That’s what you get for not hailing to the chimp. It’s not unfair to say that the gaming landscape was somewhat different when Donkey Kong Country Returns first fell into our laps in 2010; 2D platformers were a rare breed, and ol’ DK himself hadn’t arguably had a mainline entry in his series since 2004’s…
Path of Exile 2’s first major patch of the year will arrive later this week, with developer Grinding Gear Games saying it will address several common complaints about the game, with more improvements to come. One of the big sticking points for players has been endgame maps, which director Jonathan Rogers says it aims to…
“Wherever the company is [in five years], I hope I’m having fun”. Taki Udon is one of the leading figures in the world of FPGA gaming, and he’s achieved that position in a surprisingly rapid time. The reason? His MiSTer Pi project has shaken up the FPGA world by offering a truly affordable entry point…
From the 1989 original through to Streetwise. A new book is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter that aims to chart the history of Capcom’s iconic Final Fight series. Beat ‘Em Up Volume 1: The Unofficial History of Final Fight is the work of the writer Darren Hupke, who was previously behind the 32 Bit Library…
While Palworld’s player count has calmed down in the time since its release, it’s still carved a cosy little niche for itself on Steam. SteamDB has it hovering between 20,000 and 50,000 players over the past few months, with a big bump to around 200,000 in December 2024 due to the release of a major…
“The writers and the folks at Story Kitchen have brought so much humor and heart”. Back in December 2022, it was announced via The Hollywood Reporter that Amazon Studios was developing an adaptation of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis classic ToeJam & Earl, in collaboration with Story Kitchen and Unanimous Media. However, since then,…
AMD’s new Strix Halo uber APU for laptops was already pretty interesting, what with its 256-bit memory bus and monster sized iGPU. Now it turns out that its gestation was a little unusual, with AMD needing four goes at it to get it right and adding some trick tech to its CPU dies in the…
A decade of Mr Olney. Sure, 2025 might be home to some pretty big gaming anniversaries, but you want to know the biggest of them all? This week marks 10 years since the wonderful Mr Alex Olney published his first video on the Nintendo Life YouTube channel. That’s right, it has been a decade of…
100% unofficial, of course. Fan-made games have come a long way in recent years thanks to the introduction of powerful game engines and the growing talent of homebrew coders and artists, but even so, every now and then a game comes along which genuinely surprises you with its polish and playability. Built using the Mugen…
Quiet, please. Tennis fans hitting YouTube to see live matches from the Australian Open could be forgiven for thinking they’ve accidentally clicked on a channel recreating the tournament in Wii Sports, but no. It turns out the event’s official channel has taken a novel approach to getting around broadcast rights issues. As noted by Kotaku,…