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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

Dying Light 2 has a new patch that tackles issues reported by the players. It also focuses on technical and gameplay improvements, such as ragdoll mechanics, story progression glitches, eliminates deathloops, and also features fixes for numerous co-op issues. This patch includes fixes for story progression, UI/UX, Nightrunner tools, combat improvements, night balance, the final

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2022, Xbox will celebrate the important role of mentorship — to uplift and support the next generation of women in gaming. As a champion and member of the fellowship of the Women of Xbox UK initiative, I had the opportunity to help connect the community

Elden Ring has launched across PC and both current and last generation consoles, and it’s already made big waves. Suffice to say, it remains true to what people know and love about FromSoftware’s games – our full Elden Ring review gave it a solid 10. That said, it also makes some big changes to the

Lost Judgment‘s The Kaito Files DLC will release on Monday, March 28th, Sega has revealed. It’s a chunky expansion of the base story and will be free for those who own the Ultimate Edition or Season Pass, as previously announced. The Kaito Files will also be available as a standalone purchase for $29.99. Players will step

I wouldn’t be here writing this blog if I hadn’t had an original PlayStation growing up. I liked games just fine before getting one but titles like Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid changed my life and set me on a path to a career in the videogame industry. So it gives me huge joy

Kairosoft are bringing five of their games to Steam later this month, including the beloved, life-consuming Game Dev Story. The others on the way are Hot Springs Story, Station Manager, Dungeon Village and Dream House Days DX – all of which contain the same moreish business management loop.

Another week is in the books, and a new month has risen. We’re officially in the thick of March, and while game releases are still coming in hot as they did all throughout February, something about this weekend feels like there’s a tad of a respite. With Triangle Strategy’s launching today, many may choose to

Campaign co-op in Halo Infinite has been delayed a bit, and will not be available at the start of Season 2. According to 343 Industries, it’s making “great progress” on Campaign network co-op, which is occurring in parallel to Season 2 work, as is work on Forge. However, the studio said it is going to

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. It’s no secret that the latest graphics cards from AMD and especially Nvidia are power-hungry beasts. All indications are the next-gen GPUs will be even hungrier. With rumors that both companies are looking to almost double their cards’ power requirements

Image: Nintendo Switch is officially five-years-old now, and it’s got us thinking back half a decade to our very first interactions with the little console that could. Whether we were lucky enough to get our hands on an early review unit, or marched down to our local video game emporium to pick up a pre-order,