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Nintendo’s surprise drop of F-Zero 99 at the recent Nintendo Direct left players exhilarated with the opportunity to race in a modern setting with classic machines. The imminent addition of the final set of new courses on October 18th has heightened the excitement. Mute City III, Red Canyon II, and Fire Field are the three

Powered by Unreal 5 – Slender The Arrival on Xbox Series X|S Remember playing through the scares of Slender: The Arrival the best part of a decade ago? Well, it’s now time to play again – this time with Slender: The Arrival on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. It’s powered by Unreal Engine 5

Greetings wanderers. Whether you have already mastered the nightmarish landscapes of Sanctuary, or you’re tempted to try a savage new experience– Diablo IV’s Season of Blood revitalizes the many paths that players walk. On October 17, tons of quality-of-life changes and a bloodthirsty scourge arrive in Diablo IV. Leveling a character to 100 is much

Kinetic Games has once more had to delay its supernatural horror game Phasmophobia for PS5 and PSVR2 due to unforeseen circumstances with console development. Phasmophobia delay ghosts PlayStation a bit longer Issues have besieged the studio in recent months including a fire at its offices, which already pushed a tentative August release of the game

Hey everyone, we at Super Rare Originals are ecstatic to share some exciting news about The Gecko Gods, an upcoming wholesome action-adventure puzzler created by UK-based developer Louis “Inresin” Waloschek. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that this enchanting game will find its way to PlayStation when it launches next year. Let’s dive into what makes

The Alt Controller showing at EGX this year was properly top tier stuff. There was, of course, the Future Of Play booth that our Graham organised for the show (the contents of which you can see right here), but every year the Leftfield Collection houses a couple more custom controller games that are just as

The Analogue Pocket is a retro handheld marvel, capable of playing your favorite Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games on its beautiful screen with modern sensibilities and technology – simply put, it’s the best way to play a Game Boy game, assuming you can get your hands on the always-sold-out device. Now, Analogue is

Dave Jones, the voice actor whose dulcet tones bring to life Baldur’s Gate 3’s shapeshifting druid, didn’t think many players would actually be open to bumping uglies with Halsin’s bear form. Jones said as much during a panel at EGX featuring members of the game’s cast (thanks TheGamer), after revealing that one of the lines

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update [Sun 15th Oct, 2023 23:55 BST]: The community votes have now been counted and the Armadillo is officially the next mob joining Minecraft. Here’s a bit more information about it: The armadillo lives in the savannah biome. If you startle the armadillo, it will curl up into

A presentation has seemingly leaked from SEGA America and has since been deleted from a file hosting service. It suggests Sonic fans will get a new Sonic the Hedgehog game next year. The presentation, which revolves around the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, also states that the spiky blue hedgehog is the “Most Popular Game Character

the boogeyman film review The Boogeyman probably won’t like the comparison, but it shares a lot with Monsters Inc. It showcases a creature that likes to hide in closets, under the bed and in the dark, feeding off the fear of young children. We half-expected a reveal of Sully and Mike at the halfway point.

We now have our first look at Omni-Man in Mortal Kombat 1 as Warner Bros. Games released the trailer today at New York Comic-Con. “The realms will tremble under the weight of the Viltrum Empire. Omni-Man approaches our timeline,” says the official description of the video. The character is voiced by his Invincible voice actor,

The RPG epic Baldur’s Gate 3 gained initiative for Players’ Choice of September. Congrats to Larian Studios! What games have you been playing in October? Share predictions on what will win for this month in the comments below. Last month featured a wide range of diversity – sports, indies, fighting, RPGs, and more. Which game

Grotty fantasy Soulslike Lords of the Fallen – which I have been cautiously looking forward to, despite Ed’s efforts to temper my expectations – is getting its chainmail-wearing arse kicked by Steam players. It seems to be selling well, squatting at third on the platform’s global top seller charts by revenue, but the user review

