Also Fast Racing Neo (Wii U), Star Wars Pinball, and Whoa Dave While we’ve gotten a few nudges here and there in terms of My Nintendo, it really needs that big push — Switch support. We’re still not quite there yet after all this time, as Nintendo is still toying with only providing Wii U and 3DS rewards. This week that list includesFast Racing Neo(Wii U – 11 Gold Points),Mighty Switch Force 2(3DS – 50 Gold Points),Whoa Dave(3DS – 40 Gold Points), andStar Wars Pinball(3DS – 50 Gold Points)....

Get your gear packed, we’ll be on our way soon Announced today at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom’s highly-anticipatedMonster Hunter Worldwill be launching in all territories June 16, 2025. Alongside the standard edition of the game, there will also be two variants released, including a deluxe digital edition and a snazzy collectors edition, which features an art book, the game’s soundtrack and a statue of the game’s new poster-monster, who is named “Nerurigigantei”....

PS4 and XB1 in April, rest in ‘2019’ There aren’t a lot of alternatives toMonster Hunter, but Phoenix Labs is really trying to provide one withDauntless. Currently it’s just in beta form on PC, but that’s going to change as of tonight’s Game Awards announcement. Dauntlessis hitting pretty much every other platform next year in an ambitious rollout plan. First, we can expect PS4 and Xbox One to arrive on April 2019: a seemingly set-in-stone window....

[UPDATE:1UPactually, you know, checked with Midway on this, and it turns out that the European PR rep forgot to put the PS3 date on the release.Strangleholdfor PS3 is still on track for a September 17th release.] PS3 Fanboy caught word from Dutch gaming sitePS3Onlythat the PS3 version of Midway’sStrangleholdis “definitely out this year” but it has “no confirmed street date as yet.” The Xbox 360 and PC versions of this game are due out on August 27th, but PS3 Fanboy notes that the PS3 listing was absent from the press release....

Giddy up After months of re-releasing classic SNK fighter and shooters onto modern platforms, retro-loves Hamster’s latest release is something completely different, asStakes Winnerhits PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Launching in arcades and on the Neo Geo platform in 1995, Saurus’Stakes Winneris an equestrian racer that essentially comes down to meter management and forward thinking. Players pick one from a selection of fine fillies, each with their own stats, before engaging in a series of intense races....

It’s an arrr-PG Bandai Namco is showing a bit more of the battle side of its upcomingOne Piece Odyssey. The role-playing game based on hit mangaOne Pieceis launching sometime this year, and it certainly has some RPG systems in place. When the newOne Piecegame wasfirst revealed, it definitely had some RPG vibes. Some new screenshots from the JapaneseOne Piece Odysseysite (as spotted byRPG Site) really emphasize just how it’s tackling battles, though....

But it’s not enough One of the biggest problems withPokemon Shuffle, beyond its exploitative item system, was the energy mechanic. In short, you could only play a scant five rounds at a time before you had to wait 30 minutes per round to recharge — rounds that would often take 30 seconds or less. Now, it’s slightly less sleazy. As a result of the 1.2 update today, the game now splits Hearts up into two sections — Hearts that recharge, and Hearts you’ve purchased with Jewels....

During my time withRed Faction: Guerrilla, I moved the game’s protagonist Alec Mason across nearly 200 kilometers of Mars, and I didn’t see a single place to eat. I blew up 47 buildings, and not one of them was an In-and-Out Burger. What do people eat on Mars? Don’t they get hungry? Here’s THQ’s answer —Red Faction: GuerrillaField Rations in the form of freeze-dried strawberry ice cream. The publisher handed out packets of the “rations” at a recentRed Faction: Guerrillapreview event, and I was fortunate enough to take it through airport security without them thinking it was some kind of explosive....

It’s a lost cause I’ve fought the urge to buy a Wii U specifically forWind Waker HDfor the better part of a year now. After a strong E3 by Nintendo and a convenientMario Kart 8promotion, I finally relented. Between flipping through oldZeldatitles, I make time for the occasional race or two ofMario Kart. The problem withMario Kart 8is that I haven’t yet found a consistent strategy to win. In fact, more often than not, they end in defeat....

Just give it to me Hotline Miamideveloper Dennaton, along with Devolver Digital and esctoy.com have teamed up to create theHotline Miamifigure you’ve dreamed of. It’s a 1/6 scale, 12-inch figure based on Jacket, featuring removable clothing, weapons, and heads. They’ve taken toKickstarterto properly gauge interest in aHotline Miamifigure, and if you want this bad boy you’re going to need to drop down $85 for it. You get four heads (Tiger, Rooster, Pig, and bloody bandaged Jacket head), interchangeable letter jacket, shirts, jeans, hospital gown, and weapons that include a shotgun, baseball bat, and katana....

Starting December 8 For all five of you who playPES 2016(just kidding, it’s a wildly successful franchise) will be delighted to hear that your friends can join in on the action soon for free. Starting December 8, there will be a free “entry level” edition of the game that features an exhibition mode and seven teams, as well as a training portion and myClub. It will apparently be updated for free alongside of the core game, so all of the new mechanics and roster changes will follow....

We heard about pre-loading games on the PS4 inlast month’s update, but it seems the feature will start with Bungie’sDestiny. This comes from a Sony support page, spotted byDualShockers: “Beginning withDestiny, certain pre-ordered titles can be automatically be pre-loaded prior to their release. This lets you rest easy knowing that your game will be ready for play the second its release date hits.” Even when the feature rolls around, it won’t be for every game....

Quest for Camelotisn’t the first kusoge that Nintendo has put on one of its Nintendo Switch Online retro catalogs,but it may bethe strangest. I mean, was it that easy to get permission from Warner Bros? Surely, no one asked for this. No one at Nintendo could have possibly been looking at a list of GBC games and zeroed in on this as something that absolutely needed to be on the service....