It looks like one of next year’s Game Pass updates will be bringing us some classic bangers, particularly those of us who grew up playing shooters on the Xbox 360/PS3 generation. The latest leak is yet another thing that points to Microsoft’s continued interest in expanding the service’s line-up with classic, back-catalogue titles from the many studios it owns.
]]>The 2005 original version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted is easily one of the most popular in the series, and it turns out a remake of it isn't entirely impossible.
]]>When the Nintendo Museum was announced back in 2021, the reveal gave it a slightly different name to what it launched as. Back then it was known by the tentative name of the ‘Nintendo Gallery’ - and that conjures up a much fairer, more appropriate image of the final product than the title ‘Nintendo Museum’.
]]>Do you also think games consoles are a bit boring these days? I do. There's no whimsy to them anymore, nothing strange or eclectic about them, apart from the Nintendo Switch, but even then I reckon the most special thing about it is its hybrid format. Aside from that, it doesn't really change how games work, it's more just about the kind of spaces that you can play games in. That's all well and dandy, and it is typically Nintendo - strange, but incredibly influential - I just feel like I'm looking for… more.
]]>The most popular Pokemon games tend to be the mainline games. They follow a tried and tested formula of catching and battling Pokemon, nurturing them so they can face even tougher battles and so that you can become the best trainer there ever was. Though, when you grow tired of going from Gym Leader to Gym Leader but still want your Pokemon fix, there are fortunately plenty of Pokemon spin-off games for you to try.
]]>Keep your hands on the wheel, we can get through this. I know I've not currently got the aux cable, but you've got to keep it away from me at all costs. Why? Well, because Nintendo's launching a new Nintendo Music app, and you can use it to blast an hour-long variant of the theme from DS classic Nintendogs.
]]>Ace Attorney fans, your chance for a new game isn't zero, as Capcom has promised you can expect more from the series in the future.
]]>There's now a premium, extended version of this podcast that you can get as a VG247 paid subscriber - check out our Support Us page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show! But don't worry if that's not for you, the main show will always be free.
]]>A new year, a new list of songs that you'll listen to as you experiece the highs and lows of doing a virtual football. EA Sports FC 25's soundtrack has been revealed, with both yer das, not quite yet yer das and non-yer das all currently busy offering their two cents as to whether it features enough of what they consider indie bangers.
]]>Like many children, I grew up playing whatever video games I could get my hands on, my early choices dictated largely by parental preference and what the owner of the sole computer shop in my rural hometown chose to stock. The original Sims was the first game I ever successfully lobbied to own: actively seeking it out — and my subsequent fascination upon actually getting to play it — was, with hindsight, a fairly significant early expression of my emerging personality as a 10-year-old. As you can probably imagine, therefore, four years and countless mercifully-untracked in-game hours later, I was about as hype for The Sims' first-ever sequel as a geeky 14-year-old can get. Read: extremely. And because life is nice sometimes, I was destined not to be disappointed.
]]>There's now a premium, extended version of this podcast that you can get as a VG247 paid subscriber - check out our Support Us page for more info. Doing so helps ensure that we can keep making the show! But don't worry if that's not for you, the main show will always be free.
]]>Zenless Zone Zero may have drawn comparisons to Persona 5 thanks to its urban fantasy anime aesthetic, but producer Zhenyu Li has revealed that Digimon was a far bigger influence on his creative vision for his upcoming HoYoverse title than Atlus' blockbuster JRPG franchise.
]]>Ace Attorney Investigations Collection has been announced at June 2024's Nintendo Direct, and it's set to bring a a couple of Ace Attorney spin-off titles, including one that's never previously been released outside of Japan, to Switch on September 6.
]]>The Sims 3 celebrates the 15th anniversary of its initial release today, and, as someone who excitedly took a fresh copy of the base game with them when they moved into their university halls of residence, allow me to take a break from booking myself in for a hip replacement to look back on one of the most lauded - yet divisive - entries into The Sims franchise.
