it today on Xbox One with a platform-exclusive demo, and "V," the previously super-secret character is now fully revealed with h...

The Game Awards are over and you can check out our full recap here. As you may have read already, Wizards of the Coast are getting serious with Magic: Arena, dropping $10 million on it for eSports purposes. To celebrate, they're giving away...