Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (10th January)

What's on the docket?

Gosh, 2026 has been quite the year so far, isn't it? Luckily, we've got games to keep us busy, and we're going to go through which of the buggers we plan on playing this weekend. In case you've missed the main headlines this week, let's take a peek at what's been going on in the world of Nintendo. First up, Fire Emblem: Path...

• Sat 10th Jan 2026
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch 2
• Polls
• What Are You Playing

News Paramount Makes Rival Bid For Warner Bros. After Netflix's $82 Billion Offer, Includes Game Studios

Update: Paramount enters the conversation

In a staggering piece of news this Friday, streaming giant Netflix has announced that it has entered an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire Warner Bros. in a deal that's valued at roughly $82.7 billion — an equity value of $72 billion. Netflix is specifically acquiring Warner B

• Mon 8th Dec 2025
• Industry
• Business
• Mortal Kombat
• Batman

Rumour A Bunch Of LEGO Games Might Get The 'Switch 2 Edition' Treatment Soon

Block party

We've seen a fair number of third-party Switch 1 games make the jump to Nintendo's new hardware under the 'Nintendo Switch 2 Edition' banner, and now, if a new piece of Nintendo marketing is to be believed, a bunch of LEGO games might just be following suit (thanks for the heads up, Eurogamer). That's according to a handful of fans who...

• Mon 29th Sep 2025
• Rumours
• Nintendo Switch 2
• LEGO

News LEGO Is Apparently "Building Up" To In-House Game Development

Spilling the TT

For years, LEGO has found great success in teaming up with third-party studios to develop its tie-in game titles. However, it seems that collaborations with the likes of TT Games, 2K and Epic may soon come to an end, as a LEGO executive has suggested that the company wants to take things in-house in the future. In a recent interview...

• Tue 11th Mar 2025
• News
• LEGO
• Business
• Industry

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th January)

I have fury!

Hello folks, and welcome to the year 2025! It's cold, rainy, and there's still no sign of flying cars. Still, it's the year that Nintendo's new hardware will finally be revealed (and hopefully released), so we're inclined to believe that it's going to be a good one. It's been a bit quiet in terms of news, but there have been a couple...

• Sat 4th Jan 2025
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (New Year Edition)

Looking forward '2' the new year

This is it, folks - our final WAYP feature for 2024. 2025 is going to be a pretty huge year for Nintendo fans, with the likes of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition all launching within the coming months. Oh, and...

• Sat 28th Dec 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th July)

To hell with it

The working week is over and it's time to settle in for the weekend. Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing! What's been going on in the world of Nintendo recently, then? Well, we got a boatload of NSO drops as Nintendo served up a whopping seven additions to the NES library including Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Urban...

• Sat 6th Jul 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

UK Charts Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Storms To The Top

Initial sales match Origami King

Well, as we'd expected, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has comfortably claimed victory in the UK Charts this week after its launch on 23rd May 2024. According to Chris Dring of GamesIndustry.biz, the game performed better than last year's Super Mario RPG release on Switch and has pretty much matched the last...

• Tue 28th May 2024
• UK Charts
• Nintendo
• Nintendo Switch
• UK

UK Charts FromSoftware's Armored Core VI Fends Off Mario Kart And Zelda

Mech uprising

In the UK Charts for this week, FromSoftware's Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon has debuted at number one, beating out the likes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It marks a strong start for the company's return to its mecha-based combat franchise, signaling that FromSoftware has not become the...

• Tue 29th Aug 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo
• UK Charts
• UK

UK Charts The King Returns As Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Takes The Top Spot

Must've had a blue shell handy

Blimey, we honestly didn't see this coming. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been climbing the UK charts in recent weeks, but in rather surprising turn of events, it's now actually taken the top spot, more than six years after its initial launch on Switch. The game does admittedly enjoy consistent sales thanks to its ongoing...

• Tue 22nd Aug 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo
• UK Charts
• UK