Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷

The Nintendo character Wario splashing around in a pile of gold coins, gold bars, and jewels

Nintendo is suing the United States government over Trump's tariffs, calling them unlawful and demanding full refunds with interest.

(Read more at Aftermath)

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An Arc Raiders bug has been detected and hotfixed which stored private Discord messages.

(Read more at Eurogamer)

Wart is on the newly-released Super Mario Galaxy Movie poster.

Daily Telegraph has been acquired, I misread that Daily Mail failed the bid and thought a mega-right-wing corp had an effective monopoly in the UK

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Direct, 3.9.2026

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct showcase announced, airing March 9 at 2pm PT/10pm UK.

(Read more at Nintendo Everything)

Ah, thanks! Somehow must have - busy work day, so I only manage to glance some bits briefly 🤦‍♀️

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Rebecca Heineman will posthumously receive the Ambassador Award at the GDC Awards.

A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports... 👏

(Read more at GamesIndustry)

Oh please do, I feel like you'd loooove it. One of the strongest narratives, a good argument could be made for it being *the* best narrative game.

Vinyl for one of my all-time favourite games has finally arrived - hekki allmo! ❤️

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Microsoft has announced Project Helix - the codename for its next-gen console, committing to "the return of Xbox" with a console for playing Xbox + PC games.

More shown privately beyond closed doors at GDC this weekend.

Sorry! Coming April 17 2026 The above text is written on a sheet of paper, with a date crossed out in place of the 17, and a smiley face in the bottom right

Pragmata's release date has been brought forward, with Capcom's new IP now launching on April 17.

(Read more at VGC)

Every week is a long week atm tbh, we'll let you have your Twoiner

Project Helix logo on a black background

Microsoft has announced Project Helix - the codename for its next-gen console, committing to "the return of Xbox" with a console for playing Xbox + PC games.

More shown privately beyond closed doors at GDC this weekend.

Kena is an indie developed game by an indie studio that just received Sony funding/console exclusivity window, in the same way as Stray, Sifu, and other high-profile indies. It is not a Sony-owned IP or studio. Probably would've gone to Switch earlier if SW1 could've handled it.

Tweets are SCHEDULED

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Cult classic top-down-shooter RUINER is getting a sequel.

(Read more at Gematsu)

It was a copyright troll, the actual ownership seems lost and it is not at all likely the person who kept claiming has any rights to the game. Just a bizarre fixation on trolling with false copyright claims.

Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Coming Spring 2025

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is coming to the Switch 2 this Spring, complete with the Anniversary DLC.

(Read more at Game Informer)

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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's settlement with Google means he cannot openly criticise the company again until 2032.

(Read more at The Verge)

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Physical video game sales hit its lowest-ever point last year.

The decline was lower than in previous years though, indicating a possible approach to the levelling off point.

(Read more at Kotaku)

Highguard’s final update arriving soon. Thank you for playing with us. Today we’re sharing difficult news. We have made the decision to permanently shut down Highguard on March 12. Since launch, more than 2 million players stepped into Highguard’s world. You shared feedback, created content, and many believed in what we were building. For that, we are deeply grateful. Despite the passion and hard work of our team, we have not been able to build a sustainable player base to support the game long term. Servers will remain online until March 12th. We hope you’ll jump in with us one more time to show your support and get those final great matches in while we still can. The team is excited to release one final game update to enjoy in the remaining life of the game. We'll be adding a new Warden, a new weapon, account level progression, and skill trees! Full patch notes are coming, and we're targeting tonight or tomorrow morning for patch release. From all of us at Wildlight, thank you for playing, for supporting us, and for being part of Highguard’s story.

And, there it is.

Highguard developer Wildlight has announced the game's servers will permanently close on March 12.

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Minishoot’ Adventures surprise dropped on the Switch + Switch 2 today.

If you didn't play it on Steam, trust me, that game is an absolute treeeeeat. Twin-stick shooter + one of the better metroidvanias.

An honour to include an early demo on my Mixtapes. Hit it up! 🚀

hell yeahhhh

Congrats! I shall share the good word!

Just spotted this, amazing stuff!

Ahh I saw, exceeeeellent stuff. Minishoot' Adventures was exceptionally good - had an early demo on my indie Mixtape project thingy.

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The copyright troll responsible for attempting to wipe any mention of obscure game Cookie's Bustle from the internet appears to have been defeated by the Video Game History Foundation.

(Game History blog post)

Bobo Bay - an indie game inspired by Sonic Adventure 2's Chao Gardens - has preserved all its previous demos + early builds publicly online.

Indie game preservation is something I vouch for a lot, and lost demos hurts my soul - great to see!

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Haven't really managed to check-in on socials today - what have I missed?

Any cool/awful gaming news?

Nahhh. Lovely concept, loved the original, but I reeeeally had to force myself to get through the new one.