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HAL Laboratory, the studio behind the much loved Kirby video game series, was in trouble with the Japanese Labour Standards Bureau last year during the pandemic. The company was taken to account by the Labour Standard Bureau as an employee at HAL said that they weren’t paid for any of the overtime work they had

Bullet-hell shooters, eh? The mere name has us coming out in sweats, but Graze Counter GM wants to up the intensity, requesting we ‘play dangerously’ as it releases on PC and console.  From the Bikkuri Software and Sanuk teams, Graze Counter GM launches on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC in

Hi! This is Nils from Daedalic Entertainment, publisher of Children of Silentown, I’m here today to tell the tale of how this idea evolved into today’s game – as a full-fledged title by a small group of people in their off-hours from their full-time software development  and YouTube content creation jobs. Originally developed as an

Bruce Straley, the game director for The Last of Us, has revealed his concern about a lack of credit for his work on the game’s world that was adapted for the HBO show. In an interview, he says that there’s an “argument for unionization [for] someone who was part of the co-creation of that world.”

Last week we revealed the top downloads on PlayStation Store for December. Today, it’s time to look at the top downloads for the entirety of 2022. Blockbusters rubbed shoulders with great indie titles, but even in a year of heavy hitters, there’s some surprises as older classics snuck into the charts. Check the full lists

The WD SN850x is one of the very fastest NVMe SSDs in the world, with its PCIe 4.0 connection, super-fast TLC NAND flash memory and high-speed controller offering some frankly astonishing speeds – up to 7300MB/s reads and 6300MB/s writes, not to mention random read and write speeds of 800K IOPS and 1.1M IOPS respectively.

Heads up, Stadia owners: Google’s cloud gaming program is shutting down tomorrow, January 18. The service began issuing refunds for all hardware last November, but if you haven’t received one yet, information on how to obtain one should have been emailed to the Google account used to make the purchase. However, past Stadia Pro subscriptions

^Check out our preview video of Wo Long, coming to Game Pass soon! Wo Long Fallen Dynasty is headed to Xbox Game Pass (inc. for PC) on March 3rd, and for our money it’s shaping up rather nicely. Borrowing its lore from the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, it shares a few common elements

@Maulbert It’s 100% adults who grew up with the GameCube and are chomping at the bit for anything at all that will quench our nostalgia thirst. And because the currently the only bone Nintendo has thrown us lately is a Mario Sunshine remaster, we lose our minds seeing something like this. ♥️ *Edit: and competitive

Thunderful Development, the team behind the beloved Steamworld video game franchise, has teased that a new announcement related to the long-running series will happen later this week. The Morse code in the tweet below translates to the 18th January, which is this Wednesday. It is not clear what will be showcased, but there is a

The world of the flight sim is an intricate one. Whether that be the game itself, as it takes players off to unknown lands, flying to dream locations, or through the plethora of accessories that help aid immersion, the devil really is in the detail.  It’s that flight sim world in which Thrustmaster have made

The Last Us TV series will finally air for the general public later today, and what better time for PlayStation owners to grab a discount of 40 percent on an HBO Max subscription? By all accounts, The Last of Us’ television adaptation is something fans don’t want to miss. Not only has it earned glowing

Last week, we asked you to find moments where characters ran out of luck in the game of your choice, and share using #PSBlog #PSshare. Here are this week’s unlucky highlights: ForgottenJasmin shares Aloy falling from a snapped rope in Horizon Forbidden West. OuterRimsPhoto shares a troll about to be whipped by Kratos’ Blades of

When it was released on January 14th 2003, SimCity 4 had its problems. Its huge cities would chug on even decent PCs, for one, and its traffic simulation seemed outright broken. Twenty years later – thanks to faster PCs, the Rush Hour expansion, and a huge modding community – SimCity 4 is the best of

Developer Scavengers Studio revealed last month that it was releasing Season: A Letter To The Future on January 31, and now, just a few weeks ahead of that, the studio has released a gorgeous new story trailer.  This new trailer provides yet another beautiful glimpse into the painterly world of Season while providing new details

