The Xbox Partner Preview October 2023 live stream took place earlier today and it was full of game announcements. The biggest reveals included the first look at gameplay from Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta Snake Eater, a new trailer for Alan Wake 2, Spirit Of The North 2, and more. Check out all the games and our full cov

The LEGO Group has teased fans with a quick promo video posted on Twitter showing the additional characters that will be joining the anticipated SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO sets - Knuckles, Shadow, and Rouge! It seems the villainous Robotnik has "caused production delays" for the characters. The company has yet t

Nintendo has announced that they will open a Nintendo Pop-Up Store in Singapore for a limited time; from 17 November 2023 to 1 January 2024. The Nintendo Pop-Up Store in Singapore will feature merchandise from games such as Super Mario, Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon and Pikmin. These merchandise wer

Publisher Humble Games and developer Stairway Games have announced their anticipated tropical farming sim, Coral Island will be leaving Early Access on PC after over a year and will be getting a 1.0 release for consoles and PC in November. Coral Island is a farming simulation game that draws inspiration from pop

Nintendo has announced that since its launch on 12 May 2023, The Legend Of Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom for the Nintendo Switch has sold over 18.51 million units worldwide. Nintendo Switch has also sold 129.53 million units worldwide. The 10 best-selling first-party Switch titles are: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe –

This week hearkens the time where everyone pays tribute to the one true pet: cats! Yes, National Cat Day is coming soon, but since we have National Kitten Day right now, we figured we start the celebrations of felines big and small early. And we're a video game site that's on the internet (and recently on TV thanks

Hats off to Nintendo yet again for selling more Nintendo Switch units since 2017, and with no upgraded version to boot. Nintendo has announced that its global sales of the Nintendo Switch hardware (regular, OLED, Lite) are at 125.62 million units as of 31st March 2023; these results were announced in its latest earn

With Valentine's Day 2023 just around the corner, planning 'the' special romantic day can be a nerve-wracking process for any couple. While for some, it can be a day to spend quality time with their friends or just pamper themselves. So, what better way to spend the day without breaking the bank and still have a great

SEGA's popular game series is undergoing a significant transformation with the release of Like A Dragon: Ishin! which not only marks a name change from Yakuza to Like A Dragon but also introduces a new setting and style.   Check out the announcement piece To familiarize yourself with one of the highly anticip

According to Nintendo's latest financial earnings that were recently been published, the Nintendo Switch has sold even more units, with over 122.55 million units worldwide as of 31 December 2022. In the last three months of 2022, Nintendo Switch sold 8.22 million units and 76.71 million software titles on the platform.

This here's a guest post that goes with our Best 30 Games Of 2022 feature. Check out Nat's Twitch work here. She's also the EIC of The Magic Rain. When everything normal about the world was uprooted two years ago, like many others, I turned to streaming as a source of comfort and variety. First beginning as a viewer

Nintendo has announced that they are establishing a new joint venture company with mobile games company DeNA, which will launch on 3 April 2023. For those unfamiliar, DeNA co-developed and handles the service infrastructure and Nintendo Account integration for various Nintendo titles available on mobile platforms li

Hit indie game Cult of the Lamb is getting a limited-time event; hope you like harvesting pumpkins! The Blood Moon Festival limited time in-game event runs from 24 October to 10 November. For this amount of time, players will gain access to a new Blood Moon Ritual which "illuminates the dead", three new Follower For

Nintendo is currently hosting a Nintendo Live 2022 public event at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. As such, expect the Big N to spare no expense in physical displays of their current and upcoming games. Case in point: this epic-looking The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom life-sized figure of our hero Link in his blu

Disney Dreamlight Valley is out in Early Access right now for PC and consoles; do check it out if you love Animal Crossing-style life sim games but need Disney characters to justify your homestead's existence. Here's a quick guide to the characters and some of the tricky puzzles in the game. All Characters In Disne

To say that Gameloft and Disney's latest Magic Kingdom-themed game is a clone of Nintendo's popular life simulation game Animal Crossing is a fair comparison. In Disney Dreamlight Valley, you are a random human being-turned-caretaker of Dreamlight Valley who is tasked with taking care of the namesake village, bringing

Cult Of The Lamb is out now for PC and consoles, and if you fancy a twisted take on an Animal Crossing-style simulation combined with a Binding of Isaac-style roguelite action experience, you'll find plenty to love here. Here are some tips for the Devolver Digital and Massive Monster-made indie title so that you can

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 Genre: Part Roguelite action RPG, Part cult-managing simulation It's not every day you have a winning combination of adorableness and blood-themed cults working in tandem. Yet that's what Cult of the Lamb actually achieves with fly

Does gaming longer make you happier? How many hours of gaming in a day would it take to make you happy? One, two, three, 24? Well, according to a study made by the Oxford Internet Institute (via BBC), gaming longer does not make you happier. The research conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute on a whopping 39,00

Disney and Gameloft has released a new gameplay overview trailer of its life sim game Disney Dreamlight Valley. Basically, it's Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Harvest Moon (the good versions) crossbred with Disney stuff to form one Magic Kingdom-savvy world and playground. You play a brand-new original charact