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What’s better than farming? Farming in space! I’m always a sucker for a good farming sim, and it looks like we’ll be getting another good one based on what we’re seeing from Xbox’s Gaming Showcase. A new title has been announced calledLightyear Frontier – A Fresh Start, which puts a fun spin on the classic farming game formula. It’s set in space, where players crash land onto a mysterious planet in a mech suit that is perfectly suited for any kind of your farming needs....

(The Super Mario Bros. enemy, not the Game Boy Color dude) It’s so nice having aMario Tennisgame to be excited about again. Camelot seems to be on the right track withMario Tennis Acesfor Nintendo Switch, which is to say that it looks like a full-fledged game with a lot of the things we liked in oldMario Tennistitles and some more experimental stuff, too. Today, thanks to a family-focused Switch advert of all things, we got a quick peek at a new character inAces....

Believes new home at GungHo will help While sales of Suda51’s games aren’t always where publishers would like them to be, if there’s one thing to be said, it’s that those who do play the designer’s titles sure are passionate about them. Speaking toGamesIndustry International, Suda says that GungHo Online Entertainment’s acquisition of Grasshopper Manufacture should help boost sales going forward. “Grasshopper does have a very strong base; it’s just that because we were so indie, publishers were always [treating us] differently,” he said....

Admittedly less insane than previous games by developer Ultimate Walrus TheLudum Dare 29game jam is currently in the voting phase, with the theme “beneath the surface.” Developer Sebastian Janisz of Ultimate Walrus took the theme to a decidedly less mental place than some of hispastcreations, where the player controls a submersible vehicle as it travels down into the sea near a coral reef. Despite the decrease in wackiness, it looks cool....

A real Robin Hood Makurukis Shrine is one of the many combat training shrines that can be found throughout Hyrule inTears of the Kingdom. Like the other combat training shrines that you may have come across before, Makurukis requires the enemies inside to be defeated with a specific fighting method. In this case, archery is on the menu. We’ll cover everything you need to know about how to defeat the constructs ahead, but first, let’s take a look at how to find Makurukis Shrine....

This thing is still really neat SoMario Kart Livemay not have caught on in a lot of households, but I still like busting it out from time to time. It’s still extremely dependent on how your house is set up, but if you have the space (kids help, too),the world is your oyster. I might be bringing it out a lot more given thatthere was just a hugeMario Kart Liveupdate....

Imagine a utopia without traffic jams and air pollution! If you’re up to the challenge of creating a perfect place to live, test your urban development skills inMini Cities 2. Inspired by the classicSim Cityfranchise, this game will let you build, customize, and manage your personal paradise. This title taught me that, perhaps, I should give my city council a little slack. Building a functional town isn’t easy or cheap. Thankfully, I haveMini Cities2 codes to lean on....

Truffle Shuffle Super Those naughty MultiVersus dataminers are at it again, delving into the code of Player First Games’ madcap platform fighter and pulling out clues pertaining to upcoming characters and stages — In fact, just this weekend, one such diggerventured into the new updateand surfaced with a reference to the iconic 1985 classic,The Goonies. Directed by Richard Donner and written by Steven Spielberg,The Gooniestells the tale of a group of misfit children, who embark upon a wild adventure of danger and intrigue while exploring the legend of notorious pirate One-Eyed Willie....

Also, bull boxing, and knight in shining armor fighting As I said recently,Dead Rising 3is shaping up to be at least on parwith the wackiness of the first two games, even if the visual style isn’t as vibrant. A new round of screens has emerged, showcasing more teddy bear madness, along with a Servbot head, zombie firefighters, the in-game smartphone, boxing with a bull head, and beam sword knight fights....

Duringtoday’s Falcom X NISA stream,The Legend of Heroesfans were treated to a long-awaited localization announcement.The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kisekireceived its official English title ofTrails through Daybreak, and it’ll hit our shores next summer. Fortunately, the title and date isn’t all we received today. NISA also released a new debut trailer that shows off some of the English voicework alongside the gameplay. Check it out below. A new starting point for Trails Falcom’sLegend of Heroesseries has had quite a tumultuous history here in the West....

That drill Crime doesn’t have a slow season. You strike when opportunity presents itself. If that means getting your ass out of bed on Christmas morning and proverbially crossing the Delaware River, you do it. But, all that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for some holiday cheer. The masked culprits ofPayday 2want to spread good tidings through song by reminding everyone that maybe crime pays — it just comes with its own unique set of hardships....

They’ll go multiplatform only if Nintendo allows it Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edgeisgoing multi-platform, and no one’s all that bothered.Rayman Legendsisgoing multi-platform, and that bit of news is met with slightly more perturbation. Whatever your opinion on any individual game spreading the love to other consoles, you’re likely to be worried about the Wii U’s inability to hold on to its exclusives. Then you start thinking about PlatinumGames. What will happen toThe Wonderful 101andBayonetta 2?...

Nintendo sheds extra Pokemon details at E3 ThePokemonRoundtable Nintendo teasedis here, and with it, are some new details on the upcomingXandYiterations, which are all set for an October 12th worldwide release. Tsunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of the Pokemon Company took the stage to discuss the history of the series, from the humble origins of the GameBoy to connectivity playing a core part in the franchise. He referred toXandYas a combination of every game in the series thus far, and that it “refines the core aspects of collecting, battling, and trading....