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The Xbox 360 digital store shuts down later this month on July 26. Amid a wave of price reductions and other end-of-life updates, nostalgic fans can relive the console’s earliest days via a new dynamic background modeled after the old “Blades” interface. For those too young to remember or didn’t get an Xbox 360 until

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The Penguin and the Egg as seen via Webb’s NIRCam and MIRI. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Thursday marked two years since the James Webb Space Telescope began full scientific operations. NASA released the observatory’s latest image to celebrate the occasion: a whimsical depiction of two interacting galaxies dubbed “the Penguin and the Egg.”  At

Image: NetherRealm Studios NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat 1 has already added all sorts of DLC fighters to the game as part of the first Kombat Pack and now to bring things to a close it’s locked in a date for the final fighter Takeda Takahashi. He’ll be made available in-game later this month on 23rd July

Although the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie is not due for a theatrical release until this December, the movie appears to have been fully completed. The news comes from composer Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) who says that he saw the film for the first time yesterday and said that it was an “exciting” experience. “Actually,

The Double Dragon series has been around since the arcades in 1987 and has managed to maintain a surprisingly consistent release cadence in those more than 35 years. It was only last year that we played Double Dragon Gaiden, a pixelated throwback brawler (or belt-scroll action game, per its official YouTube description) take on the

Do you remember when Elden Ring was first announced? That beautiful moment back during E3 2019, when FromSoftware — at that point riding the high of Dark Souls‘ and Bloodborne‘s acclaim — presented a fresh spin on its signature hardcore fantasy RPG formula. It was like Dark Souls, but not quite. A new world, with

Apple’s virtual reality headset was rumored for years before it finally made an appearance last year, and it is, in many ways, the quintessential Apple product. The Vision Pro is wildly expensive, with a curated but limited feature set and deep integrations with other Apple products. It is beginning to look like Apple’s standard approach

Image: Bloober Team Update [Sun 14th Jul, 2024 09:00 BST]: IGN has chimed in on speculation linking Bloober Team to Nintendo’s new reveal ‘Emio‘ and it seems this developer is “probably not” involved in this project (thanks, GoNintendo). Here’s exactly what was mentioned during episode 718 of the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast: IGN: “We have

Nintendo’s cryptic announcement of the Emio game earlier this week surprised many fans. Since then, there has been lots of speculation in regards to the game. There has also been some discussion involving who is developing the game. One theory that has been going around is that the game is being developed by Bloober Team,

Nintendo added three new games to its Game Boy Advance Nintendo Switch Online library, and though none of the them are Mother 3 (or a Pokémon game or Astro Boy or Drill Dozer or any other GBA game we’ve been clamoring for) they are none-the-less interesting and completely unexpected. Starfy isn’t a particularly familiar franchise

Look, it’s ok to feel sad about a proper Bloodborne PC port being a thing we may well never get, even if some folks who aren’t Sony keep trying to do a thing. However, if you want to take that energy and channel it into something positive once you’ve learned a bit about modding, the

SpaceX has increased the cadence of Falcon 9 launches over the past several years to such a degree that we’ve started to take them for granted. However, space is still as dangerous and unpredictable as always. The latest Falcon 9 flight was supposed to deploy a new batch of Starlink internet satellites, but the second

What order should I play the Persona games in? It doesn’t matter, at least if you consider the mainline games. While every single Persona game takes place in the same world, there are very few connections — and even those are just easter eggs or character references. What might tip the scales is what kind

Ever since the game was officially released following Nintendo‘s September 2023 Direct, F-Zero 99 has been receiving updates with additional content and various bug fixes. It has been a slow and gradual feed of updates, but thanks to all the post-launch support, the game now has a lot of content that it didn’t have when

Planet Coaster 2 arrives later this year and its big update, alongside all the rollercoaster and theme park simulation gameplay of the first title, is the inclusion of water park mechanics. You will be able to create water slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and more. You will also be able to visit your friend’s parks

You might’ve heard about Kevin Costner‘s ambitious four-movie epic western project titled Horizon: An American Saga, but chances are you didn’t show up to watch the first part in cinemas. Now, the box office disaster is so bad that Warner Bros. Pictures (through New Line Cinema) has removed Chapter 2 from the theatrical schedule. The

Samsung’s second Unpacked of the year didn’t stop with new foldables. Samsung also revealed a raft of wearables and other accessories, including smartwatches, a smart ring, and more. Naturally, Samsung claims these devices are also plugged into its ever-expanding Galaxy AI suite, which supports new health and wellness features in its wearables. There are two

Image: Nintendo Life In perhaps the least surprising news of the month, 2K has announced that NBA 2K25 is heading for Switch *gasp*. In September *double gasp*. With a confusingly large number of physical and digital editions *blacks out*. Set to come our way on 6th September, NBA 2K25 will be graced by a trio

Nintendo’s social media accounts have tweeted out a mystery question along with a trailer of something horror related with the hashtag #WhoIsEmio? You can watch the short clip down below. As to what it’s all about? Well, that remains a mystery for now. I’m sure all will be revealed soon. Update: The Japanese text at

PlayStation’s PC efforts are paying off, if the latest U.S. Video Game Market Highlights report from analyst group Circana is any indication. That’s because developer Sucker Punch Production’s Ghost of Tsushima, which originally launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2020, was the best-selling game of May 2024 in the U.S. And that’s almost assuredly due

Xbox Game Pass is getting a price hick across all tiers and platforms, and day-one AAA releases are also getting more expensive. In addition, Xbox Game Pass will be temporarily unavailable on console soon, returning later in September with the new Xbox Game Pass “Standard”. Pre-existing subscribers will not be affected. Here are all the

As you may have heard, the era of the “AI PC” is upon us (ugh). The first wave of these machines has already arrived in the form of Copilot+ PCs using Qualcomm CPUs, and now this phenomenon might also bleed into desktops. According to a new leak, Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake desktop CPUs will offer

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube771k You’ve probably cooked all sorts of delights (and not-so-tasty dishes) in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and if you’re interested in applying these skills to the real world, then this new “unofficial” cookbook based on The Legend of Zelda series might be for you. This is

Mat Piscatella, analyst for Circana, which was formerly The NPD Group, has posted the latest sales data for video gaming software and hardware in the United States. What may surprise you is that this data isn’t for June, but for May. The remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door released in May, resulting in the

Developer-publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has revealed Disney Pixel RPG, an upcoming 8-bit adventure starring Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Genie from Aladdin, Baymax from Big Hero 6, and many more beloved characters. It launches in Japan on iOS and Android devices this September, and is expected to be released in other regions of the world at a

Manor Lords’ publisher has defended the strategy game over a post that it thinks espouses an “endless growth” perspective “that causes so much trouble in the games industry.” Earlier this year, Manor Lords released into early access, and it did so very successfully, racking up two million copies sold in its first three weeks.

For decades, the question of whether UFOs were “real” was considered the province of tinfoil-hat nutters and TV shows like Unsolved Mysteries. In recent years, we’ve seen the topic taken far more seriously, even at the highest levels of our government. So, we’re rounding up some evidence to examine whether UFOs are real and what

Image: Nintendo Life We’re now well into July, which means it’s time to look back and survey the last month’s worth of Switch eShop releases and pick our favourite. It was a relatively quiet month on the Switch front, with Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD being the big new physical

SEGA and the Sonic Team gave Sonic fans a special look at the teaser to the prologue animation for the upcoming Sonic x Shadow Generations at this week’s Anime Expo. You may have to wait a bit to see the full thing, as that won’t be unveiled until nearer the game’s launch, which is coincidentally