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During last week's Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, we learned Grounded and Pentiment, two Xbox titles, are coming to Switch, Disney Epic Mickey was getting the remaster treatment, Penny's Big Breakaway is now available, and more. You can check out our full rundown of everything announced during the Partner Showcase here. However, Reynatis, a really cool-looking action game set in a modern-day Tokyo, was not shown.  It appeared during the Japanese version of the Partner Showcase, though, and the game quickly picked up steam online, thanks to its cool visual style, over-the-top action, and music by Final Fantasy XV composer Yoko Shimomura. Despite its absence on the English version of the Partner Showcase, we now know Reynatis is coming West later this year.  Specifically, it's due out this fall on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam, as...

Nier series creator Yoko Taro reportedly teased a third Nier game during the Nier: Orchestra Concert earlier this month. As reported by Eurogamer, during the concert, which celebrated the Nier series' music in London, Taro apparently made a surprise appearance and asked for people to clap and cheer as loudly as they could so that Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu – in attendance – could hear the demand for more Nier, according to one fan at the event.  However, the biggest tease of the night came from an on-screen word that appeared multiple times throughout "the story of the show," SanTheSly, the fan in attendance, writes on ResetEra.  "[The] word REPENT was shown repeatedly as part of some dialogue," SanTheSly writes. "The final instance was spelled as R3PENT. Both me and the person I'd gone with picked up on it...

Japanese outlet Nikkei is reporting that the Switch successor, or "Switch 2" as it's been dubbed colloquially within the games industry, is targeting a March 2025 launch, according to VideoGamesChronicle. This report follows earlier reporting from VGC and other outlets like Eurogamer that Nintendo's next console was originally targeting a 2024 launch before being pushed internally to the first quarter of 2025, which lines up with Nikkei's latest reporting.  VGC reports that Nikkei writes, "Priority was given to ensure the initial inventory of the successor console and a lineup of software titles at the time of its launch" to curb the possibility of a stock shortage similar to what the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S experienced back in 2020. Following previous reports, Nikkei also writes that Nintendo's next console will be a hybrid home console-portable device like the Switch with a larger screen.  Finally, Nikkei writes the internal target...

Nintendo has brought back a ton of its smaller franchises in the last few years, but there are still several obscure series we’d love to see make a comeback on Nintendo Switch, or its successor. ...

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IGN Fan Fest 2024 Day 1 has come to an end and it featured big reveals, trailers, interviews, and more from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Invincible, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Trek: Discovery, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution, and much more. Check out the biggest moments right here....

Developer Team Ninja has released a new behind-the-scenes video for the upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive, Rise of the Rōnin, and it features new gameplay showing off the game's tough and fast action combat. Unsurprisingly, the game continues to look great.  This new look at the game's action features conversation from game producer and director Fumihiko Yasuda and animation lead Kosuke Wakamatsu discussing how Team Ninja approached the combat. They say it started with determining the different ideologies within Rōnin history, why certain individuals fought the way they did, and how that translates to a game aiming to be authentic to the Bakumatsu history.  Check it the new Rise of the Rōnin gameplay for yourself below:  Yasuda and Wakamatsu discuss the Bakamutsu period of Japan's history and how the introduction of Western weapons, like firearms, dramatically changed the way Rōnin...

Death Stranding hit PlayStation 4 exclusively back in 2019 before launching on PC with a Director's Cut in 2020. As we await Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, which is due out on PlayStation 5 in 2025, Disney Plus has dropped a documentary that might tide fans over. Titled Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds, this film "explores the creative process behind Hideo Kojima launching his independent studio up to the completion of Death Stranding."  It was announced last year before debuting at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival but starting today, you can stream it on Disney Plus.  Documentary film "HIDEO KOJIMA: CONNECTING WORLDS" Exclusively streaming on #DisneyPlus starting TODAY!🎬 This film explores the creative process behind Hideo Kojima launching his independent studio up to the completion of DEATH STRANDING 👀#DeathStranding #HideoKojima pic.twitter.com/XOaTi6WuF9 — KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS (Eng) (@KojiPro2015_EN) February 23, 2024 We haven't yet watched it but...

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth hits PlayStation 5 exclusively on February 29, but reviews for Square Enix's latest entry in its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy dropped yesterday. We enjoyed the game a lot, and you can read about why in Game Informer's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth review. It turns out, a lot of reviewers enjoyed the game too, because at the time of this writing, it's the second-highest rated game in the Final Fantasy series on Metacritic, as noted by video game sales analyst Benji-Sales on X (formerly Twitter).  Currently sitting at a 93 on Metacritic, which aggregates various reviews into a single Metacritic score, only one other Final Fantasy game has been rated higher: Final Fantasy IX on PlayStation 1. It has a 94 on Metacritic. There’s only 6 Final Fantasy games that have gone above a 90 Metacritic score. 94- Final...

Last month was filled with new releases and many of them turned out to be hits with players, according to the latest Circana U.S. Video Game Market Highlights report, which tracks video game-related spending for each month of the year. While Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III took home the top spot for best-selling games of January 2024 in the U.S., various new releases cracked into the top 10.  That includes Tekken 8, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, Persona 3 Reload, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Here's what the top 10 best-selling games of last month look like:  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Tekken 8 Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Persona 3 Reload Madden NFL 24 Hogwarts Legacy (this was the best-selling game of 2023) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth EA Sports FC 24 The...