Hands On: Professor Layton & The New World Of Steam – New World, But Feels Like The Old Prof

As puzzling as ever.

It has been a while since we’ve seen Professor Layton and his protege Luke. For a while, the mind-bending puzzle series seemed like a Nintendo mainstay – at least on the DS and 3DS. The last game starred Katrielle Layton, the daughter of the titular Professor, and received rather mixed reviews when it came out for 3DS in 2017 and on Switch a couple of years later in Deluxe form.

This makes Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, releasing sometime in 2025, not only the first series entry for a while but also a return-to-the-roots adventure with the Professor himself back in the leading role, meaning we were especially looking forward to trying it out on the show floor at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.

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Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom’s Frame Rate Is “Even Worse” Than Link’s Awakening

Digital Foundry delivers its verdict.

Be warned, if you’re going to watch the above video, there may be some brief story information provided that could be considered a light spoiler. Skip the introduction segment to avoid this.


Tech specialist Digital Foundry has presented its verdict on the newly-released The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom for the Nintendo Switch.

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Guide: Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom: Walkthrough, All Puzzle Solutions, Collectibles

Wise up.

Welcome to our The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Full Walkthrough Guide hub!

This Echoes of Wisdom Walkthrough will give you all the wisdom you need to explore Hyrule as Princess Zelda and complete the game, including Dungeon Solutions, All Clothing, All amiibo Unlocks, All Accessories, All Stamp Locations, plus Beginner’s Tips and guides on Every Boss in the game.

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Guilty Gear Strive Shares First In-Game Look At Its Next DLC Fighter

Launching on Switch In 2025.

In case you missed it, the Arc System Works fighter Guilty Gear Strive is on its way to the Nintendo Switch next year.

Ahead of this launch, the developer has shared a “first in-game look” at Queen Dizzy, a new Season 4 DLC fighter launching on 31st October 2024 in existing versions of the game. The Switch version will launch with 28 playable characters.

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Miyamoto: Nintendo Won’t Be Opening Museums In Other Locations

“We have no intention of expanding”.

The Nintendo Museum looks amazing but it’s located in Japan and not everybody will be able to make the trip. So, is there a chance of Nintendo opening more museums outside of its homeland?

Well, as you can see in the headline, according to Miyamoto it won’t be happening. In a recent Game Watch interview, the Nintendo legend mentioned how the company had “no intention” of expanding the museum to other locations.

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Nintendo To Go In ‘Different Direction’ To Current AI Trends, Says Miyamoto

Music to our ears.

AI is, for better or worse, one of the hot topics of 2024. It’s bloomin’ everywhere at the moment. Naturally, there’s a lot of speculation on whether major video game companies will implement the technology into their work (and many, it seems, already have), but Nintendo fans will no doubt be delighted to hear that the Japanese firm may be steering its ship in a completely different direction.

In fact, famed creator Shigeru Miyamoto pretty much said as much during a recent interview with The New York Times (thanks, IGN). In discussing Nintendo’s ongoing approach with game development, he mentioned AI as a key topic that the company is aware of, but perhaps not interested in pursuing (at least, not in the same way as its peers).

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Every New Game For Atari 50’s New Paid DLC Has Been Revealed

Get ready to go Berzerk.

Just the other day, Atari and developer Digital Eclipse announced that a new paid DLC expansion for Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration would be launching, er, tomorrow (that’s 26th September 2024).

Now, thanks to a reveal YouTube MetalJesusRocks, we now have a complete view of every new game being added to the new content in addition to some more of that lovely timeline loveliness. There are 19 titles in total, though there are a few, shall we say, “duplicates” (not really duplicates, but you get what we mean).

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The First Review For The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Is In

Rhoam wasn’t built in a day.

It’s finally here, folks! We’ve reached the launch week of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (it launches tomorrow, in fact) and it’s time to see the results of the very first review courtesy of Famitsu.

Shared by Ryokutya2089 (via Gematsu), the Japanese publication awarded the Zelda-led adventure a 35/40, with a 10/9/8/8 critic split.

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Sonic X Shadow Generations ‘Sonic 3 Movie Pack’ Adds Keanu Reeves

He’ll voice Shadow in a level inspired by the movie.

Sega’s latest Sonic Central shared all sorts of updates, including a look at the story in the upcoming release Sonic X Shadow Generations. However, it didn’t end there, with Sony’s ‘State of Play’ broadcast sharing a little bit more information.

In case you missed it, Sega announced there will be some special Sonic 3 movie content coming later this year on 12th December 2024. Most notably, Keanu Reeves will feature in a special update where he voices Shadow. This ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack’ is inspired by scenes from the third live-action movie.

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