Would it surprise you to know that their current CEO used to hold a similar position at EA?

Unity - the engine behind many popular productions in spaces from AAA to the shovelware peddlers of the Switch - is under fire today following a new fee structure that would be charged to developers and potentially platform holders.

As announced yesterday by Unity CEO John Riccitello, the new structure... Read more...

Here we go again!

As expected heading into Tokyo Game Show next week, Nintendo is getting a Direct ready.

The likely-final general Nintendo Direct of the year will air tomorrow at 10a.m. EDT / 7a.m. PDT / 1500 CEST / 2300 JST. It will run for 40 minutes.

According to the announcement, the focus will be on Switch software "releasing this winter".

The forthcoming release will collect all nine Picross e games that are now inaccessible after the closure of the 3DS eShop.

The next game in the Picross S series will be Picross S+, a collection of all nine Picross e games that were originally released on the 3DS eShop.

Due out in 2024, Picross S+ will contain the content from Picross e for an estimated price of $4.99 (and equivalent pricing). The other eight releases will be available as DLC for an estimated price of $4.99 each. This will be the first time Picross e9 will be available outside of Japan.

And we didn't even get the Fire Emblem crossover via Elimine.

Mario Kart Tour is getting the caution flag.

In an announcement today of upcoming content, it was announced that the tour beginning on October 4 (the "Battle Tour") will be the final tour to add new racers, courses, or cart parts. The tour following (a Halloween-themed tour launching on the 18th) will be the first to run as a repeat.

Sounds like a big week for fans of silent towns and IBM.

Things we missed last week: NBA 2K24 (now with Kobe Bryant hagiography), Zing Zing ZIp in the Archives, and a game that surprisingly is not about The Colossus of Boggo Road who famously botched a spinkick and fell flat on his arse.

Last week nearly doubled between the first and last of the week... Read more...

Real "guy in your work group who doesn't do a thing" energy coming out of the ESA right now.

The organizers of the PAX shows and this past weekend's Nintendo Live have apparently had enough of the ESA when it comes to a revival of the moribund E3 show.

As first reported by subsidiary company GamesIndustry.biz, ReedPop and the ESA have terminated an agreement whereby the convention specialists... Read more...

If only it was posted on a site worth a damn.

The video regarding Charles Martinet's new role as a "Mario Ambassador" has been posted.

The video posted on Twitter (the site now known as X for some asinine reason) is available below:

Here’s a special video message from Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet regarding the change of Mario’s voice actor, announced on 8/21. pic.twitter.com/4mOpD2Cx3a

Two of those imports being Nintendo games.

The retro libraries for the basic tier of Nintendo Switch Online have added four titles, though it may be more accurate to refer to them as Famicom and Super Famicom updates.

I think I'd rather have this than Starcraft 64 on NSO, but I'm alone there.

For the first time ever, one of the most popular real time strategy games is coming to a Nintendo console - or any console.

A remastered version of 2006's seminal WWII strategy game Company of Heroes has been announced for Switch by developer Feral Interactive; it will launch this autumn as the Company of Heroes Collection as it will include the base game as well as its expansions "Opposing Fronts" and "Tales of Valor".

Let's hope Bandai Namco have XSEED on line 2.

In honor of the source material's 20th anniversary, a pair of cult classics from Japan are getting a Switch "replay".

GameCenter CX: Arino no Chōsenjō 1+2 Replay has been announced by publisher Bandai Namco in a new trailer; although no release date was given, it will be appearing at the Tokyo... Read more...

One is familiar, the other ones not so much.

Nintendo of America has announced a trio of Switch bundles for the return of Detective Pikachu.

The bundle of a standard Switch that includes Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and a three month NSO (standard, individual) membership traditionally offered around Black Friday, will instead launch on October 6.... Read more...

In honor of a television debut 51 years ago today: Help control the lawyer population, have your game show hosts spayed and neutered.

Things we missed last week: Digital Eclipse's The Making Of: Karateka on Tuesday, 30XX on Friday, and Archives title Cadash on Thursday.

Last week ended up in the 50s for release (aside from Japan), so this week is of course on the lighter side. Sadly, we're probably getting Festivus NEXT week... Read more...

Including some possible online play

This weekend's Nintendo Live show in Seattle has shown more gameplay from Super Mario Bros. Wonder following this week's Direct.

The gameplay showed both single and multiplayer gameplay - including two and four player local-cop and some online methods being shown as part of the stage. The roughly 20 minute video can be found below: