Sporting a funky new Pikmin themed t-shirt, iconic game developer Shigeru Myamoto was on had during the recent Nintendo Direct to announce Pikmin 4. The next mainline game in the series that began its life during the Nintendo GameCube era is set to arrive for the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2023.

Nintendo has lifted the lid on an impressive batch of Nintendo 64-era classics coming to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack library. These are actual N64 games running on Nintendo Switch hardware with some added functionality. As per the headline Rare’s GoldenEye 007 from 1997 is coming, one of the most iconic shooters from the era.

Fire Emblem Engage has been announced by Nintendo, with a cinematic trailer showcasing a cinematic look and feel similar to the recent Three Houses entry. But, with a more traditional setup for what is the next mainline entry in the turn-based series.

NVIDIA GTC being the conference we've spoken about before, but just as a gentle reminder, NVIDIA gave us a GeForce 3070 Ti to give away in celebration of the event with the hopes that it might also remind you to sign up to partake in the conference.

With 3.45 million copies of Splatoon 3 for Nintendo Switch sold in just three days, making it the fastest-selling game in Japan for the platform. Some publications are even reporting that this could be the fastest-selling game in the country ever, regardless of platform, which is pretty incredible.

Warlander, from developer Toylogic Inc. and publisher PLAION is a vibrant new massively multiplayer siege warfare game that features different combat styles in a medieval meets fantasy setting. Supporting up to 100-players there's an Open Beta live now via Steam. Hit the jump to see the trailer and hear what it's all about.

And you can watch them right here! First off the bat is a 40-minute Nintendo Direct livestream happening at midnight tonight for Aussies, which is at the sort of okay time of 12am AEST. Next up is the next PlayStation State of Play, a 20-minute presentation happening tomorrow morning at 8am AEST.

It's an odd-ish pairing to begin with. Omega Force, the KOEI TECMO studio whose responsibilities normally lie with Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors has teamed up with EA through its EA Originals label for "the next great hunting game" set in fantasy Feudal Japan.

The Division Heartland is a new free-to-play entry in the series from Ubisoft studio Red Storm, and is described as "a survival-action multiplayer shooter set in small-town America". The interesting word there is survival, as on top of the usual Division-style cover-based shooting it looks like it will feature elements from the survival game genre.

The free-to-play reboot of Ubisoft Nadeo's long-running series, which is also a remake and spiritual successor to the popular Trackmania Nations is coming to consoles. Simply called Trackmania it focuses on the series' core pillars - creation, competition, and the sheer thrill of racing at speed.

If you're like us and grew up with the X-Men animated series on Cheez TV as your must-watch for the week, making Saturday mornings a destination point for the week, then this fresh announcement that Marvel's Midnight Suns will feature a series of animated prequels will likely have you squealing in broken onset pubescent octaves, and then some.

Okay, Skull and Bones, you had me at "pets are also confirmed for the game at launch". If I can go full-on into battle with a pet monkey on the deck of my ship, you know I'm going to feel better, luckier and cooler than my opposition and, if what you're telling me is correct and I can find my pets out in the game-world, that's as good a reason as any yet to give this pirate life simulator a go.

At this morning's Ubisoft Forward, alongside information of the next Assassin's Creed installment in Assassin's Creed Mirage, the company also revealed its plans for the franchise moving forward which includes at least two open-world ARPG entries in the vein of the last three titles, a full mobile offering and a still-somewhat-confusing concept relating to a social and multiplayer hub through which all Assassin's Creed activities moving forward take place.

A new Assassin's Creed experience will be with us in 2023, though it's set to borrow much more from the franchise's beginnings than the more recent open-world offerings like Valhalla.

Get set to jaunt through Golden Age Baghdad in Assassin's Creed Mirage.

There's been a fair bit of roof top shouting going on for this one, but when you elevate the GOAT just that little bit more, it's difficult not to want to tout larger than usual. NBA 2K23 is available now and has a plethora of Michael Jordan baked into the experience.

PC gaming is as much about performance as it is fidelity, that is pushing the frame-rate to at least 60fps. With modern games running in resolutions like 1440p and 4K, and featuring hardware intensive effects like real-time ray-tracing it has led to the creation of upscaling tech like AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, or FSR.

Every month Valve updates the Steam Hardware Survey to showcase what bits of gear and software its users are running, and it's always fascinating to see what graphics cards are out there driving the PC games we all play. It should come as no surprise that the NVIDIA GeForce range makes up the bulk, but the August 2022 numbers showcase that over 70% of all Steam gamers are on GeForce.

With rumours swirling that NVIDIA is set to launch its next-gen GeForce RTX 40 series later this year (which would include the GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, and so on), it's now teasing something called "Project Beyond". With a special GeForce Beyond broadcast opening the NVIDIA GTC 2022 conference featuring NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang.

A gameplay trailer which, we might add, looks to feature some setup spoilers so you might want to tread carefully when looking to settle into the 13-plus minutes of new footage on offer. It's been released, of course, in celebration of pre-orders being open for the Weird Western title which recently saw a slight delay.

In an earnings call CD Projekt RED CEO Adam Kiciński has reconfirmed the company is currently in the pre-production phase of its next The Witcher project, less likely in the light of day to be The Witcher 4 and more the beginning of a new adventure with its own multiple game arc.