The sad decline of the Mana series has been difficult to watch, and it’s equally unfortunate that its spiritual successor Ever Oasis suffers from similar problems—solid action RPG mechanics and moments of creative brilliance hampered by an experimental gameplay structure that drags everything down with it.
Project Rap Rabbit, a rhythm game by the creators of Parappa and Gitaroo-Man, ended its Kickstarter campaign today far short of its goal. Its creators say they won’t pursue another crowdfunding campaign, but had a “very busy E3 filled with meetings about our vision” and are “determined… to bring Project Rap Rabbit…
Another prototype of EarthBound for the NES has been discovered, this time at a garage sale in Portland, Oregon. It seems identical to the prototype found back in the 1990s. Nintendo has since released the game officially on Wii U as EarthBound Beginnings. Just goes to show you what might still be out there at garage…
Keith Robinson, the godfather of the Intellivision, passed away Wednesday at 61. Robinson designed games for the pioneering Mattel console, but that was just the beginning: He bought the rights to Intellivision in the 1990s and kept the games in print via the Intellivision Lives! collections, while documenting the…
Nintendo’s not done announcing games yet at E3. On its Treehouse Live stream, it just unveiled Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. The game will be out on October 6.
Hey, do you still have your original Xbox? And an Xbox 360? And an Xbox One? And are you planning on buying an Xbox One X? Also, do you have four Ethernet cables and seven friends? Well, guess the hell what.Read more…
Microsoft is expanding Xbox One’s backward compatibility program to the first Xbox, it said today at its E3 media briefing. Original Xbox games will begin appearing on the platform later this year.
Super Lucky’s Tale, an Xbox One and Windows 10 version of the Oculus Rift VR game, is coming out on November 7, Microsoft said today. No, it’s not VR on the Xbox. It’s a non-VR version. Also that’s not Conker.
The latest in the Metro series, called Metro: Exodus, is on its way to Xbox One, with Xbox One X enhancements, Microsoft said today at its E3 conference. The game, which will at the very least let you kill a giant mutant with a crossbow, will be released in 2018.
Microsoft did not exactly announce a PS4 version, but…
Square Enix just dropped the new trailer for Kingdom Hearts III onto YouTube, after premiering it at the “Kingdom Hearts Orchestra” concert tonight in Los Angeles.