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Nintendo announced a Direct for tomorrow, September 4th, earlier today. The Direct will be at 5pm central time and feature roughly 40 minutes of Nintendo goodness. What will the Direct be about? What do I predict we’ll see? Thats what this column is about: the predictions! Tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct will be roughly 40 minutes long and be focused on 2019 games! But I have a feeling thats not all we’ll see. Here are my Nintendo Direct predictions. I think we…

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has firmly established itself as the leading first-person shooter within the flourishing esports sector after vanquishing rival title Call of Duty. This month, CS:GO achieved its highest average player count of all time and it continues to go from strength to strength, seven years after it was launched. It has enjoyed remarkable longevity in the fickle gaming industry and that is mainly a result of its success within the competitive gaming scene. These are the top five…

Last week, Nintendo of Canada gave us the opportunity to play with the new Nintendo Switch Lite, and a number of their upcoming first party titles, including the much anticipated Luigi’s Mansion 3. Although I’ve never played Luigi’s Mansion personally, my wife has been a big fan ever since the original launched on the Nintendo GameCube. Although Luigi’s Mansion 2 didn’t grab her in the same way the original did, there is definite hype in our household for the third…

With nearly 17% of Americans considering themselves as geeks, what better way to embrace their inner nerdiness than with an entire space dedicated to it. This can include your favorite games, consoles, comics, and rare memorabilia along with your favorite movies. Not to mention, every serious gamer knows how important their atmosphere is to their performance. But dreaming up the perfect room and creating it are two very different things. Here’s how to create the ultimate geek den of every…

Last weekend, PlayStation invited us to a sneak preview of their Fan Expo booth in Toronto and a chance to experience a wide range of PlayStation titles either recently released or coming out in the near future. By far the biggest names among these were Marvel’s Iron Man VR, a PSVR exclusive slated to come out this fall, and Final Fantasy VIII – Remastered which comes out September 3rd. It was quite a treat to be able to experience these and other PlayStation games before their release, and the PlayStation booth at Fan Expo was the perfect venue for them.

I’ve been playing the Dragon Quest 11 S demo for Nintendo Switch a lot lately. Check out my first impressions of the demo here. But the DQ demo is so long, ten hours long, that I have more thoughts on it! What do I think of Dragon Quest 11 S for the Nintendo Switch so far? Sidenote: check out the Gamescom Dragon Quest S video below for a look at the game, even the awesome 2D mode! I have eight…

Istanbul is a very in depth game that can turn off potential players early on with the many nuances and things to consider when trying to figure out the best path to victory. While Istanbul is a fantastic experience, the worker placement actions do put it out of reach for some gamers. Enter Istanbul: The Dice Game, a streamlined version of the original that plays relatively quickly, and is easy to teach. The goal of the game is to obtain…

GamesReviews.com has previously reviewed Mutant Road Zero: Road to Eden for the Xbox One. Please check out that review! However the game has now arrived on the Nintendo Switch and I am taking a look at that version. How is Mutant Road Zero: Road to Eden on the Switch? I wasn’t sure if I liked Mutant Road Zero at first. I haven’t played a lot of games like it. I’ve heard of XCom and I played a little bit of…

A demo for Dragon Quest 11 S Definitive Edition was released today! You can download it now on the NA, EU, and JP eshops. I haven’t finished the demo yet, but I wanted to talk about what I’ve played so far. How is Dragon Quest 11 on the Nintendo Switch? There is a demo out for Dragon Quest 11 S Definitive Edition right now on the Nintendo Switch eshops! This really made my day. I’m a huge Dragon Quest fan…

Nintendo had their Indie World Showcase video today. You can check it out below and please come back for some thoughts from me about the showcase. The Indie World Showcase for 8.19.2019 was just ok. I suppose my expectations were too high. I think my expectations are always too high about all of these Directs, Indie or otherwise. So I was expecting some pretty big surprises and we didn’t get that. Ori and the Blind Forest wasn’t a big surprise…