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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As part of the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Nintendo announced that five classic titles from esteemed British game studio Rare are coming to Nintendo Switch. Subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack don’t have to wait to play the games, either, as they’re all launching …
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If you watched only one run from 2024’s Awesome Games Done Quick event, it was almost certainly Peanut Butter the dog playing Gyromite–putting ROB to shame with his flawless navigation in the pursuit of victory and cheese. Training a dog to do anything isn’t easy, and training a Shiba Inu …
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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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Tetris, one of the most popular and recognizable games of all time, has finally been “beaten.” The person to do it more than 30 years after the game’s release? 13-year-old Willis Gibson from Oklahoma. Gibson uploaded a video of his achievement to YouTube, and it’s quite a sight to behold. …
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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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The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy Boxed Set celebrates nearly four decades of gorgeous artwork by the legendary designer and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano. This collector’s edition art book set released last month at a retail price of $200, but Final Fantasy fans can already save big at Amazon. The …
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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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Awesome Games Done Quick has presented some amazing speedruns in the past, as it has featured everything from relay races to custom-made Mario games to blindfolded Punch-Out. There’s another first-time-ever run coming to AGDQ 2024 in January, and honestly, this year’s show has already gone to the dogs. X user …
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During the September Nintendo Direct, Nintendo announced a reimagining of the classic NES game Contra for Nintendo Switch. Contra Operation Galuga is coming to Switch in 2024, with WayForward developing and Konami publishing. The game has new weapons, enemies, and super attacks, Nintendo said. There is also a four-player co-op …
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