Including multiple actions “triggered by using voice”. Every time Nintendo releases a system it’s normally followed up with all sorts of peripherals and during the N64 era, one of the more surprising ones was a microphone, otherwise known as the Nintendo 64 Voice Recognition Unit. Although only a few games used this technology at the…
I have fury! Hello folks, and welcome to the year 2025! It’s cold, rainy, and there’s still no sign of flying cars. Still, it’s the year that Nintendo’s new hardware will finally be revealed (and hopefully released), so we’re inclined to believe that it’s going to be a good one. It’s been a bit quiet…
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With a special focus on “2D action games”. 2025 is just kicking off and various video game companies and industry figures have been sharing their plans for the year ahead. As for the Japanese developer Inti Creates, it hopes to announce “several titles” this year. Unsurprisingly a major focus will be placed on its signature…
2024 marked a year-long celebration. 2024 is now over and that means the “Year of Shadow” and all of the celebrations related to the “Ultimate Lifeform” are winding down. Sega originally announced this annual campaign in April 2024 and followed it up with all sorts of announcements, merchandise, and toys. Sonic fans got new Shadow-themed…
The Civilization games are full of historical information, but it’s mixed together and cut with fantastical contrivances that make it fun to play—which is how I recently went toe-to-toe with Harriet Tubman as Han Dynasty emperor Niccolò Machiavelli when I played Civilization 7 for this month’s PC Gamer cover feature. The games aren’t history tutors,…
It’s going to be an action-packed year. To celebrate the new year, Nintendo’s UK branch has shared a list of games coming to the Switch in 2025. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
We and our council of games industry luminaries ranked Helldivers 2 highly in our 2023 Most Wanted list, which is a small point of pride. The buzz around Arrowhead’s 2024 co-op shooter wasn’t nothing before it came out, but it was getting a whole lot less mainstream attention before it became PlayStation’s fastest-selling game ever…
First reported by Newsweek, Google Trends has revealed a completely predictable knock-on effect from the US state of Florida’s new ID requirement for accessing internet pornography: Everybody’s trying to get in on the VPN game. Newsweek specifically homed in on the search metrics for “free vpn” via Google Trends, which has spiked over each of…
After thousands of hours spent in combat with orcs, androids, and enemy militants, I’ll admit that it’s gotten harder to find novelty in videogame violence. While Steam overflows with trucks, farms, and city builders for when I’ve grown battle-weary, violence overwhelmingly remains the basic mode of interaction, even in AAA RPGs that tout player freedom….