Category: video games
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New Pokémon On The Way: Sword & Shield
Nintendo and Game Freak debuted the first original mainline, non-remake, Pokémon game for the Nintendo Switch, and its new starters, in the direct above. Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are on their way with a “late 2019” release window.
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Ape Out is Loose
An Ape has escaped, but he isn’t a friendly little hominid with a siren. No, this is a vicious one from Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, and Bennett Foddy, oddly enough. Ape Out is an overhead smash-em-up with noisy drums and it looks like much fun for anyone who enjoys escapism. Alice Bell of RPS enjoyed…
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Vox Machinae Looks Like Mech Stompy Goodness
In Steam‘s Early Access program you’ll find multiplayer-only mech stomp-em-up Vox Machinae from the developers of Signal Ops. Vox looks to be severely different from Ops, and they’re calling their mechs GDR‘s or Grinders. They’ve got people in between layers of metal, so I suppose it’s okay to refer to a mech as a meat…
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Ace Combat 7 Came Out; is Good
Ace Combat is a beloved series to me. I have a box full of the collector’s edition joysticks from a decade and a half ago when I found out how great the series was on PS2 and graduated to the Xbox 360 version. Dogfighting doesn’t require those sticks, it’s perfectly fine on any gamepad since…
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Super Mario Maker 2 Out This June & More in the Latest Nintendo Direct
Nintendo announced Super Mario Maker 2 for the Nintendo Switch during today’s Nintendo Direct, coming out this June. I’ve been hoping for this one. It’ll have (quoting the press release) “…access to even more tools, items and features.” Also announced: More details for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, exclusive to the Switch, out this summer. Box…