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Nintendo is continuing its tradition of providing Nintendo Switch Online subscribers access to Game Trials allowing you to play a full game for a limited period of time. If you enjoy it then you can purchase the game for a discount on the Nintendo eShop. Nintendo announced that the newest Game Trial is the well-received

It’s been a few months since Bungie ceased active development of Destiny 2, bringing the game’s nine-year lifecycle to an abrupt end and angering many players in the process. Bungie has heard and responded to this outcry by obliging one of the biggest fan requests for Destiny 2. The studio is also sharing plans to

Image: The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Trading Card Game 30th Anniversary expansion launched last week on 16th September, and the release was expectedly messy. Launch day saw lengthy queues outside stores in the early hours of the morning, cancelled and delayed pre-orders, and, most infuriating of all, select individuals sitting on huge hoards of stock,

There’s a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Epic Mickey Rebrushed on the horizon and if you own the Nintendo Switch version then you’ll be entitled to a free upgrade to the new and improved version. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Epic Mickey Rebrushed launches on 6th October, so there’s not long to go now.

Earlier this year, Xbox performed a massive wave of layoffs, eliminating 1,600 roles and sharing that more cuts would come soon. Today, those cuts have come: Xbox has announced it is laying off 268 roles across its first-party studios, XGS management, and central functions layer. Halo Studios in particular has been significantly impacted, and today’s

Image: Sega We all know Sonic has gone through some highs and lows over the years, but according to head honcho Takashi Iizuka, Sega had gotten to the point where it wanted to cancel the entire franchise. As reported by One More Game (thanks, Time Extension), this came prior to the first movie’s release in

The head of the Sonic Team, Takashi Iizuka, has reflected on Sonic Frontiers in a new interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer. Mr. Iizuka said that the open zone 3D Sonic game was “a major test that determined the future of the Sonic series” clearly paving the way for whatever the next mainline entry is in

StarCraft is back, this time as an open-world shooter. During the BlizzCon 2026 keynote today, a new open-world shooter was announced, aiming for a 2030 release and simply called: StarCraft. Dan Hay, previously a lead producer on the Far Cry series, to announce the new project and the team behind it. Hay said the crew

Image: Nintendo Life Both Nintendo and Sony got in on the new release fun last week, and with our latest look at the UK charts now in, it’s time to see which came out on top. Alas, if the headline wasn’t enough of a giveaway, it was Marvel’s Wolverine that clawed its way to victory

Capcom has decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the acclaimed Ace Attorney franchise ahead of its official anniversary date which is 12th October. The new artwork, which you can view down below, showcases a number of beloved characters from the respected franchise including Apollo, Edgeworth and more. The brand-new illustration is by series artists

Blizzard is rewinding the clock to 2004 and halting it there with World of Warcraft: Forever, a new game edition expanding the vanilla WoW experience with new and overhauled zones, 1,000 new quests spread across the entire 1–60 level bracket, 9 additional dungeons and 10-20 player raids, and a brand new neutral playable elven race:

North America Image: Atlas Okay okay yeah, we can kinda see what Atlas is going for with this. It’s simple, straight to the point, and eye-catching. The logo itself is a little… Word Art-inspired, maybe? But otherwise yeah, not the worst box art we’ve ever seen, but not exactly a bastion of inspiration. Japan Image:

Sonic series executive producer Takashi Iizuka has participated in an interview with Invenglobal during which he stated that the company is in the process of evolving classic Sonic games as well as modern Sonic games going forward. This ties in with recent comments from Iizuka during which he said “trying something new with Sonic can

Published by Road to Infamy Games, and themed around the classic pop art movement (think Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Can series), this fascinating drafting and tableau-building game uses a mix of colored background cards and transparent cards you can lay on top. When stacked together, a new visual emerges, which is then scored around particular

So, what are we all doing to chill out this weekend? Matthew Reynolds, Acting Deputy Editor Ahead of the upcoming London leg of the Symphony tour, I’m replaying Undertale for the first time in a decade. I find revisiting games fascinating, to discover what you remember and what does (or doesn’t) quite stick: for example,

