Video: We’ve Played Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Here’s 8 Minutes Of Gameplay

“Mmm, refreshing!”.

With the first brand new 2D Mario game in over 11 years just weeks away from jumping onto Switch, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has us in a daze.

We went hands-on with the game at a special event earlier this week — and we’ll bring you some more impressions on the game in the near future. But for now, we’ve got around eight minutes of gameplay from the upcoming platformer.

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Hellboy Web Of Wyrd Release Date Pushed Back Slightly

Still releasing in October, though.

The upcoming Hellboy video game from Upstream Arcade is being delayed by two weeks to ensure “that all players – longtime fans and newcomers to the Hellboy universe alike – receive the best experience possible”, publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment has revealed today.

Hellboy Web of Wyrd will now be launching on 18th October 2023, right in-between some of the month’s biggest releases. The upcoming third-person beat ’em up with procedurally generated levels looks particularly striking thanks to its hand-drawn-style visuals that attempt to recreate the magic of creator Mike Mignola’s art style. The late Lance Reddick plays the iconic Big Red who is sent to the realm of Wyrd after a Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) goes missing.

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Review: Rise Of The Triad: Ludicrous Edition – Definitive, Though Undeniably Dated

Oh my Dog.

The ’90s was a decade-long blitz of out-there marketing campaigns, lads mags, and PlayStation; rich experimentation with the polygon and a concerted effort to push the boundaries of bad taste. Rise of The Triad, based on a modified version of ID’s Wolfenstein engine, was initially pitched as a sequel before becoming a standalone PC title in 1995. Developed by Apogee Software (which became 3D Realms), this ‘Ludicrous Edition’ is handled by Nightdive Studios, who has a solid track record in remastering classic PC titles.

Rise of the Triad follows H.U.N.T, a crack UN covert team tasked with infiltrating San Nicolas Island to stop a strange, Nazi-esque cult from launching nukes at Los Angeles. While your team, a band of operatives with different properties in speed, firepower, and strength, are typically fashioned, the game itself is a bizarre, otherworldly romp through maze-like stages littered with the dark and bizarre, abstract and insane, peppered with occult motifs and oddly futuristic apparatus.

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Netflix Expands Its Animation Line-Up With Tomb Raider, Devil May Cry, More

Video game bonanza.

Netflix has announced a number of video game animations as part of its ‘Netflix Drop 01’, and it’s looking like we’re going to be eating well in the coming months, as Devil May Cry and Tomb Raider will be getting their own adaptations.

While it looks like we’ll have to wait until 2024 to catch either of these, Netflix has released short teaser trailers to hint at what might be in store when they eventually release. Not only that, but we also got a new trailer for the upcoming Far Cry: Blood Dragon adaptation Captain Laserhawk along with an extended clip of the animated Scott Pilgrim series.

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Trombone Champ Gets A New Update On Switch, Here’s What’s Included

Available now.

The hilarious music rhythm game Trombone Champ has received a new update on the Nintendo Switch, bumping the game up to Version 1.21A.

Perhaps the highlight is the new content – adding two new tracks. Apart from this, players can also expect some bug fixes (one is for the final boss), improvements for the multiplayer mode, and much more.

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Switch Online Exclusive F-Zero 99 Adding Five New Tracks This Week

And there’s more to come!

Nintendo’s new battle royale F-Zero 99 will be getting more tracks this week. The five-track line up has now been officially confirmed on the company’s Japanese website.

As highlighted by dataminer OatmealDome, the tracks joining the standard F-Zero 99 mode include Mute City II, Port Town I and Red Canyon I. As for the new Pro Tracks, racers can look forward to the addition of White Land II and Death Wind II.

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Mini Review: Afterdream – Beautifully Haunting Pixel Art Horror With Perfect Puzzles

Say cheese.

Afterdream is a pixel art horror title that puts atmosphere and puzzle-solving above all else. Taking place within the psyche of our protagonist as she recounts her vivid dreams, this format allows Afterdream to make liberal use of weird imagery to tell an intriguing and engaging story.

Drawing inspiration from classic survival horror games – specifically in how you solve puzzles – Afterdream requires you to observe your surroundings and interact with the objects found within. For the most part, you’ll find items that might be missing a key component, meaning you’ll need to search the adjacent rooms and return once you’ve found what you’re looking for.

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Pokémon Collaboration With Van Gogh Museum Announced, New Merch Incoming

The Starmie Night.

Update : Ahead of tomorrow’s collaboration, The Pokémon Company and the Van Gogh Museum have shared details on what to expect when the event opens up.

Running from 28th September 2023 to 7th January 2024, you’ll be able to go in and view some exclusive Pokémon-inspired twists on Van Gogh’s most celebrated art on the 1st floor. Six pieces have been reinterpreted to give them a Pocket Monster flair.

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Talking Point: What Is Your Video Game Palate Cleanser?

Prepare for the next course.

You wait all that time for hotly-anticipated titles like Tears of the Kingdom to drop onto the console of choosing, only to see it land in a year as stuffed with top-notch gaming releases as 2023 that you are forced to play it while juggling 30 other “must-plays” at the same time.

Gosh, we game fans sure do have it tough, don’t we?

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