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October is here, and with it comes new PlayStation Stars campaigns. Get ready to uncover new challenges, earn some rewards, and refresh your digital collectible display case. Let’s jump right into some of the offerings in October. Genshin Impact 4.1 update Starting October 1 Version 4.1 has arrived! Dive in and explore the update which

My love of ’90s first-person shooters is not matched by my enthusiasm for modern throwback ‘boomer shooters’. Of all the recent gib-fanciers, I lasted longest with Prodeus. It looked stunning, it felt great to play, and it ran niftily on my Steam Deck. Now there’s a new mini-campaign expansion on the way. The Elder Veil

Update: A spokesperson for Sony sent Kotaku a statement regarding the delisted Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic reveal trailer, stating it was due to licensing issues.  Here’s what Sony told Kotaku: “As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses expire.”  Curiously, this begs the question: why have the

CD Projekt RED has revealed highlights from the upcoming patch 2.01 for Cyberpunk 2077. The highlights touch on the most important fixes and improvements that will be included and are not the final notes. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Launch Trailer One of the main things the patch addresses is the issue of corrupted

Image: Nintendo Life Updated with EA Sports FC 24. Enjoy! Football is the world’s most popular sport, from the elite level of child-like millionaires with dazzling skills and impressive diving techniques, to actual children on playgrounds using jumpers for goalposts. Being a football / soccer fan that owns a Switch, however, can be slightly confusing.

It is almost that time of the year again. Gaming awards season is fast approaching, which means that the debating and discussing over what everyone thinks is this year’s Game of The Year is about to really get underway. That said, it has been a busy 2023, so it won’t be easy. There are quite

For thirty years, FIFA was the go-to game for the most authentic football experience and I would spend tons of hours playing each new instalment. But FIFA, as we know it, is no more. EA Sports have ended their licensing deal with the football governing body and now start over as EA Sports FC 24.

Ahead of the release of the developer’s long-awaited horror sequel, Alan Wake 2, Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake revealed just how big of an undertaking the upcoming Max Payne remakes are for the company. Though rumors of remakes of the iconic third-person shooters had swirled for years, it wasn’t until 2022 that Remedy Entertainment

You asked. Then you asked some more. Well, the day is almost here and we’re excited to welcome PlayStation players to Roblox! Coming soon to PlayStation, Roblox lets you explore and share experiences with friends. With over 66 million daily active users and a massive variety of 3D immersive experiences created by a global community,

Unreal Engine and Fortnite publisher Epic Games are making an absolutely enormous round of job cuts. As announced by billionaire founder and CEO Tim Sweeney in an email to staff today, the company will lay off approximately 830 people, totalling “around 16%” of their workforce, in order to achieve “financial sustainability” following a period of

Announced earlier this year and releasing about four days shy of its promised Summer release window (the first day of Fall was September 23), Counter-Strike 2 is now suddenly available on Steam. You can check out the game’s launch trailer below. [embedded content] The game has been playable in limited test form for some time,

Dontnod and Focus Entertainment have announced Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will not be released this year. According to Focus, with so many games releasing between now and the end of the year, the decision was made to move the game into 2024. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden – Gameplay overview trailer “Though finished and

Image: Atooi A whopping six years on from its successful Kickstarter campaign, developer Atooi has announced a release date for Hatch Tales: it’s finally coming on 28th March 2024. The cute platformer — an enhanced HD port of 3DS title Chicken Wiggle and formerly known Chicken Wiggle Workshop — was successfully crowdfunded back in early

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Initially announced back in 2021, developer Fossil Games and publisher Hound Picked Games have today revealed that the spooky 8-bit RPG Sunshine Manor will be creeping onto Switch on 6th October. This one is said to be inspired by ’80s horror movies and promises “thrills, chills & blood

Believe it or not, it has already been more than 8 months since Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden were released on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. However, you may be surprised to hear that a physical version of these 2 games is currently not available. Well, that is about to change. Limited

Life will find a way in Terraformers on Xbox and PlayStation Whether it is building the city of your dreams in Cities: Skylines or taking things extra-terrestrial with Aven Colony, gamers in their droves will flock to the latest city-builder to land on our shores. Terraformers on Xbox and PlayStation – from Asteroid Lab and

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes to

The ongoing Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy will seemingly have the 2005 film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children in mind, according to the game’s director. What did Tetsuya Nomura say? In a recent interview with The Guardian, Tetsuya Nomura — who directed Advent Children, as well as both Final Fantasy VII Remake and the upcoming

SEGA is pleased to announce that Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will be releasing on January 26, 2024. Pre-order for the PlayStation® Store will start at a later date. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a dramatic RPG that depicts the series’ most compelling tale to date. Two beloved characters take the spotlight as dual

It’s happening again. As sure as Square Enix overestimating their sales projections, as sure as John Riccitiello pissing off every available customer, EVE Online developers CCP will try to make a first-person shooter set in the same universe. This time it’s called EVE Vanguard, a shooter “module” which will sit within the EVE launcher and

Tales of the Shire is a cozy new game set in The Lord of the Rings universe and it’s coming out sometime next year. Developed by Wētā Workshop, the New Zealand-based special effects and props company that worked on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and published by Private Division, Tales of the Shire promises to let

According to the voice of Astarion himself, there’s a whole two hour section of Baldur’s Gate 3 no one has played yet. Baldur’s Gate 3 is a mammoth sized game, with a ridiculous number of routes and storylines you can experience. It’s fitting considering the nature of its Dungeons and Dragons origins, but it also

Image: Konami Hideo Kojima’s legendary series Metal Gear Solid returns as a collection release this October on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch, and as part of this Konami has now shared a table on the official game page detailing the resolution and frame rate per platform. While we’ve already been given the rundown about

The Nintendo Switch has been receiving a steady stream of video game releases ever since the console released more than 6 years ago. However, one genre of video games that, compared to other genres, doesn’t receive as much attention on Nintendo‘s console is horror games. That said, that doesn’t mean they’re not popular. In fact,

Developers Realmforge Studios firmly cemented their name as the frontrunner in the dungeon building genre with the third instalment of their real-time strategy Dungeons series, Dungeons 3. That’s why there’s much excitement for the upcoming Dungeons 4, which is supposed to be bigger, better, and filled with even more dynamic Evilness to satisfy your wicked

Attempting to walk back controversial changes made to its fee structure, Unity clarified new runtime fees for titles using the popular game engine. The changes to the Unity Runtime Fee come on the heels of a new pricing structure that some developers claimed could force them out of business. Unity announces changes to its controversial

Get ready to rumble. The time has come again for the students of U.A. High School to push their Quirks to the limit and show off what they’re made of – now including heroes in training Eijiro Kirishima, Momo Yaoyorozu, and Ibara Shiozaki. Go Plus Ultra! with these characters and more in My Hero Ultra

The scourge of Cosy/Cozy Gaming has finally come for Middle-earth, and more specifically the Shire, which I guess was pretty cosy/cozy to begin with. Wētā Workshop and Private Division have announced Tales of the Shire, a “heart-warming” experience that will release on PC in 2024. I’ve got a live action trailer for you, in which

Octopath Traveler II is one of the year’s most celebrated RPGs, and now Xbox fans have been invited to join the party. The game is coming to Microsoft’s consoles and Windows PC early next year. The RPG was first released to PlayStation consoles, Switch, and PC in February. Octopath Traveler II, like its predecessor, sees players

At Tokyo Game Show 2023, Microsoft announced a slate of games coming to Game Pass soon. First off, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is comin to Xbox. The Ace Attorney series, one of the most popular visual novel series of all-time, will arrive on Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass next week on September