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Amiibo Sales Looking Good for Nintendo
It looks like amiibo sales are still going strong. Nintendo released some graphs that show off the continued success of the tiny figurines (and trading cards and plushies). Check out amiibos’...Read More
PlayStation Plus November Free Games Announced
Beginning in November, PlayStation is making the following titles available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers.Read More
Mushroom 11 Review
Platforms: PC, Mac We played on: PC Walt Disney once said “Get a good idea and stay with it.” Many modern puzzle games have utilized a single brilliant concept to...Read More
Neko Atsume Now Lets You Toggle English and Japanese
If you’ve been listening to our Gaming With the Moms podcast, you know that some of here at Pixelkin adore Neko Atsume, the extremely cute cat collecting game for iOS and...Read More
Gaming With the Moms #29: Flappy Mario (with Mike Mika)
Check Out Video Games Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Gaming With The Moms on BlogTalkRadio Nicole, Linda, and Simone are joined by game-industry veteran Mike Mika, AKA “Donkey Kong Dad,”...Read More
Toptal Scholarships for Women Devs
Toptal is currently offering scholarships to female developers. Any female dev—or aspiring dev—older than 13 can apply. The scholarship is international, and there are no educational requirements. The scholarship was...Read More
Nintendo Announces “My Nintendo” and “Nintendo Accounts”
Nintendo has finally announced its new loyalty program—”My Nintendo”—as well as a brand-new account system (called simply “Nintendo Account”) that will interlink your various consoles with social media and mobile devices. Both services...Read More
You Can Pay $9.99 For Ad-Free YouTube, Starting Today
YouTube is changing things up by launching a subscription service called YouTube Red. Users can pay $9.99 a month and have access to ad-free YouTube, as well as a subscription...Read More
Miitomo, Nintendo’s First Mobile App, Is Not a Game
Nintendo has announced its first mobile app, called Miitomo. The app has you creating custom Miis and answering questions about your personality and interests. Then your Mii goes off and...Read More
Destiny Selling Engrams
Bungie is selling engrams in its official store now. You can get a four-pack of engrams with one green, one blue, one purple, and one yellow, for $19.99. Actually, they’re...Read More
Need For Speed Free Trial With EA Access
The new Need for Speed isn’t coming out till November 3, but Xbox One players with EA Access can play the trial version starting today. The trial gives you unlimited access...Read More
5 Kid-Safe Games to Celebrate Halloween
Halloween is the ultimate kid holiday. Not only is it a day where dressing up as a favorite character is strongly encouraged, but neighbors are also willing to give away...Read More
Nintendo Sales: Half of Wii U Owners Have Mario Kart 8
Nintendo’s Q2 financial report was released today, and (in addition to news about Nintendo Directs) we got more details on what games have been selling the best for Wii U...Read More
Hidden Family Gaming Gems: Hammerwatch
A lot of gaming parents discovered their passion for the medium in the age of arcades when gaming was a little more social and a lot more pixelated. For many...Read More
