You can get Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy on Steam for PC on sale for $23.99 right now (reg. $59.99). It's a third-person combat game where you step into the shoes of Star-Lord and set off a chain of events that lead to a wild ride with Element Blasters, tag-team beatdowns, and jet boot-powered dropkicks through an original storyline with worlds teeming with memorable Marvel characters.
You can get Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Steam on Steam for PC on sale for $23.99 right now (reg. $59.99), though prices can change at any time.
You can get Borderlands 2 with two expansion packs on Steam for PC gaming on sale for $23.99 right now (reg. $89.97). Borderlands 2 is a nostalgic action RPG where you play as one of four Vault Hunters on a mission to explore the unpredictable world of Pandora and defeat the evil mastermind Handsome Jack. The game offers four unique classes—Siren, Commando, Gunzerker, and Assassin—with unique abilities, and co-op gameplay online or via LAN. The expansion packs add new campaign missions, environments, playable characters, and a level cap increase.
You can get Borderlands 2 and two expansion packs on Steam for PC gaming on sale for $23.99 right now (reg. $89.97), though prices can change at any time.
You can get Fallout 76 for Xbox One or Series X|S on sale for $3.97 right now (reg. $69.99). You can play solo or multiplayer online in the biggest world map yet, exploring the prequel to the other Fallout games where the nuclear apocalypse hasn't yet occurred. You can create a new Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform (CAMP) settlement, solve mysteries, and complete limited-time challenges to earn digital rewards. To play online, you'll need an Xbox Live account and a Game Pass Core or Ultimate subscription (sold separately).
You can get a Fallout 76 CD key for Xbox One or Series X|S on sale for $3.97 right now (reg. $69.99), though prices can change at any time.
Ever since the release of the Nintendo Switch, it seems that portable gaming devices have been making a comeback (to say nothing of gaming on your phone). The Razer Edge is one of them—a handheld device geared to Android users and Xbox players—and the wifi version of the tablet is currently $249.99 at Amazon after a $150 discount. (According to price-checking tools, this matches the lowest price it has ever reached.)
The Razer Edge came out in early 2023 to provide Android-based gaming on the go. According to PCMag's "excellent" review, it is a powerful streaming handheld console that lets you play games from a cloud while using familiar physical buttons and joysticks or with just one hand, like a phone.
This is the Wi-Fi version of the Razer Edge, so you won't be able to play cloud games or stream games into it unless you're connected to wifi, but you can run games locally via the 128GB of storage (plus a micro SD card tray for extra storage). If you download the Steam Link app, you'll be able to stream PC games as long as you're near your computer.
The system runs on Android 12 and has a 6.8-inch OLED touchscreen with a 2,880 by 1,080 resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. The CPU is a Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x, and depending on your settings, you can get close to 11 hours of playtime off of a full charge.
The Razer Edge uses the same screen as the Razer Kishi V2, with some additional features. The controller is the Razer Kishi V2 Pro; you can play games using the touchscreen or with the controller (or both).
Nintendo has brought the summer’s season of game announcements to a close in a big way, making good on promises that many worried had been forgotten. The Nintendo Switch 2might be on the way, but meanwhile, in 2024 and 2025, owners of the original Nintendo Switch have a packed schedule to look forward to. Here’s just a few of today’s biggest announcements.
Metroid Prime 4
Seven years after it was first announced and five years after Nintendo said it had restarted development on the title, Metroid Prime 4 finally has a release window, plus a new subtitle.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will release for Nintendo Switch in 2025 and see Samus once again go up against Space Pirates and Metroids, as well as a new foe in an all-black power suit similar to her own. The graphics seem to be using a similar art style to the original Metroid Prime’s Switch remaster, and environments appear to be large with many enemies on screen. Could this be a cross-gen title, with a version also being prepared for the Switch successor?
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
Mario’s other other RPG series is coming back for an all-new entry, titled Mario & Luigi: Brothership. The first entry for home consoles, it features a total graphical overhaul and seems to focus on Mario and Luigi being lost at sea. There, it looks like the brothers will encounter a group of characters that resemble electrical appliances. The game will keep its traditional turn-based-with-timed-button-presses combat, and despite the premise separating Mario and Luigi from the Mushroom Kingdom, Peach and Bowser make appearances in the trailer.
Mario & Luigi: Brothership launches on November 7, 2024 for Nintendo Switch.
Two big games are finally leaving Apple Arcade jail
Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s Fantasian earned rave reviews when it released exclusively on Apple Arcade in 2021, with critics praising its diorama visuals and unique approach to turn-based encounters. Now, RPG enthusiasts on other platforms will be able to enjoy the game, too, with Fantasian: Neo Dimension.
The port will keep the same story and mechanics, but will feature enhanced visuals, and will come to Switch, PS5/PS4, Xbox consoles, and Steam in Holiday 2024.
