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A new job advertisement published by PlayStation Studios has fans hoping for a PS Vita and PS3 emulator once again. As spotted by ResetEra Uzupedro, Sony is hiring a software development engineer who will specifically work as a “classics engineer” to develop new emulators, among other tasks. PS3 emulation seems to be a pipe dream

Greetings Travelers! This is your Genshin Impact dev team, inviting you into the summertime of Teyvat with Genshin Impact’s Version 2.8, Summer Fantasia, coming on July 13!  The Golden Apple Archipelago is once again open with a different look, bringing a variety of plots, stories, challenges, and rewards. Get ready to delve into realms you’ve

Ubisoft are switching off online services for several older singleplayer games, including Anno 2070, Far Cry 3, Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist. For several of those games, that means that as of September 1st, “the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable,” according to an Ubisoft support page.

Starting a cult isn’t easy work, but somebody’s got to do it in Massive Monster’s Cult of the Lamb, which hits consoles and PC next month. Fortunately, the team behind the devilishly cute game has released a new trailer with tips and tricks to start, and maintain, the best cult. The first step is simple:

Sonic’s transition to 3D has always been tricky. That 2D to 3D lane change has continued to dog the hedgehog’s releases even into the modern generations (isn’t that right, Sonic Forces?) whereas former rival Mario kept soaring beyond galaxies, getting more comfortable with each release. For Sonic, these transitional woes were the case even at

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Petar Vukobrat/Unsplash)Valve has quietly changed the Steam Deck’s specs, unbeknownst to most who have put in an order in recent weeks.  Steam Decks ordered at the time of the console’s release came with either a 256 or 512GB SSD,

Isolation is a weird thing; we’re all a little accustomed to it now, but having to figure out things on your own can be pretty daunting. Elechead revels in isolation; it was made by a sole developer, NamaTakahashi (Developer of 2019’s eShop game Battlloon), and during the course of the game all you have is

Almost a decade ago, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle had been released. A remaster of the game, which is called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle R, is coming soon. That said, publisher Bandai Namco and developer CyberConnect2 have released a new trailer that features characters from part 4, part 6 and part 8

The Xbox’s love for Outrun continues with Pure Chase 80’s. Like Horizon Chase Turbo, Slipstream and Hotshot Racing before it, Pure Chase 80’s is nostalgic for a time when shiny red sports cars accelerated towards a pixelated horizon; where the only means of cornering was a drift; and straights were spent pumping your fists to

It’s a new era for the world of Formula 1, with some of the biggest changes seen in the sport in four decades shaking up not only the status quo, but also the spines of the drivers as teams wrestle to rein in the engineering quirks of this year’s new cars. Codemasters has followed suit

Whether or not there was ever a God of War Ragnarok announcement that was supposed to go out today is debatable, but what is certain is that some fans of the game have seemingly disgraced themselves with their reactions today. Santa Monica Studio Creative Director Cory Barlog has now pleaded with fans to show “some

Hello everyone! I’m Andreas Firnigl, CEO and founder of Nosebleed Interactive. We’ve been developing our retro arcade / part sim management game, Arcade Paradise, for the past three years, and I’m super excited (and relieved!) to reveal that the game will launch on PS4 and PS5 on August 11 – You can also wishlist the

Occupy White Walls reviewAn inviting art gallery MMO where you can buy art, slap it on some walls, and then invite people to visit. Developer: StikiPixels Publisher: StikiPixels Release: July 8th (out now in early access) On: Windows From: Steam Price: Free to play Back in 2020, a group of digital art smugglers lifted the

Monster Rancher was revived late last year with the release of the Monster Ranger 1&2 DX collection, and Bandai Namco isn’t going to stop there. In fact, the series is going bigger. Much bigger! The first trailer for Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher asks a crucial question, “How would you like to raise your very own