]]>Fans of iconic courtroom dramedy visual novels might think they're all caught up on Ace Attorney at this stage. Even if you never touched the series during its original 2011-2017 run, Capcom's admirable interest in preserving their older flagship titles means you've had ample opportunity to play the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, which hit then-modern consoles and PC in 2019, and was finally followed by the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy earlier this year. Since 2021 you've even been able to play The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, a prequel duology that many fans were convinced would never be officially localised outside of Japan.
]]>OK, so for the past few years, the Los Angeles Chargers - one of LA's NFL teams - have announced the schedule for the upcoming season in pretty entertaining fashion. This year, The Sims 2 has been chosen to host this reveal of who Justin Herbert and co will be playing against and when - creating something that both Sims fans and those of us who like American football can enjoy together.
]]>EA CEO Andrew Wilson has stated in a company earnings call that considerations towards adding advertisements into future video games are very much alive within the company. However it's not a surefire thing - and he stresses that they have to be "very thoughtful" about it.
]]>When you’ve made some of the biggest games on the planet, juggling budgets of millions of dollars and selling millions of copies, what comes next?
]]>People who played games from a young age often don't really understand how difficult games are. You do actually have to learn how to play them, and having spent time with adults that didn't grow up playing them trying to adjust to using dual analogue stick controllers, it's interesting to watch them figure out how to move about in 3D spaces. Thankfully, there's a type of games that I like to call gateway games that often help people understand games as a whole.
]]>It's the 20th anniversary of one of the best games ever made today, Katamari Damacy, so what better way to celebrate than by opening a Twitter account?
]]>It's been long and arduous road to something resembling a worthy adaptation of Frank "dirty" Herbert's sand-based epic Dune, but with the recent release of Denis Villeneuve's Dune 2, we can safely call that one done. I just hope we get enough sequels for the films to start covering such nonsense as half-worm emperors and chair dogs.
]]>Akira Toriyama, the creator of the Dragon Ball franchise and a legendary manga artist in general, has died at the age of 68. The news was announced by his production office, Bird Studio, on social media.
]]>The Best Games Ever podcast is a game show where three regular panellists have to find the best game in a weirdly specific category such as "Best game with a named horse", or "Best game with a terrible British accent". They have to pitch their pick to our host, Jim, who then decides the winner. But there's a lot of office politics, backstabbing, and meta-gaming going on which makes this mild-mannered panel game fraught with real danger.
]]>Good news for those of you out there with a hunger for a new Avatar the Last Airbender game! According to a roadmap video from publisher Maximum Entertainment, the publisher is working in colaboration with Paramount to make a "competitive mulitplayer fighting game set in [the] Avatar the Last Airbender universe."
]]>The Sims franchise celebrates its 24th anniversary this weekend, which is a much-needed reminder for me that as your resident Sims fanatic, I've got exactly a year to plan some fun coverage for its 25th (and that I should probably use some of that time to come to terms with the formal departure of the last vestiges of my youth, as someone who's been playing since practically the very start).
]]>Here at VG247 we love video games no matter what platform they're on, but we have to admit that mobile games are a special case all by themselves. While our favorite PC and console games will very often see multi-platform releases, many of the most popular mobile games will be completely unfamiliar to players who don't tend to use their mobile devices for gaming.
]]>In Modern Warfare 3, you have a huge arsenal of weapons to choose from before dropping into a game of Warzone or loading a multiplayer match, both old and new. One of the new additions to MW3 is a burst assault rifle known as the FR 5.56, and with the right attachments and class setup, this AR can melt through enemies in your matches.
]]>2023 has been an incredible year for video games, but as I look forward to 2024, there’s one thing I’m particularly thrilled about: the chance for Apollo Justice to, perhaps, finally get the credit he deserves.
]]>The Sims has a new official merch store and, provided you’ve got a decent amount of disposable income to spend on things with green diamonds on them, it might be worth checking out.
]]>It's another day of PlayStation Plus Classic leaks, this time potentially confirming a classic PS1 game, and a couple of PSP titles.
]]>Modern Warfare 3 has a never-ending array of weapons to experiment with, but there will always be a few exceptional weapons that shine much brighter than the rest in multiplayer matches and zombies. This particular weapon - the Holger 556 - was banned from use in competitive matches on Day 1 of release…
]]>After a long wait, Netflix will finally be giving us our first proper look at its live action take on Avatar: The Last Airbender tomorrow.