Joining Fantasian in leaving Apple Arcade exclusivity is Hello Kitty Island Adventure, an Animal Crossing style life-sim that earned praise for its continual updates and its deep exploration elements. The game will now be coming to Switch and PC in 2025, with a port for PS5 and PS4 planned for some time after.
Dragon Quest III is back
Originally revealed in 2021, the Dragon Quest III HD-2D remake, which reimagines the classic Super Nintendo RPG in a style similar to Octopath Traveler, finally got a solid release date today, plus some company. The game, featuring designs from late Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, will launch on Switch, PS5, Xbox consoles, and PC on November 14, 2024. But as a surprise, the trailer also announced that it will be joined by remakes of its two predecessorssometime in 2025, bringing the whole Erdrick trilogy into HD-2D.
It’s clobberin' time
After years of stagnating in rights limbo, Marvel vs. Capcom is finally seeing some love again. Capcom’s classic Marvel arcade games from the (mostly) ‘90s are all coming together in one collection, which will give superhero fans access to six classic fighting games starring the X-Men, Spider-Man, the cast of Street Fighter, and more. Yes, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is here, but oddly enough, also a beat-em-up starring The Punisher.
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics will release for Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Steam sometime in 2024.
Ace Attorney gets a hand-drawn revamp
Capcom’s Ace Attorney series normally sees players defending innocent clients in court, but in these spin-offs starring Phoenix Wright rival Miles Edgeworth, you’ll instead be playing the prosecution. Ace Attorney Investigations Collection brings two Nintendo DS games to home console, including one previously only released in Japan. Players can choose between the original pixel art or new hand-drawn art from the original series character designer when the game launches on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 6, 2024.
A Zelda Game Actually Starring Zelda
Fans have long joked about how The Legend of Zelda doesn’t actually star the titular princess (we don't talk about the CD-I), but that changes today. What first looked like a remake of the Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages games in the same style as the Link’s Awakening remake instead turned out to be a brand-new adventure starring Zelda herself.
Titled The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the game sees Link, several villagers, and even parts of Hyrule sucked into various strange vortexes, leaving Zelda to save the day.
Her gameplay is a little different than her green-hatted companion’s, instead focusing on her role as a princess. Early into the game, players will encounter the fairy Tri and earn the Tri rod, which they’ll then be able to use to summon “echoes” of various objects and even monsters. It’s a more analytical play style befitting of a wise leader, and will see you building structures and commanding armies to save your kingdom.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches for Nintendo Switch on September 26, 2024, alongside a new Zelda themed Nintendo Switch Lite console.
Other announcements
That’s just a taste of today's direct, but there’s plenty else to see in the whole stream, including a Switch port of Stray and a new Mario Party. Click below to watch the whole event.
Nintendo is back with some news: The company just announced a new Nintendo Direct in a post on X (formerly Twitter). According to the post, this event will focus on Nintendo Switch games slated for release in the second half of 2024, but beyond that, we don't know much else.
Before you get your hopes up, no, this event will not reveal any information about the Nintendo Switch 2. That's not speculation, either: Nintendo said as much in their announcement post, directly stating, "There will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during this presentation."
It's a smart move on the company's part: Nintendo undoubtedly knows the gaming community's collective focus is on the Nintendo Switch 2, and following Nintendo's president's confirmation of the console's existence last month, it would make some sense for Nintendo to acknowledge it in a new Direct. Squashing those expectations early means fans can go into this event without being disappointed by the lack of Switch 2 updates.
But what is Nintendo actually going to announce, here? The Switch subreddit is full of guesses: Some hope Nintendo will finally announce Switch ports for Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, the two remastered Zelda games from the Wii U still not on the company's latest console. Others hope for Metroid Prime news, whether that's remastered versions of the second and third Prime games, or the long-awaited fourth game in the series. Maybe there will be more retro games added to Nintendo Switch Online, or a brand-new top-down Zelda game, which would be the first in the series since 2013's A Link Between Worlds on 3DS.
Of course, this is all purely speculation: Now that we're heading into the last year of the OG Switch, there's really no telling what Nintendo will do here. We'll just have to wait and see.
How to watch the latest Nintendo Direct
Nintendo is holding its latest Direct event on Tuesday, June 18 at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET). The event will last for about 40 minutes, so block off your schedule until 7:40/10:40.
You can get a stackable 3-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership on sale for $39.99 (reg. $50). Game Pass Ultimate gives members access to over 500 games for console, PC, phones, and tablets and lets users access games on their release day, including titles from major publishers. This membership allows gamers to access online play for compatible titles, and it gives users access to a free EA Play Membership. EA Play members get premium discounts, rewards, and the ability to download games directly to their consoles or PCs. These codes are stackable and up to five can be applied to one account for a 15-month membership.
You can get a 3-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership on sale for $39.99 right now, though prices can change at any time.
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