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope blends tactical gameplay with Super Mario and Raving Rabbids-themed mayhem, and it clearly aims to build on its predecessor, Kingdom Battle. I’ve always been a fan of Mario, but Rabbids on the other hand, have always left me a little frustrated. Yet, Sparks of Hope seems to be the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: PCMag)Time to break out the violins folks, because the world’s largest motherboard manufacturers have a tearjerker of a tale to tell. Both Asus and Gigabyte are projecting significantly lower motherboard shipments for the rest of 2022. In fact, the

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The “fantasy-action” battle royale Spellbreak has announced it will be shutting down its servers “early” next year. The live service game has only been around since 2018, and was released on the Nintendo Switch in September 2020 as a free-to-download title. In this time millions of playes have

The Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase had a lot of third-party games that were included. One of the new reveals is a remake of Pac-Man World. The game is called Pac-Man World Re-Pac, and a new trailer included a bunch of gameplay. Pac-Man World Re-Pac will be releasing on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One,

Nightdive Studios have put it upon themselves to bring back lost and forgotten gaming treasures, reworking the classics to ensure they find a place in the modern era of gaming. They’ve done it with DOOM, Turok, Shadow Man and more, but today are breathing new life into Blade Runner, as the Enhanced Edition rolls out

Roller Champions’ new season: Disco Fever is here, ramping up the action with new arenas, game modes, and a new Roller Pass on Xbox One (and Xbox Series X|S via backward compatibility). The competition expands today to include to Brooklyn Court, a small streetside rink accessible to all players; Venice Beach Park is a larger

Ever since Outriders released early last year, I’ve held a theory that it’s the ultimate fast food game: a bland story filled with cheesy one-liners and mindless encounters that you know aren’t good for you, but undeniably awesome combat that’s easy for you and your friends to lose hours in just makes it so dang

PS Plus Essential July 2022 games lineup has leaked. We’re confident about this one because it comes from the same Dealabs user, billbil kun, who has been accurately leaking the service’s monthly lineup for eons now. It looks like the most basic tier of the revamped service is due to receive Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s

Last week, we asked you to dip your toe into the sands of desert dunes or sunny beaches using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s sandy highlights: DexM_ds shares Aloy taking a rest in the sand dunes of Horizon Forbidden West. _nvrheardofit shares Nate journeying across a desert in Uncharted 3. dhruv_239 shares Bayek looking

Space Bob vs. The Replicons is an ambitious 2D game about flying your spaceship onto a procedurally generated planet surface, gathering resources and tethering them to your ship, then blasting back into orbit to explore more of outerspace. There’s a new trailer for it below, but it’s not a new game. Space Bob launched in

With its approachable gameplay and chess-like complexity, Into the Breach has been an incredible strategy option for PC and Switch owners. With its upcoming Advanced Edition expansion, new content is getting pumped into the mech tactics games where it can already be played. Even better still, mobile versions are landing the same day with the

Bungie is suing the person behind several bogus Destiny 2 DMCA takedowns. March 2022 saw Bungie and various YouTubers hit with a DMCA takedown. At the time, it wasn’t clear who was issuing the takedowns, but Bungie eventually found out who the malefactor was, and has filed a lawsuit. According to the filing, the offender’s

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. For the past few months there’s been a constant drip-drip-drip of rumors about the upcoming GPUs from AMD and Nvidia. The most surprising element of those rumors, at least on the Nvidia side of the fence, has been a dramatic

Image: Nintendo / Monolith Soft Is everyone feeling a bit more chilled out after not-E3? Okay, we’re still waiting for a Nintendo Direct, but we did get a Xenoblade Chronicles 3-focused presentation, where a new Expansion Pass was unveiled. The AM2R devs have reunited on a brand new stunning-looking Metroidvania project. And Blade Runner: Enhanced

Every now and then, Nintendo will release a day-one update for a new game that is about to launch, or has just launched the same day. Most of these updates usually fix some last-minute bugs that were found, or they make it so certain things in the game are available to play for the public.

It was a matter of time before FIFA 22 arrived on Game Pass via Microsoft’s collaboration with EA Play, and so it has proven with its launch today on PC, Console and Cloud. More of a surprise is the arrival of Naraka Bladepoint (Console), which has been doing the business on PC, where it has