With some exclusive Switch 2 tweaks. Level-5 is showing no signs of slowing down with these Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time updates, as it has just rolled out another one for both the Switch 2 and Switch 1 editions of the game. Nintendo’s new hybrid lands some exclusive tweaks this time around,…
‘Vivi and Grandpa On the Day of Departure’ is out now in Japan. Square Enix has just released a picture-book prequel to its beloved PlayStation RPG Final Fantasy IX in Japan, for mark the series’s 25th anniversary (thanks Famitsu!). The book, which is called Vivi and Grandpa On the Day of Departure, is the work…
“I always enjoyed the illustrations at the beginning of the NES manual as a kid”. When Nintendo released the original Legend of Zelda in North America in 1987, it promoted it with a pretty odd commercial, with actor and comedian John Kassir walking around a darkened room spouting the various enemy names from the game….
Working out how to change character in a free-to-play game like Mecha Break is always a challenge, as you walk the fine line between what you get for free and what they want you to pay for. Sadly, Mecha Break is pretty stingy in terms of character cosmetics—you’ll be able to customize your character’s base…
The sales results from one retailer can’t be used to judge the success of a product across the globe, but if those from German retailer Mindfactory are anything to go by, it would seem that PC gamers have really had enough of 8 GB graphics cards. So much so, they’re willing to pay an extra…
I remember it well. Four years ago my friends and I were gearing up for the annual Minecraft Live broadcast, excited to see what the big update theme would be this year, but primarily concerned with one thing: The Minecraft mob vote. Back in 2021, the vote was between three mobs, the allay, the copper…
Just like the classics. Atari and developer Choice Provisions have provided a new update for Breakout Beyond on Switch. It’s good news for those who weren’t keen on the new landscape orientations – you can now play in TATE Mode! With the new update applied, all you need to do is head into the options,…
Krafton has announced a major leadership exodus from Subnautica developer Unknown Worlds, in a move that casts fresh doubt on the prospects of Subnautica 2: which was scheduled to launch in early access this year, but is nowhere to be seen. Subnautica designer and director Charlie Cleveland, CEO Ted Gill, and co-founder Max McGuire have…
But “it just ended up looking really cheap”. Technosoft’s Thunder Force series may not have the widespread fame that Gradius, R-Type or Darius have achieved, but it remains a favourite with fans of the shmup genre, and here at Time Extension, we sincerely hope that the franchise returns in some shape or form soon. One…
Jacob Ridley, Managing Editor, Hardware (Image credit: Future) This month I’ve been: testing some shiny new liquid coolers, including the latest iteration from Arctic, the Liquid Freezer III Pro. This week I’ve been: trying to stay cool in the UK heat. We’re not cut out for this. Luckily, I do have my trusty Noctua desk…