Sometimes, a video game surprises you by doing something you don’t expect: A plot twist, a novel game mechanic, or an idea you don’t really see anywhere else. And sometimes, a game is precisely what it says it is on the tin: What you see is what you get, for better and for worse. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants is the latter. An enhanced port of the 2017 arcade game from developer Raw Thrills, Wrath of the Mutants is a very good beat ‘em up that is beaten down by a lack of content and features. It’s a tasty slice of New York pizza if you like beat ‘em ups, but only a ..read more

Microsoft’s run of custom Xbox consoles continues, this time with an X-Men ‘97 Xbox Series X and controllers. Amid the continued success of the Disney+ X-Men ‘97 animated show, Microsoft has revealed the Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 Custom Comic Xbox Series X. It’s an Xbox Series X wrapped in an exclusive comic by Marvel writer Rich Douek and artist Paco Diaz, with Xbox Design Lab’s X-Men character controllers to accompany it. The comic is a two-page story with a full page cover exclusive to the Xbox Series X, and features Cyclops leading the X-Men in a battle against the Sentinels and Master ..read more

Over four months after Fortnite Festival was released, Harmonix and Epic Games announced that the rhythm game now supports Rock Band 4 plastic guitar controllers. In a blog post, Epic Games revealed that, as part of the new changes introduced in season 3, players can now use Rock Band 4 guitar controllers for Fortnite Festival's new song parts: Pro Lead and Pro Bass. The new song parts are available on the Main Stage, which is considered the Fortnite Festival's main gameplay mode. Players can play solo or with three friends and choose a song while trying to button-mash and get as high a score ..read more

The Pokémon Company is selling a giant, 59 inch-long Slowpoke plushie for $450. As reported by Nintendo Life, the jumbo Slowpoke is now available to preorder online at the Pokémon Center, where it's pictured taking up an entire single bed and alongside a woman who's roughly the same size. The Slowpoke plushie was released in Japan in 2021 but is now making its way to the west. "It is so cute and so squishy," said verified purchaser Christopher K in the reviews section. "Its vacant stare is also so calming, and its tail is so cuddly." "You really don’t know how big it’s going to be until it’s t ..read more

Epic Games has updated Fortnite to let players block certain emotes it said were used in “confrontational ways.” The new 'Confrontational Emotes' setting, live as part of April 23’s v29.30 update, lets players toggle visibility on four emotes, including Fortnite’s famous ‘Take the L’ emote. Players who choose not to see certain emotes that are “sometimes used in confrontational ways” will instead see a player using the emote standing still, with no emote sound, Epic said. “We want emotes to be a source of good vibes, but a few (*cough* Take the L *cough*) can sometimes feel a bit overly confro ..read more

Nintendo 64 game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness released 25 years ago, but a new Konami Code, essentially a cheat code, has just been discovered for it. YouTuber JupiterClimb uploaded a video revealing the code, which he said makes Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness "the definitive way to play Castlevania on the N64". While the game arrived as a definitive edition of the regular Castlevania 64, some criticised it for making only the werewolf character Cornell playable from the beginning. Thanks to this code, however, that's no longer an issue. By inputting C-Up x4, C-Down x4, C-Left x2, C-Right ..read more

Nintendo 64 game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness released 25 years ago, but a new Konami Code, essentially a cheat code, has just been discovered for it. YouTuber JupiterClimb uploaded a video revealing the code, which he said makes Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness "the definitive way to play Castlevania on the N64". While the game arrived as a definitive edition of the regular Castlevania 64, some criticised it for making only the werewolf character Cornell playable from the beginning. Thanks to this code, however, that's no longer an issue. By inputting C-Up x4, C-Down x4, C-Left x2, C-Right ..read more

No Rest for the Wicked developer Moon Studios has released the biggest update yet for its action role-playing game as it battles to improve its ‘mixed’ user review rating on Steam. No Rest for the Wicked launched on Steam in Early Access form on April 18 to impressive concurrent player numbers, but players complained about a number of issues, including performance problems, localisation issues, and absent quality of life features. Check out IGN's No Rest for the Wicked Early Access review for more. Moon Studios, famous for the Ori franchise, said Hotfix 3 improves performance, balance, loot, h ..read more

Former Epic Games Chief Creative Officer Donald Mustard has explained why Fortnite was never able to add a Nintendo representative like Samus Aran as a playable character. Fortnite has raged on as one of the biggest crossover titles in pop culture for nearly seven years, and that’s thanks to the long list of characters from across movies, TV, and games that it features. With PlayStation and Xbox mascots like Kratos and Master Chief already available as playable characters, many fans expected to one day see a Nintendo character join the fray. When documents revealed that Epic had once considere ..read more

Nintendo has released a new update for the Switch that makes a small number of changes. Nintendo Switch update version 18.0.1 fixes a Wi-Fi bug where networks with certain security settings were not able to be detected. The patch notes, below, provide a guide for those unable to update to version 18.0.1 because of this issue. And finally, in time-honored fashion, the Switch update makes “general system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.” Twitter user @OatmealDome, who digs into each Nintendo Switch update as it’s released, said this latest patch makes no changes to the co ..read more