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- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
- Boss Fight Books to Get a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
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- Video Game Research Library
- With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well – PC Gamer (2026)
- Vib-Ribbon: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- How a Second-Grade Teacher Revived a Beloved Video Game – The New York Times (2026)
- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
- Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It – Aftermath (2026)
Most Recent: Wii U
EarthBound is FINALLY coming to Wii U Virtual Console this year
EarthBound, the Super NES RPG known in Japan as Mother 2, has become the stuff of legend among Nintendo fans. And in no small part due to the way Nintendo has jerked the series around over the years. First, the game’s sequel, EarthBound 2/Mother 3, never left Japan. And then, the publisher refused to add the Super NES game to the Wii’s Virtual Console despite repeated requests from fans.
But good things come to those who wait. As part of today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the Big N has announced that EarthBound will be available on the Wii U Virtual Console this year.
All is not forgiven, Nintendo, but this is a start.
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Tagged EarthBound
Injustice: Gods Among Us will add Lobo as its first DLC character
NetherRealm Studios boss Ed Boon hinted at it last month, and now, it looks like Lobo has been all but confirmed as the first downloadable addition to Injustice: Gods Among Us. The concept art you see to your right featuring the alien bounty hunter and the game’s logo leaked online recently.
Lobo is a larger-than-life personality and will likely add some comic relief to Injustice as a DLC character. NetherRealm is planning to add four characters to the game over the next few months, each of which has bee priced at $5 apiece. You can also get all four at a discount if you pre-purchase the Injustice Season Pass, which is available on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace for $15.
Injustice: Gods Among Us was released for the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U yesterday.
UPDATE: NetherRealm has confirmed Lobo will be Injustice’s first DLC character.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
The Wii U: It’s All Just A Little Bit of History Repeating
Bashing Nintendo’s new console has quickly become a troll’s favourite pastime. Not a day has gone by in 2013 without a cluster of articles marked with the words DOOM and GLOOM in big bold letters, attracting fanboys from all sides of the fence like moths to a flame, caught in an endless argument of whose favourite manufacturer is better. Then news came that Deep Silver would not be publishing Dead Island: Riptide or Saints Row IV on the Wii U. It all reached a fever pitch during the GDC, when DICE confirmed that Battlefield 4 would not appear on the platform either. You could hear the carving knives being sharpened, with many asking how would Nintendo’s new console survive without major third-party support? Later in the week, Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton asked Epic co-founder Mark Rein if the Wii U would run their brand spanking new Unreal Engine 4. His response, one of laughter, was hastily clarified on Twitter as Epic sought to smooth their relations not only with Nintendo, but gamers in general, who hounded Rein’s account. Giving Epic the benefit of the doubt, I could not help thinking that we’ve heard these arguments before.
Then I realised we had. (more…)
New Releases: Injustice, Pandora’s Tower, SMT Devil Summoner Soul Hackers, More
NetherRealm Studios (the creators of Mortal Kombat) are back with their latest game, the DC Comics one-on-one fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us. Watch Superman and Batman battle it out for the soul of the DC Universe on the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii U this Tuesday.
This week also sees the release of the final Operation Rainfall game, Pandora’s Tower. The Operation Rainfall group worked tirelessly to find a publisher for the Wii game (along with Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story before it) and it is amazing that we’ll finally get to play the fruits of their labor for oursselves this week.
A trio of other games will also be available this week:
- Atlus is returning to the world of Shin Megami Tensei this week with Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers on the 3DS.
- Pandora plans to release Victoria II: A Heart of Darkness, the second expansion to Victoria II.
- And the beat ’em up Sacred Citadel is coming to the PC. PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade editions should also be available this week.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us, Pandora's Tower
Shovel Knight quadruples Kickstarter goal
Shovel Knight has reached the end of its Kickstarter odyssey and the retro platformer from Yacht Club Games has surpassed the developer’s wildest expectations.
Yacht Club Games, which is made up of several former members of WayForward Technologies, was asking for $75,000 to complete development on the PC, 3DS, and Wii U game. 14,749 backers responded with four times that amount and pledged a total of $311,502. The developer has set up a PayPal account for fans who missed out on the Kickstarter drive and still wish to donate and/or pre-order the game.
This outpouring of support has ensured that every stretch goal Yacht Club set for Shovel Knight will make its way into the final game including:
- Music Player
- Achievements
- New Game+
- 3 Playable Boss Knights
- Linux/Mac Versions
- Gender Swap Mode
- Challenge Mode
- 4 Player Battle Mode With All Boss Knights
- Real, Physical Box
Congratulations to the team at Yacht Club Games. Shovel Knight is currently expected to be released in September.
Injustice: Gods Among Us launch trailer comes out punching
With literally days to go before Injustice: God Among Us flies into stores, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the final trailer that will be released for the title.
Injustice: God Among Us launches on the April 16 in the US then April 19 in Europe on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Wii U.
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Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
Injustice: Gods Among Us gameplay trailer showcases Killer Frost and Ares
With just a few days to go before the game’s release, NetherRealm has dropped yet another trailer for Injustice: Gods Among Us. This new video shows the very Sub-Zero-esque Killer Frost, going toe-to-toe with Ares for over two minutes.
Injustice: God Among Us launches on April 16 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Wii U.
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Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
Cloudberry Kingdom Interview: Pwnee Studios’ TJ Lutz on Wii U and the Art of the Platformer
Today, Ubisoft announced that it’ll distribute Pwnee Studios’ ridiculously hard platformer, Cloudberry Kingdom. The game will be available on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, Steam, and Wii U eShop this Summer.
Less than five months old, the Nintendo Wii U eShop is thriving and it is already home to a variety of interesting titles. In the first of a series of interviews looking at indie game development on the platform, TJ Lutz, Vice President of Pwnee Studios, answered some questions about their upcoming 2D platformer. (more…)
Posted in Features, Interviews, PC, PS3, Top Story, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Cloudberry Kingdom