The story behind Nintendo’s betrayal of Sony — and how it created its fiercest rival
The following is an excerpt from Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan. It should have been a coup. On May 28,...
Flip Grip makes it easy to play arcade shooters and classics on Switch
The game merchandise company Fangamer has teamed up with the retro gaming podcast Retronauts to create the Flip Grip, a device that makes it easy...
Why Ubisoft needs 12,000 game developers
If Vivendi had succeeded in its hostile takeover of Ubisoft, you can bet the French video game publisher wouldn’t still have 14,000 employees, including...
May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...
Nintendo scored biggest with Super Smash Bros. on Twitter during E3
Nintendo won the social media war, as measured by Twitter, during last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los...
Pokémon Quest catches 2.5 million downloads on Switch
Pokémon Quest has had over 2.5 million downloads on Nintendo Switch since May 29, according to a tweet from the Japanese official Pokémon Twitter account...
Mario Tennis Aces review impressions — a fighting game for everyone
Mario Tennis Aces is one of my biggest surprises of the year. I’ve enjoyed some of Nintendo’s sports games in the past, but those...
Pokémon Go finally gets trading and a friends list, rolls out this week
Niantic announced today that Pokémon Go will soon be getting two big features: Pokémon trading and a friends list. These have been requests from...
How Nintendo approached E3 2018: quality, esports, and immediate gratification
It was time that Nintendo held a big show at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and revealed a lot of new games. But this...
At E3 2018, too many companies ruined their own shots at the spotlight
For decades, a game theory called the “prisoner’s dilemma” has explained why people who work together do better overall than those who scheme against...