Poll: Box Art Brawl #74 – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

by HendrikWiese - January 10, 20210

Sissel: real.Welcome to the first 2021 edition of Box Art Brawl. This is our weekly-ish look at two or more retro gaming cover variants from around the globe, and we've got another three contenders lined up to duke it out for your vote.Last time, we took to the slopes for

Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Winter Update And Free Demo Arrive In February

by HendrikWiese - January 13, 20200

New costumes revealed in livestream.Heads up, Sword Art Online fans! Bandai Namco has revealed that Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet's upcoming winter update is scheduled to launch in early February for all platforms.The update is set to add a new wave of costumes and weapons such as the Alice and

Poll: Box Art Brawl #25 – Resident Evil 2

by HendrikWiese - January 12, 20200

Biohazard REturns.Welcome again to Box Art Brawl, the weekly bout that sees regional variants of retro games compete to see which has the most attractive box-based visage.Last week featured a load of old balls - monkey balls, that is - as Super Monkey Ball 2 bounced off itself in battle.

Here's The Colourful Box Art For Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

by HendrikWiese - January 11, 20200

And some more screenshots and artwork.Although Pokémon Sword and Shield stole most of the headlines earlier this week when the Pokémon Direct aired, there was some other news at the start about the original Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games being remade for the Nintendo Switch.While we already shared the date of

Joker Costume Spotted On The Back Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Box Art

by HendrikWiese - January 11, 20200

Another cameo on Switch.Next week sees the release of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore. If you didn't already know, the game is a slightly enhanced version of the original Wii U title from 2016. The latest iteration comes with new songs, a new story, and even new costumes.Ahead of its

Tekken 7, Frostpunk, and Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass for Console

by Megan Spurr, Community Manager, Xbox Game Pass - January 7, 20200

Happy New Year! Time for those resolutions. I promise for 2020, I will not get sucked into an MMO and lose my body in the real world. I will build the last city on Earth. I will probably not get caught up on my pile of games, but I will

Poll: Box Art Brawl #24 – Super Monkey Ball 2

by HendrikWiese - January 5, 20200

Super Monkey Brawl.Welcome to the twenty-fourth (!) round of Box Art Brawl, the weekly regional box art battle that sees you settle the score and vote for the best regional cover design or a retro video game. It's the first brawl of 2020 - we hope you all had a

God Of War's Art Director Is Now Designing Incredibly Realistic Star Fox Characters

by HendrikWiese - January 5, 20200

Fox McCloud is first up.Since the beginning of last year, the God of War art director, Raf Grassetti, has been drawing incredibly realistic drawings of iconic video game characters. He started out with the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighters and eventually moved onto Battletoads and Cuphead character designs.To celebrate the

Poll: Box Art Brawl #23 – Snowboard Kids

by HendrikWiese - December 29, 20190

The kids were all right.Welcome to a festive edition of Box Art Brawl, where regional box art variants battle each other for the honour of your vote. Christmas is over, New Year is approaching, so it's time to hit the slopes as the snow settles in the interim.Last week Star

Poll: Box Art Brawl #21 – Kirby's Return To Dream Land

by HendrikWiese - December 15, 20190

Or Kirby's Adventure Wii to his PALs.And we're back with another Box Art Brawl, the series where regional box art versions of the same video game go head-to-head in a public vote to find out which is superior.Last week we had a real scrap on our hands when Super Smash