Nintendo is adding Mario Party 3 to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack library today, October 26. The minigame title features a few firsts for the franchise: the introduction of Story mode as well as Waluigi and Daisy’s inclusion as playable characters. Mario Party 3 isn’t tied down to …
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During QuakeCon 2023, executive producer Marty Stratton and game director Hugo Martin announced that the 1997 shooter Quake 2 had been ported to modern consoles with updated graphics, cross-play, and much more. Quake 2 will still have all of its original features, such as the single-player campaign, expansions that include …
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The original Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64 might not be as famed as its sequel Melee, but it has a hardcore fanbase all the same. One of those fans, Cody Daniels, got the chance to play a bit of Smash 64 with President Barack Obama as part of a …
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Popular streamer Nutty has created a widget to allow their viewers to play the Ocarina of Time from within the chat. Nutty created the widget themselves, with the intention of ensuring their viewers are still entertained, even during bathroom breaks. The streamer recently shared a video on Twitter showcasing the …
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Of all the games that could have been announced for a remake this year, Crystal Dynamics’ 1995 game about a wise-cracking, TV-obsessed gecko, Gex, was not high on my list. But thanks to Limited Run games and its Carbon Engine technology, that’s exactly what we’re getting. The Gex Trilogy will …
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Some of the developers who helped create Rare’s iconic Banjo-Kazooie series have commented on the possibility of another entry in the series, and they aren’t totally hopeful about it. Grant Kirkhope, the composer of Banjo’s theme music, told VGC that a third mainline entry in the series may never happen …
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Banjo-Kazooie is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, June 29, 2023. Below, we look back at how it created the model for bad habits that would ultimately hurt the genre. Perhaps only second to Super Mario 64 in the N64’s litany of excellent platformers, Banjo-Kazooie combines the wide-open levels of its …
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Quake II Remastered has been rated by the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea, despite not being officially announced. Spotted by Gematsu, the rating includes a description of the game which says that Quake II is “an FPS game that wages war against the hostile alien race, Strogg, who …
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Phil Spencer, the CEO of Xbox Game Studios, was seen wearing a Hexen: Beyond Heretic t-shirt during the recent Xbox Games Showcase, but he swears he wasn’t teasing anything. “Wearing the shirt wasn’t as much about a tease forward as it was just about the nostalgia,” Spencer said during an …
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John Romero, the co-creator of Doom and Wolfenstein and one of the originators of the First Person Shooter, is releasing a new autobiography on July 18, aptly titled Doom Guy: Life In First Person. Preorders for the hardcover edition are available for $27.49 at Amazon, or you can pre-purchase the …
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