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Developer Mojang has revealed that a native version of Minecraft is finally coming to PlayStation 5. It’s currently in a testing phase, but if you own the PlayStation 4 version of the game for your PS5, you can take part in the preview right now.  Though Minecraft has been playable on PS5 for years, it’s

I have a lot of time for Terra Nil. I’ve written about it before and extolled its virtues as a city-builder that doesn’t do things by the book. It felt pertinent and relevent in 2023, and even more so as scorching heat waves cause chaos in 2024. It might be one of the most ecologically-aware

AMD first teased its monstrous MI300 family of AI accelerators over a year ago and eventually launched them in late 2023. Since they are relatively new to the market, we still don’t have a lot of benchmarks to compare these accelerators to Nvidia’s hardware. But we now have at least one: the Geekbench OpenCL test.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube770k Sega has been hosting a special broadcast titled ‘Sonic Central’ around the time of the blue blur’s birthday since 2021, but this year the anniversary celebrations are a little different. Sonic brand social media and community manager Katie Chrzanowski explained during a surprise live stream this week how a

Sonic Superstars has been available to play on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, for well over half a year now. Since then, additional DLCs in the form of character skins have been occasionally released. Things have gotten quiet now that attention is turning to Sonic X Shadow Generations. However, that doesn’t mean that SEGA

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is shaping up to be one of our most anticipated RPGs of 2024 – find out why in Game Informer’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard cover story – and if you’re also excited about the game, you might be wondering if you should dig into the series’ past. If you’re thinking about

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (God, I really dislike that title change) is almost here, finally. After an early scare because of a slightly confusing first trailer, that gameplay demo quelled many of our worries, but can it really escape Baldur’s Gate 3’s shadow? I’m of the striking opinion that it already has… kind of. It’s

Today’s smartphones are essentially supercomputers in your pocket, sporting multiple CPU cores, powerful GPUs, and integrated cellular radios. The flip side of all that power is that modern smartphones can get toasty, which can damage the hardware. Phones can take action to limit the problem, but Google is reportedly looking at another way to manage

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Francisco considers a little Joy-Con addition that could help set the upcoming “Switch successor” apart… Nintendo can’t resist an enticing hardware innovation. Think of the Game & Watch’s D-pad, the SNES’s nifty

When Splatoon 3 isn’t getting updates that typically re-balance the game’s various weapons, the Switch game is seeing Splatfests at least once a month. The Splatfests, which are usually themed around something each time one takes place, are a great way for players to earn Super Sea Snails. Well, the latest Splatfest has been announced.

Introduction E3 is no more, but in its place a new different kind of summer video game show has emerged. It’s Summer Game Fest… and friends? Geoff Keighley’s show has become an anchor of sorts for the whole thing, but there is plenty more happening just generally nearby. Whatever we want to call it, it

As you might have seen, when the reviews of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree came out the other day, it snatched the title of most highly rated DLC ever among reviewers on Metacritic. The Witcher 3‘s brilliant Blood and Wine expansion was the foe it surpassed to earn that honour, and now developer CD

The US government is expected to announce a ban on the sale of software from Russia-based Kaspersky Labs on Thursday, June 20. This move comes as tensions with Moscow continue to escalate, making Kaspersky’s position as a provider of critical cybersecurity products in the US untenable. The company’s close ties with the Russian government mean

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III (Physical, Summer 2024) Image: Limited Run Games The side-scrolling bishojo action game series “Valis”, which was first released in the 80s and gained popularity, celebrated its 35th anniversary in December 2021. In commemoration of this, three of the series’ most popular titles, “Valis: The Fantasm Soldier”, “Valis II” and

SEGA has confirmed that players who purchase Sonic x Shadow Generations on either PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 will get an extended prologue animation which is titled Dark Beginnings. Sadly, this extended animation won’t be available on the Nintendo Switch or Xbox Series X|S versions of the game. SEGA says that Dark Beginnings will be

