The UK video game software charts are now with us and Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch has gotten off to a good start. It’s safe to say the last Brain Training game on the Nintendo 3DS was a flop as it didn’t even manage to break the top 40, however the latest entry
Month: January 2020
You know us at Xbox Game Pass, we like to make memes and jokes about our games. I am sitting here giggling to myself about something Trevor Phillips said in Grand Theft Auto V, and then realized that there is no possible way I could repeat that out loud without getting in trouble. I am
TATE mode – or ‘portrait’ mode if you prefer – is just one of the features that make the Nintendo Switch such an attractive system for players. While TATE games are, by and large, found in the shmup genre, there are a few notable exceptions on Switch which use the thinner-yet-taller aspect ratio to create
By Emily Gera, Sunday, 5 January 2020 19:48 GMT Toss a coin to your Witcher in the latest mod for the original The Witcher game. The Witcher on Netflix has already made an impact on its gaming counterpart. Thanks to modding magic, you can play The Witcher 3 on PC with a Henry Cavill-faced Geralt.
In its annual new year’s letter, Square Enix has revealed that it’s “making steady progress” on development of next-gen console video games and it has a keen interest in developing games that are built exclusively for cloud gaming. President and Representative Director Yosuke Matsuda said that the competitive landscape is set to change going forward. He
Following the release of this decade’s top 50 games and 2019’s highest-rated games overall, Metacritic has published a list of best multiplatform games and exclusives by platform. Before we get to the list, Metacritic noted that as we near the end of the current-gen console cycle, the website saw only nine titles with a metascore
2019 is done, 2020 is now in full flow and it’s time for TheXboxHub team to get back together to chat about what the new year – and next decade – looks like for Xbox owners. Is it the year Microsoft, Xbox, and the new Xbox Series X start to dominate the gaming landscape? Join
Nikkei recently did an interview with Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa. Furukawa talked about multiple topics in the interview, translated into English by Nintendo Everything, including cloud gaming. Furukawa said that “it’s possible that cloud gaming could capture the public’s interest in 10 years from now, however at this point in time, I do not think
NPD Group analyst, Mat Piscatella, has revealed that the company’s PlayerPulse surveys found that over 40 percent of Nintendo Switch owners in the US also own a PlayStation 4 and/or Xbox One. According to Piscatella, this indicates that the Switch is “supplemental” to Sony and Microsoft’s consoles. In a tweet (that has since been deleted, for
We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
Before we begin our review of ESP Ra.De. Psi, M2 ShotTriggers’ latest triumph, here’s a little history for those who may not be intimately familiar with ESP Ra.De. and its place within the pantheon of shooting games. In 1998, the blossoming shmup developing studio, CAVE, just finished delighting and devastating the world with their ‘danmaku’
IHS Markit and Kantan Games analysts have told Games Industry that they expect Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen hardware to be priced similarly but higher than the PS4 and Xbox One’s launch prices. “I expect pricing of both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X to be similar, and I think it’s more likely than not
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:55 GMT The Ni No Kuni movie will be released on Netflix later this month. The Ni No Kuni movie hits Netflix on January 16. It’s the English dub of the film. It was originally released in Japan in August 2019. It was directed by Studio Ghibli animator Yoshiyuki
We have entered 2020. We survived that entire monolith of a decade. I don’t know what 2019 was like for you, but I think I can say with a degree of certitude that I have had better years. Despite the apocalyptic politics, the extreme weather (incl. fires, floods, and earthquakes oh my), and the continued
2020 is shaping up to be a massive year for games. There is a ridiculously large number of titles slated for release just between the months of January and May. Not only that, but the next generation of consoles, including the Xbox Series X, will launch during the holiday season. With all of these new
Netflix has confirmed today that they have picked up the streaming rights for the Ni no Kuni movie which made its debut in Japan last summer. Fans of Ni no Kuni will be able to watch the animation on 16th January on the popular streaming service. Here’s a description of the animated movie. Two average
It’s not a fight until someone has had something to drink. The newest version of Granblue Fantasy Versus will come with a shot glass, letting you get your drink on. Is it safe to play a fighting game while drinking? That’s another question entirely, but now you’ll have a chance to figure out your answer.
The winter half of the yearly charity speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick kicks off this Sunday, January 5th. Donations to Games Done Quick will benefit the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The week long marathon will cover a bunch of speedrunning mainstays along with some new additions from 2019. On Sunday you’ll be able to check out
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Ever since AMD launched its high-end Radeon 5700 and 5700 XT GPUs on 7nm, there have been questions about when Nvidia would make a similar move. Competitively, Nvidia was able to respond to the 5700 and 5700 XT by launching
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. One of the improvements to the high-end monitor space over the last few years has been the inclusion of additional features in top-end displays rather than forcing gamers to pick between various capabilities. It’s become more normal to see capabilities
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each
Stephen Dupree, who was credited as the lead designer on the wonderful Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, has reportedly returned to Retro Studios after two years away. The news comes from VGC, who say that the ex-Retro employee will now return to work at the studio as a principle game designer. At present, the only
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 3 January 2020 15:05 GMT Another Ape Escape tease has been posted to Twitter by the piposaru20th account. Pipo Saru is the Japanese name for Ape Escape and the Twitter account posted the following tweet on New Year’s Eve. あけましておめでとうございます。本年も、ウキウキ、ステキ！な情報をたくさんお届けできますように！#サルゲッチュ #サルゲッチュ20th pic.twitter.com/eYxJ4DSWlT — 【公式】サルゲッチュ20周年 (@piposaru20th) January 1, 2020 Translated it reads:
During E3 2018, Electronic Arts unveiled another of its EA originals, Sea of Solitude. A brief teaser trailer showed off the colorful world, crafted by Berlin-based indie developer Jo-Mei. In summer 2019, the third-person exploration experience launched on the PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One platforms. Naturally, Jo-Mei is ready to begin work on its
In the spirit of a new decade of games, movies, TV shows, and comics, we at IGN have a special announcement: we’re making a change to our scoring system and dropping the decimal from our traditional 100-point scale. That means there’ll be no more 7.1s or 8.9s – not even 6.5s. Just nice round numbers
Just as 2019 was being put to bed, Cloud Imperium delivered a couple of Xmas gifts to its Star Citizen players. They released version 3.8 of their space-faring money blackhole, adding new planet tech, new worlds, and PvP punching. They also released a “visual teaser” for Squadron 42, which is their shooting-heavy Star Citizen spin-off
2019 is officially in the books and 2020 is upon us. And what better way to celebrate the New Year (and decade) than by giving your Gamerscore a real kick in the backside. So I’ve compiled a list of five of the easiest completions from 2019 that you may have missed the first time around.
Nintendo‘s war against copyright infringement, hacking and piracy continues, and the company has begun the new year with some good news. Nintendo has won an injunction against Team-Xecuter, a hacking group. Team-Xecuter released a Switch mod in early 2018 that enabled pirated games to be loaded into the console’s hardware. The games could be loaded
With the start of 2020, there’s a shakeup going on for at least one of Electronic Arts’ internal studios. Thankfully, the change seems to be for the better, though. Respawn Entertainment’s CEO, Vince Zampella, will help rebrand and lead DICE LA, the Los Angeles-based studio that typically operates in a support role for DICE Stockholm. With
If you have Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and own an Xbox One, you can download Styx: Shards of Darkness now through January 31. Styx is a 2017 stealth/action game from developer Cyanide. You’ll also have the chance to download Batman: The Telltale series starting January 16 and running through February 15.