Magic: The Gathering Arena Launches This Month

Magic: The Gathering Arena, the latest digital interpretation of Wizards’ popular card game, exits beta and officially launches on September 26.

The launch will coincide with the release of the latest card set, Throne of Eldraine, in which Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Arthurian legends come together. The cards will be available in Magic: The Gathering Arena at launch, but those playing the beta are able to access the cards right now thanks to a preview.

The Eldraine Courtside Brawl is now live, and allows 1v1 format games to be played until September 9. This allows players to play and earn cards from the Throne of Eldraine set ahead of time. The Brawl also introduces a new format, in which players can bring one Legendary creature or Planeswalker along with 59 Standard cards to the battle.

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Smash Bros. Ultimate: Check Out Banjo-Kazooie's Moveset

Banjo-Kazooie is now available to play as in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC fighter, check out his moveset before you dive in.

Ikumi Nakamura Departs Ghostwire Tokyo Studio

Ikumi Nakamura, the creative director of Ghostwire Tokyo who became a fan favorite personality during E3 for her bubbly demeanor, has officially departed studio Tango Gameworks and publisher Bethesda/Zenimax.

In a tweet posted Wednesday, Nakamura announced her decision to leave the studio.

“After

years as creative director & art director at Tango and Zenimax - I felt here is one of ends of the journeys,” Nakamura wrote. “I learned from the talented people I've worked with and I respect. Contact me if anyone wants to work with me!”

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Cult Classic PS1 'Anti-RPG' Moon Is Coming to the Nintendo Switch in English

Cult classic “anti-RPG” Moon is finally coming to North America. Onion Games announced that it will be bringing the PlayStation 1 RPG in English for the very first time to the Nintendo Switch later this year.

Moon is a PlayStation 1 RPG first released in 1997 for Japan only. Developed by Love-de-Lic and published by ASCII Entertainment, Moon was originally slated to come to North America in 1997. Unfortunately, publisher ASCII US dropped plans to release Moon in the west, and the RPG became a cult classic.

Moon’s premise was fairly ahead of its time. The RPG begins with a young boy in the real world playing an in-game RPG called “Moon.” He then gets sucked into this in-game version of “Moon” himself. He must then explore this mysterious RPG world and find a way back to the "real" world. This genre of fantasy is typically known in Japan as an “Isekai.”

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Everything Announced at the September 4 Nintendo Direct

With another Nintendo Direct in the books, Nintendo has confirmed SNES games coming to the Nintendo Switch, the leaked Overwatch port is a reality, and much more.

Read on for everything announced, revealed, detailed, and highlighted at the September 4, 2019 Nintendo Direct.

SNES Games Coming to Nintendo Switch

After months of rumors, alleged Nintendo Switch datamines, and more rampant discussion, Nintendo finally confirmed SNES Games are coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 5.

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Smash Bros. Creator Tells Players to Play Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox

Although Nintendo and Microsoft are supposed to be rivals in the games industry, you wouldn’t know it from the way Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai talks about Banjo & Kazooie, who are joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today. In fact, Sakurai is even encouraging players to play Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox if they can.

During a Nintendo Direct post-show focused solely on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sakurai ran down the history of the character, Banjo & Kazooie. “As some of you may know the Banjo-Kazooie IP now belong to Microsoft,” Sakurai said during the presentation.

“Technically, they’re a rival platform holder. Even so, they were happy for Banjo & Kazooie to join the Super Smash Bros. series. For that I’m extremely grateful. Rare also welcomed us with open arms,” Sakurai revealed. “So, if you want to play Banjo-Kazooie today, you can do so on Xbox. I know this is a Nintendo broadcast but please give the game a try on Xbox.”

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Home-Run Contest Returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Nintendo has announced that the Home Run Contest will be returning to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate alongside new Mii Fighter Costumes.

The Home-Run Contest will be arriving as part of the Version 5.0 update that will arrive with the release of Banjo-Kazooie as the latest DLC fighter.

Home Run Contest is a minigame that was first introduced in Super Smash Bros. Melee and has players damaging a Sandbag for 10 seconds before hitting it with the Home-Run Bat and seeing how far they can send it.

Home-Run Contest for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will even allow two players to play together to cause a ton of damage to the poor Sandbag.

As for the new Mii Fighter Costumes, these newest additions include Goemon (Swordfighter) from Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Proto Man (Gunner) from Mega Man, Zero (Swordfighter) from Mega Man X, Team Rocket (Brawler) from the Pokemon series, and Sans (Gunner) from Undertale.

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