The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware sales charts are in from sales tracker Famitsu. The best-selling system this week is once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold 60,942 units, while the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles continue to face stock issues. The top ten was almost entirely dominated by
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Image: Digital Schoolhouse Digital Schoolhouse, a UK-based initiative from Ukie which introduces play-based learning to the school curriculum, has teamed up with Nintendo UK and Outright Games to expand its primary school Esports program. After a successful pilot scheme last year, a new nationwide tournament consisting of Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Race
The hard working team at Digital Foundry have been putting the newly released Sonic Colors Ultimate through its paces, and while they admit that it is not perfect, they are fairly pleased with the results. The worst offender out of all the platforms is sadly the Nintendo Switch version, which is bizarre given how well
Update: It has now been announced that My Singing Monsters Playground will launch on Switch on 9th November, and there’s even a brand new gameplay trailer (up above) to prove it. It’ll cost $39.99 when it launches in a couple of months’ time, and Switch is being treated to a physical version courtesy of Sold
Today, The Pokemon Company announced that the latest Pokemon film Pokemon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle will debut in the west on Netflix this October. Accompanying this announcement, The Pokemon Company revealed that if you sign up for the Pokemon Trainer Club newsletter by creating a free Pokemon Trainer Club account (here) and opt
This writer didn’t know that smartphone rings are a thing, but apparently they exist to help you “hold your phone, or rotate the ring so you can use it as a kickstand”. A kickstand we can definitely get behind, especially if it’s more sturdy than the original Switch model’s little strip of plastic. Images: Nintendo
Advertisements If you’ve been wondering which games are the most wished for in Japan at the moment then look no further than Weekly Famitsu’s most wanted charts. These charts cover games across multiple platforms and the votes for the latest charts were cast by Japanese users between 19th August, 2021 and 25th August, 2021. The
Image: Mojang The physical chart data for week ending 4th September is now in for the UK market, and in the absence of notable non-digital releases an old stager has re-taken top spot. Yes, it’s Minecraft. As a reminder, the UK charts give the physical Switch iteration its own entry, so every week it spends
Indie title Stardew Valley has been a huge hit and rightfully so as it is an excellent game as most of those who have played it can testify. The game’s hard-working creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone recently revealed that he’s now focussed on his next game, which he describes as a new pixel-art adventure featuring a
Image: SEGA There have been a lot of key figures moving about in the Japanese video game industry in recent times, and the latest individual now making headlines is the art director of Jet Set Radio, Ryuta Ueda. After spending nearly a decade at Yahoo! Japan, Ueda announced in a Facebook post how he returned
The team at Digital Foundry have been busy checking out the latest batch of games and giving their undisputed opinions on how well the tech is used and how well the game is optimised for the platform it is running on. The latest game in their itinerary is SUDA51’s long-awaited Switch exclusive No More Heroes
Image: @TheNCSmaster Obviously, the big rumour doing the rounds this week is about Nintendo potentially bringing Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to the Switch Online service very soon. Following on from a podcast about this, we confirmed with our own sources Nintendo’s most famous handheld was making a return and this was yesterday
Nintendo has leaked the full box-art for the upcoming brawler Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl on the Nintendo Switch eShop and in doing so have revealed four more characters which will join the fray. The unannounced characters are Aang from the classic Avatar: The Last Airbender animation and Korra from the Legend of Korea series. There’s also
If you’ve not picked up the Star Wars games yet you might want to hold out for a bit. According to the USK ratings board, two double packs will be getting a release on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in the near future. The first pack is the Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection –
SEGA is on a roll as the company has announced yet another downloadable content character for their upcoming Monkey Ball extravaganza Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania. The latest character is Suezo from the Monster Rancher series which is known in Japan as Monster Farm. The franchise is developed by the team at Koei Tecmo. Suezo will
Image: Inti Creates Apart from the announcement of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 for Switch and multiple other platforms, Inti Creates has also provided an update about Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 during this year’s BitSummit event. It has now narrowed down the launch window from “2022” to “summer” next year. It’s not much, but
The Pokemon Company has announced this evening that pre-registration for the iOS and Android versions of Pokemon UNITE have now topped five million. To celebrate this momentous achievement for the Pokemon MOBA players will be able to claim the Festival Style: Pikachu Holowear pictured above. The official Pokemon UNITE blog says that players will be