Today’s dedicated Nintendo Direct has revealed new details on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, the next title in Nintendo’s social sim series headed to Switch and Switch 2.
Hosted by long-term Nintendo producer Yoshiaki Koizumi, the 20-minute broadcast introduced a look at the latest entry in the Tomodachi series — the first in over a decade. Within the first few minutes, Nintendo answered…
Ubisoft Confirms Just Dance+ Price Increase After Reshuffle
January 29, 2026
Ubisoft’s next change following last week’s major company reorganization will be a price increase to its Just Dance+ service.
As Ubisoft tightens its belt across the company, its Just Dance+ streaming service will become more expensive whether you purchase access via a 1…
Game Devs Defend Highguard Amid Launch Backlash
January 29, 2026
A number of high-profile video game developers have defended Highguard amid an online backlash during the game’s launch.
The free-to-play “PvP raid shooter” was the big new game reveal at the end of last month’s The Game Awards, but developer Wildlight then went dark…
Capcom Drops Monster Hunter Wilds Patch That Aims to Improve Optimization for 'Steam-Specific Processes' and Address Long-Standing PC Issues
January 29, 2026
Capcom has dropped another Monster Hunter Wilds patch that aims to improve optimization for “Steam-specific processes” and address the game’s long-standing PC issues.
“After receiving user reports, our internal testing confirmed that CPU load could increase around the Support Desk at Base Camp or the Grand Hub,” the developer wrote in the patch notes, below. “This is due to claimed…
UK Court Rules Stealing RuneScape Gold Is Criminal Theft in Case That Could Have Wider Repercussions for the Video Game Industry
January 28, 2026
A UK court has ruled that the unauthorized stealing of in-game currency can be legally classified as criminal theft. Former Jagex developer Andrew Lakeman was charged with allegedly stealing 705 billion Gold from almost 70 RuneScape players, with a real-world value of over…
Highguard Launches to Big Steam Concurrents, but It's Getting Absolutely Destroyed in User Reviews
January 28, 2026
Highguard launched last night as planned, and met with big Steam concurrents but also a flood of negative user reviews.
The free-to-play “PvP raid shooter” was the big new game reveal at the end of last month’s The Game Awards, but developer Wildlight then went dark…
Walmart Looks to Have Leaked Two Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Classics — and Some Fans Think It's Now Over for a Metroid Prime 2 Remake
January 28, 2026
Walmart is advertising Nintendo Switch Online with a poster that includes several GameCube classics yet to be made available via the service.
An image visible now on Walmart.com shows a library of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack titles including the brilliant Pikmin 2 and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, neither of which are currently playable on Switch 2.
Metroid Prime 2 is of particular interest…
New Super Mario Bros. Wonder Amiibo Are Up for Preorder
January 27, 2026
I know it’s been sacrilege for nearly three decades now, but I’ve always preferred 2D Mario games to those newfangled 3D ones. (I’m an elder Millennial; leave grandpa to his ramblings). So I couldn’t be happier Super Mario Bros. Wonder is getting the “Switch 2…
Pokémon TCG: Perfect Order Preorders Are Up at TCGplayer, Revealing the Latest Market Price Data for Sealed Products
January 27, 2026
While Ascended Heroes is the next big release in the calendar for Pokémon TCG, we can’t help but look ahead to further down the line to the most recently announced set, Mega Evolution – Perfect Order. It will feature Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Starmie ex, Mega Clefable ex…
'FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 Skin' Game Pulled From Steam After What May Be a Nuisance DMCA Takedown From a Troll Claiming to Be Games Workshop
January 27, 2026
A strategy game dubbed ‘FTL in a Warhammer 40,000 skin’ was recently pulled from Steam, with its developer suggesting it may have been on the receiving end of a nuisance DMCA takedown from a troll claiming to be Games Workshop.
Last week, Tundra Interactive posted a message on the Void War Steam forum to say the game was “temporarily unavailable” after it had been pulled from Steam without…
