When Nintendo revealed its pricing plans for Nintendo Switch 2 and things related to it, outrage immediately spread throughout the gaming sphere. Just about everything about it was cause for concern, but the most distressing piece of news for many was that Nintendo would (and is still planning to) charge $70 for most Switch 2…
Author: Hatm0nster
Nintendo Just Ain’t It Anymore
By now the discourse around the Switch 2 and its pricing has more or less solidified. Bar- ring an adjustment in price due to everything going on, it’s likely that everyone who cares has already made up their minds as to their feelings on the topic. I’m no different. I was excited for the stuff…
Some Switch Games Will Get a Free Switch 2 Upgrade
I, like many, am not happy about how Nintendo has decided to price Switch 2 games, nor am I happy about its decision to charge for things like that Switch 2 tour and performance upgrades for Switch 1 games.
I Still Don’t Get Trophies
I’ve said in the past that I don’t really like trophies/achievements in games. I think they’re mostly pointless things that often ask players to do annoyingly difficult things for no other reason than the developer needing to fill out the list. One of my friends though, someone does feel the need to chase down every…
Japan Studio Closed Because Sony Doesn’t Want AA Games, Says Shuhei Yoshida
Despite the struggles AAA has been going through over the past year or so, it seems at least one major industry player, Sony, is still very focused on big budget titles. The focus has, seemingly, even grown to the point where even long-lived and much-beloved studios like Japan Studios are now being shuttered to bolster…
Where ‘Retro’ Ends and ‘Classic’ Begins
Now that we’re squarely in the midst of 2025, it’s really been hitting how many of my favorite games from my student days now fall in the “retro” category of games. Where the likes of the GameCube and PS2 were once the new hotness, they’re now practically fossils. Heck, the younger member of the gaming…
EU Commission Bans Misleading Virtual Currencies
I don’t know about you all, but I seriously believe that the advent of microtransactions was one of the worst things to ever happen to video games. The moment large developers and publishers found out that they could make more money selling digital junk in their games than selling the actual games themselves is the…
Silent Hill F is Exactly What Silent Hill Needs
The decline of the Silent Hill series into dormancy was something that was really hard to watch back on the tail end of the Xbox 360/PS3 era. At the time of its last game, Silent Hill: Downpour, it felt as if Konami had completely forgotten what the games were actu- ally about. Even if the…
Insider Claims Resident Evil 9 Will Have Impact Similar to RE7
It’s been over a year since Capcom confirmed that Resident Evil 9 was in development, but so far the publisher hasn’t said anything else about the game. With AAA games being the overly massive projects they are these days, I’m not really surprised, but it seems that there is a reason for Capcoms silence.
There’s Nothing Quite Like a Good Party Game
When it comes to multiplayer gaming these days, things have mostly moved online. It’s a natural development, I suppose. Online multiplayer was an instant game-changer once it got real support on the Xbox 360 and PS3, causing many a developer to consider local multiplayer as an obsolete feature in the current era. After all, what…
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