Nintendo revealed in August that longtime Mario voice actor Charles Martinet would no longer be voicing Mario. Amongst speculation of a different voice actor for Mario in Super Mario Bros. Wonder trailers, Nintendo also announced Martinet was not jumpman’s voice in the game, leaving fans to wonder who the new voice is. After months of

Microsoft has officially closed its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. This follows the announcement this morning that the deal had been cleared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, following revisions to it by Microsoft that aimed to allay the regulator’s concerns about the effect the acquisition could have on cloud gaming. To

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Following the surprise anniversary update for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 earlier this week, Bandai Namco has now announced “Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour” will be returning next year on 26th – 28th January at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Dragon Ball fans can expect Dragon Fighter Z, Dragon

Someone has somehow managed to datamine the Super Mario Wonder demo which is currently being installed in store booths at various large retailers throughout North America. Through the datamining of the demo, it has been discovered that Mick Wingert is likely the new voice of the iconic Mario starting with Super Mario Wonder. Mr. Wingert

My first experience with Bomberman-style games wasn’t with Bomberman. Back on the Nintendo Gameboy, I picked up Dynablaster from a market stall in Brighton, and it was that game which introduced me to the pains and joys of accidentally trapping myself behind bombs. From then on things got confusing, as the character from the front

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

Microsoft‘s nearly two-year journey to finalize its Activision Blizzard acquisition is one step closer to completion. Per Bloomberg, Microsoft Corp. changed aspects of the $69 billion deal to appeal to the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Anonymous sources close to the situation assert that the European Commission concluded a second probe by the European Union

Last week, we asked you to take a break and share moments resting in a game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:  KenKenVega1 shares Aloy reclining back with a smile in Horizon Forbidden West Amianan_NiRaGuB shares Bayek resting on a blanket overlooking an Egyptian city in Assassin’s Creed Origins wingsforsmiles

Lexar’s NM790 4TB NVMe SSD thrums at the heart of my most beautiful , functional computer, the Digital Foundry CPU test bed. And now it can thrum at the heart of your PC too, as this capacious drive has dropped in price from $210 to $177 at Amazon US.

Nearly three years after the initial launch of the PlayStation 5, Sony has revealed a slimmer redesign. Both the disc drive model and the digital model will be updated, but these two models aren’t as different as they used to be: you will now be able to purchase a disc drive separately, allowing you to upgrade

With Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard seemingly closing in, the Call of Duty and Diablo developer has clarified when we can expect to see them on Game Pass. Last week, it was reported that the long process of the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal would be finally coming to a close this Friday, October 13 (unfortunate

Dredge may be one of the best indie games of the year, but it’s definitely no obscure cult classic: the Lovecraftian fishing sim has already sold a million copies since its launch on March 30th. This surprising figure emerged during an interview by Game Developer with members of the team at Black Salt Games during

Following a huge controversy around some planned changes to the way it charges developers for the use of its engine, Unity has announced that CEO John Riccitiello “will retire” effective immediately. According to the announcement, the outgoing Riccitiello “will continue to advise Unity to ensure a smooth transition”, as the company kicks off “a comprehensive

The latest patch for Starfield arrived yesterday, but it’s not really worth getting excited about as most of what’s changed is pretty insignificant. This update, aptly titled the Starfield 1.7.36 update, has one main change that should please at least some players: you can finally change the field of view without having to mod the

A Japanese Switch eShop exclusive known as Suika Game (Watermelon Game) has recently gone viral thanks to its popularity among streamers and VTubers. Earlier this year it started gaining traction with Japanese influencers, and now it’s caught on here in the West. The puzzle game, which has drawn comparisons to titles like 2048 and “Threes“,

Super Mario Wonder looks like it is going to be a breath of fresh air when it launches in a couple of weeks. It is no surprise to hear in a recent interview that the development team at Nintendo took a long, hard look at what has made the Mario series so special and loved