Famed toy chain Toys “R” Us, which also sold video games and video game consoles, has announced that it plans to open up 120 new stores in the United States this holiday season. The company previously had more than 1,000 locations across the United States and then it filed for bankruptcy in 2017. Toys “R”

Physint, an upcoming game from Kojima Productions, just found its star. The game is set to be a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid, a game series Hideo Kojima famously led for many years before parting ways with Konami, which holds the rights to the IP to this day. In 2015, Kojima founded Kojima Productions

Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life We’re all aware of just how successful the Switch has been since its launch in 2017. The latest figures put it at a total of 156.59 million units sold worldwide, which means that had Sony not managed to find some extra PS2 sales down the back of the couch

During the recent XBOX Livestream at Tokyo Game Show 2026, SEGA unveiled Japan as the second international location for the all-new, high-octane adventure Crazy Taxi: World Tour. The Japan map is the third of five maps offered in the game’s new single-player World Tour story campaign. In the Japan map, players can take in the

Heart Machine, an indie developer known for games like Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, has laid off most of its staff, according to studio head Alx Preston. Preston took to LinkedIn to share the news that the studio was working on a game that was funded by an unnamed publisher, but after that publisher

Image: Sony Pictures Reviews for Zach Cregger’s new Resident Evil movie have started pouring in, and it’s looking like this latest adaptation is a resounding success – critically, at least. Sitting at a whopping 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Resident Evil is currently the highest-rated video game movie of all time. It’s not even close either,

Nintendo has confirmed via the official listing for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake that the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive will support VRR when played in docked mode on an HDMI 2.1 compatible TV. This is the second game that will support variable refresh rate as the first is Welcome Tour. Hopefully more

Fortnite has hosted numerous crossovers with seemingly ill-fitting IPs, so it’s hard to be surprised by any collaboration anymore. That is, until they decided to give Sora from Kingdom Hearts a gun.  Fortnite’s latest crossover sees the world of Kingdom Hearts invade the battle royale this week. On Thursday, September 17, four Kingdom Hearts skins

Image: Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Game developer Masahiro Sakurai has announced that The Game Designer award for the Japan Game Awards has been discontinued, as he has been unable to find a successor to carry it on into the future. As reported by IGN, Sakurai made the announcement at this year’s ceremony. He originally

Today, in the lead-up to Tokyo Game Show, SEGA revealed the first free character of Year Two for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Bayonetta – in their new video trailer.  Fans of the legendary Umbra Witch will soon be able to bring her signature style and grace to the racetrack. The new Bayonetta content will include

Warcraft III is getting a new campaign for the first time in years. Forsaken Kingdom is a new campaign for Warcraft III: Reforged, arriving today alongside a number of improvements to the Reforged version of Warcraft III.   Set amid the fall of Lordaeron, a new prologue will detail the fallout after Arthas killed his

Image: Nintendo Life We are back with our latest look at the UK charts, and after last week’s excitement with all those newcomers, it’s a slightly more familiar picture this time. The wonderful Switch 2 exclusive, Orbitals (which landed in third place in its debut week, let’s not forget), has drifted down to 18th this

SEGA has announced a slew of media projects which are coming to Netflix and they involve Crazy Taxi, Sonic the Hedgehog and Stranger than Heaven. The one that fans will most likely be looking forward to the most is a new Sonic animated series mastermind by Carlos Stevens and Toru Nakahara. Here’s more details on

Valve’s new VR headset, the Steam Frame, is dropping very soon, and today is the first day you can sign up to purchase one of your own. Much like with the launch of the Steam Machine, the console-like PC that dropped earlier this year, today is the first day you can get added to a

Nintendo has often stressed its desire to place gameplay above all else, including story. Yet with the company providing (and updating) an official Legend of Zelda timeline, fans have understandably become quite invested in the entire concept. Now, with the upcoming release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, Nintendo has once again updated