Earthbound Just before starting the Nintendo World Championships, Nintendo dropped a bombshell with the announcement that the highly anticipated prequel to cult-classic RPG Earthbound will finally be released on the Wii U's Virtual Console.  Earthbound Beginnings, known as Mother in Japan, has never received an international release and was only available on the Famicom.  This is definitely…

Super Smash Three more characters have joined the cast of Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS.  Lucas from Mother 3, Roy from Fire Emblem, and Ryu from Street Fighter are all available for purchase now.  Lucas and Roy make their long awaited returns from Brawl and Melee respectively with all of their familiar…

Bloodstained Now reigning as the most heavily-funded video game on Kickstarter, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has blown past Obsidian's $3.9 million campaign for Pillars of Eternity (formerly Project Eternity) with a grand total of $5,545,991.  Bloodstained is a spiritual successor to the exploration-based Castlevania games, such as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and is being…

Hyrule Warriors It looks like Nintendo has one less surprise for E3 as a reveal trailer for a 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors was recently spotted on Koei Tecmo's official Youtube channel.  The trailer was marked as hidden, meaning that it could only be viewed by the owners of the channel or someone who knew the…

Heroes of the Storm With Blizzard's crossover MOBA game, Heroes of the Storm, having recently launched, there has been a big push to get it into the public eye and the latest example is the announcement of the Eternal Conflict event.  Eternal Conflict will be a number of content updates for the game based around…

Witcher 3 Fans of Game of Thrones really hope that George R.R. Martin and the creators of the TV series will decide to keep Tyrion Lannister alive all the way to the end - and maybe even end the whole saga with him on the Iron Throne. Well, I've got some bad news for you:…

Crisis Infinite Crisis, the DC Comics-inspired MOBA that launched in March of this year, has already announced on its official website that it will be closing up shop.  On August 14th, the game will be completely shut down and rendered unplayable.  The servers will stay up in the meantime, but there will not be any…

Super Smash It looks like the next batch of downloadable content for Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS is gearing up as a new Mii Fighter costume set was revealed on the official Super Smash Bros website. This new outfit is based on the musical canine K. K. Slider from the Animal Crossing series.  The…

Need For Speed EA has confirmed the next Need For Speed game will be a full reboot of the racing franchise. After a week of teases, developer Ghost Games confirmed the new title will launch later this year for Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC. Ghost aren't keen on sharing a huge amount of details…

Costume Frederator Studios, an independent animation studio, has announced a collaboration with Double Fine, an independent game developer, to create an eleven-minute short based on the game Costume Quest.  Costume Quest is a short but sweet RPG themed around Halloween conceived by Double Fine's former lead animator Tasha Sounart.  It was released digitally in 2010 on…