]]>It’s always the way, isn’t it. You’ve got an ever-expanding Steam backlog that you’ve barely made a dent in since 2014, several consoles full to the brim with untouched AAA delights, three subscription services whose delights you can never quite find the time for, and a bunch of annoying grown up stuff to do as well, like washing the dishes and making sure the wean isn’t rolling around in the cat litter. Etcetera etcetera. And yet, you can easily waste six hours per night on any dumb mobile puzzle game with a bubblegum art style and a clever hook. Maybe that’s just me. Either way, this week it’s すいか がめ. Or Suika Game, in Romaji.
]]>It must be Call of Duty season, folks! Nothing gets Call of Duty fans' blood pumping like their yearly impassioned pleas to rid the series of SBMM. Modern Warfare 3 is mere days away at this point, which means it's time for the people who buy Call of Duty every year to complain about their favourite topic.
]]>Rockstar appears to be laying the groundwork to get more people to subscribe to GTA+ ahead of GTA 6 as it adds in a couple more games for you to play.
]]>Don’t panic, but it looks as though there’s a Marvel's Spider-Man 2 glitch that can suddenly turn the titular hero into a tiny white cube.
]]>Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is off to a fantastic start already. The PlayStation-exclusive action adventure has sold over 2.5 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale. The tremendous milestone was revealed earlier today on the official PlayStation Twitter account.
]]>Dead Space remake developer Motive Studio has formed another "community council" for its upcoming Iron Man game.
]]>Right from the beginning of this year, animation fans have been treated to some animated projects that are an absolute feast for the eyes. Puss in Boots, to Across the Spider-Verse, to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, we've had some back to back bangers that really feel like they're pushing the medium forward. Of course, as enjoyable as they are for all ages, they're obviously not for adults. And yet, as luck would have it, those in the latter half of our twenties have had a couple of treats in the animation world recently in the form of Fionna and Cake, and Scavengers Reign.
]]>Inspired by the recent-ish release of Detective Pikachu Returns, the topic of this week’s Best Games Ever show is: what’s the best Detective Game? And it’s a doozy of a topic, because there’s so many to choose from. Investigative gameplay crops up in so many things. Even the recent Assassin’s Creed games could arguably qualify, if you’re happy to define “detective work” as “pressing a special button to highlight environmental clues”.
]]>Team 17 has responded to our request for comment with the following statement:
]]>According to Insomniac, no matter the mode you're playing on, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will always have ray tracing turned on.
]]>Capcom's 40th anniversary website, Capcom Town, has launched a special exhibit in its virtual museum dedicated to the Ace Attorney Investigations games. This initially reads like a bit of a missed opportunity to promote next year's upcoming Apollo Justice Trilogy remaster, but it seems the fans wanted it that way.
]]>Activision Blizzard King has submitted a new proposal to the UK's Competitions and Market Authority (CMA) following the instituition's final rejection of the intital acquisition. In this newfound proposal, cloud streaming rights for "all current and future" Activision Blizzard games would be transfered to Ubisoft for the next 15 years.
]]>David Vonderhaar, longtime Call of Duty lead, has announced he has left Activision and Treyarch.
]]>Toy company Hasbro is hoping that with Microsoft acquiring Activision, that some older Transformers games might make their way on to Xbox Game Pass.
]]>Pre-orders for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 bundle started today and customers are web-slinging across the net to get their hands on this extremely limited edition console and its separately sold accessories including a DualSense controller and PS5 covers. All feature a cool red and black symbiote takeover design inspired by the game.
]]>After promotional materials for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have appeared out in the wild, the developer has begun to crack a couple jokes acknowledging the leaks.
]]>A new story trailer has dropped for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and it finds Peter and Miles facing some personal issues. It also introduces Venom.
]]>If you have ever wanted to rage against prehistoric or massive beasts as the gigantic King Kong, then you're in luck.
]]>Large numbers of players are swarming back to older Call of Duty games on Xbox 360 thanks to a recent update.
