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It’s been more than a decade since the first SSDs started to hit the consumer market and about 10 years since they began arriving at price points that could broadly be called “consumer-friendly.” Now, SSDs have gotten inexpensive enough that buying a 1TB drive is more of an impulse purchase than a serious financial outlay.

Nightdive has shared the full patch notes of the latest update, which reveal all sorts of fixes, some improvements, and much more. Here’s the full rundown (via Steam): Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered Update Hello Everyone! We have a new patch available for Turok 3, and Steam will automatically download it for you. Here

A dedicated Tomb Raider fan, who has been unofficially working on remastering the first five Tomb Raider games for the last eight years, has announced that he is the lead on the recently released Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, which was developed by Saber Games and Aspyr. He went on to say that the fate of

We know that Respawn Entertainment, the team behind Titanfall, Apex Legends, and the Star Wars: Jedi series, has a couple of unannounced Star Wars games in the works. It’s unclear what form those projects are taking, but according to one report, one of them may star a Mandalorian. Insider Gaming reports that its sources have

The last writer who worked on the original Disco Elysium to be laid off by ZA/UM has said that he believes that it “will forever stay a one-game studio”, amid layoffs that are reportedly coming as part of the cancellation of an expansion for the game. It’s been a turbulent time for those working at

OpenAI showed the power of generative AI and launched a new computational arms race with its image and text-generating bots. Now, it’s going after another vestige of human creativity: video. The company has announced its newest AI model, known as Sora. You won’t be able to try it just yet, but OpenAI has posted a

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) When you’re going off to battle, you want to bring your best and strongest warriors with you. In most games, these fighters come in the form of muscle-bound, gun-toting avatars of destruction. In Yaza Games’ Inkulinati, your champions are the odd animals that litter the pages of medieval manuscripts, led

To say that there has been discussion about Xbox games coming to the Nintendo Switch would be a massive understatement. There has already been a history of Xbox games being released on Nintendo’s hybrid console, and there are now 4 more games that will be joining them in the future. That said, Xbox head Phil

As promised earlier this week, Microsoft and Xbox executives Phil Spencer (head of Xbox), Sarah Bond (president, Xbox) and Matt Booty (Head of Xbox Game Studios) got together today to share some important “updates on the Xbox business.” You can check out the full update below, but the headline is that four future formerly Xbox

If you’re based in the UK and constantly wish there was a physical Pokemon Center store, you’ll want to set some time aside, as a pop-up is coming to London once more. The UK finally got a Pokemon Center back in 2021, but much like in the US, it’s online only. Occasionally, though,

It wasn’t long ago when both Intel and TSMC announced big plans in the US to either open new fabs or expand their existing facilities. As it turns out, it’s not easy to pull off, as both TSMC and Intel’s newest facilities have been beset with a deluge of unexpected issues, causing repeated delays. Intel

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you’ve been finding platformers to be a bit on the, shall we say, chill side, then you might want to keep an eye on Krimson, launching on the Switch eShop on 21 March, 2024. Described as a ‘gritty, heart-pounding journey through a nightmarish hellscape’, Krimson sees you navigate

Four new transformations have been revealed today for the upcoming Princess Peach: Showtime! game launching on March 22 for the Nintendo Switch system. Each transformation gives Peach the distinct dramatic flair she needs to save the day – and the play – from the Sour Bunch. The ensemble cast featured in today’s showing are Figure Skater Peach, Dashing Thief

DC Universe Online developer Dimensional Ink Games and its publisher Daybreak Game Company have been hit with layoffs.  According to Kotaku, Dimensional Ink lost an unknown number of senior staff, with Game Developer reporting reductions in the art, community, and narrative departments. The team is best known for developing the superhero MMO DC Universe Online. Daybreak

A Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrunner has beaten the game’s formidably tough Honour mode in under 20 minutes, as part of a valiant crusade against the very idea of video games taking less time than it takes one of your grandparents to persuade their body to leave a comfy armchair. Whether it’s managing to bed Lae’zel

