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Summary Metacritic has crownedSegaas the best video game publisher of 2024, making it a record third win for the publisher inMetacritic’s Annual Game Publisher Rankings. With games likeMetaphor: ReFantazio, Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, andLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthall getting high scores, Sega was a clear winner. This ranking is based purely on the Metacritic scores of games put out by publishers, with sales figures and user reviews not taken into account....

Summary In 2024, Square Enix gave the HD-2D remake treatment to one of the company’s greatest titles:Dragon Quest 3. Though not as renowned as Final Fantasy 7, at least outside of Japan, Dragon Quest 3 is a genre- and generation-defining game. If you’ve ever skipped out onJRPGs due to the grind, Dragon Quest 3 is one of the games that could change your mind. The game makes grinding feel rewarding and fun, particularly because the bosses serve as such good incentive....

The idol boy band gacha rhythm game, Ensemble Stars Music has been going strong for a long time, remaining one of the best in the genre on mobile. With a total ofover 300 songs, there are a ton of fan-favorite tracks and hidden gems for you to enjoy, no matter your skill level. Ensemble Stars Music is considered one of the mostchallenging mobile rhythm gamesthat will take all of your patience, skill, and endurance if you want to survive its hardest tracks....

Summary Ninja Gaiden 4’s producer and director, Yuji Nakao, has confirmed that players will take control of new protagonist Yakumo more than Ryu Hayabusa. For more than a decade, Ninja Gaiden fans have been absolutely starving outside of theMaster Collection re-release of the first three 3D games in the series. That sad fate finallychanged last week with the reveal of the long-awaited fourth game in the series, Ninja Gaiden 4,and a remake of Ninja Gaiden 2....

Summary At long last,Nintendo revealed the successor to the Switch yesterday. As we all suspected, it’s called the Switch 2 and will bebackwards compatible with games from its predecessor. However, we didn’t see much. The trailer was only a little under two and a half minutes long, giving us a look at the console, the Joy-Cons, as well as a brief glimpse ofwhat appears to be a new Mario Kart game....

Summary Another day, another reason to believe the Nintendo Switch 2 will be revealed any day now. This time it comes in the form of accessories discovered in what appears to be GameStop’s backend. Someone has shared images of SKUs for various third-party Switch 2 accessories, complete with how much they will cost, claiming they were recently added to GameStop’s system, presumably meaning they’ll be available to buy soon. The images originate from a Reddit userwho goes by Opposite-Chemistry96claiming to be a GameStop employee who shared the pictures onthe Switch subreddit....

Summary Back in 2023, a Reddit user claiming to be a former Virtuos employee alleged that the studio was working on anOblivionremake in Unreal Engine 5. Virtuos is currently working on theMetal Gear Solid 3remake with Konami. Shortly after, Microsoft documents were leaked during the FTC case over the Activision Blizzard King buyout, revealing thatan Oblivion remaster was planned for fiscal year 2022. So, at the very least, we know that Bethesda had plans to bring back Oblivion at one point....

Summary AnObsidiancommunity manager is telling fans to be wary of scammers, as someone appears to be impersonating a studio employee. While it’s unclear why the account owner is pretending to work at Obsidian, their description mentions wanting to work with “amazing creators” suggesting that they are trying to dupe content creators. However, the posting history of the account is also bizarre, as they have shared many posts that are anti-DEI, and make disparaging remarks against Obsidian....

Quick Links Ever since its introduction inPokemon TCG Pocket’s Space-Time Smackdown, Lucario has been bolstering frontline fighters with its terrific Fighting Coach ability, which tosses in an additional 20 damage whenever your Active Pokemon attacks, so long as that Pokemon happens to belong to the Fighting type. Also introduced in Space-Time Smackdown, Rampardos is handily one of the most aggressive cards in the game, dealing a whopping 130 damage on a single Energy....

Summary The last timePlayStationchecked in onAstro Bot’s sales numbers, it reported the platformer had shifted 1.5 million copies and it’s still unclear if that’s a number to be happy or worried about. Either way, Astro Bot’s sales numbers will likely be getting a boost next month as a new report claimsthe 2024 Game of the Yearwill be bundled and sold withPS5s. That’saccording to French site Dealabswhich has a pretty impressive track record when it comes to leaking information about PlayStation’s imminent plans....

I never playedTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, so I don’t have skin(ned knees) in the game regardingthe upcoming remake’s decision not to include the original’s campaign. I don’t even go here, I’m just excited to experience these two beloved games for the first time. But the choice to excise 4’s unique career mode forTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4has me wondering if I will, in any meaningful way, actually be experiencing 4 at all....

Summary Sonic X Shadow Generationshas sold two million copies in three months across all platforms. This puts it ahead of how much the originalSonic Generationssold in a similar timeframe, as it managed to shift around 1.85 million copies as of March 2012. This success comes alongsideSonic the Hedgehog 3surpassing its predecessor asthe highest-grossing Sonic movie. With that in mind, it’s safe to say that the Year of Shadow was a hit, and putting the fan-favourite anti-hero front and centre has given the series a huge boost....

Summary Yesterday, Bandai Namco confirmed thatseries veteran Anna Williams would be returningtoTekken 8as part of the game’s second season. The character, known as “Scarlet Lightning”, has undergone a minor redesign as part of her latest appearance, dropping her usual skimpy, revealing outfits for a boujee fur-lined coat and leather pants. While the new design has gone down well with the majority of Tekken fans, a vocal minority have been expressing their disappointment to series producer Katsuhiro Harada, who, in typical Harada fashion, has put them in their place....