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As with 2022, we liked so many games this year that we couldn’t fit them all in our Advent Calendar. Everyone on staff has picked a Selection Box of bonus games they want to give hon. menchies for 2023. Happy Wintermas, dear reader. And happy new year, I guess. Are you enjoying yours? I’m writing

This year was arguably the best of all time for video games; it was undoubtedly one of the worst for the people who make them. Throughout the year, studios were shut down, thousands laid off, and developers were given, disrespectfully, 30 seconds to shine on The Game Awards 2023 stage after winning awards. More than

2023 was certainly a tumultuous year for the video game industry, for good and for bad. For consumers, it was great! For the industry itself, certainly less so. With record-breaking layoffs across the gaming and tech sectors, strike authorization for video game voice actors approved for American unions, and various companies being hacked: the gaming

Image: Austin Voigt / Nintendo Life Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Evan explores the life-ruining properties of TOTK… It happened in Yellowstone National Park. Removed from society, cruelly separated from cell phone service, I’d embarked, begrudgingly, upon

The 2023 holiday season may be coming to an end very soon, and the new year arrives in just a couple of days, but that hasn’t stopped the Switch 2 rumor mill from churning at a steady pace. In fact, a new Switch 2 rumor has recently appeared online that may be very interesting to

Farming sims and ‘cozy’ games in general are increasing in popularity – probably due to the fact that they are an escape, a way to take you out of the real world for a while which, let’s face it, is appealing now more than ever. So, we picked up a controller and entered the world

Good day, Survivors! I’m Evan Wolbach, co-founder of Dead Drop Studios. We’re elated to tell you all about Railbreak, our aggressively fun on-rails arcade shooter, launching today on Xbox Series X|S!  Since we last shared details with you, our first Unreal Engine 5 game has expanded in every way! A “Scream” You’ll Return to Again

Sega has released a new batch of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth character spotlight videos, previewing many of the characters set to appear in the upcoming game. In total, there are 15 videos for fans to watch, including brief breakdowns on characters like Ichiban, Kazuma, Saeko, and more. Check out all 15 videos below in a special YouTube

2023’s coming to a close… but even as we shut the book on an incredible 12 months of gaming, we can look forward to even more delights coming in the year ahead. 2024 promises a generous helping of returning icons and new delights, opening the year with the salvo of The Last of Us II

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the RPS Advent Calender 2023! Each day reveals a new favourite game from this year, leading up to our GOTY. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Alright folks, it’s time for our actual Game Of The Year reveal. Do I actually have to

TinyBuild, the games label behind the Hello Neighbor series, has laid off the entire staff of Versus Evil, an indie publisher under the TinyBuild umbrella, just days before the holidays. This news comes from various former Versus Evil employees on Twitter.  “Unfortunately our parent company has made the decision to lay off the entire team

Reasons why Hi-Fi Rush is GOTY by Connor aged 25: Hi Fi Rush has the only good video game cat. Hi Fi Rush somehow has both a good licensed and original soundtrack at the same time. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings I dressed up as Santa to deliver the

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube It’s that time of year when developers are rolling out their final game updates, and the latest one getting some holiday love is the Pokémon-Like game Coromon. The team releases 1.2.9 update on 24th December. It comes with game updates, fixes, new features, new Coromon, and much more.

Bleeping computer is reporting that Ubisoft had a data breach on 20th December and that the company’s internal software and developer tools were leaked online. The news came about as security research collective VX-Underground shared on social media screenshots of the company’s internal tools. They tweeted that the individual had access for roughly 48 hours until

Railbreak is on Xbox, PlayStation and PC From Dead Drop Studios comes a new on-rails survival horror shooter. Are you ready to blast your way through Railbreak on Xbox, PlayStation and PC?  Available on Xbox Series X|S right now, as well as PlayStation 5 and PC is a new on-rails horror experience from the same

