Watch out for spoilers. Another anticipated Nintendo Switch exclusive has been leaked online. This time it’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder, due out next week on 20th October. After the voice of the new Mario was confirmed on Friday, there are now multiple reports suggesting Mario Wonder’s ROM file is being distributed online. This new game…
Remedy’s Garth Marenghi simulator Alan Wake was followed by two DLC episodes, The Signal and The Writer, which continued on from its climax. At EGX, Remedy’s creative director Sam Lake confirmed that the upcoming sequel, Alan Wake 2, will also receive DLC—both paid and free—after its launch. “We do have free DLCs drops coming,” Lake…
City-building game Pioneers of Pagonia has a demo out as part of this October’s Steam Next Fest, and it’s looking pretty dang good. The fantasy strategy city-builder will release into early access on December 13, 2023, but the demo’s showing off some real interesting bones and very understandable, smooth mechanics for growing your city. We’ve…
The celebrity voiceover in a bigass RPG is no longer the quaint novelty of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion’s sleepy Patrick Stewart performance or Liam Neeson showing up for a cheeky ten minutes in Fallout 3. Cyberpunk 2077 broke new ground by having Keanu Reeves’ Johnny Silverhand be your constant companion throughout the game, and…
Early access starts next month. At New York Comic-Con this weekend, NetherRealm Studios shared a “first look” at the Mortal Kombat 1 Kombat Pack fighter Omni-Man. He’ll be available to anyone who purchases the Premium Edition or Kombat Pack and playable in early access starting November 2023. In the latest trailer, you can also see…
Let’s be real, the weird, vaguely villainous and nonhuman fantasy races in RPGs are the most fun way to play. Half-Orcs, Dragonborn, Tieflings, they’re just more fun, especially in a game as reactive as Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s felt like only a matter of time until modders started opening up options for BG3’s unplayable NPC…
Rocket League’s player-to-player trading system will be turned off in December. For someone like me, the news comes as a mild disappointment—I got my favorite set of wheels in a trade with a friend, but I haven’t used the feature in years—but for Berlin-based designer Laurids “Vicegold” Düllmann and a few others, the announcement means…
“Do you hear screaming, or am I having another one of my episodes?”. A little less than ten years ago, a port of Borderlands 2 famously launched for Sony’s ailing PS Vita to middling reception. The fact that a then-current game could run at all on a portable was remarkable, but the flat visuals, crashing,…
New Dragon Ball anime series also revealed. The multiplayer survival game Dragon Ball: The Breakers today celebrates its first anniversary, and as part of this, Bandai Namco announced Season 4’s starting date during a special live stream. It will begin next month on 1st November and is titled “1st Anniversary Season”. It will contain a…
Calm before the Wonder storm. Ready for a spot of weekend gaming? Us too! Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing. This week on Nintendo Life, we saw Microsoft finally acquire Activision Blizzard, got all excited over the prospect of Animal Crossing LEGO and celebrated the 2DS’ 10th birthday. We also dove…