Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase April 2024 April 18, 2024

Nintendo hosted a new preview event yesterday where they showcased some of the upcoming third-party developed titles coming to the Nintendo Switch. As is traditional for these Indie World events, Nintendo didn’t show any of their upcoming first-party titles, but there were still plenty of high-quality upcoming games.

All games shown are coming to the Nintendo Switch.

Star Wars: Outlaws Release Date April 11, 2024

Since the release of Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars games have had a bit of a resurgence. Ubisoft’s highly anticipated Star Wars game FINALLY has a release date and a fantastic new single-player trailer to go along with it. Take a look!

Star Wars Outlaws is coming August 30th, 2024 to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

visionOS 1.1.2 Released April 9, 2024

A minor but important update has just been released for the Apple Vision Pro. No new features are listed in the official notes for the update but we can expect it to include the typical bug fixes and optimizations that traditionally come with an Apple device update.

At this time there does not appear to be a sister update for either the iPad or iPhone.

Major Campaign to Stop Games Being Shut Down Launched April 2, 2024

The prophecy that was originally foreseen by writers such as anakronos has come to be. So many games sold today have online requirements to play. Publishers have claimed this is so they could implement features in the games that they would not be able to otherwise, but we all know that is a lie. But what happens when a major publisher makes a conscious decision to stop supporting the games they forced online requirements onto, making games we’ve purchased and paid full retail price for impossible to resume using for no other reason then that they don’t want us to? In most major nations, such as the US, this is somehow legal. Sadly, the technology to do this is relatively new, and the companies that are forcing these functions into the games they make are betting on the fact most lawmakers aren’t technologically inclined, and won’t write new laws to prevent them from doing whatever they want.

Ubisoft has recently announced they are ending support for the game The Crew, which has twelve million copies sold. Due to the fact that this is a game with a completely arbitrary online-only requirement, Ubisoft’s decision to end support for the game will make all twelve million copies of it completely unplayable. This is a future many gamers foresaw, but sadly, a collective round of “Told You So” is not going to cut it.

Starting today, one man has launched a legal volley against Ubisoft for their poor decision with the hope that it will force Ubisoft and other major publishers to rethink their anti-consumer positions. Ross Scott, host of the online review show Ross’s Game Dungeon, has begun a worldwide legal campaign to force governments to write laws to put an end to this shameful practice. Let’s hear what he has to say:

If you want to see what you can do to send a message to the gaming industry, and shine a light on just how bad it is to be a gaming consumer today to the rest of the world, visit the website StopKillingGames.com. See you all there!

Stellar Blade Demo Released on PS5 March 30, 2024

If there’s one upcoming game for the PS5 that has been drawing a lot of positive goodwill from gamers, it’s the game Stellar Blade. Billed as a post-apocalyptic action-RPG by a Korean developer, Stellar Blade has just released a free demo on the PlayStation Network that anyone can download and play. Here’s the latest gameplay trailer.

The developer says that players of the demo will get a special in-game surprise if they bring their demo save file to the full version of the game.

Stellar Blade is coming April 26th, 2024 exclusively to PS5.

Inside Final Fantasy VII – Rebirth March 28, 2024

Square Enix has just released a four-part documentary about the making of the recently released Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. This game had the distinction of being the second component of a three-part HD Remake of one of the greatest games of all time. Grab some popcorn for this one, folks, and enjoy.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is out now exclusively for the PS5.

VisionOS 1.1.1, iOS, iPadOS 17.4.1 Released March 21, 2024

Apple has been busy. A minor update has just been released to most of their portable devices earlier today. The new update is 17.4.1 for iPhone and iPad, and 1.1.1 for Vision Pro. No new features are referenced in the update, so it likely includes general bug fixes and optimizations.

There does not appear to be an update for Apple Watch, Apple TV or Mac at this time. Depending on your device, the update could weigh in around 450MB.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Announcement Trailer March 18, 2024

Big news coming out of EVO Japan today! We got our first official look at the next FATAL FURY game.

Originally developed by SNK for NEO GEO arcade machines, the FATAL FURY titles have been a staple of 2D arcade fighting games. Now, SNK has revealed their cast for the English and Japanese games. Let’s take a look:

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolf is coming in 2025.

Happy Mario Day 2024! March 10, 2024

It’s March 10th, 2024, Happy Mario Day, everyone!

VisionOS 1.1, tvOS 17.4, WatchOS 10.4 and Mac 14.4 Released March 8, 2024

Apple has released important updates for the devices they did not release updates for earlier this week. The biggest update is VisionOS 1.1, which promises major improvements to the Persona scanning feature.

WatchOS, tvOS, and Mac have also got important updates full of new features and bug fixes.