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The thought of Nintendo handing over it's properties to another company seemed pretty unlikely to ever happen, and fans of the company have often been divided on whether or not Nintendo should lax their stringent rules on the use of their characters and licence them out. Although we were all unaware, Nintendo made that decision back in 2014 to allow Ubisoft the right to create a crossover title with their Rabbids characters, as long as the game wasn't platform based. Ubisoft took that opportunity and ran with it, and now we are literally hours away from ...

When images of Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle were leaked ahead of the games official announcement at E3 2017, the masses of Nintendo fans online were pretty skeptical about what they were looking at. Could it be true? Was Nintendo allowing another publisher to use their assets to create a cross over title? Turns out, this was all true, but rest assured: despite Ubisoft developing and publishing this game, and despite them using their Rabbids characters, this is still very much Nintendo's Mario!

If you are hoping to be completely surprised by Mario+Rabbids you might want to be careful where you click this weekend on YouTube. Nintendo YouTubers around North America and Europe have begun uploading hours of content as the video embargo lifted today, something that many developers and publishers rarely let media do. As I've dealt with numerous Nintendo embargoes in the last 3 years, there is often a 30-60 min cap on captured footage. Ubisoft, however, is being a bit more lenient, and that's ok with me!

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (August 25, 2017) – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., the leading publisher and developer of interactive anime entertainment, has released ONE PIECE®: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PCs via STEAM®. Sail the high seas with Monkey D. Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat pirates in this action-adventure title remastered for the current generation of consoles with 1080p resolution*, higher frame rate, and over 40 pieces of DLC included to create the most definitive One Piece ...

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle for Nintendo Switch will be out next week. If the main game isn’t enough for you, then get ready for some DLC! Ubisoft announced a season pass today for Mario + Rabbids and we have the details below. Mario + Rabbids will be out on August 29th. On the same day, players will be able to buy a season pass for the game. The pass will cost $19.99. What will be included in the season…

UK – 22nd August 2017 – Award-winning international games label Team17 and developer Mouldy Toof are excited to announce that the follow up to their award-winning prison-escape game, The Escapists 2 is out now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and Linux.

I thought I wasn’t going to get a Nintendo Switch till Christmas. And then, one day recently, I found out we were able to get a Nintendo Switch! We called up Gamestop and found out that they had two systems left. We went over there, picked up the system, a 64 GB micro SD card, and two games! I came home and…well, let me tell you about it in the rest of my column ok? Welcome to a More Thoughts…

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle for the Nintendo Switch just keeps looking better and better. Check out the video below for a spotlight on Mario! Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is coming out on August 29th. The video above spotlights Mario and shows off some of his battle attacks. There looks to be a lot of depth to Mario + Rabbids. In the Mario video, we see new abilities being unlocked, showcased, and even get a glimpse of the game’s…

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 8, 2017 – Imagine standing on the big stage, controller in hand. Everyone in the audience is cheering your name, and even more are watching live at home. After advancing through the tournament, you are about to start the finals. If you win this round, you will be named the Nintendo World Championships 2017 tournament winner. Your heart is beating. The competition begins…

If you are old - and we are talking born in the 70s - you probably remember playing a number of classic arcade games like Dig Dug, Pacman, and of course, Galaga. If you ever really enjoyed these early 80s and 90s games, you can now get a good number of them in the Namco Museum title which recently released on Nintendo Switch. Included in Namco Museum are the following titles: