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PlayStation players, it’s almost time to crack the code with Lockpick, a PlayStation-exclusive* Operator coming to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. As announced at Call of Duty: Next a few weeks ago, the Lockpick Operator Pack will be available starting November 10 for anyone who pre-orders Modern Warfare III at PlayStation Store. With the

You know what’s pretty great? Good video games. You know what makes good video games even better? Not having to pay a penny for them. Well, I come bearing great news for lovers of good video games you can play without paying a penny: Planet S is totally free and by all accounts pretty darn

Destiny 2 developer Bungie, which was acquired by PlayStation last year for $3.6 billion, is the latest game maker to be hit with layoffs in 2023. Various former Bungie employees announced on Twitter today they had been laid off, and Bloomberg has confirmed with its sources that an undisclosed number of staff were laid off today.  Bloomberg reports

Everyone’s favourite so-bad-it’s-good 2023 release Crime Boss: Rockay City has gotten a free Halloween update, giving you a choice to spend spooky season reliving the horrors of watching semi-beloved 90s actors phone it in. Yes, the game that rocked up in our lives and offered us a concentrated dose of half-baked 90s nostalgia that served

Image: Nintendo Life This week’s UK boxed charts are in and it has once again been a tight competition at the top of the pack. Despite picking up the silver medal in its debut chart appearance, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has managed to jump ahead of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 this time around and lands in

With Nintendo’s final Direct of the year now just a memory, Nintendo’s first-party release schedule is now set in stone for the rest of 2023. However, there is a recent rumor going around suggesting that Nintendo may have one more surprise in store for fans before 2024 arrives in a couple of months. You see,

In the US there have been forty-five seasons of Survivor. Forty-five! The UK could only offer up a measly two, and that was twenty-two years ago. But a reboot has recently arrived on UK shores (not literally: it’s being filmed in the Dominican Republic), and part of that reboot is to release a tie-in video

Hey Xbox Insiders! We are releasing a new Xbox App for Windows build to Xbox Insiders who are enrolled in the PC Gaming Insiders preview! This is the first 2311 build released! Continue read to learn about new features, fixes, and known issues. Make sure that you update both the Xbox app and Gaming Services!

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 star Yuri Lowenthal has spoken about how the relationship between Miles and Peter is similar to that of the actors behind them. While speaking with PlayStation LifeStyle, Lowenthal spoke about working with Nadji Jeter, who plays Miles Morales in the Insomniac Games sequel. Lowenthal had plenty of praise for Jeter and noted

Hello everyone – my name is Kei Komaki, I am the producer and together with Yuichiro Kitao, Development Producer and Director we want to give fans and newcomers a deep dive into the development process of Star Ocean The Second Story R! This brand-new remake of the classic PlayStation-era RPG launches for PS5 and PS4

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is the good kind of distraction: a silly, finite, Zeldalike in which you rollick around a pixel art pasture and tick off todo list items by bish-boshing enemies and assisting vegetables. Alice B called it the funniest game she’d ever played. This is an advanced heads-up that it’ll be free

Since Insomanic revealed its Wolverine game two years ago, fans have wondered if it’s set in the same universe as the studio’s Spider-Man games. In an interview with Kinda Funny, Spider-Man 2 director Bryan Intihar confirmed the answer is yes When host Greg Miller asked if it had been previously confirmed or denied whether or

In many ways, Battlefield 4 ended up setting a higher bar for the series than anyone could have anticipated. This was the pre-GAAS era, but DICE unknowingly created a blueprint for how well you can maintain player interest over the long haul. On the game’s 10-year anniversary, it’s hard to look back and not compare

Image: Nintendo Life There have been plenty of Ghostbusters games across all platforms in the years since Egon, Ray, Winston, and Peter first busted onto screens in 1984, and they run the gamut from classic licensed cash-in to carefully constructed homage. The first Ghostbusters game Nintendo fans got their hands on was a NES port

