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Updated: August 17, 2023 by Michael Caravette | Leave a Comment

Banjo-Kazooie is a platform action-adventure game developed by Rareware, released in 1998. The game was an instant favorite among fans […]

Published: August 11, 2020 by Benjamin Maltbie | Leave a Comment

Nintendo has a fairly earned reputation as a creative and innovative company. They’ve created some of the most iconic […]

Published: March 11, 2020 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

“Nintendo hard” is a phrase for a reason. Classic video games from the 80s and 90s could be ludicrously […]

Published: January 29, 2020 by Benjamin Maltbie | Leave a Comment

We all like a good hero in a video game, but there are many examples of times when these heroes […]

Published: September 11, 2019 by Graham Russell | Leave a Comment

When the Dreamcast launched in the U.S. on September 9, 1999, it was meant to usher in ideas that […]

Published: September 10, 2019 by Benjamin Maltbie | Leave a Comment

Video games are great on their own, but every now and then it is fun to enhance them with […]

Published: August 9, 2019 by Graham Russell | Leave a Comment

“We haven’t done our best work over the last few years.” When asked about first-party development in an interview […]

Published: August 2, 2019 by Lucas White

Sometimes, no matter how much we love a video game, there’s at least one character we kinda want to […]

Published: July 23, 2019 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

Here’s a crazy thing that’s happening. Remember River City Ransom on the NES? It was that goofy […]

Published: July 16, 2019 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

If we know anything about gamers, it’s that many of them like to save money. (Until they don’t, at […]

Published: June 28, 2019 by Benjamin Maltbie | Leave a Comment

They may be an underrated element of video games but a game’s soundtrack can add so much to its […]

Published: June 18, 2019 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

Monsters are to video games what birds and insects are to real life. They’re just an innate part of […]

Published: June 11, 2019 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

A rather sad announcement was made ahead of E3 2019. Microsoft will no longer be adding new backwards compatible […]

Published: June 10, 2019 by Jenni Lada

E3 2019 brought with it the flurry of press conferences. The first weekend from the event brought with it […]

Published: May 22, 2019 by Jenni Lada | Leave a Comment

E3 2019 is just around the bend and, well, it’s going to be a very different sort of show. […]

Published: March 26, 2019 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

In March 2019, the unthinable happened. Microsoft and Nintendo stopped flirting and hooked up for real, announcing the previously Xbox-exclusive […]

Published: January 29, 2019 by Cheat Code Central Staff

A while back, the Belgian government announced plans to strike against certain purchasing structures in video games, particularly loot […]

Published: January 20, 2019 by Cheat Code Central Staff

There’s no doubt that Bungie is feeling the pressure of its former accomplishments, as the Halo series […]

Published: November 22, 2018 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

2017 and 2018 have been two of the most exciting years in video games in a long time. Lots […]

Published: October 17, 2018 by Jenni Lada

There are certain themes, ideas, and gameplay elements that keep appearing over and over again in games. Why? Well, […]

Published: August 10, 2018 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

In 2018, a little game called Team Sonic Racing is coming out. It’s a kart racer that […]

Published: August 8, 2018 by Cheat Code Central Staff | Leave a Comment

The 2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct has ended, and there’s a lot to unpack. Masahiro Sakurai […]

Published: July 6, 2018 by Cheat Code Central Staff

At E3 2018, Microsoft announced FastStart, a new, machine-learning technology that is designed to get players into their new, […]

Published: June 14, 2018 by Lucas White | Leave a Comment

All the E3 2018 conferences are donezo, and each one brought with it at least a few announcements. Even […]