8 + 8 Deluxe = Profit SoMario Kart 8 Deluxehas been doing swimmingly for Nintendo. So good, in fact, that it’s the top-selling Switch game of all time. You thought it wasZelda? No,Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis actually three whole spots ahead ofZelda: Breath of the Wild, with a whopping 12 million more units sold. It’s a complete powerhouse of a series on pretty much every platform it’s on. It even sold on Wii U!...

This horror game trailer isn’t for the faint of heart Don’t watch this trailer forMartha is Deadunless you’re ready to see someone get their face taken off. You’ve been warned. This isn’t an out-of-focus, not-that-badFace/Offsorta deal. Since we last covered LKA’s Tuscan psychological horror adventure game –a tale about a murdered twinset against the backdrop of World War II – there’s 14 minutes ofgameplay footagecourtesy of IGN and word thatMartha is Deadwill release in 2021 for PC (as previously known) and also Xbox Series X....

Spooky Halloween hip-hop In celebration of Halloween, Phoenix-based rapper Random a.k.a. Mega Ran and Richie “Toonami Is Back Bitches” Branson released the holiday-themedThe Ghouls ‘n Ghosts EP. It’s a collection of song collaborations from various albums plus a new track or two, like the titular “Ghouls ‘n Ghosts” that sources that balls-hard Capcom classic. On tap are tracks based onThe Walking DeadandFriday the 13th, as well as “Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis,” inspired by the famous line in Notorious B....

It’s officially the beginning of theMarvelseason inMonopoly GO, and with that comes brand-new superhero-themed events. Dimensional Fortunes is here to bring us dice, stickers, and Peg-E token rewards from other universes, which means we’re starting the season with some fun prizes. All Dimensional Fortunes event rewards in Monopoly GO Starting theMarvelseason inMonopoly GOis the Dimensional Fortunes event until July 03, 2025. During the next three days, you can obtain up to 18,855 dice, 653 Peg-E prize tokens, and seven sticker packs for an early start on your album....

Plus, Rise of the Triad We’re bidding farewell to an extremely hot July with a bang:Pikmin 3is here, or it will be come Sunday. Of course, if you have the good fortune to be living in the UK or other, less important parts of Europe, then this is old news and you’re probably already enslaving plant-folk and slaying beasties. As if a good game on the Wii U wasn’t cause enough for celebration,Rise of the Triadis also dropping this week....

Also, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Two ports — but big ports — arrive on the Nintendo eShop today.Wolfenstein II: The New Colossusis less of a late release and more of a statement that the Switch can handle AAA games. It’s played well at tradeshows and the like so far, let’s see how the full release goes.Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogyhas a similarly important air to it, as Crash, the former Sony mascot, is arriving on a Nintendo system....

Play as a firefly! Nippon Ichi Software has revealed a new Vita game, titled “Hotaru no Nikki,” otherwise known as “Firefly’s Diary.” Evidently it’ll be an action title, and you’ll control a firefly with the intention of helping a young girl named Mion. Locations seem to include ruins, and enemies seem to be of the shadow variety — if you ask me, this soundsa lotlikeIco, which is just fine by me....

Best of 2013 Adventure games are undergoing a renaissance, propelled by the success of last year’sThe Walking Dead, proving that there’s a lot of life left in the old school. 2013 continued this resurgence, introducing new approaches and refining what already has worked to produce games which are among the best the genre has yet produced. From the pure point-and-click Telltale has been providing, to the ultra-focused detail checking ofPapers, Pleaseor the meta-narrative on game design found inThe Stanley Parable HD, it’s been a very interesting and diverse year....

Like a true Gentlemen Apple has Tweeted out thatProfessor Layton and the Curious Villagewill be heading to the Western app store soon. While not giving any other details, this is likely to be a localization of the Japanese mobile release fromearlier in the year. Since that port also had an Android release, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see it coming to Google’s popular OS as well. As for now, we’ll just have to do what the Tweet says and stay tuned....

Yesterday, I (along with my wife and Topher) decided to play through Rock Band’s “Endless Setlist” in the game’s “Band World Tour Mode.” The epic list is a culmination of all of your custom band’s blood, tears, and sweat on the road to fame; it’s a non-stop marathon of the discs 58 songs, back-to-back, with no breaks. Yes, it took us eight hours, and yes, we smelled afterwards. Regardless of the fact that I don’t want to playRock Bandfor at least another month (OK, fine, I’ll be playing again next week), “Band World Tour” mode certainly is one of the game’s stand-out features....

Capcomhas announcedthat they’re releasingResident Evil 4 Gold Edition, which contains the base game and all its DLC, on February 9. If you’ve been holding off from buying theResident Evil 4remake until you could get everything in one package, your day has come. Just in case youaresomeone who was waiting to playResident Evil 4, the following trailer is crammed to the rafters with spoilers, so maybe don’t watch it. TheResident Evil 4remake came out last year in March....

In 1991, had we been given the opportunity to join the Ghostbusters as an “Experimental Equipment Technician,” we probably would have jumped at the chance. It’s a job that would prove to be extremely dangerous — it would involve not only battling demons and ghosts, but doing so with untested and potentially dangerous equipment. But in 1991, we were young and careless. In 2009, we’re (mostly) responsible adults, and — despite the fact that most of us are scared to leave the house in thunderstorms — our dreams of strapping on a proton pack and taking out Gozer and associated spooks and demons never quite faded....

To VR or not to VR VR is in such a precarious and exciting spot right now. It was expected to completely change the game out of the gate and just hasn’t so far. Myriad corporations, direct VR hardware peddlers, or otherwise have scaled back production from the 2016 wild west spending period, but that doesn’t mean the [good modern] tech is dead. Nope, many innovators still believe in the space, several headsets are actually doing well by most standards, and a lot more hardware is on the way....