Category: Video Games

Takaya Imamura On Nintendo’s Future: Talented And Charismatic Devs Are “Crucial”

Relying exclusively on big IP would be a “big mistake”.

Former Nintendo artist Takaya Imamura has kicked off the new year with a new blog post titled “Why I Left Nintendo” more than four years after departing from the company’s Japanese headquarters.

While he goes into all sorts of history about his career, he’s also shared his thoughts about Nintendo’s future and how “crucial” talented and charismatic developers are to the success of the company and the value of its IP.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Capcom’s Best-Selling Mega Man Game Reaches Another Sales Milestone

Mega news for the eleventh major entry.

Back in 2022, Capcom announced the blue bomber’s latest outing Mega Man 11 had become the best-selling entry in the series’ history.

Capcom has now delivered an update on this a few years later – with the news sales have jumped from 1.60 million units to surpass the two million sales milestone. Once again, this puts it ahead of the Mega Man 2 lifetime sales (1.51M) as well as the Mega Man Legacy Collection which has sold 1.60 million units.

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“Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam” – Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShop

The rise of “eSlop”.

We all know that in the year of our lord 2025, the Switch eShop has its fair share of problems. It’s slow, it’s clunky and it’s flooded with games that we’d really rather not have to wade through, but what’s it like from the other side? How does the storefront hold up if you’re the one trying to sell games on it?

That was a question recently asked by IGN in a new feature that put Nintendo’s storefront (and Sony’s, Microsoft’s and Valve’s) under the microscope. Unsurprisingly, the devs are just as tired of it as we all are.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

ID@Xbox Showcase to Kick Off IGN Fan Fest 2025

ID@Xbox is kicking off IGN Fan Fest this year with an exciting new showcase on February 24. Get ready to see trailers, gameplay, and reveals from indie studios including Raw Fury, Team 17, Akapura, 11 Bit, and many others. Highlights include the next big collaboration for Balatro, and much, much more.

The ID@Xbox Showcase will stream on Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST across IGN platforms. Along with all the new reveals, IGN’s Podcast Unlocked will be breaking down the biggest moments from the showcase in a special IGN post-show, which will immediately follow the main show.

Check out the some of the studios who will be a part of the ID@Xbox showcase, below:

  • 11 Bit
  • BigFan
  • Critical Reflex
  • Daedalic
  • Game Source Entertainment
  • No More Robots
  • Panic
  • Playstack
  • Raw Fury
  • Thunderlotus
  • Cult Games
  • Team17
  • Curve
  • Akapura
  • Don’t Nod

While we wait for all things Xbox, make sure to check out the biggest reveals from 2024’s ID@Xbox partnership with IGN, where it shared exclusives from games including Dungeons of Hinterberg, 33 Immortals, Astor: Blade of the Monolith, Vampire Survivors, and many more.

And throughout February, stay tuned to IGN for more information about the exclusive reveals, interviews, gameplay, and trailers that will be showcased during IGN Fan Fest the week of February 24 – 28. From games like Monster Hunter Wilds, WWE 2K25, and Alien Rogue Incursion, to shows including Daredevil: Born Again, Mythic Quest, and it’s new spin off Side Quest, to comics such as TMNT, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Godzilla, IGN Fan Fest will be a week full of exciting reveals you won’t want to miss!

Anime Royale Update 5 Adds New One Punch Man Units, Raid, and Cosmetics

One Punch Man has arrived in Anime Royale as part of update 5, and he’s brought new units, cosmetics, quality-of-life changes, and codes with him.

The anime-themed Roblox tower defense experience’s latest update takes players into Saitama’s superhero world with a fresh batch of additions to enjoy. Patch notes reveal everything players can look forward to when they log in, including a selection of units inspired by characters from the One Punch Man anime, such as Tatsumaki, Sonic, Metal Bat, Boros, and, of course, Saitama himself. It breaks down to two Secret units, seven Mythical units, two Legendary units, and one Epic unit, but Anime Royale update 5’s changes don’t stop there.

