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Hello, reader dear! Easter means most of us have a four-day weekend, so we’ll mostly be quiet until Tuesday. Alice Bee will be with you on Friday, mind, and have the run of the RPS treehouse to put her feet up where she pleases and scarf the best biscuits. But what do you plan to

Would you believe Good Friday isn’t a bank holiday in Ireland? I didn’t, until I found myself living it. I’m here driving the RPS bus alone, nobody to stop me as I careen down the motorway screaming and trying to slam on the brakes. But I can’t, because a golf ball has rolled under the

Some of you will know that catering is an industry forever teeming with horrible people under great stress, and one that almost requires huge amounts of drugs to tolerate. And that’s without even adding customers to the mix. You might think that simply murdering customers who annoyed you would make it a lot easier, but

It’s strange now to think that, until May 2020, there were no Dread X games. Indie publishers DreadXP have become so synonymous with tightly curated, intriguing horror experiences that it’s hard to believe the original demo anthology that kickstarted that reputation is only approaching its second anniversary. Regular RPS readers may already be aware that

No More Heores 3 is headed to PC. The excessive, rude ‘tude hack-and-slash from Suda51’s Grasshopper Manufacture released on Nintendo Switch last year, and now publishers XSEED say it’ll splash onto our favoured platform this autumn.

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on the Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda’s take on a Tamriel you can play with pals. If you’ve never checked in on it, now is a good time: the base game and its Morrowind DLC are currently available to play for free until April 26th.

Earlier this week, the PlayStation Studios website was updated so that the banner image included an picture of Sam Bridges from Death Stranding. Yesterday, Death Stranding designer and Kojima Productions founder Hideo Kojima tweeted a picture said banner. People then got excited, thinking this wordless tweet meant that Sony had acquired Kojima Productions. It caused

Waffle is a free, browser-based word game with a single puzzle each day and plentiful green and yellow squares. Beyond that, it has some pretty major differences from Wordle. It doesn’t require you to type the letters, for one. Instead, Waffle presents you with a grid of five intersecting words with all of the letters

Playdate reviewA joyous and magical little handheld that will appeal to anyone who has a deep love of games and new experiences. Its added PC functionality is also a surprising bonus. Developer: Panic, Teenage Engineering From: Playdate Price: $179 On paper, Panic’s Playdate doesn’t have a lot to do with PC. It’s a standalone handheld

One of my favorite recently-created and thankfully recurring events is returning this month in the form of a third Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable. Thanks to Fighters Generation, we know who’s scheduled to show up to the panel. Traditionally, some of the companies involved bring some sort of news or update for their ongoing products or upcoming

Final Fantasy turns 35 this year, and Square Enix has lined up a bunch of stuff to celebrate the series’ birthday. The biggest and most obvious piece of the celebration so far is Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, a new spin-off that’s both forward and backward-looking at once. A lot of what’ll make the

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Last week, eagle-eyed customs officials in China noticed something fishy about a shipment of XFX GPUs coming in from Hong Kong. Authorities spotted that some of the GPUs had specification labels taped over previous labels. Upon closer inspection, the specs

The My Nintendo physical rewards options continue to expand, which is especially nice now that Platinum Points are easier than ever to earn if you have Nintendo Switch Online. The latest goodies to arrive in Europe celebrate the fantastic tactics title Triangle Strategy, though an obvious bit of branding design has been missed. Images: Nintendo

Image: Nintendo Life What’s the best gift you’ve ever received from an employer? A voucher? A box of chocolates? Maybe a company paperweight? Well, if you worked for Nintendo and your name is Takaya Imamura, then you’re definitely the winner of this competition. The legendary designer, famous for the F-Zero car designs, creating Majora’s Mask‘s

Image: Nintendo Reggie Fils-Amie was at SXSW this weekend to talk about the current disruption in the entertainment industry market, and during his talk at the show, he was asked about his thoughts on a number of things, inclusing Facebook’s metaverse. Naturally, at that same talk, Nintendo of America’s former President was also questioned about

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Kirby series’ 30th anniversary is fast approaching, as is the release of the pink puffball’s next game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. And it looks like we’re going to have a big music festival to celebrate one of Nintendo’s most recognisable, and cutest, characters. For a moment,

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The internet’s a funny place. For years there was wailing and gnashing of teeth as the mobile-only Mario Kart Tour got all-new tracks and much-loved classics — “bring that content to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!”, we demanded. Then the Booster Course Pack is announced and lots of (probably

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Final Fantasy IX, the game that the father of the Final Fantasy franchise Hironobu Sakaguchi has called his favourite, is already out on Switch. It came out in 2019. It even got a physical release back in 2020. Why, oh why, then, has Square Enix decided to re-upload

Image: Nintendo Nintendo has been continuing its promotion of online and competitive play in some key titles, albeit without blowing the doors off and gaining a lot of attention. Particularly through the Nintendo Versus account it highlights frequent competitions in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2, in particular. The next

Konami has announced this morning that total downloads of the free to play Yu-Gi-Oh card game, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, have now now topped over one million worldwide. To celebrate this achievement, the company has announced two things. The first is the inclusion of a brand new story mode which is named, The Fairies Who Paint

Oh, you’ve clicked on this article? You chose wisely. Here’s me thinking of how many more Indiana Jones quotes I can shoehorn into this article. “Don’t get cocky” I tell myself as I now blur other Harrison Ford performances into one another. “I’m making this up as I go along” and I best get things

Vikings, the time has come. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Dawn of Ragnarök expansion is available now on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, ushering in over 35 hours of content steeped in Norse mythology and in-game lore. Eivor once again delves into the memories of Odin (also called Havi) as they search for their missing son

What a difference a year off makes. Coming off the heels of the disastrous WWE 2K20, 2K Games and developer Visual Concepts smartly decided to sit one out in order to refocus and essentially reset the series. And it’s a good thing, too, because the resulting WWE 2K22 is by far the most polished and

Overwatch 2 will be getting a PvP beta at the end of April, which will introduce a new hero, four of the new maps, and a new game mode. Sign-ups are open right now, although the catch is the initial PvP beta will only be available on PC. The good news is it’s the start

The release of Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin’s (SOPFFO) is just around the corner on March 18. For those who are too excited to wait, we’re pleased to announce that a free demo is available for download right now. Your save data will carry over to the full game once it’s out, but even

Capcom last night announced Exoprimal, a competitive multiplayer game about teams of mechs fighting dinosaurs. Well! As a big kid, those are some words I’m interested in alright. It’s set in the near future, where mysterious Vortexes open in the skies to rain torrents of surprised dinosaurs, and we have to beat them back in

Trek to Yomi is a stylish action title that may not have been on your radar before, but its latest trailer during today’s State of Play presentation shows off why it may be worth keeping an eye on.  The game, developed by Shadow Warrior makers Flying Wild Hog, is an action sidescrolling take on classic samurai

As Cyberpunk 2077 has been repeatedly updated, the focus has primarily been on the improvements made to the performance of CD Projekt RED’s open-world adventure, especially on console where – let’s be fair – it launched as more than a bit of a pig. But returning to Night City, I’m stunned by the depth of

A patch for Horizon Forbidden West has been released, and along with tackling some bugs, it also fixes issues with some of the main and side quests and addresses stability and graphical issues. Photo Mode improvements have also been made, the patch also touches upon a camera collision issue, several animation problems with NPCs in

You read that correctly – PUBG Mobile is getting some exclusive Warframe skins in a limited time event kicking off March 10. Starting then, players will be able to complete a set of challenges that’ll unlock some distinctly sci-fi cosmetics for you to run around and terrorize Erangel with. You’ll have to hurry though. As