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1500 awesome things @jwhitfield888 Favourite game is Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles Favourite console is Nintendo Gamecube
Joe has been playing video games since he was knee-high to a grasshopper when his mum bought him the original Game Boy for Christmas, and he was hooked from the get-go. Primarily a handheld gaming nerd, attracted by everything from Sony, Sega and of course, Nintendo, his collection is slowly taking over his home office. When he's not producing content for the site, he is busy modding and repairing broken and unloved games consoles to give them a new lease of life... or playing Tetris.
Donkey Kong Bananza is a brand new 3D Donkey Kong game that's due for release in July 2025, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2. The game once again sees DK rampage through 3D environments for the first time since DK64... read more
The long rumoured addition of Nintendo GameCube games to the Nintendo Switch Online subscription has been confirmed by Nintendo. Those who have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass option will be able to play games from Nintendo's 2001 console... read more
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo are once again teaming up to bring a new entry into the Hyrule Warriors franchise. Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment is a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive that's due for release in 'Winter 2025'. (more…)
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition has been confirmed for the Nintendo Switch 2. The game will be released in the summer of 2025 and contains the base game and the chunky Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. (more…)
To show off one of the new features of the Switch 2, Nintendo has created a new IP in the form of Drag x Drive. This is a 3V3 wheelchair basketball title that's been designed around the Joy Con 2... read more
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will get their own Switch 2 Editions when the console launches on 5th June 2025. These 'upgrade packs' are set to improve both... read more
Nintendo confirms that the Nintendo Switch 2 will release on June 5th 2025. The console will launch with exclusive titles like Mario Kart World and will be backward-compatible with most Switch games. 4K upgrades of certain Switch titles will also... read more
Mario Kart World has been confirmed as the headline launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2. As previously teased when we first got a look at the game in January, Mario Kart World will feature 24 characters per race across... read more
Super Rare Games and Yacht Club Games are teaming up to give the futuristic Ninja action game, Cyber Shadow, a physical release. The fantastic 2020 2D action game from Mechanical Head Studios, Aarne Hunziker will see a limited number of... read more
Nintendo will end My Nintendo Gold points on 25 March 2025. From this date, players will no longer be able to earn gold points on digital purchases. The platinum coins earned by completing weekly challenges and claimed against physical rewards... read more
Ninjas. Ninjas are cool. In fact, for a period of time the UK Government banned the word ‘ninja’, along with references to specific weaponry. This meant for a time, ninjas were more punk rock than actual punks, which led to... read more
28 January, 2025 - 11:43 am reviewed on: PlayStation 5
It's that time of the year again. Readers who've been with VGamingNews since our 2021 relaunch will know that each year, I'll be looking at the latest game from Idea Factory and Compile Heart. 2025 brings another entry in the... read more
7 November, 2024 - 3:04 pm reviewed on: PlayStation 5
My wife and I were walking the event floor of the 2023 WASD show when a man in an exquisite suit thrust a foam garlic bulb into my hands. My first reaction was to look confused, but I gathered myself... read more
22 September, 2024 - 11:56 am reviewed on: PlayStation 5
It's widely accepted that humans will be the first to go when AI takes over the world. What’s unclear is what happens after the dust settles and the nuclear fallout eases, likely due to humanity not being around to enjoy... read more
From watching Captain Pugwash or being bathed by Matey Bubble Bath as a kid, I’ve always felt there’s a romantic idea about pirates. As I grew up, Disney taught me that they were playful scallywags who journeyed the Caribbean looking... read more
I am an absolute sucker for both pixel art and puzzle games. If you waved a boxed copy of Piczle Cross in front of me whilst my shed was on fire, my garden would be full of smouldering ashes in... read more
What’s that old saying? Ah yes. There are three certainties in life, taxes, death and the annual Hyperdimension Neptunia entry. At any given point, the team at Compile Heart is seemingly just weeks away from releasing another entry in their... read more
What do Hoover, Coke and Picross all have in common? They’re all brand names that are thrown about instead of the real names. Why is this relevant you ask? Well, that’s because I didn’t know that ‘Picross’ was a brand... read more
When I think of Monty Python, the first thing that pops into my head isn't one of Eric Idol’s ditties or John Cleese’s sarcastic punchlines, but Terry Gilliam’s amazing artwork. While I got a kick out of skits like the... read more
Two weeks ago I'd never played a Metal Gear game in my life, and that's despite my wife badgering me on and off for over a decade to give it a chance. My excuses ranged from “I'll add it to... read more
With Pokemon Day fast approaching, anticipation for the next generation of Pocket Monsters is building. It's likely fans will get the first look at Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the mainline spinoff and sequel to Legends Arceus. We might even be lucky... read more
I hate reviews that start with bombastic statements, but I’ve been using the Glorious D2 Wireless Mouse for about a month and during my time it has become my favourite bit of kit on my desk… a desk that has... read more
For the last two years, I've been trying to fix broken consoles to give them a new lease of life. After I post a successful repair there’s always someone (Ian. It’s Ian.), who says I should remember to take photos... read more
Video game to movie adaptations tend to have a bad rep, with the nineties/early noughties being particularly dark periods of time. Tosh like Alone in the Dark, Dead or Alive and Doom being touted as the next great crossover, only... read more
If you have ever read one of our reviews, most end with a little blurb that says we’ve been given a copy of the game in return for a fair and honest review. What you might not know is that... read more
We don’t need to tell you that there are a lot of video games being released every week and a lot of games simply go under the radar. Indie games in particular are often developed by small teams, usually without... read more
Dear Reader, Let me tell you about the Child of Light An older game by Ubisoft, designed to surprise and delight With a Princess trapped in a fairy tale land And whose only vocal ability is to speak in rhyme... read more
Created by Bungie, and stuck in development hell for nearly 7 years, Halo: Combat Evolved released to critical acclaim as an Xbox launch title in 2001 (for us Europeans, it released in 2002, but that’s by the by), and set... read more
With everything going on in the world, the annual gamescom convention is going all digital this year. Taking place between Wed, 25 Aug 2021 – Fri, 27 Aug 2021, there will be a lot of news from the world of... read more
I don’t know about you, but there’s something magical about heading to a shop, store or supermarket to buy a video game. Even though I said goodbye to my twenties a few years ago, there's still the excitement of picking... read more
Aka caught my attention earlier in the year when the chonk of a red panda sprung up on Steam. You see, there are a few things I absolutely lose my mind over - heavy metal when played in normal places,... read more
Fans maybe unhappy with the new look of arguably one of the coolest looking video game characters of the last 10 or so years, but with a recent hands-on of DmC, VGamingNews isn’t writing off Capcom and Dante just yet.... read more
The Darkness II follows on from the 2007 game in which mafia supremo Jackie Estacado is thrown into a world of demons on his 21st birthday. The first title was a little on the short side and had a few... read more
In between producing the original survival horror series that is the Resident Evil franchise, working on Devil May Cry and the world renowned Street Fighter CAPCOM must be finding it tough creating new and exciting IP's right? Well no. Wrong.... read more
