Switch Online’s Missions & Rewards Adds Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD Icons
Four waves revealed. To celebrate the release of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD this week, Nintendo has launched a new batch of icons for Switch Online members. The first wave is already underway and features icons based on characters like Luigi and Toad. These icons will set you back 50 Platinum Points, with borders and backgrounds […]
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Costs $60 On Switch
The price has some fans confused. Last year, when Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was released, there were concerns raised about the game’s $70 USD price tag. It followed with Nintendo mentioning how pricing of its new releases would be based on a “case-by-case basis”. Now, the latest game that seems to be generating some […]
Indie Selects for June: Amazing Indie Games We Are Really Excited About
Category: ID@Xbox June 26, 2024 Indie Selects for June: Amazing Indie Games We Are Really Excited About Glenn Gregory, ID@Xbox Marketing Guru Another great month for indie games! This is the sixth set of Indie Selects and we’re happy to report that we had no problem finding some real gems again this month. Starting with […]
The first American Girl comic book, Julie and the Blue Guitar, is a worthy installment in the franchise
Image: Felia Hanakata/IDW Publishing But it raises questions about the diversity of the dolls themselves My memories of American Girl literature are strong. The chapter books painted backstories for my favorite dolls, giving me a taste for historical fiction and nonfiction that I still have today, and books like Hair: Styling Tips and Tricks for […]
The Riven remake transforms a tricky classic into a modern masterpiece
Image: Cyan Worlds via Polygon Ah, my friend, you’ve returned… Back in the early 1990s, the creators of Myst had a problem with their testers. Players would wander around the initial island, poking at the rocket ship, flipping the levers on the podiums up and down, and watching as none of it did anything. The […]
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is like an origin story for Guy Ritchie’s whole thing
Photo: Dan Smith/Lionsgate via Everett Collection Now available on digital release and 4K, the Henry Cavill movie takes Ritchie’s gentleman thugs back to basics British movie director Guy Ritchie loves nothing more than the collision of class and thuggery. It’s like catnip to him. In movies like Snatch and 2019’s The Gentlemen, he thrives on […]
Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is a better, faster version of the lo-fi life sim
Image: Spry Fox/Netflix via Polygon The sequel is only on mobile and exclusive to Netflix When Spry Fox co-founder and studio director David Edery and his team set out to make a second Cozy Grove game, they wanted to mirror the first game, but “bigger and better.” The concept of the original game and its […]
Still Wakes the Deep is a horror gem that won’t get out of my head
Image: The Chinese Room/Secret Mode Corporate greed meets an ancient entity The best horror games stick around long after credits have rolled, squirming in and tickling the back of your brain. Still Wakes the Deep has stuck around in my noggin, provoking questions that I know I will never have the answers to. There are […]
Atari 50: Expanded Edition Adds 2 New Timelines And 39 New Games
Available as DLC for current owners. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is already packed to the rafters with incredible retro games, unique interviews, and rare documentation on the history of Atari, but what if you wanted even more..? Well, the good news is that Atari and Digital Eclipse are releasing a new ‘Expanded Edition‘ of […]
Review: Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Switch) – The Best Version, But Lacks Extras To Make It Essential
It’s-a-the-other-guy. Looking back over our 2013 review of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon on the 3DS has been a timely reminder of why we love this game so very much, yet have failed to return to it beyond our original playthrough back in the day – an oddity, given that we’re quite partial to hoovering up […]
