Steve Bowling
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Past articles by Steve:
The Most Infamous Leaks in Video Game History
Here are 10 of the most infamous times a game was leaked ahead of its official announcement, from a novelty keychain to Walmart Canada. → Read More
Feature: The Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story Team On Remaking A Beloved Classic
Forgotten cameos, unused art and... fat Bowser? - With Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey hav... → Read More
Nintendo Details Fire Emblem Heroes 3.0 Update
New heroes and Book III inbound - Nintendo today released a ten-minute trailer outlining updates coming to Fire Emblem Her... → Read More
Exclusive: A 'Behind-The-Schemes' Look At The Making Of GRIS, Switch's Latest Indie Darling
A sight to behold - It's no secret that we're quite taken with the art style of GRIS, the upcoming puzzle platformer from ... → Read More
Hardware Review: HORI Switch Battle Pad GameCube Style Controller
Just in time for Smash - The release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is just around the corner. With it, the perennial reviv... → Read More
Feature: Remembering Zelda: Ocarina of Time, 20 Years Later
A story of the best game ever made - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time turns 20 years old today. It's older than this s... → Read More
Hands On: What We Learned From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Near-Final Preview Build
New details on World of Light, Spirit Board and more - At the time of writing, we’re mere weeks away from Nintendo’s m... → Read More
Save me Mr Tako: Tasukete Tako-San Review (Switch eShop)
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Game Boy, 23-year-old French developer Christophe Galati began development on a game. On 29th September 2014, the first prototype of what would later become Save Me Mr. Tako: Tasukete Tako-San was released. Four years later, the game found a distributor in indie mega-publisher Nicalis and is now launching on Nintendo Switch. After having played through… → Read More
Luigi's Mansion Review (3DS)
3D support only took 17 years! → Read More
Dragon Ball FighterZ Review (Switch)
What you Super Saiyan? → Read More
Nintendo Confirms That Animal Crossing is Coming To Switch Next Year
2019 has never seemed further away - In closing out today's Nintendo Direct, the company announced Animal Crossing would b... → Read More
Gallery: Check Out The Splatoon 2 Ver.4 Update
Splatoon continues to stay fresh - During today's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo showed off a lengthy trailer for Splatoon 2's ... → Read More
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Coming to Nintendo Switch in January
164 courses, new characters inbound, too - Nintendo today announced New Super ... → Read More
Hands On: Getting Fancy With Shovel Knight: King of Cards And Showdown
Hail to the king, baby - It’s not often that you see a preview for a four-year-old game, but in the ye... → Read More
Hands On: Rolling The Dice With Super Mario Party On Switch
Mario shows us his new party trick - At PAX West this week we were given the opportunity to play the latest entry in the M... → Read More
Hands On: Streets Of Rage 4 Is A Grand (Upper) Revival
Nostalgic hearts a-Blaze - It’s been a wild ride for fans of SEGA fans the last few years. Lately, it seems as though th... → Read More
Review: WarioWare Gold (3DS)
After five years, a new WarioWare is finally upon us. Well, mostly new, anyway. Warioware Gold is a mashup of some of the best microgames the series has had to offer, along with a few new ones. Most 'best of' collections include a creator's hits; those tracks you can't help but play over and over, despite knowing every single beat. WarioWare Gold has that one game where you have to jam your… → Read More
Feature: Talking Super Smash Bros. Ultimate With Nintendo's Bill Trinen And Nate Bihldorff
Ridley, Sakurai and defusing the 'happy accident' myth - We've known about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for quite some ... → Read More
Interview: Hisashi Nogami on Squids, Kids, and Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion
A tale of Octolings and Inklings - If you've watched a Nintendo Direct, you've doubtless encountered Hisashi Nogami, bette... → Read More
Hands On: Exploring The Future Of Retro Gaming With Polymega
Hello, lovely - If you’ve been keeping your eyes on these pages, you know that we’re keenly interested in Polymega, th... → Read More