Two months ago, the internet gathered around and informally crowned Marvel Rivals as the new popular hero shooter of note. I’m having lots of fun with it, but its rule-breaking heroes and experimental abilities have kept a question nagging in my noggin: Why isn’t Overwatch 2 trying anything like this? Well, now it is. In…
It’s a big week for Overwatch 2 fans, new and old—there’s a ton of new content to sift through, including hero perks, a new third-person game mode, and the return of loot boxes, something I’m particularly excited about. “Season 15 also features the return of loot boxes,” a press release says. “You will be able…
Category: Games February 12, 2025 Perk up A Deep Dive into Overwatch 2’s New Perks System Alec Dawson, Lead Gameplay Designer, Overwatch 2 Summary Perks are exciting new abilities for Overwatch 2 heroes, offering wild gameplay twists and creative strategies. Lead gameplay designer for Overwatch, Alec Dawson, explains how Perks work. Overwatch 2 Season 15…
Alan Wake 2, Remedy’s gorgeous oddity, is finally making the developer some cash, over a year after its launch. In a financial report published today, the Finnish studio revealed that sales of the sequel had now surpassed two million units, and that “the game started to accrue royalties”. It’s taken a while—Alan Wake 2 launched…
We knew Barrow-Dyad was coming, but even so, this is a surprise. Bungie revealed the new exotic Strand SMG in a preview stream before last week’s launch of Destiny 2’s new episode, Heresy. What nobody expected was just how it would arrive in the game—as part of an elaborate secret quest culminating in a new…
Every Mario sports game, ranked. Nintendo’s mascot has never been shy of a spin-off, and while his karting exploits — not to mention his world-renowned penchant for a party — tend to grab all the attention and the biggest sales, Mario and co. have a long, rich history of starring in Nintendo sports games, too….
It’s easy to slate AI in all its manifestations—trust me, I should know, I do so often enough—but some recent research from Epoch AI (via TechCrunch) suggests that we might be a little hasty if we’re trashing its energy use (yes, that’s the same Epoch AI that recently dropped a new, difficult math benchmark for…
Civ, laugh, love. We certainly didn’t expect to see Sid Meier’s Civilization VII launch on the ageing Nintendo Switch, but here we are! The latest entry in the 4X series has finally marched our way, and while we at Nintendo Life are still getting into the strategy for our full review, we do have some…
Depending on what areas of the internet you frequent, perhaps you were under the illusion that thoughts-to-text technology already existed; we all have that one mutual or online friend that we gently hope will perhaps one day post slightly less. Well, recently Meta has announced that a number of their research projects are coming together…
Many aspects of game development are variable and subjective, but there is one universal truth: games take ages to make. The average turnaround for a big-budget video game used to be four years, but lately that has grown to five, maybe even six years as games have ballooned in size, budget and visual complexity. Even…