Gaming insider Jeff Grubb has responded to recent rumours of a successor to theNintendo Switchand confirmed that he’s heard some unverified claims of an announcement later this year. Over the past few days, rumours of a successor to the Switch have started picking up again, giving everyone horrible flashbacks to years of hearing about the Switch Pro.The most recent rumour came from a leaker who managed to get all of the details right from the most recent Pokemon Presents, who said that Scarlet & Violet will get a graphics update on “new Switch models”....

Over the last few decades, we’ve seen many gaming IPs enter the racing genre. Some, like Crash Bandicoot and Diddy Kong, have done well, while others have been notable stinkers. (South Park Rally, anyone?) The simple fact is that none of these games would have existed if not forMario Kart. RELATED:Mario Kart: Greatest Classic Tracks The series has expanded notably over the years with new karts, new tracks, and lots of new characters....

As you dive into theMega Man Battle Networkgames thanks to the Legacy Collection, you may be wondering what order you should play in. Thanks to the simple nature of the combat, the stories,and the fantastic main hero, you could realistically jump into any game in any order. Related:Mega Man: Robot Masters That Would Make Perfect Best Friends However, there is aloosely connected coming-of-age storyrunning throughout the series and some significant shifts in the quality of life of the gameplay across the entries....

Mortal Kombatfans think that the reveal trailer forMortal Kombat 1contains several hints that suggest that Mileena is the queen of Edenia in Liu Kang’s universe. After years of waiting to hear what NetherRealm Studios was working on,last week it finally confirmed that its next game is Mortal Kombat 1, which takes place in a universe that’s been built by Fire God Liu Kang. The trailer was brief and mostly served to set the tone, but it showed enough that fans have already started crafting theories about the reimagined cast....

March of the Machine may just represent the biggest narrative climax inMagic: The Gathering’sstoried history. Surpassing even War of the Spark in its dizzying Multiversal magnitude, the set shows us New Phyrexia’s attempt to make war on life itself and the brave resistance offered in response from the many Planes they set their eyes on. RELATED:Magic: The Gathering – The Best Cards For Standard In March Of The Machine In a war fought across such far-reaching battlefields, it was inevitable that some familiar faces would appear....

More than a year afterNintendoannounced it would beshutting down its 3DS and Wii U stores, the day is finally upon us. Later today, support for both online stores will end and you’ll be unable to buy games from them. If there’s something you’ve had your eye on, buy it now before it’s too late, and wave goodbye to the3DSbag guy while you’re at it.For more than a decade, people buying games through the 3DS eShop have been met by a smiling shopping bag every time they’ve made a purchase....

The originalFallouthas gone open source, with the release ofFallout Community Edition. As well as making the classic RPG playable on mobile devices, it will also make it much easier to modify, with fan-made patches and quality-of-life improvements already planned. This comes courtesy of creator Alex Batalov, who backwards engineered the entire first Fallout game to make this release possible. Thanks to these efforts, classic Fallout could now be shown the love it deserves, with the first few entries in the series being largely forgotten by the IP owner,Bethesda....

Two minutes after launching Peridot, I knew it was something special. The game wastes no time in hatching your first dot, and no sooner had I laid eyes on my adorable little cuddle bug - a sparkly, cheetah-printed creature I named Shoosh - than I started sending pictures of it to all my friends. Peridot’s adorable interactive creatures are the culmination of all of Niantic’s AR work on Pokemon GO, but with a focus on Tamagotchi-style pet maintenance and social media engagement....

For a lot of you reading, chances are you have a loose copy of eitherPokemon Red or Bluerattling around in your attic or basement somewhere back from when you were a kid. If you do, it’s also highly likely you have a team of Pokemon sat on that game that you raised and had to abandon due to the lack of trading functionality between generations. The same goes for all of the other GameBoy games like Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal, each one unable to support the cross generation trading seen in all of the later titles....

Asthe wait for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s DLCcontinues, more of what you’ll be able to do in the meantime has been revealed. The nextPokemongetting a seven-star Tera raid has been announced. Decidueye, and the Grass and Ghost-type’s raid will begin next week on March 16.Decidueye follows in Pikachu’s seven-star raid footsteps afterthe gen-one Pokemon got a difficult raidto celebrate Pokemon day at the end of last month. Much like Pikachu, the Tera raid Decidueye can only be caught once per save, but you will be able to participate in the raid, and potentially help others, as many times as you like....

The main story ofRed Dead Redemption 2lets you play as the iconic cowboy Arthur Morgan, an outlaw and gang member on the run after a heist gone awry. As you progress through the story, you will unlock various cities, towns, and general stores that all contain unique clothing options that allow you to customize Arthur to your liking. Since the game has a built-in reputation system, you may be inclined to differentiate your outfits depending on your playthrough to reflect on your overall reputation....

News thatHarry Potteris getting aHBOtelevision reboot feels emblematic of where our current media culture is right now. Harry Potter is now a highly controversial franchise, thanks almost entirely to creator JK Rowling’s stance on trans people, which in turn has dredged up the problematic undertones of her Jewish-caricature bankers and Asian characters named Cho Chang who is excellent at Maths, or Irish character Seamus Finnegan who is stupid, dirty, and often causes explosions while trying to brew alcohol....

Max Paynefans still have a couple of years to wait for the previously announced Max Payne 1 + 2 Remake, the devs have officially revealed. According toRemedy, the project is still very early in development, as most of the studio’s resources have been consumed by the upcomingAlan Wake 2. In afinancial 2022 annual report, the Finnish game developer clarified that, as of now, the Max Payne 1 & 2 Remake is still in a concept phase, with only a small team at Remedy having been dedicated to its gameplay concepts throughout the previous year....