Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1 on Blu-ray $24 (was $40) | Releases October 8 Preorder at Amazon Netflix’s Castlevania animated series is one of the best video game adaptations, and soon fans of the stylish animated series can complete their Blu-ray collection with Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1. The sequel to the …
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Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’s release is tomorrow, where players can play as the titular character for the first time in the main series. Here, Zelda finds herself on a quest to save Link and the kingdom of Hyrule. Aiding her is the fairy Tri, who entrusts …
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In the ’80s, some of the classic arcade characters weren’t always called by the names that we know them by today. Pac-Man was originally Puck Man, which was changed in America because of how easily that name could have been defaced into an expletive. Even Mario was internally called Mr. …
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Nintendo has added a new batch of classic games to the Nintendo Switch Online service. Subscribers now have access to three additional Game Boy titles, including Super Mario Land, which has been conspicuously absent from the service up until now. Notable for being the first Super Mario game developed without …
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This year’s finalists for the Strong Museum’s Video Game Hall of Fame have been announced, highlighting another selection of influential titles. Like previous years, the nominees include games from across multiple eras, including classics like Asteroids, Elite, and Metroid. Released in 1979, Asteroids made the list for its challenging gameplay …
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Billy Mitchell, the competitive arcade gamer and former Donkey Kong world record holder, has settled his feud with arcade scorekeeping website Twin Galaxies, with the latter reinstating his records–albeit as a “historical database.” Courthouse News Service reported last week that Mitchell’s lawsuit against Twin Galaxies reached a confidential settlement, months …
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When it was announced last month that Sony and Nintendo would be teaming up to finally make a live-action Legend of Zelda film, the fan frenzy hit the fan with dream casts and what game the movie should be like. While director Wes Ball hasn’t specified what game the movie …
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As soon as the news of a movie adaptation of The Legend of Zelda broke, there was one question that swept the discourse: Should series protagonist Link speak? A lot of people are very passionate about the possibility of the movie putting a voice in the head of the perennially …
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What’s better than playing Galaga on an arcade cabinet? Playing Galaga on a tiny arcade cabinet. That’s right, one of the most influential games of its era is headed back to arcades (for the millionth time), albeit in a more compact form that won’t hog space in your home or …
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If you’ve seen the Super Mario Bros. Movie during its theatrical run, you know there’s far more to Mario’s power-ups than the iconic red mushroom that turns him from a little guy into a tall (sort of) plumber man. Now, the cast of the movie has gone ahead and broken …
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