As spotted last week by Twitter user ZekcoFS, an update arrived for a number of older Call of Duty titles that fixed matchmaking. This included classics such Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Black Ops 2. Now, it seems that quite a large number of players are returning to the games. As reported by CharlieIntel, Black Ops 2 managed to hit more than 10,000 players over the weekend on Xbox 360, and Modern Warfare 3 had over 7000 players, significant numbers for some now quite old games.
Prior to this apparent fix, anyone that tried to play a match of one of the older Call of Duty titles on Xbox 360 wouldn't be able to due to a supposed lack of players. This didn't make much sense, though, as certain game modes only needed as few as eight players, so it being completely impossible was odd. These older Call of Duty games are quite nostalgic for a lot of players, so it isn't a big surprise that they're getting a lot of players again, especially because they're backwards compatible on the Xbox Series X.
Currently what isn't clear is if a fix is coming for PS3 or PC players, both of which still seem to be experiencing problems. As it stands, it doesn't seem like a fix has been provided for either platform, so it's mostly just Xbox players that get to revisit the older games.
Call of Duty Twitch streamer ModernWarzone also made the claim that there were more people playing these old Call of Duty games over the weekend than there were playing Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 put together, though from our end it's difficult to determine what the player counts for each game are.
Over the weekend, Microsoft also announced that PlayStation finally agreed to a deal on Call of Duty, guaranteeing the games will stay on the latter for the time being.
]]>Before he was one of the most influential developers in the world, Square Enix’s Takashi Tokita was a stage actor. There was something about the art that appealed to Tokita; the emotion, the drama, the prestige of live acting – from an early age, the romance of the cinema called to him.
]]>It looks like Call of Duty 2023 will be released on November 10, according to a rather interesting leak.
]]>Sony has confirmed July's PlayStation Plus Essential games, and they include Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Alan Wake: Remastered, and Endling: Extinction is Forever.
]]>Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was a great game back when it first released on the Nintendo DS in 2010, and it remains one, with its charm not lost to the passage of time. You could pick up the NDS title today and still have a blast with its polished sprites, eccentric characters, and strange goings-on, but this remaster brings the classic NDS game up to speed in 2023.
]]>Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 57: The best game where you play a dead guy.
]]>Yesterday’s June Nintendo Direct (June 21) was stacked, especially for Mario fans, who received a whopping five announcements relating to the classic series. One of which was a new game with Princess Peach as the main character of her own adventure.
]]>Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective launched on the Nintendo DS back in 2010, and 13 years later, it is being remastered for the Nintendo Switch. On that note, a recent interview between the game developers and Game Informer posed the question as to whether it will ever receive a sequel.
]]>NetEase Games has announced a new studio called PinCool, led by former longtime Dragon Quest franchise producer Ryutaro Ichimura.
]]>Welcome to the Best Games Ever show Episode 53: the best game with a terrible name.
]]>I didn’t watch the PlayStation Showcase live for a number of boring reasons (one involves projectile vomiting, if you must know), but I watched it as if live this morning hoping a string of exciting announcements would lift my dreary bones. My bones were not lifted. In fact they spontaneously moved to form the exact pose of the shrug emoji.
]]>The list of celebrities that Italy has gifted to the world is definitely quite long: Dante, Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci. But, obviously, the most famous of all remains a short and stocky mustachioed plumber by the name of Mario. But how Italian is he, really, and what exactly is his story?
]]>The remaster of the cult classic Nintendo DS game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is officially out this coming June.
]]>Last night’s Nintendo Direct was packed from start to finish with games to be excited about, most notably, plenty of ports and remasters. One title that slipped under my radar thanks to a trip to the kitchen was the wonderful Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, which will arrive on the Nintendo Switch in HD this summer.
]]>The Pokemon Company has released a video commemorating the release of 1008 Pokemon.
]]>There is a massive selection of brilliant games available on PlayStation Plus, for both those with the trusty PlayStation 4 or a brand new PlayStation 5.
]]>The PS2 is one of the best-selling consoles of all time, and with good reason. Not only was it a convenient DVD player just as the format was taking off, but its incredible library of fantastic PS2 games raised the bar in almost every way from the original PlayStation.
