Interview: Ikaruga’s beloved developer Treasure on keeping games old-school forever Posted byby GamesBeat June 8, 2018 6 min Treasure won. Masato Maegawa and his crew of arcade game obsessives tore out of Konami in 1993 to start their own company. To make... Continue Reading 6 min
Nintendo Switch eShop Japanese purchases carry over to the U.S. store Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 10, 2017 1 min Nintendo’s different digital-gaming stores for the various regions around the world are all linked together, and buying a game in one will count as... Continue Reading 1 min
Nintendo Switch: How to get Blaster Master, Dragon Quest, and other Japanese eShop games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 4, 2017 2 min The Nintendo Switch is out, and let’s say you want a little Blaster Master action to go along with your adventures in Breath of... Continue Reading 2 min
Nintendo’s Wii U could become the next big home for indie console developers (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat March 25, 2014 10 min GamesBeat met with Damon Baker, Nintendo's senior manager of licensing marketing, to discuss this new indie content initiative -- and the concept of an open-platform Nintendo blew our minds. Continue Reading 10 min
Nintendo updates 3DS firmware to improve download features Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 26, 2013 1 min Nintendo adds a few small improvements to its 3D handheld. Continue Reading 1 min
How some of the weirdest parts of Zelda II compare to other games in the series Posted byby GamesBeat November 22, 2012 1 min Zelda II looks a little out of place next to its brothers. Check out these visual comparisons. Continue Reading 1 min
Indie devs: Quality content trumps following trends, free-to-play ‘is kind of a slum’ Posted byby GamesBeat July 11, 2012 3 min Indie devs trumpet the importance of quality content, ridicule free-to-play gaming. Continue Reading 3 min