Let’s get this out of the way: If it wasn’t already painfully obvious from the trailers thus far, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is not the next ultra-ambitious first-party Nintendo game meant to capture any and all demographics, from grade-schoolers to grandmas in the way, say, Donkey Kong Bananza is. It is the most E-rated of Nintendo’s most recent slate of E-rated games. Putting it…
Pokémon Doubles Down on Decision to Penalize Pro Player
April 23, 2026
A Pokémon pro who saw his tournament win taken away from him in controversial circumstances will not be getting an official reprieve.That’s according to a new, official ruling handed down by Play! Pokémon, the team within The Pokémon Company that handles competitive…
Scrapped The Super Mario Bros. Movie Ending Revealed
April 22, 2026
Nintendo originally planned to include more cameos in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, including a character from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Freshly-discovered storyboards from the development of Nintendo’s 2023 blockbuster show how an earlier version of its…
Crimson Desert Kliff Motion Capture Actor Comments
April 22, 2026
Most who have played Crimson Desert will be aware of the discussion around main character Kliff and his lack of personality. The gruff Greymane is a man of few words; ‘Alright,’ which he responds with to even the most dramatic of lines of dialogue from other characters, has become a meme within the community.
But Kliff’s empty personality is just a part of Crimson Desert’s overall story…
(UPDATE) Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 Steelbook Confirmed as Preorder Bonus for Select Regions
April 22, 2026
UPDATE: Konami has confirmed to IGN that the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Steelbook Case will be a preorder bonus only. It is also not a UK exclusive, but only available in “select regions”.
Konami has shared the following European countries where…
A major plot point that could play into The Last of Us: Part 3 has been revealed by a former Naughty Dog developer.
Speaking via the podcast KiwiTalkz, ex-Naughty Dog lighting artist Gabriel Betancourt has discussed a surprising conversation he once had with franchise…
Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026: Everything Announced
April 21, 2026
As players beat each other senseless — uh, in-game, of course — during last weekend’s Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026, Bandai Namco pulled back the cover on what Dragon Ball fans can expect from the franchise over the next 12 months or so, including confirmation of the final DLC pack for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and the formal unveiling Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
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Escape From Tarkov Update
April 21, 2026
Battlestate Games has released update 1.0.4.5 for Escape from Tarkov, which makes a number of improvements and balance changes.
The influential extraction shooter has increased the FPS limit in menus, and made changes to the animation system and audio engine to improve PC…
Catan: On the Road Card Game Review
April 20, 2026
You’ll likely be aware of Catan, the board game phenomenon that bought the novelty and imagination of German design into worldwide awareness, selling 40 million copies along the way. You’re perhaps less likely to be aware of the dizzying number of expansions and spinoffs…
Slay the Spire 2 Review-Bombing
April 20, 2026
Recent Slay the Spire 2 Steam reviews have fallen to “Mixed” after a new update triggered a second wave of review bombing.
The sequel to developer Mega Crit’s popular roguelike deckbuilder, which launched in Early Access to “Overwhelmingly Positive” reviews March 5, received its first major update (version 0.103.2) yesterday. It’s a patch that introduced updated…