]]>It might make you shiver when I tell you that Mario Kart DS is the first way I experienced Mario Kart. I later visited the N64 version and (of course) would go on to frequent the Wii version, too. But Mario Kart DS will always have the most special place in my heart among them all.
]]>The Urbz is a game that has escaped most of the people I've mentioned it to. A strange spin-off in The Sims series, the game made its way onto the GBA, GameCube, PS2, Xbox, and Nintendo DS in 2004. The simulation title turns 18 today, and I'm still baffled as to how more people haven't played it at some point or another.
]]>^We've re-dubbed the Super Mario Bros. movie trailer with Charles Martinet's voice work in order to give you a taste of what might have been. Stick around after the ads to hear the surprising results.
]]>You know the worst thing about Wolverine in cinema? He isn’t allowed to be horrible. Like, really horrible. The spit-and-polish Jackman got in his various silver screen adaptations wipe all the gore and viscera off those lovely adamantium claws, leaving us with a refined, glistening of everyone’s favorite Canadian mutant. There’s no abhorrent violence, no running people through, no wanton beheading – just to make a point (except in Logan, which is why it’s the best film). For the most part, the Wolverine we get in Hollywood is usually very different to the one we get in the comics.
]]>Marvel is clearly preparing to go deeper into the world of games, but you shouldn't expect any connections between them.
]]>If you have a spare cool mill laying around somewhere, and fancy upping your console collection, there's an eBay listing you might want to check out.
]]>The iconic Game Boy was always going to be a tough act to follow, but with the Nintendo DS, Nintendo managed to make a system just as innovative and exciting.
]]>Nintendo has announced when to expect the 3DS and Wii U eShops to close in the West and Japan.
]]>There's no better way to spend some quality time with family and friends than romping through some of the best co-op games around.
]]>Hello, readers. The VG247 The Best Games Ever Podcast is back with episode 2, following the tradition of going after episode 1. This week we’re fighting over the best game that nobody cares about. Hmm, tricky one, that. Have a listen to see if you agree with our choices and which game was victorious.
]]>Game Freak's managing director, Junichi Masuda, has left the Pokemon game studio.
]]>The amount of video games with soundtracks that slap is immense, and the list continues to grow, with new classics like Baldur's Gate 3 joining an already stacked lineup. From atmospheric melodies to synthwave sounds and beyond, it can be quite whimsical how some of the best video game soundtracks will often have you feeling affectionately towards genres of music or specific songs that you may have never given a second thought to otherwise.
]]>Handing over a brick of heroin to a visibly paranoid dealer, I finalise the sale price using the DS stylus – and can’t help picturing a disapproving Shigeru Miyamoto. As the constantly smiling creator of Mario – the huggable godfather of gaming – Miyamoto seems endearingly innocent. Now, I’m using the device that brought us Nintendogs to push Class A drugs.
]]>Super Mario Galaxy was a cold hard classic from the day it debuted on the Nintendo Wii, and now some enterprising fans have managed to get the game running in a more portable setup.
]]>Touched up versions of the 2006 DS games reportedly will be announced next month.
]]>Viz Media is publishing a collection of interviews conducted by the former Nintendo boss.
]]>After mysteriously delisting plenty of DSIWare titles on the eShop this week, the majority have now returned.
]]>It turns out that the Switch launch title uses some old tech in new and interesting ways.
]]>Beta sprites from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl recently surfaced online and included a design for an apparently scrapped Legendary Pokemon.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Nintendo has closed its service repair centers in the US.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>Nintendo released its Q2 fiscal year report today, announcing some nice launch numbers for Switch Lite.
]]>Nintendo's Brain Age series, once a staple of its handheld DS device, is making a return later this year exclusively on Switch.
]]>Nintendo, was founded on September 23, 1889, and turns 130 today.
]]>Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is teaching at Cornell University this Fall.
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]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>More information on the new rumored Switch models has surfaced, and one will apparently take a page out of Nintendo's 2DS book.
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]]>Switch had its best-selling week ever in the US during the Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza.
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