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Remember that awesome TMNT game Shredder’s Revenge?! The same developer and publisher has a brand new 2D brawler on the way: Marvel Cosmic Invasion! Check out the announcement trailer along with our thoughts. Marvel Cosmic Invasion is coming this year, 2025. No release date has been announced for the game yet. The game is a 2D side-scrolling brawler much like Shredder’s Revenge and the other amazing 2D beat ’em ups that some of us grew up with. Cosmic Invasion looks…

Today’s Nintendo Direct was…well…it wasn’t great. I was a little disappointed overall. There were a few great announcements though and one announcement that I freaked out about! I’m talking about the return of Tomodachi!! I have to talk about this. On the 3DS, I played the heck out of Tomodachi Life. The weird Mii sim was just absolutely crazy and I loved it. You created Miis and then put them into an apartment. After that you could give them gifts,…

The good folks at Ravensburger were nice enough to send over a few packs of the latest Disney Lorcana chapter, Archazia’s Island. Although I cannot review the entire set as I haven’t received my booster box yet, I can talk about what I’ve seen so far, and the positive changes I see them taking yet again with this release. Let’s not waste any time – let’s check out what’s new in the Archazia’s Island release! The most obvious change to…

Azul Duel takes the beautiful, strategic mechanics of the original Azul and breaks it down into a fantastic two-player experience. The very popular acrylic components that made the original Azul so appealing are present here again, maintaining the high-quality craftsmanship that fans have come to love. The game continues to be a treat to play, with the vibrant colors and tactile pieces that elevate the experience. Just now, it’s available in a two player variant. It is worth noting before…

Next Wednesday (4/2), Nintendo will have a Direct focused on their new system, the Switch 2. However tomorrow, March 27th, there will be a Direct focused on the original Nintendo Switch! A Nintendo Direct for the original Switch has been announced. The Direct will take place on March 27th, tomorrow, at 9am central and last around 30 minutes. It will focus only Switch 1 games. The Switch 2 will not be mentioned during this presentation. Now that Xenoblade Chronicles X…

For the first time in history, the LEGO Group is launching an incredible new set that brings Middle-earth to life in purely stunning brick form—the highly anticipated rebuild of The Shire. This genuine 2,017-piece breathtaking set brings Hobbiton to life and includes a refined and magical interpretation of Bilbo Baggins’ legendary hobbit-hole, Party Tree, along with an array of dearest beloved characters from J.R.R. Tolkien’s revered literary classic and Peter Jackson’s Academy Award-winning motion picture trilogy. To celebrate the ...

Heat: Pedal to the Metal will be getting a tunnels expansion later this year, and in anticipation of that coming, we were sent the base game to try out and review. I’ve never been a huge fan of racing games, likely because I’m not very good at them. However, after a few rounds of Heat, I can safely say that perhaps some racing games are in fact for me. What I think wins me over here is the simplicity of…

Kids games are becoming a dime-a-dozen situation in the board game space, which is both good and really, really bad. Poor productions, uninspired gameplay, and loads of ‘shovelware’ are ruining the kids board games space, requiring parents – some of them with little to no knowledge – to sift through piles of crap to find great games for their kids. My one goal in looking for kids games is that it fulfills one of two purposes: 1) it either teaches…

Over the past month or so, we’ve been playing a ton of IV Studios current Kickstarter project, Scales of Fate. We are working with a prototype copy of the game, so a few things might have changed since we played it, however great communication from the development team meant we had the most up to date rules and iconography throughout our review process. As with all IV Studios titles, the production of this one was phenomenal – you can read…

The LEGO Mario Kart sets are coming quickly, and obviously my kids are as excited as most to see their toy once again collaborate with their favorite video game company on brand new LEGO sets. We have purchased a number of the LEGO Mario Kart sets that have been released so far, but The LEGO Group was nice enough to send over Toad’s Garage, set number 72035. Although I’ve personally not been a fan of these sets – will get…