Nintendo announced an agreement to purchase the developer this morning, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. The Vancouver-based studio has long been an ally of Nintendo’s. It developed the well-received Mario football spin-off Super Mario Strikers and its sequel for Wii, as well as the Wii iteration of Punch-Out!! In 2016, Next Level Games was memorably tasked with creating a Metroid spin-off largely without series star Samus, which resulted in the widely-panned Metroid Prime: Federation Force....

As you may guess, Labo Fit Adventure Kart is a mix of ideas and controllers from Nintendo Labo, Wii Fit, Ring Fit Adventure and Mario Kart, all baked together into a fun-looking arms and legs workout. Choi revealed his project last night in a polished Nintendo Direct-style video explaining how it all works - and there’s even a mascot for the game, which he has turned into an amiibo figurine....

It’s something underlined when Travis goes into an extended rant about how a director like Miike - a man whose most notorious film has its opening title spelled out in a splash of semen - went on to create the idol series Girl x Heroines in order to strengthen his production crew. It’s something Suda himself did with Travis Strikes Again, the stripped back spin-off he used to educate his young team before they set to work on a No More Heroes game proper....

Normally, we’d expect a next-generation GPU to perform within the same ballpark as the previous-gen part from the same tier. So for the RTX 3050, the hope is that we see performance in line with the outgoing RTX 2060, which remains a pretty strong choice for 1080p to 1440p gaming - and has the ability to use DLSS to boost performance significantly, often compensating for the extra strain caused by enabling ray tracing....

While Clan Elysium was the world’s first to complete the new raid in 1hr 43m and 55s, the second team included on the World’s First page - which finished the raid in 2hr 24m and 16s - has just five names listed. That’s because the sixth person, using the gamertag #BlackLivesDontMatter, has subsequently been banned and removed from the list. After having the name reported to him, senior community manager Dylan Gafner said “this breaks our Code of Conduct” and confirmed “the player in question will be banned” (thanks, PC Gamer)....

The news was revealed at Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase, though the game will be available on Xbox and PC (via Epic) as well as on Switch. The 1.0 release of Ooblets will include all previous content, as well as new locations, new quests, and the long-awaited conclusion to the main storyline. Ooblets was first released in early access in summer 2020, but what’s it about? Players will befriend little ooblet pals, renovate a farm, design a house, and participate in dance battles (obviously)....

Indeed, writing takes a backseat in Echoes of the Eye - as, rather unexpectedly, does spaceflight. Where Eurogamer’s best of 2019 saw you chasing clues from gravity well to gravity well, hurrying to make sense of a pocket solar system before the sun explodes and resets the game’s 22 minute timeloop, Echoes takes place almost entirely on one, mesmerising new world with its own, self-sealed mode of traversal. It’s the erstwhile home of an alien race whose language you don’t know, and whose torrid past you must accordingly glean from images that are equal parts Kodak Moment and found footage eeriness....

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, a sequel to developer Troika Games’ much-loved 2004 cult-classic RPG, was announced back in 2019 with a PC and console release expected the following year. Sequel-starved fans were delights at the news, particularly after it was confirmed Troika’s Brian Mitsoda would assist with writing duties - but first hints of development troubles surfaced later that year when Hardsuit announced the first of several delays....

In a series of messages shared on Twitter, Dandy @ 6.2 – who clarifies that they are “not a victim in this” but is “speaking out for a friend who IS a victim who otherwise felt like she had no voice” – posts a number of incriminating messages that intimate that despite reporting him, the alleged “sex pest” known as Charcoal Salamander had yet to be stripped of his “admin” role on the server....

Increasing your level not only allows you to unlock additional features, but gives you a trickle of reward items as you play. These include expanding your Pikmin squad and unlocking new Seedling types, and single use slots to grow them in. Our in-progress level rewards list gives you a look at the steps and other requirements needed to unlock Pikmin Bloom levels - and the rewards you earn along the way....

