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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,

Even though most of the world’s semiconductor foundries are ramping up production of their 3nm processes, the battle for next-generation 2nm contracts has already begun. Samsung has announced a new deal with an undisclosed company to create an AI chip on its upcoming 2nm node, notching an early win. Details on the agreement are sparse,

Image: Nintendo Update [Thu 8th Feb, 2024 04:55 GMT]: Following yesterday’s update to Super Mario Maker 2 on the Switch, dataminer ‘OatmealDome’ has shared a post on social media platform X, noting how there was “no new content” added behind the scenes. The sole adjustment has been to the game’s code, although it’s not clear

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has been fielding questions from investors and one of those is about migrating users from the Nintendo Switch over to a new platform. Mr. Furukawa says that Nintendo Accounts will play a vital role in this, presumably allowing purchases to transfer over to a newer system. He also says it provides

During today’s PlayStation State of Play, Square Enix gave us new details for what to expect when Final Fantasy VII Rebirth arrives later this month. The game continues to impress with each passing look, earning its spot as the “Most Anticipated Game” at The Game Awards 2023. The world of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is

Steam Next Fest: February 2024 Edition has kicked off, and for its duration, we’re highlighting a small taste of the thousands of demos you can try out. Because it can be a bit overwhelming, each day, we’ll help you wade through the sea of demos with a list focusing on everything from the cutting-edge to

Chinese technology firms have been hamstrung over the past several years as the US has increasingly blocked access to the latest microchips. The country’s largest chipmaker, SMIC, surprised everyone with the release of a 7nm processor last year, and now rumors point to a 5nm release. This improvement could advance China’s AI ambitions, making the

Image: Netflix Valiant Hearts: Coming Home, the direct sequel to Ubisoft’s World War I puzzle-adventure Valiant Hearts: The Great War, is reportedly heading to the Nintendo Switch following a posting by the Brazil ratings board. As spotted by VGC, the game has been rated for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Originally published

If you’ve been online today, which undoubtedly the majority of you will have been, you will have seen numerous headlines and forum threads about Xbox bringing key games to other platforms such as the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 5. Today, the heads of Xbox Phil Spencer has sent out a message on social media

Microsoft had a strong start to 2024 thanks to their Developer Direct Showcase, but it sounds like we’ll get even more information on what the gaming giant is up to very soon. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer gathered the attention of gamers everywhere this afternoon with a post announcing an upcoming “business update event.” You can

Xbox doesn’t have the legacy of Nintendo or PlayStation. Despite Microsoft’s video game platform turning 23 this year, there’s no denying that for most people the Xbox’s legacy is little more than Halo. That’s clearly not true, but Xbox plays third fiddle to almost everyone who doesn’t like to shout a lot on social media

There are many practical reasons to set up an OS like Microsoft Windows in a VM rather than using it as a native installation. If you have to deal with files you can’t trust, need to test multiple OS installations on the same system, or need access to the operating system without wanting to use

Image: Nintendo Life Welcome to February 2024, and to the first (proper) eShop Selects of 2024. We’ve changed things up a bit for 2024 — alongside our picks for the best eShop game, we asked you lovely readers to choose your favourite eShop-only game of the month, but with a twist. Staff and contributors at