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Former Dragon Age producer and BioWare veteran Mark Darrah believes that Microsoft Activision merger is “probably a bad thing in the long run” but he hopes that it’ll have some short-term benefits for Activision Blizzard. The company suffered quite a fall from grace under CEO Bobby Kotick‘s leadership, who stands accused of fostering a hostile

Last week we put out the signal requesting photos of the Bat Fam from Gotham Knights. Players patrolling the city streets took up the call, and we’re happy to share a selection of exciting and stylish photos featuring the caped and cowled crimefighters. Can you tell which playable hero was a clear favorite among Share

After launching into early access in April last year, the free-to-play shooter Scavengers is closing down. Its servers will close on December 16th, with publishers Improbable pinning the cause on a “decline in the playerbase.”

Save Room wears its inspiration on its sleeve from the moment you hit start and a deep, scary voice announces that you’re playing “Save Room!” It takes a singular idea from Resident Evil 4 – organizing your briefcase of weapons – and expands it into a dedicated puzzle game. Join Marcus Stewart and Kyle Hilliard

Rare has announced a release date for Sea of Thieves Season 8, and as the headline already told you, it will go live on November 22. As far as content goes, the studio is keeping things under wraps until November 18, when it will host a live stream revealing what to expect. Return of the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. With the pandemic winding down and crypto mining all but dead, gamers thought it might once again be easy to buy a high-end GPU. And, maybe prices would be reasonable, too. As it turns out, we were wrong about both

Image: Nintendo Life Earlier this week, Nintendo’s latest financial report revealed Switch Online subscriptions had now “exceeded” 36 million paid memberships – with an increase of around four million subs compared to the previous year. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was also asked about the future of the service – explaining how Nintendo is “considering various

Today, The Pokémon Company International has released the latest expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield—Silver Tempest, available now.  Sword & Shield—Silver Tempest reveals three new Radiant Pokémon, including Radiant Jirachi and Radiant Alakazam — Shiny Pokémon with powerful Abilities or attacks and illustrated in etched artwork. The new expansion also introduces more Pokémon VSTAR,

There’s a bit of us that was excited for Mozart Requiem, hoping that it was a follow on to AVICII Invector, just with Mozart’s finest classics splattered on top. In fact, when we discovered that it was in fact a game in which we’d be caught up in a war of powers, as occult ceremonies

Summary A gothic horror rogue-lite survival game where you gradually turn the tide against hundreds of monsters Upgrade your weapons and become an unstoppable death machine. Available now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Windows, as well as Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass! Hello there! My name is Luca Galante, and I’m the

Sonic Frontiers doesn’t limit you to a small, carefully curated prix fixe menu of things to try. Instead, it takes the all-you-can-eat buffet approach, throwing new ideas at you from start to finish, without really seeming to care if they’re fresh and appetizing or looking wilted and limp under the heat lamp. When I jumped

The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Battle Pass will have a completely different format from the norm when it is released alongside Season 1 on November 16. Instead of the usual linear format where players unlock rewards along a track, the Modern Warfare 2 pass will take the form of a multi-sector map where

Get ready for a new era of competition with the arrival of Season 01 of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, releasing November 16. Deploy to Al-Mazrah in the next iteration of the free-to-play Battle Royale, visit reimagined versions of the Shoot House and Shipment Multiplayer maps, team up

Composer Mick Gordon has published a rebuttal to an open letter by id Software executive producer Marty Stratton concerning Doom Eternal‘s soundtrack. Stratton’s post was written all the way back in May 2020, and Gordon’s response is a doozy. “Marty lied about the circumstances surrounding the DOOM Eternal Soundtrack and used disinformation and innuendo to

If you subscribe to the digital edition of Game Informer, you can now learn all about Street Fighter 6. Following the cover reveal, our digital issue is now live to subscribers on web browsers, iPad/iPhone, and Android devices. Individual issues will be available for purchase this afternoon. You can download the apps to view the

For those who like all things Viking, the city-builder survival sim Land of the Vikings might be right up your alley. Launched in Early Access today on Steam for $19.99, the developers describe the game as Frostpunk with Vikings, but if you ask me, it also has a bit of a Banished vibe to it.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Kamil S/Unsplash)Xbox and PC gamers might soon have the option to reduce their machines’ energy consumption—if they can handle the trade-off, that is. Based on a new Xbox Insider Program survey, Microsoft is eyeballing energy-saving game modes that would

Image: Nintendo Alongside its quarterly earnings release, Nintendo has announced its intention to partner with DeNA and establish a joint venture company in April next year. Nintendo has been working with the mobile firm since 2015, partnering to develop systems integrated into its mobile software (such as Super Mario Run and Mario Kart Tour) and

Believe it or not, it has been over 2 years since a remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was announced by Ubisoft. The game has been officially confirmed for a release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC, and there are rumors of a Nintendo Switch version on the way. What has

Charon, for those who might not know, comes from Greek mythology, the name of the ferryman who takes souls across the River Styx to the gates of hell. People were buried with coins on their eyes so that they would have the money to pay the ferryman for their passage. But what on earth Charon’s

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Cobra Kai 2: Dojos Rising

There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get in a puzzle game when you look at the big picture and the solution to the whole stage comes to you all at once. And the clever challenges in The Entropy Centre provided me with a regular supply of those “Eureka!” moments. Its time-bending, first-person brain teasers

Last week, we asked you to share haunted moments from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s spooky highlights: ForgottenJasmin shares Seline leaning away from a gnarled creature with a gigantic single eye in Returnal. ke_23 shares a series of robed women floating in various positions across a red background

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was released for Nintendo DS in 2010. It was a linear detective game written and directed by Shu Takumi, the creator of the the Phoenix Wright series, and it has you solving puzzles – and avoiding murders – by possessing objects and corpses. It’s just been rated for a PC release

God of War Ragnarok is out next week and ahead of the game’s release, developer Santa Monica Studio has revealed more than 70 accessibility features in the game.  PlayStation has been pushing the importance of accessibility in gaming more and more with each new release and Ragnarok is no different. The studio has been quite

Frogwares have released the first gameplay trailer for Sherlock Holmes The Awakened, and it’s a bit creepy. The Sherlock meets Cthulhu horror adventure sees a young Sherlock and John Watson undertake a chilling case that will forever “bond and scar the duo.” Sherlock Holmes The Awakened – First Gameplay Trailer What seems like a straightforward

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google has given up on streaming games to you from the cloud, but it’s moving forward with the expansion of Android games for Windows. The previous test of Google Play Games has expanded, giving players in the US and other

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube We have just about gotten over the chills that the cute but particularly creepy Little Inferno gave us when it was released on the Wii U back in 2012 (then the Switch in 2017). Fortunately, or unfortunately if you’re not ready to go back, Tomorrow Corporation has announced

Games Industry journalist Christopher Dring has announced that the Nintendo Switch has accomplished another milestone as it has now surpassed the lifetime sales of Microsoft’s Xbox One console in the United Kingdom. Dring says that Nintendo’s next target is Sony’s PlayStation 3 console. The Nintendo Switch launched in 2017 and the Xbox One launched in

If you were to get us to pick a football sequel, we’re not sure it would be for that of Golazo!. Ask the same question in regards a World Cup love-in and we’d be of similar mind. But Golazo! 2 is here alongside a Super Cup 2022 offering.  The original Golazo! released on Xbox back