You may recall that, a few days ago, Nintendo had announced that Mario Party 3 would be arriving on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on October 27th. As usual, the date was actually referring to Japan’s time zone, so October 27th in Japan would be late on October 26th or in the middle of

The retro goodies of VISCO Collection How retro do you want to get? Well, if you go about purchasing the VISCO Collection on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch or PC, you’ll be going full-on retro with no less than seven great games.  The VISCO Collection arrives from the QUByte Interactive team, releasing to Xbox One and Xbox

The benefit for Remedy is that this location means the developers are no longer constrained by the idea of a tangible reality – and it leads to some very interesting game design. While Alan is very much still a survival horror character, and uses many of the new mechanics at work here (see yesterday’s piece

Blizzard developers appear to have accidentally leaked an alpha build of Diablo 4’s first expansion. The game files were encrypted, preventing hackers from creating a pirated version of DLC. However, the leak revealed new information about the unannounced expansion. Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred DLC Leaked Diablo 4’s first expansion appears to be called Lord

Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce The Pale Reach, the first official expansion for Dredge.   Approximately six months ago, we set sail with the launch of Dredge, and the response has been nothing short of extraordinary. Players have been immersed in our atmospheric world, where eldritch terrors cast shadows over the life of a fisherman

When two of a game’s weapons are nailguns, you should probably expect players to be enthusiastic about construction. Following last year’s excellent Brutalist Jam map pack, Quake mappers have reunited to release another free load of levels inspired by Brutalism and concrete. The 30 maps offer good honest fragging in everything from concrete cities to

In August, Night Dive Studios announced it was remastering the classic ‘90s first-person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces. We now know that this modernization of one of the most beloved Star Wars games is coming on February 28.  Night Dive, a studio specializing in reviving classic games such as its remake of System Shock that launched in May,

An update has been released for Suika Game, also known as Watermelon Game, and it adds English language support to the Aladdin X-developed title. Alongside the English language update, Aladdin X added a Halloween theme that replaces the watermelons with pumpkins. You can switch to this theme within the main menu. Origially released in Japan

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTubeWatch on YouTube After being announced back in August, Nightdive Studios and Lucasfilm Games have today revealed that Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster will be blasting its way onto Switch next year on 28th February 2024. Originally released on MS-DOS and Apple Macintosh in 1995, this remaster will see

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is just one more day away from releasing on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. With the release so close, Konami is making preparations. For example, Konami has informed IGN of something that fans will need to be aware of when they check out the games tomorrow. According

As gamers, we have a wide and ranging taste in games. I absolutely love an indie title, especially those which feel more like an experience (even a journey you’re taken on) rather than a video game you’re playing. Maybe I’m just going a bit soft in my advancing years, but these are the ones which

Summary Get ready to whiz your favorite Hot Wheels through five brand-new environments. The Backyard takes inspiration from fan videos uploaded on YouTube. Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged is now available for Xbox Series X|S. Among the most notable novelties of Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 – Turbocharged – available today for Xbox Series X|S

Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced Smoke in Mortal Kombat 1, has revealed a funny story about his first session playing the character. What did Yuri Lowenthal say about playing Smoke in Mortal Kombat 1? In an interview with PlayStation LifeStyle, Lowenthal revealed that prior to his work on Mortal Kombat 1, he didn’t know much about

The release of the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 is just around the corner, out October 24. It’s the perfect opportunity for both longtime Metal Gear-heads and new fans alike to dive deep into Metal Gear’s history. Beginning with the early 8-bit foundations of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake up

The director of Final Fantasy XIV has said he’d love to channel the chaos and freedom of nineties MMO godparent Ultima Online into his own game – but it couldn’t be FF14 itself, as the unbridled chaos would ‘break’ its players.

Alan Wake 2 is almost here – originally due out on October 17, developer Remedy Entertainment delayed it earlier this year to its new release date of October 27. With less than a week to go, the studio has released the PC specs required to run Alan Wake 2 and it looks like you’re going