Rare’s 1998 Nintendo 64 action-platformer Banjo-Kazooie is coming to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription service on Jan. 20, Nintendo announced Tuesday. It’s the 11th Nintendo 64 game for Nintendo’s premium tier of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription…

Game publisher Take-Two Interactive is acquiring Zynga, the mobile and social games giant responsible for FarmVille, Words with Friends, and CSR Racing, in a deal valued at $12.7 billion, the companies announced Monday. The deal is one of the biggest…

You can have a total of three cabins in Stardew Valley, and they’re designed for co-op play. Players will often use them to store items or machinery, because cabins have more interior space than sheds while taking up a similarly…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ villagers have decided to put their clothes back on. Yes, Nintendo has issued a fix for a bug that let villagers roam around naked. Players started noticing the glitch in December, and it seemed to apply…

Nintendo’s latest Indie World stream is full of great news for fans of excellent games from independent developers. On Wednesday, Nintendo confirmed a long list of well-regarded releases and promising upcoming games for Nintendo Switch. That list includes games like…

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy-flavored take on the kart racer, Chocobo GP, is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 10, 2022, the publisher announced Tuesday. The release of Chocobo GP will end a two-decade-long drought of racing as Final Fantasy’s famous…

I never wanted to see the naked, tentacled body of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ cute pink octopus Marina, but now I have no choice. Thanks to the thorough work of Animal Crossing: New Horizons players, fans have discovered a new…

When the first Nintendo Direct for Animal Crossing: New Horizons premiered in 2020, fans were quick to speculate the meaning of a gravestone that appeared in one frame. Could the grave mark the death of Tortimer, the retired mayor of…

Searching for Animal Crossing design inspiration on Reddit and Twitter can be extremely intimidating, as these social platforms are flooded with gorgeous islands and homes. I’m regularly floored by the New Horizons players who create HGTV-level masterpieces, making use of…

While the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0 update added tons of new items, the Happy Home Paradise add-on seriously upgraded the way players design villager homes. The downloadable content not only gives players new opportunities to show off their design…

One of the most surprising things about Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is the way their cameras work. These remakes of 2006’s Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (originally on the Nintendo DS), bring back much of the content and the…

When I picked Turtwig — the adorable turtle-like grass-type — as my starter Pokémon in Pokémon Shining Pearl, I wondered if I had signed a death-wish. That’s because the original games, Pokémon Pearl and Diamond, had a unique problem: There…