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When you review a free-to-play game, you can often spend more time on the monetisation model than the game itself. Nothing comes completely free, after all: we need to know what has been compromised in the transition to free-to-play. Is there enough within the free stuff to make it worth playing? And should the paid

Summary Head of Xbox Game Studios Matt Booty was a featured Storytime Speaker at this past weekend’s PAX West, hosted by What’s Good Games’ Brittney Brombacher. During the panel Matt talked about his time in the game industry, how others can get started, and sharing ideas on where games are headed. You can watch the

Have you ever moved to a new town and, what do you know, there’s an abandoned farm ready for you to claim and revitalize all on your own? With adorable creatures to collect and eccentric townsfolk to befriend, Ooblets doesn’t follow a completely unfamiliar formula. But while the unique twists it adds to that structure

If the God of War Ragnarok hype train wasn’t already choo-chooing along fast enough, Adult Swim is ramping things up with a Rick and Morty x PlayStation crossover. In a short video, Rick shaves his head, puts on red face paint, and takes Morty to the Nine Realms. GoW Ragnarok Rick and Morty video ad

Return to the Borderlands in the raucous New Tales from the Borderlands. The upcoming choice-based, narrative adventure developed by Gearbox Software is set to launch on October 21. This all new story brings fresh and familiar faces, new settings, and an original, captivating story while keeping the sci-fi aesthetic and irreverent humor that Borderlands fans

The first gameplay footage of Katana Zero‘s free DLC expansion has finally sliced its way onto the internet. Developer Askiisoft released a near-ten minute slice of the DLC’s first level over the weekend, showing off some of the ultraviolent delights we can expect to see when it eventually comes out. Have a watch of the

Publisher 2K teased back in April that it was bringing back Telltale’s Tales from the Borderlands series but that this time, it would be developed in-house by Gearbox Software. Then, during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event, Gearbox officially revealed the sequel, which is less a direct continuation of Telltale’s story and more a spiritual successor

If you have a spare cool mill laying around somewhere, and fancy upping your console collection, there’s an eBay listing you might want to check out. With the world of video games offering a fair number of rare collectibles due to limited prints of cartridges, or certain consoles and peripherals not doing well enough to

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. A lot of press attention has been rightly focused on Intel’s long-awaited launch of its Arc discrete GPUs. As you are well aware, there have been many delays, and now that it’s September we still don’t have a firm launch

Image: Nintendo Life *beep beep, beep beep* Snake: This is Snake. Colonel, can you hear me? Campbell: Loud and clear. What’s the situation, Snake? Snake: I’ve arrived in a sort of digital space. Hard to know exactly what’s going on, but I’m in a blank room, and the words ‘Nintendo Life’ and ‘Box Art Brawl’

Venture Beat journalist Jeff Grubb has appeared on the Nintendo Shack channel to chat about some of what will be shown during the rumoured September Nintendo Direct presentation. He previously mentioned that The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess enhanced Wii U ports for the Switch will be

Shoot ‘em up fans have been well-served over the past two months. When it’s not Andro Dunos 2 or the Azure Striker Gunvolt series coming to Xbox, it’s the majority of the Psikyo back catalogue being re-released individually. We’ve reviewed a fair few of those personally, and we’re seeing mechs and bullets in our sleep. 

Get ready for charismatic characters, over-the-top poses, and fantastic fights in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R! Based on the 2013 game by the same title, this JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game is ready to wow and inspire players with a massive roster of characters and modern game mechanics! [embedded content] Play As Your Favorite

When the Digital Eclipse team at Konami boasted that they’d put a lot of care into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Collection I wrote it off as the standard marketing line we see around any repackaging of beloved games. However, this may be the first instance where we really have gotten a truly excellent

It’s no secret that AAA games like The Last of Us Part 1 take a vast human effort to make. As games get bigger, so does list the of names that scroll by during the credits. For TLOU Part 1, one of those names says “Daniel Kinnard.” He worked as a producer on the game

We’re fast approaching the month of September. Soon the temperatures will be cooling, leaves will be changing color, and a fantastic harvest of indie games will be filling our PS Store baskets. September’s got some heavy hitters–The Last of Us Part I, anyone?–but there’s also a bumper crop of amazing indie titles you’ll want to

There are a ton of Blue Microphones on sale at Amazon UK at the moment, as part of their ‘gaming week’ promotion. As well as the Yeti and Snowball USB microphones that are most likely to be familiar to you, there’s also a rare 42% discount on the Blue Blackout Spark XLR mic – nice.

