During the Japanese edition of yesterday's Nintendo Direct Mini, publisher Marvelous finally revealed a release date for Rune Factory 5 in Japan. The horticultural sequel will launch on Nintendo Switch on May 20, 2021, with a western releas...

So how about 2020 guys! Amid all of the awful things happening, marketing is sort of all over the place. We could get a massive first-party announcement at any point with no buildup! Cats and dogs I tell ya! Billed as the "last partner show...

This morning's Nintendo Direct Mini presentation offered a look at Rebellion's Sniper Elite 4, which is bringing its stealth-action and pin-point marksmanship to Nintendo Switch.As a highly-skilled sniper stationed in Italy at the height of...

During this morning's Nintendo Direct Mini presentation, we got to see a new trailer for Romero Games' strategy crime title, Empire of Sin, which is coming to PS4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in late 2020.The short trailer introduced ...

Nintendo has announced a new Nintendo Direct Mini presentation, which will take place tomorrow, September 17, at 07:00 PT / 10:00 ET / 15:00 BST and will focus entirely on incoming Switch releases from Nintendo's publishing partners.As is t...

Nintendo doesn't really like to build up to big announcements anymore, does it? Early Wednesday morning, the company released another Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase, this time featuring titles from the Just Dance series,&n...

Well, it's not a full Direct, but it'll do. Today, in the spirit of springing things on us without warning, Nintendo dropped new Direct Mini on us all at once: no stream! It's specifically called a "Partner Showcase," actually, which, accor...

It may not be the full Nintendo Direct fake Twitter accounts have been teasing for the past several weeks, but I guess it's something. Nintendo announced late Sunday night that it will broadcast a Direct Mini showcasing games coming from it...

So how about those Nintendo Directs, eh? Although we got a "Mini" Direct semi-recently, Nintendo has been mum on when the next real presentation will be, even quietly bowing out of the "E3" season entirely this year. So what's happenin...

[Update: Sony's PS5: The Future of Gaming event is happening on June 4.] Without E3 to guide us and limit things to a three to five day announcement period: anything goes. Developers and publishers alike are scrambling to figure out how to ...

[Update: Eurogamer sources also corroborate the GamesBeat story, but with another twist. According to the report, Nintendo specifically needs more time to develop their first party lineup before they're ready for primetime with a Direct. Al...

As part of today's super-duper surprise Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that a selection of the finest titles from the 2K Games catalogue will be launching on Switch on May 29.First up is nihilistic shooter compendium Borderlands Legendar...

So Nintendo pulled a fast one on us this morning. Out of utterly nowhere, we got a Nintendo Direct Mini, which is actually like a full 30-minute surprise Direct. We all had to parse it together, but right at the 14:00 mark was a pretty huge...

Um, I'm still really confused here. Nintendo just dropped a "Direct Mini" out of nowhere! Opening up with a release date for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (May 29, 2020), the 30-minute presentation didn't let up from there. I...

Nintendo has announced that it will be hosting an Indie World Showcase live stream Tuesday, March 17. The showcase will be 20 minutes long and will offer up a look at some of the best and brightest indie titles headed to the Switch platform...

Yesterday we received the inevitable news that The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) was cancelling E3 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In the aftermath of the announcement, several publishers have reportedly started loo...

The wait for a traditional Nintendo Direct continues. So we recently got an Animal Crossing-themed one, but other than that, we've been waiting since early September. One Mario Maker 2 creator decided to take matters into their own han...

All eyes were on today's Nintendo Direct to clear up a rather curious issue with save data backup for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and the company didn't really deliver. In the beginning of the Direct, Nintendo teased and frontloaded...

Today during the lengthy Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Direct, some of the game's major features were laid out ahead of the March launch. Although the bulk of the Direct mostly dealt with cute animal interaction...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is almost here, with just under a month to go until those pre-loads unlock. Literally! As in, roughly under a month and mere hours, New Horizons will launch and we'll all be able to collectively live in another...

[Update: Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct presentation added.] It might not be the exact oasis you were waiting for in the current Nintendo Direct drought, but any Direct – game-specific or wide-ranging – is worth a look. This on...

The last Nintendo Direct happened back in September of 2019, and it was pretty killer. We got an announcement for a Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE port, more Star Wars games on Switch, a Xenoblade Chronicles remaster confirmation, and the additio...

Is this it? Will we finally confirm who the final DLC character for the first Fighter's Pass is? After numerous assumptions of Directs and award show reveals, Nintendo has pulled back the curtain on the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate&nbs...

Well, it's time for the polarization train to pull in...choo choo! The whole "third (or even fourth) edition" of each Pokemon generation has always been controversial, but Game Freak is trying something different this time for Sword&nb...

It was a very brief part of today's Nintendo Direct, but Pokemon Home, the new transfer app, did get a confirmed release date: February 2020. It's all very vague, as is customary, as "more information is coming soon," but Game Freak noted n...