This latest exhibit-enhancing paid DLC - the seventh, following on from Planet Zoo’s Africa, Aquatic, Australia, Arctic, South America, and South East Asia Animal Packs - introduces a total of seven new creatures to developer Frontier’s zoo-themed management sim. The American beaver, moose, California sea lion, cougar, American alligator, black-tailed prairie dog, and arctic fox are all new habitat animals, meaning you’ll need to get your enclosure-designing hat on to give them a good home, and there’s a single exhibit animal addition in the form of the American Bullfrog....

The Pokémon series does not suggest you should genetically modify your Pokémon friends and then sell them for money. Nintendo isn’t particularly keen on you doing this either. Which brings us to today, and the arrest of a 23-year-old Japanese man for allegedly hacking and selling a Sobble. Asahi News (via Kotaku) reports that the unnamed man was caught selling the modified Sobble to another player for 4400 yen (about £30), and subsequently gave a confession....

The leader of the legendary Swords of Justice quartet, Cobalion is a steel and fighting-type Pokémon. Like all Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Go, Cobalion is available in five-star Raids, so, if you want to capture this legendary Pokémon from Gen 5, you’ll need some fellow trainers to back you up. On this page: Cobalion type: Steel and fighting-type Cobalion is weak against: Fighting, ground and fire-type Pokémon Cobalion counters: Machamp, Moltres, Entei, Groudon, Lucario, Rhyperior, Darmanitan, Garchomp, Conkeldurr and Reshiram Other Cobalion notes: Since Cobalion is a steel-type Pokémon, you should begin the battle by using a powerful fire-type and switch to a fighting-type Pokémon if needed....

This latest error was fixed within a couple of hours - the research questline and box of free remote raid passes disappearing for a while in the interim - but not before some players accessing it for free in Australia and New Zealand had claimed the bonuses already. Writing on top fan reddit TheSilphRoad, some fans expressed exasperation at this latest slip-up - while others simply found it hilarious. Pokémon Go players in Australia and New Zealand are reliably the first to encounter event-specific errors and bugs as they are the first timezones around the world where in-game changes become visible....

First, however, you need to complete the Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto Special Research quest. You can only access this quest, however, if you’ve purchased a ticket for the Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto event and played Pokémon Go during said event. Once you’ve unlocked Mew Masterwork Research, get ready to face a series of tough challenges on your path to catching the shiny form for Mew - the first ever mythical Pokémon in the series!...

The version you pick decides which Pokémon will have a higher shiny rate and which creatures are exclusively attracted to incense during the event. If you want to complete all of the Go Tour: Johto Collection Challenges, you need to meet a player playing the opposite version to you, so you can trade exclusive Pokémon. Below you’ll find an outline of all the differences between the Gold and Silver versions of the Pokémon Go Tour: Johto event....

During this quest, you’ll have the chance to catch a Hisuian Voltorb - the first Hisui regional variant to be released into Pokémon Go. Below you’ll find all of the quest tasks for Voltorb from the Hisui Region?! to help you add this new Pokémon to your collection. On this page: There are spoilers for this quest below, so, if you’d rather be surprised, we recommend skipping it. Thank you to Amiibofan101 from reddit for the help with the information below....

The rocks in question are the large piles of rocks with cracks running through them - they may block your path, but destroying them is surprisingly simple! Below you’ll learn how to break rocks and, if you’d like to learn more about the game, visit our Pokémon Legends: Arceus walkthrough. Now all you have to do is sit back and watch your Pokémon do all the work! One pile of breakable rocks you should definitely destroy are in Obsidian Fieldlands at the end - or beginning depending on how you find them - of Oreburrow Tunnel....

Blissey is classified as a Supporter Pokémon, so, to help keep your teammates alive, you need to select the best items and moves for Blissey. Below you’ll find our recommendations for the best Blissey build and, if you’d like to know how it compares to other Pokémon, visit our Pokémon Unite tier list. On this page: One glance at Blissey’s stats and it’s clear this Pokémon was designed purely for support....

Glaceon is classified as an Attacker Pokémon in Pokémon Unite, so your essential priorities will be to inflict damage, poke the enemy from a distance and knock out enemy Pokemon before scoring goals with your teammates. To do any of this, you will need the best items and moves for Glaceon. Below you will find our recommendations for the best Glaceon build and, if you would like to see how Glaceon compares to the other Pokémon on Unite’s roster, please visit our Pokémon Unite Tier List....