Halo Infinite’s long-awaited campaign co-op will finally arrive on November 8 as part of the game’s big Winter Update. 343 Industries released a video today running down what it calls its largest content update yet, breaking down the Forge Beta, new multiplayer maps, and more.  [embedded content] Campaign Co-Op The biggest addition in the update finally

Just yesterday, a rumour emerged that the next Nintendo Direct is much closer than you might’ve though, and it’s going to be packed with news for keen Zelda fans. This report comes directly from Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb in a recent stream to YouTube.Here’s a glimpse at The Wind Waker HD port to Wii U,

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: @evleaks on Twitter)Logitech announced several weeks ago that it was betting on the future of cloud gaming with a new handheld that supports Xbox Cloud Gaming and GeForce Now. While Logitech gave the impression the device was still in

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Nintendo has long been a pioneer of creative controllers. There was, of course, the Wii remote which revolutionised mainstream motion-based gaming, the N64 controller which finally let you play a game with three hands, and, the crème de la crème, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat‘s DK Bongos. Many of

The latest edition of Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu is now with subscribers in the land of the rising sun and this week’s edition of the magazine contains four reviews. The highest rated game by the team at Weekly Famitsu this week is the Saints Row reboot. The four reviewers awarded the sandbox action game

Love it or hate it, play Aliens: Fireteam Elite and you’ll be found doing one thing – shooting anything and everything that moves. And with the addition of the new Pathogen expansion, you’ll be focusing that rifle more than ever before.  We’re split on Aliens: Fireteam Elite; some of us absolutely love the attention to

Summary Join the crew of the Endeavor as they embark on their most dangerous mission yet. Dive into the caves below LV-895 and test your mettle against a Pathogen Queen. The Aliens: Fireteam Elite Pathogen expansion is available now! The Pathogen expansion for Aliens: Fireteam Elite is now available! Join the crew of the Endeavor

Much of the joy from any good battle royale is derived from the feeling of making big plays, and hoo boy! If there’s one thing that Rumbleverse is good at, it’s setting you up for opportunities for big plays. The latest from Iron Galaxy Studios (the developers of Divekick and seasons 2 and 3 of

The Last of Us on PS4 was a remaster, but Naughty Dog is adamant The Last of Us Part 1 is a remake, and players will see the difference when it’s released later this week. Naughty Dog explains how the team has redesigned everything about the game rather than just altering existing assets to run

The iconic trench-coat sporting antagonist Albert Wesker, feared (and respected) by Resident Evil players worldwide. The dexterous and enigmatic Ada Wong, whose survival skills make her a valuable ally – provided interests remain aligned. The S.T.A.R.S. Field Medic Rebecca Chambers, whose medical brilliance keeps teammates alive and inspired.  Every character comes with 3 unique perks,

The second project from 10 Chambers, the developers of co-op horror shooter GTFO, will be a co-op heist shooter. Creative director Ulf Andersson shared the news at Gamescom, saying that making a game in the genre “feels like it’s an unclosed chapter”. Andersson previously worked on Payday 1 and 2 at Overkill Software, before leaving

Drinkbox Studios’ Nobody Saves The World is getting a shot in the arm via a new expansion arriving next month. Dubbed Frozen Heath, this update adds new forms, challenges, and a fresh region to explore. Frozen Hearth takes place in an underground region that hosts The Tempering, a series of trials consisting of combat challenges

Xbox has recently been trialling letting subscribers share Game Pass with family members, but a recent leak suggests you’ll be able to do it with friends too. Earlier this month, Microsoft started testing a family plan of Game Pass in Colombia and Ireland, which lets you share Game Pass benefits with your family. However, as