After holding livestreams for both The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and the weirdo life sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Nintendo is back with another event. This time it’ll be a “partner showcase” focused on games from third-party developers. You can watch it live on February 5th at 9AM ET.
After making the festival rounds last year, Exit 8 — an adaptation of the cult hit horror game — is finally hitting theaters in the US on April 10th. In the meantime, check out my interview with director Genki Kawamura, who said his goal was “to create a new cinematic experience that blurs the lines between video game and cinema.”
One of the more common complaints when Highguard launched was that its three-player teams felt too small for its maps. Now a limited time 5v5 mode update aims to fix that, albeit temporarily. It’s playable now, but only through this weekend (for now at least).
Ahead of the launch of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined — which I’ll be writing about very soon! — I went on my good friend Chris Plante’s show Post Games to talk about the series’ long history. For further reading, here’s an old interview with series creator Yuji Horii, and reviews of DQXI and the excellent DQIII remake.
