We’ve been running a knockout tournament that puts graphical effects in games against one another in a fierce battle of public opinion. Each round saw two effects go head to head, and only one made it out to fight another day. We whittled it down to just two effects, chromatic aberration and motion blur, and…
Arc Raiders‘ Pendola Pass is packed to the gills with loot. No matter where you search, you’re likely to come away with some rare items, whether you’re smashing open iced up doors to get into sealed rooms, or climbing into hard-to-access spots with the Grappling Hook and yoinking everything not nailed down. But some of…
Net benefit. We’re into October, which means it’s time for our six-monthly callout for Games We Missed, the series where the Nintendo Life community sends in their recommendations for tasty Switch games that slipped through our review net. Back in April we highlighted 31 Switch 1 and 2 games, large and small, that we weren’t…
“It is still wild to think that we made all of this together across different continents”. If you’ve been reading Time Extension for a while, you’ve probably seen us cover some of BillyTime!Games’ ROM hacks before. Over the last decade, the self-described “retro gaming mad scientist” has lent his hacking skills to a number of…
Cheating: it’s why we can’t have nice things. Whether your online shooter of choice is beset by players targeting you through walls, or you’re a Linux user who would definitely be playing more games were it not for kernel-level anti-cheat systems, the actions of a few spoil the fun for many. Banning cheating players is…
Welcome to Next Week on XBOX! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse…
Already available elsewhere in English. The Console Archives is an excellent idea, and no doubt Hamster deserves its success for consistent vintage releases, week-on-week, year-on-year. But sometimes you have to wonder what’s going on with the decision-makers – given the increasingly unappealing releases. Submitted for your approval: Sunsoft’s picture-book adventure title Ripple Island, first released…
The easiest way to get both is to buy them from CelesteEmbark Studios Looting drawers and cupboards in residential areas like Pendola Pass’s Old Town is good for planksEmbark Studios These yellow drawers in Stella Montis’ Assembly area seem to be a guaranteed sheet metal dropEmbark Studios Key deets 🛠️ You can buy planks and…
Tyger, Tyger, Bleeding Bright. Team17 has lifted the lid on a retro-infused roguelike which will offer up both highly challenging platformer gameplay and bucketfuls of (surprisingly unnerving) gore. Little Prince Tyger, currently in development at French studio Saltitude Games, is expected to launch on PC in 2027. Inspired by William Blake’s 1794 poem “The Tyger“,…
Razer’s new Basilisk V4 Pro and V4 HyperSpeed gaming mice are here, and with them comes a controversial new software feature: Perfect 180, an option that allows you to assign a quick 180 degree turn to a mouse button. Which, as Razer puts it, ‘gives competitive FPS players the edge to react to threats from…