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Image: Nintendo Just last week, Nintendo announced Super Mario Bros. Wonder was officially the “fastest-selling” Super Mario game ever released. It’s also had an outstanding start in a number of different countries, with success in locations like Japan and the UK. Now, to add to this, Circana (formerly NPD) industry analyst Mat Piscatella has shared

Netflix and The Pokemon Company have given fans a closer look at the wonderfully animated Pokemon adventure Pokemon Concierge. Netflix says that the show takes place on a southern island and is set around a new concierge named Haru, who gradually discovers herself as she and her fellow staff members scramble to attend to the

Teardown is on Xbox and PlayStation Over the course of the last 18 months, Teardown has picked up a crazy amount of Overwelmingly Positive reviews on Steam. In fact, it’s gone a bit viral, as the ‘destroy anything, smash everything, pull off the most daring of heists’ styled gameplay has been fed to the masses.

Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview coming to the Beta 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

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, fresh off its critically acclaimed and award-winning title, teased its next big game. Larian Studios posted to X (formerly Twitter) about its eight nominations for The Game Awards, including Game of the Year. Ultimately, it tied with Alan Wake 2 for most nominations, with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 close behind

Last month featured creepy crawlies, ghosts, and things that hide in the dark. Whether you’re all about spooky games or not – which game earns top marks? How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon

Sometimes, all you need is a wireless keyboard and touchpad mouse to get things done. Whether it’s selecting the next movie on your living room media PC, changing settings on your racing rig or getting your Steam Deck set up just the way you want it, having a convenient, all-in-one wireless option can be just

Amazon is laying off 180 jobs in its games division, hopping on the tragically overcrowded bandwagon of layoffs in the game industry this year. The news comes via Aftermath, which reports that the layoffs are focused in two areas – the Crown Twitch channel, which will reportedly be eliminated altogether, and the game growth teams. Employees were

If there’s one thing Baldur’s Gate 3 has been good for since its release, aside from swallowing up players’ lives, it’s been bizarre speedruns, with the long-awaited Bear% category now being an actual thing. Yes, that’s right, some members of BG3’s dedicated running community have finally managed to put together a fairly rapid route through

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The latest Sonic platformer Sonic Superstars made its debut on the Switch and multiple other platforms last month. Digital Foundry has now uploaded a tech review, seeing how the Nintendo version of the game compares to the rest. All versions except the Nintendo Switch “largely share the same

Patricia Summersett, who is the voice behind Princess Zelda in the acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, has said that she would love to play the role of Princess Zelda in the upcoming The Legend of Zelda movie. Speaking to Games Radar she

If you’re going to pick a game to be your reference point, then you could choose something a lot worse than Super Mario World. We’re not sure there’s ever been a better expression of pure platforming as that SNES classic. Amabilly knows it can’t beat it, but hangs back and copies some of its moves.

Yong Yea, the voice actor and YouTuber who will be portraying the English version of Kiryu in Sega’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, showed off some of the work he’d done on the character and faced some criticism online in the process. Yea recently took to Twitter to share a brief comparison video of the

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts this month. The newly released Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 swung to the top of October’s PS5 list. For PS VR2, Beat Saber rocked to the top of the list. Check out the full listings below. What titles are

What is a birthday but a celebration that, despite all your struggles, you survived? It has been almost a year since the release of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, meaning it’s been now a full year of apologies, paused expansions, and transformative patches. And yet it lives. The co-op shooter now seems on firmer ground, and to

If you’ve seen Netflix’s Arcane League of Legends animated series, there’s a high probability you really like it – the show’s great, even for non-League of Legends fans. It tells the heartwrenching story of sisters Vi and Jinx and their struggle to come to terms with each other in the high-tech (and magical) utopian city of Piltover

If you’ve ever wondered what Halo might look like if its typical FPS action was swapped out for the turn-based combat of a RPG, an interesting mod might be worth checking out. The project in question is being made using Halo Infinite Forge by a game developer who goes by the handle RedNomster. They’re developing

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update [Fri 10th Nov, 2023 04:45 GMT]: Unfortunately, Level-5 has now officially confirmed the delay of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. It will now arrive on the Switch at some point in 2024. Here’s an official statement, explaining the developer wants to deliver a “better

In a little over a week from now, Hogwarts Legacy will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch. The game has already been released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X earlier this year. The Switch version was originally supposed to release in July, but the date had been changed to

Dungeons 4 is on Game Pass Ready to unleash absolute evil on the Overworld? You’ll get to do so in Dungeons 4 on Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation and PC.  Available right now is Dungeons 4. This one has been put together by those at Realmforge Studios and Kalypso Media to allow players the opportunity to

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 fourth 2311 build released! Continue read to learn about new features, fixes, and known issues. Make sure that you update the Xbox app, and Gaming Services to

Earlier this week, Sony announced that it would be ending its integration support with Twitter/X on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Now, Elon Musk says he’ll look into the issues. In a recent tweet replying to news that Sony had joined Microsoft in removing integration for the social media platform, Musk said that

Attention all PlayStation players, ready yourself for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. The war has changed, and for the first time in back-to-back years, Call of Duty returns with a direct sequel. The entire game, featuring the full Campaign, seminal Multiplayer, and all-new open-world Modern Warfare Zombies experience, launches on November 10. Since the

Mechanical gaming keyboards used to be premium options available to very few, but now they often go on sale for extremely low prices – even from big names. Today HyperX joins that list of big-name bargains with their Alloy Origins full-size mechanical keyboard dropping to just $32 when bought from GameStop in the US, versus

Revenant Hill, the next game by the makers of Night in the Woods, has been canceled. The reason is that the game’s narrative designer and artist Scott Benson is battling a severe illness that has forced him to step away from the project. Benson reveals on his personal X account that he’s been suffering severe heart failure

This article is sponsored by GOAT Games. You’d think a series that’s been around as long as Dungeon Hunter would start to lose steam after the first few entries, but if Gameloft SE has proved anything, it’s that there’s always more life in the ARPG genre than you may think. There are other genre stablemates

Image: Nintendo Physical game manuals have been phased out over the years, but as part of the return of Super Mario RPG on the Switch next week, Nintendo is releasing a new one. As highlighted by Game Watch, Nintendo has revealed an authentic SNES-style manual based on the original 1996 instruction booklet. It will be

It seems that two Nintendo Switch games which have performed well both critically and commercially in Japan, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Pikmin 4, will be getting a double pack in The Land of the Rising Sun. The bundle, which will be released in time for the all-important Christmas shopping season, has been spotted at

Ready for a new adventure in The Invincible on Xbox, PlayStation and PC From 11 bit studios and the team at Starward Industries comes a brand new IP. If you’re in the market for a cosmic affair, a philosophical adventure then you’ll want to get yourself involved in The Invincible.  Available right now on Xbox

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