LionVolt, a battery startup in the Netherlands, is preparing to expand on its patented 3D solid-state battery technology. Supercharged with €15 million ($16.1 million) in new funding, the company plans to use its €30 million ($32.3 million) total reserves to develop its first manufacturing facility devoted to solid-state batteries.  “With great delight, we announce that

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube In case you missed it, the popular manga and anime series Demon Slayer is getting its very own Mario Party-style video game this April on the Nintendo Switch. It will star Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the rest of the Demon Slayer Corp as they work their way around themed boards

Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro the Dragon haven’t had brand new entries in years. Because of this, some developers have attempted to bring back the Nintendo 64/PlayStation 1 era of 3D collect-a-thon platformers by creating spiritual successors. One example of this was Yooka-Laylee. Well, another example of this is on the way, and it is releasing much

Dead Cells was developed and released by Motion Twin in 2018, and in an atypical move in the world of game development, members of that team branched off to form Evil Empire, which in turn supported Dead Cells with new content for many years. Arguably its biggest and most notable expansion was the Return to

Following the announcement that Hideo Kojima is returning to the world of action espionage with Physint, the game developer has shared why he decided to do so. During Sony’s most recent State of Play, after we had a lengthy look at Death Stranding 2, Kojima revealed that on top of both that and

Add up all the smartphones, tablets, watches, and other assorted gadgets running Android, and you have the largest computing platform on Earth. The prevalence of Android has fostered the development of great apps, some of which aren’t available on iOS. Even in this age of giant phones, you might occasionally want to use those apps

“We are hoping this will be an easy transition”. If you’re an Android user and are still playing Pokémon GO regularly, as of next week, Niantic will be changing how trainers with these particular devices redeem “offer codes”. After 13th February 2024, Android devices will be “unable to redeem offer codes within the app”. From

A new report by news site Reuters discussing Nvidia says that the successor to the Nintendo Switch is expected to arrive later this year and will feature a Nvidia custom design. The information comes from one of the news site’s undisclosed sources. Nintendo has yet to announce the successor to the popular Nintendo Switch family

Developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs announced today that Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants will join the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 roster next week. The Bikini Bottom resident joins his neighbors SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mecha Plankton, who were all part of the platform fighter’s launch roster. Mr. Krabs arrives on February 15 as the

Good news, people who like watching their Tav munch on the lips of Baldur’s Gate 3’s gang of companions (we’re not judging, by the way), the game’s next patch is inbound next week and it looks like it’ll let you casually plant a big wet smooch on the foreheads of your favourite party members. It’s

The CEO of OpenAI has a plan to revolutionize the semiconductor industry, according to a new report (paywalled) from the Wall Street Journal. The CEO, whose company is behind industry-changing ChatGPT, wants to secure up to $7 trillion in funding for a new global network of foundries and power plants to produce custom silicon used

Image: GameMill Entertainment Owner of the Krusty Krab in Bikini Bottom, Eugene Harold Krabs — better known as Mr. Krabs — is the first DLC character joining the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 roster next week, on 15th February. That’s a pretty apt day (if you know, you know). The SpongeBob SquarePants favourite is part of

The latest European video game software sales have come through and it saw 12.14 million video games sold across European markets. The best-selling video game hardware was Sony’s PlayStation 5 and sales of the Nintendo Switch family of systems were in “sharp decline,” though a successor is thought to be on the near-horizon. The best-selling

Overwatch 2 has had a rough road following the early success of the first game. That game, which easily earned Game Informer‘s Game of the Year in 2016, started with such promise and a massive, enthusiastic audience, but following the 2019 announcement of Overwatch 2, support for the original Overwatch floundered, and so, too, did the

Have you ever tried organising your own tabletop RPG session? It can be a hassle. Learning the rules, figuring out the story, getting everyone together at once for long gaming sessions…there are ample barriers standing the way of the would-be adventurer. To help break down these barriers and unlock some of gaming’s more rewarding moments,