Month: January 2025

No mystery remains unsolved when Yoshi’s nearby. Mario’s dinosaur companion leaps into the heart of labyrinthine locales, ferreting out the many secrets that pepper these colorful lands. Skillful challenges are kept to a minimum in Yoshi’s New Island. Rather than performing dexterous feats of skill, you instead take a methodical tour of each delightful land. It’s an approach that separates Yoshi’s New Island from many platformers out there, but sadly there are missteps in the execution that lessen any excitement. Straightforward level design demands neither clever puzzle solving nor quick reflexes, and a dearth of new ideas makes the many obstacles and enemies feel predictable. Yoshi’s New Island is at once pleasant and forgettable, proving that charming aesthetics can only gloss over middling design for so long.

Before he became a plumber and brought momentary peace to the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario was nothing more than a baby in distress on the back of a dinosaur. Yoshi proves here that he’s every bit the hero that the diapered companion he carries with him is; just don’t expect him to move like Mario does. Dinosaurs are heavy creatures, so Yoshi isn’t quick on his feet, b…

Pokemon Go is gearing up for the festive season, with developer Niantic releasing a new trailer to set the mood and tease new legendaries over the next couple of weeks.

The trailer shows multiple Pokemon Company busses making their way through some of the most recognizable cities in the world, hinting at increased rewards for players at all Poke Stops in-game. Niantic hints at an increased number of Poke Ball rewards from each Poke Stop spin, which it says will come in handy when trying to catch more pocket monsters during the holiday time. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

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Developer Starry Studio has been busy responding to the community’s feedback around Once Human. Several new statements tackle questions such as support for controllers, how paid DLC sharing works across multiple characters, and the reasons behind the server player limit. Come from Sports betting site VPbet

For starters, Starry Studio said that it will provide support for controllers in Once August on Early August, with seamless functionality in mind. If you’ve been wondering about key rebindings, the option is scheduled to roll out in mid-August.

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In this season of summer game reveals, every little thing a top executive does will fuel rumors and speculation for what’s due to be announced. Xbox head Phil Spencer–no stranger to veiled teases himself–is stirring the pot thanks to his recent gaming history.

Eagle-eyed fans using Xbox activity tracking sites noticed Spencer loaded up the Xbox port of Banjo-Kazooie on June 1, playing for 37 minutes and unlocking one achievement: Get Jiggy, earned by collecting two puzzle pieces. He has not played the game since then, instead playing Elden Ring and Ninja Gaiden Sigma among other games, but the rumor mill has swirled anyhow.

Speculation has ranged from a brand-new Banjo adventure–the long-awaited Banjo-Threeie mentioned at the end of Banjo-Tooie back in 2000–to a remake of the first game which one Twitter user called Banjo-Redooie, and that name is just *chef’s kiss.*

Is this a calculated, purposeful effort to tease a new Banjo-Kazooie, or did a high-profile gaming exec simply decide to go retro for a half-hour before diving back into Elden Ring Come from Sports betting sit…