Issue #37 – June 2026. Well, hello there. Have you come to see what’s in the Nintendo Life Mailbox this month? Excellent timing. Having survived the first weeks of June and the deluge of gaming announcements — including the first full-fat Nintendo Direct since September last year — we’re all settling down for the summer…
I needed no further incentive to check out this video that explores why a SimCity game set in the United Kingdom wouldn’t work, but even if the idea of comparing metropolitan systems of government isn’t thrilling to you, you’re going to want to watch it just to see who crops up at the end. It’s…
Holy Moly. That is all I have to say on this one of a kind Lego build. I literally spent a half hour talking with the creators and being mesmerized by the look and feel of the arcade machine. I went to the Brick World convention in Schaumburg, IL this past weekend and was expecting…
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Dishonored review – PC Gamer issue #246 (UK, December 2012) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Tom Francis (Image credit: Bethesda) I think I can jump onto another light fitting from here….
Pricks at the speed of sound. Sonic is one of the most recognisable characters in popular entertainment, rivalled only by Mario and Mickey Mouse in terms of global fame. It’s odd, then, to be able to vividly recall a time before the character existed, and even odder to have witnessed first-hand his meteoric rise to…
If you were yearning for a solid role-playing game in the late 80s and resided in North America and happened to own a Sega Master System console, you were certainly in the right place at the right time. As luck would have it, you were unknowingly on the cusp of being hit with the proverbial…
Special stages. Sonic the Hedgehog is one of gaming’s most enduring characters. He’s been through multiple eras and designs over the course of a 35-year career, starring in a huge number of games, and branching out from his bread-and-butter platformers with spin-offs in many other gaming genres. And he’s not going anywhere, as the massive…
It’s quiet, save for the faint pings of a street light shifting ever so slightly in the wind down the street. So quiet, in fact, you’d be forgiven for forgetting this is Grand Theft Auto 4. What’s before you better resembles Fargo. It flies closer to the likes of Twin Peaks, reimagined in video games…
The infamous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 was a low point in CD Projekt Red’s history. With hype levels at critical mass, the RPG released in a buggy, unoptimised, and downright unfinished state that was so bad the PS4 version of the game was pulled from the PlayStation store. The company’s share price tanked, investors filed…
The Commodore phone! Sonic the Comic! Earthbound! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com The Commodore phone! Sonic the Comic! Earthbound! Welcome to Retro…