The next ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ fighter is Steve from ‘Minecraft’

There’s always huge speculation around the identity of the next downloadable character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Rumors prior to today’s reveal suggested the latest addition would be Tracer from Overwatch. Instead, Steve from Minecraft is joini...

The next ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ fighter is Min Min from ‘Arms’

It's been known for quite some time that the next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter would be a character from Nintendo's Arms fighting game, and the company has at last revealed exactly who it'll be. You can add Min Min to your roster of availab...

Nintendo had a surprise Direct Mini today, here’s what you missed

After several months without a proper Direct, Nintendo at long last debuted a presentation without any prior warning. For some reason, it decided to call it a "Nintendo Direct Mini," which is especially strange given the glut of news it delivered.

‘Death Stranding’ and ‘Control’ lead Game Awards nominees

The Game Awards takes place in less than a month and voting is now open after Geoff Keighley announced the nominees. Hideo Kojima's sprawling epic Death Stranding leads the pack with nine nominations, including game of the year, game direction, score...

CBS will air the Nintendo World Championships starting August 25th

CBS is set to air the Nintendo World Championships later this month. The trio of esports tournaments -- in which Super Mario Maker 2, Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players duked it out -- will debut on August 25th at 1 PM ET. The network...

Dragon Quest XI’s hero comes to ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ this summer

Nintendo's E3 Direct opened up with one of the bigger announcements fans were waiting for: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC. This time around, it's a crossover with Dragon Quest XI, with that game's unnamed main character joining the roster of fighters...

Looks like ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ is getting a VR mode

It looks like you'll soon be able to beat up your friends in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from an entirely different perspective. It seems the hit Switch fighting game is getting a virtual reality mode via the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con VR Goggles.

Nintendo Switch outsold every other console in the US last year

Demand for the Nintendo Switch didn't cool down one iota in 2018. The NPD Group has published its sales data for last year, and the Switch was the top-selling system in the US both in terms of dollars and raw unit count, outpacing a previous record...

You can play ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ with banana controllers

The GameCube controller for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might be sold out all over the place, but you don't need it to dominate the competition with your favorite fighter. All you need, it turns out, is a bunch of bananas. A Twitch streamer going by t...