If you’re at all familiar with the Dragon Age series, you likely already know BioWare has experimented quite a lot with its gameplay. From Dragon Age: Origins’ real-time strategy RPG approach to Dragon Age II’s mostly-set-within-one-city action experience to Dragon Age: Inquisition’s strategy-action mix, BioWare hasn’t quite defined the franchise’s combat. However, a through-line is

I played a few games of Marvel Rivals at Summer Game Fest 2024 earlier this month, and came away thoroughly disappointed. It’s a competent enough team-based third-person shooter, and one with real appeal for Marvel fans, but it’s a shadow on the wall compared to other competitors in the same genre. Let’s break down how,

Intel has already revealed its next-gen mobile architecture known as Lunar Lake, and in a first for Intel, its compute tile is made by TSMC on its 3nm process. Intel will also be tapping its biggest rival for its upcoming Arrow Lake desktop processors as well, and now a report from Taiwan states TSMC has

Image: Nintendo We’ve been lapping up every detail of the new Zelda game, and now to top it off, Nintendo has shared a first look at the box art of this new outing which puts Princess Zelda in the spotlight instead of Link. As you can see, this lovely (and stunning) cover art for Zelda:

We found out earlier today that the hit Apple Arcade title Fantasian is Nintendo Switch bound in the form of Fantasian Neo Dimension. That’s not all though as Mistwalker Corporation, the acclaimed studio behind the JRPG, has now filed a trademark for another Fantasian title which they are calling Fantasian Dark Edge. Nintendo Switch owners

In The Hundred Line you are Takumi Sumino, a student who is suddenly enrolled at the The Last Defense Academy when an outbreak of monsters threatens his life and the lives of his fellow students. Takumi is part of a group of students at the school who must defend it against monsters in grid-based strategy

In The Hundred Line you are Takumi Sumino, a student who is suddenly enrolled at the The Last Defense Academy when an outbreak of monsters threatens his life and the lives of his fellow students. Takumi is part of a group of students at the school who must defend it against monsters in grid-based strategy

Life sim fans are feeling decidedly less full-of-life than usual after Paradox suddenly announced the cancellation of Life by You. The highly anticipated Sims rival was announced last year with much fanfare, with the newly-formed studio Paradox Tectonic working on the game under the leadership of Rod Humble, formerly of EA and producer of The

United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called Monday for social media apps to feature warning labels not unlike those found on tobacco products. Amid widespread and often detrimental social media use among teens, the labels would aim to increase awareness of the psychological harms known to arise from Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube769k During the recent IGN Live event, Nightdive Studios announced that it would be bringing back the cult classic The Thing, fully remastered for modern consoles. While we only got a brief tease of the title via the announcement trailer, Nightdive has now provided more background information on the product

It is not just Nintendo that file trademarks. Other video gaming companies such as Bandai Namco, SEGA and Take-Two will also, from time to time, file some trademarks of their own for similar reasons. They aren’t limited to just Japan either. Video gaming companies do file trademarks in other regions as well. The latest example

Developer Arc System Works has revealed Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, an anime adaptation based on its hit 2021 fighting game. Though there’s no release date or window in sight, Arc System Works says Sanzigen Studios is producing the anime. Notably, Sanzigen Studios is the same studio behind protagonist Sol Badguy’s “Find Your Way” music

Yacht Club Games held a special 10th anniversary stream for Shovel Knight this week, revealing a brand new edition of the modern classic. Sometimes you see something like “Shovel Knight is 10 years old” and it makes you instantly turn to dust, but even if that is the case, you just have to ignore

If you’ve been keeping up with autonomous vehicle news—or just spending a bit of time in our Cars category—you’ve probably seen people throw around terms like “Level 2 autonomy” or “Level 4 self-driving.” But what do these levels mean, and how do they work in the real world? In this explainer, we break down the

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube769k As part of Shovel Knight‘s 10th anniversary celebrations, Yacht Club Games will be going back to where it started, with the original game Shovel of Hope – only this time it’s getting the ‘DX’ treatment! You might remember a few titles of yesteryear getting the same treatment after their