For the past couple of weeks, my Switch has been pretty much nothing but a Japanese role-playing game machine. (Okay, and a goose game machine.) The system’s JRPG library just keeps growing, and following the overdue return of Final Fantasy VIII, we have two more releases — and they’re some of the best yet.
First, there’s Dragon Quest XI, which comes out today. It was the first game…
8BitDo's latest Switch controller ditches thumbsticks for dual D-pads
September 27, 2019
The latest controller from 8BitDo might pique your interest if you play a lot of 2D games on Nintendo Switch. The Lite for Switch peripheral has a striking look thanks to its dual D-pads. According to 8BitDo, it has full functionality for Switch with “all core buttons…
8BitDo Lite is a new minimalist gamepad for the Switch
September 27, 2019
You cannot use the new Nintendo Switch Lite on a television, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pair external controllers with it. Connecting a giant standard gamepad with the smaller portable, however, seems almost silly. That’s where the 8BitDo Lite comes in.
The 8BitDo…
Super League Gaming teams up with ggCircuit to turn gaming center customers into esports fans
September 27, 2019
Amateur esports entertainment startup Super League Gaming and ggCircuit, a cloud-based software company for gaming centers, are announcing a broad expansion of their successful existing partnership.
Santa Monica, California-based Super League will now become the primary consumer-facing brand within ggCircuit’s software platform, ggLeap, as part of a platform update that will include features…
The NBA 2K League expands beyond the NBA with new Shanghai team
September 27, 2019
The NBA 2K League kicked off in 2018 with an interesting premise: a group of professional teams, each affiliated with an NBA squad, playing a virtual rendition of the sport. Now, after two seasons, the league is looking to expand beyond the NBA with a new club based in…
Add the Xbox One to the long list of things Google Assistant can control. This morning, Microsoft and Google jointly announced the Xbox Action, which enables console owners of any Assistant-enabled smart speaker, smart display, or mobile device (iOS or Android) to launch…
Analyst: Mario Kart Tour has record-breaking debut for downloads
September 27, 2019
Mario Kart Tour has already surpassed 10.1 million downloads worldwide, according to data-tracking intelligence firm Apptopia. Nintendo’s latest free-to-play mobile game had a better first day in terms of downloads than Pokémon Go or Clash Royale.
This is now Nintendo’s sixth mobile game. Mario Kart Tour is easily the publisher’s biggest launch ever. This early success is not very…
Ahead of TwitchCon, Twitch changes its logo and branding for community empowerment
September 27, 2019
Ahead of the annual TwitchCon event in San Diego, Amazon’s livestreaming firm Twitch is changing its logo and branding to reflect its goal of empowering communities to create together.
The company spent a year on the project, with the destination being the logo on this…
The Last of Us Part II is finally coming to us on February 21, 2020. And I couldn’t be more excited to play this sequel to the 2013 title, which was my favorite game of all time.
So you can imagine I was a bit jazzed to attend a preview event on Tuesday in Los Angeles…
Gen.G starts NBA 2K League team in Shanghai as it shoots for global esports presence
September 27, 2019
Gen.G is one of the esports organizations that bridges the East and West, with a dual headquarters in Seoul and Los Angeles. And now the company is emphasizing that global presence with the announcement of a new Shanghai team in the NBA 2K League.
The team is the 23rd in the league, which is gearing up to launch its 2020 season. The Shanghai franchise will be the centerpiece of a long-term…
