Another week, another classic shmup from Hamster's Arcade Archives, bringing the quarter-munchers of yesteryear onto today's platforms. This week sees the return of Konami's space shootin' sequel Time Pilot '84, now available to download on...

World's End Club is the big focus this week on the Switch eShop, and one of the few featured games in a sea of oddities. The oddest is easily Spy Alarm, which gives off extremely '90s "your sibling will get caught breaking in your room...

It's time for another first-party Nintendo release. No it's not Zelda. It's not Mario. It's Miitopia! Remember that thing on 3DS? Well it's back, in Switch form. Miitopia is launching tomorrow, May 21, and at 50 bucks, it has a lot to ...

Wildly, I get to announce the arrival of the Famicom Detective Club series in the west today, three decades after its debut. The Girl Who Stands Behind and The Missing Heir are both hitting the Switch eShop, and you can read our reviews for...

It's skate time! We haven't gotten nearly enough skating sims before.....roughly a few years ago, but now we have Tony Hawk 1+2 and Session. And Skate City! Today Skate City hits the Switch, alongside of a few other interesting re...

It's time for another rare week with a first-party Nintendo release. New Pokemon Snap is ready to open up its doors on April 30, alongside of R-Type Final 2. Folks have been waiting a long while for the former, as the Switch once again...

Believe it or don't, there are still plenty of old-school shmups yet to join Hamster's enormous Arcade Archives release. At least this week's sees one more knocked off the list, with the arrival of Konami's '80s hybrid-shmup A-JAX, now avai...

You know it's going to be a slow week when Nintendo touts Immortal: Fenyx Rising DLC as not only the marquee Nintendo Download option of the week, but the only headliner. We've all been through those days on the 3DS and Wii U, but...

Well, the Nintendo Indie World showcase sure showed us! We thought that the Switch wouldn't get too many new indies this week, but Fez is here with a surprise launch. And if you're on the fence: it absolutely still holds up and should ...

WayForward has announced that the original Shantae will launch on Nintendo Switch on April 22, when the classic platformer will be made available to download via the eShop. Despite the overwhelming popularity of WayForward's Shantae series...

Hamster has decided to ramp up the silliness and the rarity when it comes to this week's Arcade Archives release. Now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, NMK's single-screen platformer Saboten Bombers has been made officially available fo...

Well, I didn't expect Pac-Man 99 to spring up out of nowhere on the eShop, but here we are. As of yesterday, Pac-Man 99 was announced and dropped on the eShop. It's there! And it's a Switch Online pack-in just like Tetris 99 ...

It's that time again. We had a good run with a few brand new games, but now it's back to re-releases. Well, this one isn't quite the same! It's not a port of a six-month-old title that was released on every platform but Switch. No, it's Sta...

If you need cooling off after last week's visit to the Mean Streets, then you'll be happy to here that Hamster is dialing down the intensity a notch with this week's Arcade Archives release, which sees Tehkan's 1982 release Swimmer make its...

Monster Hunter Rise is the big dog this week: no question. We haven't had too many of those this year so far for the Switch! A lot of the headliners have been things like Apex Legends coming to the Switch, or Plants vs. Zombies Ba...

Sony Interactive Entertainment is planning on pulling down the shutters on its PlayStation Store for PS3, PS Vita, and PSP this summer, according to a recent report by TheGamer. Speaking with "sources familiar with the situation", TheGamer ...

It's re-release day again on the eShop! Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is one of the big headliners, as the little online shooter that could is finally arriving on Switch. It's technically the "Complete Edition," and hits the ...

This weekend saw the planned Genshin Impact x KFC crossover event turn into something of a small disaster, as several restaurants in China were forced to close their doors after legions upon legions of GI fans turned up to bag exclusive in-...

The time has come! Like other Activision remasters/remakes, Crash 4 has inevitably hit the Switch. Today! Also on Switch, Stubbs the Zombie is being resurrected, and is out on March 16. Then there's Cyanide & Happiness - Freak...

Following a few good first-party weeks for the Nintendo eShop, it's time for third-party studios to shine. Apex Legends is a huge get for Nintendo, and is out on March 9 alongside of double XP from that same date through March 23, and ...

Chinese video game developer miHoYo has suggested that it raked in close to $800 million USD in revenue over the course of 2020, almost entirely driven by the overnight success of its fantasy gacha title Genshin Impact, which launches on PS...

Video-game-loving restaurant Arby's has announced a fun new collaboration with Shovel Knight, bringing a range of cheeky themed DLC to Yacht Club Game's indie platforming hit. For a limited time, customers who purchase Arby's Kids Meals at ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that, as of August 31, 2021, PlayStation users will no longer be able to purchase or rent movies and TV shows from the PlayStation Store. Speaking on the official PlayStation blog this morning, S...

And we're back! 2021 is starting off on the right foot for Nintendo, as they've hosted a Mario re-release that has gotten a pretty positive reception so far, and this week we're getting the Switch exclusive Bravely Default II. It's a p...

Atlus must be happy, as Persona 5 Strikers is finally out in the west on multiple platforms, including Switch! So far the Switch edition has been favorably received by critics (we only had access to the PS4 version), so time will tell ...