A new Raid, Story, and Raid Shop, as well as new cosmetics, are also accessible to those who hop into the Roblox experience. The quality-of-life changes mostly focus on tweaking Meruem but also saved some room to deliver balance adjustments to Muzan and Aizen. Additionally, players will notice that the Killua blessing bug has been fixed, too.

Anime Royale update 5 follows the release of update 4.5 last week. That patch introduced Hunter x Hunter content for tower defense fans, including even more Mythical, Legendary, and Secret units. There is currently no release date for the next update, but at this rate, Roblox players likely won’t need to wait too long to learn more.

For more, you can check out IGN’s full list of all active Anime Royale codes here. To see every new code added with update 5, you can see the full patch notes below.

Anime Royale Update 5 Patch Notes

Update 5 One Punch Man

What’s new?

Added:

New 2 Secret Unit

– Evolution

– Drop from Strongest’s City last act

New 7 Units:

Mythical:

– Saitama

– Tatsumaki

– Atomic Samurai

– Metal Bat

– Bang

Legendary:

– Sonic

– Boros

Epic:

– Mosquito Girl

NEW Double Evo:

– Boros -> Boros Released -> Boros True Form

New Evo:

– Saitama

NEW Raid

NEW Story

NEW Raid Shop

New Cosmetics

All Units from update that are Mythic+

New Passives

Balance Changes:

– Meruem can no longer eat other Meruems

– Meruem can no longer eat buffed damage, instead only taking base damage of unit he eats

– Meruem can no longer eat Farm Units in range to prevent accidentally losing farms to it

– Muzan can no longer give Farm Units Demon Passives (Except for Pot)

– Aizen Passive now buffs 20% damage for all tower in his range (Cid and Netero excluded) like Warlord instead of enemies coming closer to him, it can stack with Warlord

QoL Updates:

  • The search doesn’t get reset when interacting with unit in units frame anymore

Fixes:

  • Killua blessing anchoring the player

Codes:

  • Strongest
  • Bald
  • 50KFavsTysm

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Battlefield 6’s crumbling warzones are teased in a promo vid calling for playtesters

Watch out for that falling breezeblock! It’s about to– ah, too late, you’ve been donked. A clip of loud wreckage, gunfire, and bazooka’d buildings has fallen dustily into our lap via a promotional video for Battlefield 6 (or whatever the developers plan to call the next of these large-scale first-person shooters). Mostly, it’s a lot of producers talking a big game about “levelling up” the “core experience”, which seems to remain blasting a building you don’t like with a rocket-propelled grenade. We can tell from the final 10 seconds of the video, which show some of the game’s actual running and/or gunning.

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Feature: 12 Things Switch 2’s Mysterious Not-C-Button Might Do, Maybe

Probably. Possibly.

We’re all here, playing the waiting game as Nintendo assembles its April Direct and reveals more juicy details about Switch 2. Well, we hope; it feels like we’ve been in the realms of rumour and speculation for a good half-decade and after the first trailer we’ve got our fingers crossed for a real mother of a blow-out come 2nd April.

Until then, though? Thoughts, feelings, ideas, dreams (and possibly some more leaks) — that’s what we’ve got. That new button previously rumoured for the right Joy-Con is one of few things we can confirm from the reveal, and it’s not even a ‘C’ button anymore – at least it doesn’t have the letter imprinted on the top.

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Players’ Choice: Vote for January 2025’s best new game

The new year is in full swing, and January is done. What did you enjoy most about last month’s title lineup? 

How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. After the polls close we will tally your votes, and announce the winner on our social channels and PlayStation.Blog. 

What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? Note: re-released games don’t qualify, but remakes do. We define remakes as ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds such as Resident Evil 4 (2023) and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

How are nominees decided? The PlayStation Blog editorial team will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll.