Category: Nintendo

  • New Nintendo Switch model has a longer battery life

    New Nintendo Switch model has a longer battery life

    Nintendo has announced a revised model of the Nintendo Switch that will feature a longer battery life. This is not to be confused with the more majorly overhauled Nintendo Switch Lite that was announced this time last week. Instead, this new model of the Nintendo Switch will be identical to the normal launch model of […]

  • Resident Evil 5 and 6 will launch for the Nintendo Switch on Tuesday 29th October

    Resident Evil 5 and 6 will launch for the Nintendo Switch on Tuesday 29th October

    During Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct presentation, the company announced that Resident Evil 5 and 6 were both being ported to the Switch, with a release planned for “Fall 2019”. Now, we know that both games will release on Tuesday 29th October. Resident Evil 5 was designed specifically for cooperative play, and it generally received positive […]

  • Fortnite update brings back the Epic and Legendary Tactical Shotgun

    Fortnite update brings back the Epic and Legendary Tactical Shotgun

    Fortnite’s v9.40 patch is now live on all platforms. The standout new addition is the return of the Epic and Legendary variants of the Tactical Shotgun, which will hit for 83 / 87 maximum damage at a rate of 1.5 shots per seconds, with a Headshot multiplier of 2.25. The weapon will be available from […]

  • Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew coming to Switch Online’s NES library

    Donkey Kong 3 and Wrecking Crew coming to Switch Online’s NES library

    Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will get two more NES games to play as part of their subscription next week, on Wednesday 17th July. The first of the two new additions is 1983’s Donkey Kong 3, which took the series into shooter territory. Players take control of a bloke called Stanley (where the bloody hell is […]

  • Nintendo Switch Lite announced by Nintendo

    Nintendo Switch Lite announced by Nintendo

    After much rumour and speculation, Nintendo has finally announced a new version of the Nintendo Switch. It’s called the Nintendo Switch Lite, and as expected, it is a smaller, cheaper version of the original console. Check out the launch trailer below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59yuBFRSZdg The Switch Lite will launch on Friday 20th September at a cost of […]

  • Tetris 99 to get an offline multiplayer DLC

    Tetris 99 to get an offline multiplayer DLC

    Tetris 99, the Nintendo Switch exclusive battle royale puzzler, is getting another offering of DLC later this year. It was back in February that Arika and Nintendo released the free online multiplayer version of the classic tile-matching puzzle game Tetris. A few months later in May, the game received it’s first add-on pack titled the […]

  • Epic details Fortnite’s summer event

    Epic details Fortnite’s summer event

    Epic Games has shared some details on Fortnite’s upcoming summer event. It’s called 14 Days of Summer, and funnily enough it will take place over a fourteen day period during Summer, even if the weather here in England isn’t exactly representative of Summer right now. Specifically, the event will run from Tuesday 25th June until […]

  • Dr. Mario World will release on Wednesday 10th July

    Dr. Mario World will release on Wednesday 10th July

    Dr. Mario World will be released for iOS and Android devices on Wednesday 10th July, Nintendo has confirmed. Ninty announced the release date in a new YouTube video for the game that also shows how the game will play. In a slight change from the usual Dr. Mario formula, medicine capsules will float upwards rather […]

  • Fortnite Update 9.30 is now live

    Fortnite Update 9.30 is now live

    Fortnite continues to receive weekly updates from Epic, designed to keep the game constantly feeling fresh. New update version 9.30 is live now on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. Update 9.30 has added a new item called the Chug Splash. This is a throwable item that heals players in the area […]

  • Everything announced during Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct presentation

    Everything announced during Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct presentation

    Nintendo has hit us with a barrage of gaming announcements during their Nintendo Direct presentation for E3 2019. To keep things simple for you we’ve compiled all of the information into one place. You’re welcome. Check out all of Nintendo’s announcements below: Ni no Kuni is coming to the Switch Ni no Kuni: Wrath of […]