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Today marks a bittersweet moment for Nintendo enthusiasts worldwide as the tech giant bids farewell to the online functionality of its beloved Wii U and Nintendo 3DS consoles. For gamers, this translates to a significant change in how they interact with their favorite titles. While offline gameplay remains unaffected, any games reliant on online features

Front Mission 2: Remake is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC later this month. More specifically, the previously Switch-exclusive remake will hit these new platforms on April 30.  Released back in October on Switch, Front Mission 2: Remake is the first time Western players have been able to

Oh dear, Disney+ is finally following in Netflix’s footsteps, as the streaming service is planning on curtailing password sharing later this year. Earlier this year, the house of mouse changed its Disney+ subscriber agreement to make it clear that password sharing will soon be a thing of the past. Now, in a recent

Who knew a preference for peridot over garnet would have such profound implications for the history of Earth? View original source here.

Image: Nintendo Life Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking, let’s see how things panned out last time. We checked out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters on the SNES, pitting North America and Europe against Japan in a dual for the ages. It’s funny, there are

Final Fantasy Tactics fans will be pleased to hear that Final Fantasy director Naoki Yoshida is up for creating a new game in the classic series, if the opportunity presents itself. The news was shared in an interview with The Gamer in which Yoshi-P said that he’s a huge fan of the series and thinks the

Publisher Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment has revealed that a new Star Wars Outlaws story trailer will be released next week. We’ll be seeing more of protagonist Kay Vess and her trusty (and adorably cute) companion Nix on Tuesday, April 9, at 9 a.m. PT/Noon ET.  As for what to expect, Ubisoft hasn’t shared anything

If you kidnapped me, drove me to an underground broker far away from civilization, put a gun to my head and forced me into choosing the greatest manga/ anime of all time, first of all, please don’t do this, and secondly, I probably wouldn’t have much of a hard time saying Fullmetal Alchemist. Yeah,

Anyone holding out hope for the fabled budget-friendly Tesla will have to rethink their plans today. A new report claims the automaker has abandoned its project to make a less expensive electric vehicle. This was seen as a necessary next step for Tesla, which has risen to prominence with more expensive electric vehicles. Tesla allegedly

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube763k Pie for Breakfast and Mega Cat Studios have today launched their brand new retro-style adventure game Kudzu. Heavily inspired by classic Zelda — particularly the Oracle games and Link’s Awakening — you can nab this title on the Switch eShop or Game Boy. Image: Mega Cat Studios Yep, that’s

Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Yu Miyake is stepping down from the popular Dragon Quest franchise amid delays with the long-awaited next instalment, Dragon Quest 12. The news will come as a blow to fans of the long-running series. Mr. Miyake will instead focus on the company’s smartphone games division. Bloomberg concludes its report by saying

Helldivers 2 players can inject more democracy into their bug-blasting experience with the announcement of a new premium warbond. Dubbed the Democratic Detonation, this paid content drop includes new guns, armor, and utility boosters. The trailer above shows all of this firepower in action. As with previous warbounds, you’ll need to purchase and spend 1,000

Outside of maybe rom-coms, horror is probably one of the most diverse genres out there. There’s just so many sub-categories of it, whether it be slashers, supernatural, survival, gothic, folk, sci-fi, fantasy, even Christmas, it has something for every horror fan. One of my favourite subgenres is the horror comedy, which in and of

Microsoft Copilot is spreading through all the company’s products, but under the hood, it’s just a version of OpenAI’s GPT AI models. That means not all copilots are created equal. Depending on your subscription status and where you’re talking to Copilot, you might get a more capable AI model. Microsoft has announced a significant upgrade

Image: Team Cherry Update [Thu 4th Apr, 2024 03:25 BST]: Earlier this week, the Xbox store page for Hollow Knight: Silksong went live. Attached to this was an ESRB rating for the game. Now, in an update, it’s been discovered the sequel has also rated in South Korea in February 2024, so hopefully, it will

Following on from the news that Hollow Knight: Silksong is now available to Wishlist on Xbox consoles comes news that the game has now been rated in South Korea. We have all been waiting some time for news on the project, which has been been in the works for quite some time. Now that Hollow

Last week, Embracer Group announced it was selling Gearbox Software to Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two for $460 million. Hours after the sale, some Gearbox employees announced on social media that they had been let go from the company. Today, Gearbox has confirmed these departures. In a statement to Eurogamer, Gearbox states that an unknown

Those who play online survival games are pirates, pioneers, gang leaders, and ambushers. They form strong alliances and establish long-lasting rivalries. If video games are able to foster interesting, often hilarious, and always engaging player behavior, than this genre in particular is a petri dish in which it flourishes. Dune Awakening looks to be no

Apple is continuing to hammer away at its ideal on-device AI assistant, and according to its own researchers, they’re already on pace to beat the biggest player in the industry. In a paper published to the arXiv Thursday, Apple AI specialists boasted that their local model “substantially outperforms” GPT4, the technology behind ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini,

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube763k If you’re fond of the charming Dadish series on Switch, then you’ll be pleased to know that it’s heading into the third dimension next month with Dadish 3D. Launching on 23rd April, 2024, Dadish 3D stars, well, Dadish as he embarks on his ‘craziest adventure yet’ to locate his

Tetris 99 has been available to play for over 5 years now. Nevertheless, the game continues to receive a lot of support. When there isn’t updates, the game is receiving themes that fans can get from Maximus Cups. Most of the new themes involve a first-party game that recently released on the Nintendo Switch. This

Red Candle Games made its name developing psychological horror titles such as Detention and Devotion, but its third game, Nine Sols, sees the studio veer into the action genre. First revealed in 2021, the Sekiro-inspired title is coming on May 29. Nine Sols sports a hand-drawn art direction and an aesthetic that blends sci-fi, cyberpunk,

The next chapter in the saga of the Silent Hill 2 remake may be upon us. We’ve known for a while now that the remake of the horror classic would arrive in 2024, but we may soon get a more concrete date. This is thanks to, as it’s often the case, a games rating board

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, allowing more UV rays than usual to permeate the atmosphere’s innermost layers. This is known to contribute to climate change.  The Ozone Layer: One

Can you believe we’re already a quarter way through the year? 2024 might be rushing by, but we’ve still got plenty of great games to look forward to on Nintendo Switch. We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail over the next couple of months, including some highlights picked by

Believe it or not, Pokemon GO is still alive. In fact, this year will mark 8 years since the game originally launched, and Niantic is already beginning to look towards the game’s 10th anniversary in 2026. Senior vice president of Pokémon Go Ed Wu even discussed the matter in a brand new interview with Eurogamer.

If you finished Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and are curious to learn more about how it came to be, Sony and Square Enix have released a new making-of series called Inside Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The four-part series features interviews with thirty of the game’s lead designers, such as director Naoki Hamaguchi, creative director Tetsuya Nomura,

It turns out that what – at the time – felt like novel fun, was in fact one of the more forgettable gaming experiences of my life. That’s The Elder Scrolls: Blades in a nutshell for you, really. A mobile game that feels impressive during your first dungeon, and even your second, but the novelty

When Apple revealed the existence of the M1 Ultra SoC back in 2021, it announced it had hidden an ultra-fast connector on the edge of the previously-announced Max chip. This allowed two Max chips to be joined to function as a single chip, resulting in the M1 Ultra. Apple repeated this pattern with the M2

Image: Capcom Capcom has shared a bunch of the “most popular” comments from a recent ‘Capcom Town’ survey – revealing what games, series, and things fans are thinking about the most. It’s a mix of words, games, and requests. Here are some of the most mentioned games and words that popped up, as highlighted by