Hello, Hitchhiker. I’m Craig Hauser, level and combat designer at Angry Mob Games. We just released Trinity Fusion, an all-new action roguelite where the only way to save the multiverse is to end it. We’ve been working on the game for four years now, and we’re happy to finally get the game out there in

Bloober Team is set to expand its horror game catalog by partnering with Skybound to make a licensed horror game based on one of its properties. Bloober Teams With Skybound Not content with creating a brand new survival horror IP with Private Division and the small matter of that Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team

Ring in the holiday season with the upcoming launch of Season 1 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone. The new season brings more Multiplayer maps; game modes, the next mission in Zombies; the introduction of Urzikstan in Call of Duty: Warzone, and much more.   Season 1 of Call of

I’ve long been a fan of NZXT’s AiO liquid coolers – in fact, I’m building a PC with one tomorrow. You might be joining me on that, as today NZXT’s Kraken 240mm AiO is down to £90 at Scan UK after a £40 discount. That’s an excellent price for an all-in-one liquid cooler that sports

Earlier this month, developer Bethesda Game Studios revealed on the Starfield subreddit that it was working on new ways to travel, mod support, and more for the game. Now, the company has expanded on its 2024 plans for Starfield in a new end-of-year update, including additional ship customization.  “We’ll be adding new ways to travel

Bethesda has shared a few facts and figures about Starfield to round off the year, as well as provided an insight into what we can expect from the game in 2024. Yesterday, Bethesda shared a blog post about Starfield that updated the player count to 13 million, a few more than the last update it

Image: Nintendo As we get closer to the end of 2023, a lot of sites are starting to compile all sorts of data to illustrate the year in games. The team at GamesIndustry.biz has put together its own “year in numbers” infographic, and one game that features throughout is the award-winning title, The Legend of

As Christmas draws ever nearer, if you’re low on funds, consider checking out these delightful Pikmin-themed Christmas cards and decorations on the official Nintendo site. Three Pikmin Christmas cards are available for download and print, along with two sets of Pikmin-themed decorations that you can hang or display on your Christmas tree. All you need

The Rumble Fish + is on Xbox It’s the holiday season and once again The Rumble Fish looks to throw your Boxing Day punches. For 2023, it’s Rumble Fish + that comes to the Xbox masses.  Some tweleve months back Xbox players were treated to the launch of The Rumble Fish 2. We found it

One of the aviation world’s most legendary light civil utility models is now available for Microsoft Flight Simulator pilots. ONE OF CESSNA’S BRIGHTEST STARS: The single-engine T207A Turbo Stationair is one of the brightest stars in the history of Cessna, an American aviation producer. It is a turbocharged variant of the model 207, a proven

Despite rumors that started spreading earlier this week, Sony is not making new plans for banning the resale of physical and digital PS5 games. After the PlayStation Software Usage Terms were updated, focus mistakenly fell upon a clause that had been part of the terms of service for several years. Sony has always asked players

Voting for the PS Blog Game of the Year Awards 2023 is now open. All 18 categories reflect the best of PlayStation through this past year, which not only celebrate captivating new characters, sublime soundtracks, fantastic art direction, and much more, but also allow us a chance to acknowledge and thank creatives worldwide whose exceptional

AMD’s Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a phenomenal gaming CPU thanks to its Zen 4 architecture and added 3D V-Cache which boosts gaming performance far beyond standard Ryzen 7000 processors. That performance – and extremely modest power draw and a reasonable price – has caused the 7800X3D to become the best selling CPU by a huge

James McCaffrey, actor best known to video game fans as the voice of Max Payne, among other characters, has passed away. He was 65. TMZ reports that McCaffrey died on Sunday after a battle with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. A rep for McCaffrey tells the outlet that the actor died surrounded by friends

One Piece fans will seemingly never have to worry about the series ending, as Netflix is now working on an anime remake starting from the very beginning. Netflix is clearly getting serious about media from Japan, as following the absolute hit that was its live-action adaptation of the most popular manga of all time, One