A new developer video for Skull and Bones has been released and shows off 30 minutes’ worth of footage from the game. While the game itself is not a narrative adventure, there is some “narrative” in it to tell a story in specific circumstances, and referred to as an “investigation.” Skull and Bones Developer Stream

Image: The Arcade Crew With the Christmas chocolates finally dwindling in number, we think it’s fair to say that 2023 is well under way. And as the year kicks off, so too do we see the return of gaming news — nature is healing, people! This week at Nintendo Life, we have been welcoming in

It’s a new year, which means that it won’t be too long before the Game Developers Conference, or GDC for short, is going to begin. Nintendo is no stranger to GDC, as they have attended it in previous years. However, Nintendo has something interesting planned for attendees this year. You see, it has been announced

Even someone with barely more than a passing interest in anime will know what One Piece is. And the Straw Hat Crew are here again in what could be their biggest videogame yet. One Piece Odyssey is out today on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation and PC. After searching across the New World for their next

Welcome to 2023! Thank you for another bustling year of DC Universe Online on Xbox. Together we fought off Perpetua’s Dark Knights, stormed Neron’s Underworld with Black Adam, and Saved the Universe (literally, again).  Doesn’t ring a bell? Don’t worry. All our storyline content is delivered in free episodes, and you can still jump in right

A Resident Evil First Aid Spray-themed drink is available for pre-order from GameFlavor, but it’ll cost you. The collector’s box is priced at €167,23 ($181.41), and a limited edition (which isn’t available for pre-order yet) is listed at a whopping €839,50 ($910.67). Spray your pain away with this pricey Resident Evil drink The Resident Evil

In Season: A letter to the future, you play as a young woman from a secluded village exploring the world by bike for the first time, collecting memories before a cataclysm washes everything away. Your journey brings you to a strange valley where the seeds of the next Season have been planted. You meet the

Microsoft were hoping to complete their takeover of Activision Blizzard by the end of their financial year in June. That’s looking less likely now that the US Federal Trade Commission have published a schedule that sets dates for final hearings to decide on the merger, and they’re going to begin on August 2nd. As this

Microsoft has announced an Xbox and Bethesda Developer Direct, a new games showcase “providing fans an inside look at some of the games coming to Xbox, PC, and Game Pass over the next few months.”  It will air on January 25 and feature Xbox studios like Arkane Austin, Mojang Studios, Turn 10 Studios, and ZeniMax

Ubisoft has updated its 2022-23 year-end financial targets as well as made changes ahead of its next financial year. These changes have led the company to cancel three unannounced titles and delay its pirate game Skull and Bones for the sixth time. Hopefully, someday, the game will FINALLY be released According to Ubibsoft, it wants

Image: Devolver Digital It has been a good few months now since the release of Return to Monkey Island, but many of the team here at Nintendo Life are still having a blast with it! After becoming the fastest-selling game in the series, there was the question of what is next for the comeback title?

The second half of Nintendo’s 2022 featured a lot of game updates. The majority of them were for their new game releases, but Nintendo even updated some video games that have not received a single update in multiple years. Well, 2023 seems to be beginning on a similar note. Nintendo and PlatinumGames have released an

Do we really need colour-changing controllers in the world? Probably not.  Do we want them? Hell yeah.  The NACON Pro Compact controller for Xbox may not be our go-to gaming pad, especially not for long drawn-out sessions, but it’s not a bad option to have, particularly as it is well suited to those who need

Here are this week’s games and add-on deals available from the Microsoft Games Store. Discounts are valid now through January 16, 2023 (actual end date varies by sale).     Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S Deals Content Title Content Type Discount Notes Marvel’s Midnight Suns Enhanced Edition Xbox Series X|S (Optimized) 33% Last Chance

With The Last of Us set to launch on HBO this weekend, fans are already drawing influence from the show to create mods for games like The Last of Us Part 2, and one of those mods has turned Ellie into Bella Ramsey. However, Joel’s TV show actor Pedro Pascal is yet to receive the