Category: Nintendo

Action AND discovery? In this economy?

Whether you agree with the form or not, a live-action Zelda movie is in the works at Nintendo. What’s more, it’s being produced by none other than Sony Pictures. Yes, Sony. The PlayStation guys. Nintendo was the first to mention the project’s existence, but now it’s the time for the co-producers to drum up some hype and Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida is doing exactly that. Well, kind of.

At yesterday’s Sony CES 2024 press conference, Yoshida gave a rundown of all of the film and TV projects that the company’s Pictures arm is currently handling, which meant that Zelda had to get a shoutout. And a shoutout it got. Yes, according to the Sony CEO, The Legend of Zelda movie will deliver — are you ready for this? — “an amazing tale of adventure and discovery.” Try to contain your surprise as you lift your jaw up from the floor.

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Following last year’s policy debacle.

Last year, the video game software provider Unity copped a lot of backlash when it announced plans to impose a “runtime fee” pricing policy. Now, following the departure of the CEO and president, the latest update reveals Unity will cut “25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs”.

This information was revealed in a regulatory filing and internal memo earlier this week. It will reportedly be the software provider’s “largest layoff ever” with the whole process expected to be completed “by the end of March”.

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Become “super spy Agent7”.

If you’re looking for another GoldenEye 007-style game to play on the Nintendo Switch, you might want to check out The spy who shot me, which arrived on the eShop last week for just $7.99 / £7.19.

It’s a parody of James Bond-inspired and the “classic shooters” of the ’90s. While the obvious comparison is Rare’s legendary N64 title, some reviews on Steam also compare it to series like No One Lives Forever. It’s been available on Valve’s digital service since 2019 and has a “very positive” review rating.

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Plundered.

The Xbox and Microsoft rumours are flooding the news at the moment, aren’t they? And there’s another one sailing into view — Microsoft exclusive Sea of Thieves, developed by Rare, is reportedly being considered for Switch and PlayStation.

Giant Bomb and Game Mess Mornings host Jeff Grubb claims that he’s heard that “that was the one that might be coming to other platforms,” (via VGC). Speaking on Game Mess Mornings earlier today (above), 8th January, the host states that this, alongside rumours of an Xbox “critically-acclaimed” title also making the jump, shows that Microsoft “is kind of trying to rejigger its strategy”.

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Best easy Switch games.

Sometimes you just want to take it easy. Perhaps you’re looking to dip your toe into a new genre with unfamiliar mechanics, or you’re simply not in the headspace to go toe-to-toe with unforgiving, inscrutable games like Dark Souls, Hollow Knight, and their ilk.

If you’re looking for easy games for Nintendo Switch — games that remain engaging and interesting without needing to hand your own rear end repeatedly — we’ve lined up a selection of the easiest games on Switch below.

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Switch sales increase by 37% over November.

The latest GfK data puts EA Sports FC 24 at the top of the physical and digital pile for December 2023 for the UK (thanks, GamesIndustry).

Thanks to a bunch of sales and discounts, the latest entry in EA’s not-FIFA-but-still-basically-FIFA franchise took the lion’s share of 6.9 million digital and physical sales in the region, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III coming in second place, and Hogwarts Legacy in third.

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“You ever make it to King Koopa?”.

If you’ve hopped onto social media this morning, you’ve undoubtedly been inundated with coverage of the 81st Golden Globe Awards event. We’re here to add to that, because we’re nice, but also because it’s kind of, sort of relevant to Nintendo.

You see, when presenting the nominees for Best Original Song, artists Andra Day and Jon Batiste just couldn’t help but reminisce over playing Super Mario Bros. when they were younger. Hey, we’ve all been there, right? Okay, not while presenting an award at the Golden Globes, but maybe in line at a Starbucks.

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Platforms and release date TBA.

The manga and anime series Hunter x Hunter is getting a new fighting game and it’s being developed by Eighting and published by Bushiroad Games. It’s officially titled Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact.

Platforms and a release date haven’t been revealed just yet. It’s also unclear what type of fighting game it will be, but you can see Gon, Netero and Leorio getting ready to fight.

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“We tried our very best to avoid being in this position”.

Bossa Studios, the UK team behind the Surgeon Simulator series, has been forced to lay off around one-third of its staff at the end of 2023.

Co-founder Henrique Olifiers told GamesIndustry.biz it was the result of a “perfect storm of events” and the team tried very hard to “avoid being in this position”:

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Our favourite eShop games in from December!

Happy New Year lovely readers! It’s 2024, and with another fantastic year of Switch (and maybe Switch 2?) gaming ahead of us, we need to stop, think, and have one last look back at 2023 with eShop Selects this month!

December is usually a quiet month for game releases as publishers and developers make way for the holidays and take a well-earned rest. That doesn’t mean nothing dropped on the eShop, of course. We’re here to run down the best of December’s eShop offerings.

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