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Minecraft developer Mojang announced today that a new mini-game called Battle would be coming to the console versions of Minecraft in June! We have the full details on this new mini-game below. Battle, an upcoming mini-game for Minecraft, will be coming in June for consoles (including the Wii U). According to the press release for the mini-game, Battle is “free competitive multiplayer content that comes with three maps.” There will be additional maps that you can buy for $2.99 each.…

Finn, one of my favorite Star Wars: The Force Awakens characters, is spotlighted in a brand new Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer! Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes out on June 28th. Today, Warner Bros released a new trailer for the game. This trailer spotlights one of my favorite characters from the movie: Finn!! Finn is a former stormtrooper and the co-lead of the Force Awakens. Not only does he have a cool backstory, but his friendship…

Do you like Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Wait, don’t answer that. Of course you did. Who was your favorite character? If you said Poe Dameron, then you’re in luck. A new trailer for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens was revealed today and Poe Dameron was the focus of it! Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming out in June, so of course we’ll be seeing a lot of trailers and advertisements for the game before then. The…

Nintendo UK released a video today that showcased more of Nintendo’s upcoming Kirby game for 3DS, Kirby: Planet Robobot. My thoughts on the video and the actual video itself are below. Kirby: Planet Robobot will be coming to the 3DS in June. Previously Nintendo had revealed that the game will see Kirby taking control of a big robot for the first time. Today, though, Nintendo UK released a video that showcased more of the game! In Planet Robobot, Kirby will…

Lego games just keep coming out. There’s no stopping the freight train that are Lego games. What do I think of the Lego series so far? I’ll tell you all about that, plus which game is my favorite and which game I’m hoping they’ll do after Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens! I haven’t played every Lego game, but I’ve played a lot of them and played demos of some of them too. The Lego franchise has come a long…

Nintendo announced today that Yo-Kai Watch will be coming back to the 3DS in North America. We have the full details about the sequel and my thoughts on Yo-Kai Watch below. Yo-Kai Watch 2 will be coming to North American 3DS systems on September 30th. There will be two versions of the game: Yo-Kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits and Yo-Kai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls. The difference between the two, according to Nintendo’s press release, is that you’ll find “rare Yo-kai…

This week, toys-to-life fans were dealt a major shock when Disney announced that they were ending Disney Infinity and also closing the company that made it. Not only that, but Disney is getting out of making games altogether! My thoughts on the game, this shocking announcement and Disney leaving the industry are below. Also: I’m asking all of our readers: What do you think of all of this? I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! Disney announced that they were…

Nintendo of America announced today that they will be lowering the price of the 2DS and they announced two new 2DS/3DS games for later this year. Check out the news and my thoughts about it below! Nintendo will be lowering the price of the 2DS to $79.99 in North America. The new price will take effect on May 20th. The 2DS was already the least expensive Nintendo product at $99.99. This new price drop will most likely give the 2DS…

I’ve reviewed a lot of Indie games in my short time as a reviewer so far. Some are great, some good, just ok, and some are really awful. But the Wii U needs every single Indie it can get! Why are Indies important to the Wii U? Let me tell you about it.   When the Wii U first came out, there were not a lot of games for it, but there were some third party developers supporting the system.…

One of my early entries to this column said that every video game needed a story. Now I’m back to give you the opposite position: Video Games don’t need stories! Tetris, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, and many other games do not have stories. After my last article about video games needing stories, I had some people say, ” Ya, but this game doesn’t have one.” And its true. Not all video games need stories. In fact, I’ll just…