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Nintendo Life The Switch can be anything anyone wants it to be. It has all the big Nintendo-magic hits you could hope for from the Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon series (we all continue to mourn the extended hibernation of Metroid and F-Zero), a slew of high profile cross-platform gems old and new to suit any

Capcom has two Monster Hunter games for the Nintendo Switch planned for this year those games are Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin. In a New Year’s message, Monster Hunter Rise producer Ryozo Tsujimoto and director Yasunori Ichinose stated that they have “brand-new information” to share at the beginning of

There is really no shortage of games that are able to be played with a group of like-minded friends, sat on your couch, eating your biscuits and drinking all the fizzy pop they can find. Well, now there is a new entry into this already bulging genre, with the release of Beat Me! by Red

Summary Battle on the new Outskirts map in the latest free seasonal update Try out changes to scopes and new weapon trinkets Team Deathmatch Mode is landing over the Christmas period There’s a cold front coming, and you’ll have to fight if you want to make it through the winter. Cold Sun is the third

Soundtracks are a crucial element in games. Music brings the moments to life and drives emotion for characters, actions, and environments within any experience. It can make a game more terrifying, heartwarming, or endearing. It can be transformative and induce a sense of thrill. It can be reflective. It can even be the central conceit

Despite the rest of 2020, the past 12 months have been rich with immersive video game worlds, inspiring characters, compelling gameplay mechanics, and fantastic soundtracks. You’ve already told us what your highlights are. Now leading developers in the industry share their personal PlayStation picks from the class of 2020*. Call of Duty: Warzone Play Video

This one is genuinely my favourite Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused until then we’ve left

CD Projekt Red is having a catastrophic month, and Cyberpunk 2077 has been at the forefront of industry scrutiny since its controversial release at the start of December. Even though the game’s sales have already exceeded its costs, investors have taken heavy monetary losses. One such investor – Rosen Law Firm in New York – filed

By Grace Curtis, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 16:04 GMT Epic’s second last free game is here, and as predicted, it’s the 2012 action-RPG Torchlight 2.  Log into the Epic Store any time between now and 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT tomorrow to download the game. You can also get the original Torchlight

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google launched Stadia just over a year ago to a distinct lack of cheers, and for good reason. There weren’t many games, the controller bundle was expensive, and the service was unreliable. Stadia has not been completely rehabilitated in the

Earlier this month, the crime-fighting duo Sam & Max returned to the spotlight in Sam & Max Save the World Remastered. If you were hoping for more remasters, you’re in luck. In a recent Reddit AMA, Skunkape Games – a small indie developer comprised of former Telltale employees – confirmed season 2 and 3 were

Nintendo’s official Indie World Twitter account has taken a look at the best-selling indie games on the Nintendo Switch platform during 2020 and featured them in a new video. There have been a wealth of creative and innovative games which have helped push the boundaries of storytelling and gameplay at affordable prices. The titles chosen

The alpha of a game is always an interesting thing to see. It’s sort of like looking at a painting from far away. You can vaguely make out what it’s supposed to be but those small details haven’t come into frame yet. You assume they mean very little for the overall perception of the painting

Hello, Xbox fans! The end of the year is upon us and the Countdown Sale is here to offer you great deals on a wide variety of exciting Electronic Arts games. To make this deal even better, from December 23 to 28, we have a special gift for you: Purchase any edition of Madden NFL

Goodbye Volcano High might not look like a graphically-intensive game, but its visual effects and art do put a strain on older hardware, which developer KO_OP is glad is not the case with the PlayStation 5. Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine (via GamesRadar), Creative Director Saleem Dabbous revealed that the PS5’s hardware allows developers to

Hey Pilots! The time is finally here to enter the arena and start your journey to the top in Override 2: Super Mech League. At Modus Games, we’re extremely excited to welcome returning fans and newcomers to the series with today’s launch.  Play Video The 3D competitive arena brawler returns with 20 distinctly devastating mechs,

We’ve told you what we think are the best PC games of 2020 (well, as many as we could fit), but what about cold, hard business? For folks who want metrics and money, Valve have revealed the best-selling games on Steam of 2020. They’re a bit vague about it, mind. Valve avoid giving numbers or

Yakuza is a longstanding franchise that has always featured Kazuma Kiryu front and center, but Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio decided to take an entirely different approach to the future of the franchise with a new hero. While Yakuza: Like a Dragon absolutely stays true to the heart of the series, balancing heavy themes and hilarious

By Tom Orry, Thursday, 24 December 2020 16:50 GMT That’s your lot from VG247 this year. Have a good holiday, everyone. Image credit: funny.pho.to It’s that special time of the year when work stops. Team VG247 is signing off for the rest of 2020 as we all take a well-earned holiday. We’ll return on January

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A new gaming laptop has leaked via a German electronics retailer. That in and of itself is not unusual, but the specs of the leaked computer are interesting. The new variant of Acer’s Nitro 5 has an AMD Ryzen 7

Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you missed, or simply enjoy looking back on a year which did

Nintendo has announced this morning that the next stop in Mario Kart Tour will be the New Year 2021 Tour. The event will begin on Tuesday, 29th December at 10pm PT / 6am UK time. The company has announced that flying Koopa Lakitu will be present in the New Year’s 2021 Tour and you can

What’s better than enjoying your favourite sport being brought to life in a game? Indulging in three sports at once, of course, which is a possibility created by Super Sports Blast bringing three arcade style offerings packaged together for a launch on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch. So, grab a racket,

This holiday season, the action-adventure film “Wonder Woman 1984” is teaming up with Xbox and Gamers Outreach to create 10 unique Gamers Outreach (GO) Karts, featuring the new Xbox Series S along with two custom Xbox Wireless Controllers inspired by the movie. Each of these GO Karts will be placed in children’s hospitals across the

CD Projekt RED has rolled out another Cyberpunk 2077 hotfix ahead of Christmas, which should make the game crash less on consoles. Full patch notes are as follows: Quests Dum Dum will no longer go missing from Totentanz entrance during Second Conflict. Console-specific Improved memory management and stability, resulting in fewer crashes. PC-specific Removed the 8

Hello everyone! PS5 has arrived and with it, an amazing slate of launch titles. I’ve been hopping back and forth between games like Demon’s Souls, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and of course wonderful indie titles like The Pathless and Bugsnax. It’s an embarrassment of riches, an overwhelming feeling that there are way more great games

The huge new 1.5 update to beloved farming town simulation Stardew Valley surprise launched this week. I already told you about on Wednesday, but I’ve played a good several hours of it now so I’m going to tell you more about it because gosh it’s so good. The new beach farm is worth starting a

In an investor report released today by CD Projekt Red, it was disclosed that Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over thirteen million copies of the game as of December 20. The figure tracks both physical and digital sales across all platforms where the game is available. The number also factors in some of the refunds for

By Sherif Saed, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 18:06 GMT Gaben is coming for your wallet.  The Steam Winter Sale has finally gone live. Though you’ll probably struggle to get on Valve’s storefront right now, users can expect huge savings on a variety of games from across the platform’s library. It’s normally the case that Steam’s

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Gamers around the world spend eight years waiting for CD Projekt Red to release Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR is coming off a massive success with The Witcher 3, and the Cyberpunk trailers made the game look incredible. No game could live