Blowhogging it all. Nintendo has expanded its collaboration with Hot Topic, revealing a new set of Pikmin merchandise including t-shirts, hoodies, a bag, a coin purse, and a cap. Available for pre-order on Hot Topic now (sorry, no international shipping on pre-orders – you might have to wait until they’re released properly), delivery is scheduled…
“You told me when I was good, and you told me when I wasn’t so good”. Glen Schofield, the director of games like Gex: Enter the Gecko, Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol, and the co-director on three Call of Duty games, has announced his retirement after 35 years working in the games industry. In…
It’s now an independent developer. South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games was one of the teams let go during Xbox’s recent layoffs, and now, just a week later, it’s put out the call for collaborations with other studios. In a message on its official LinkedIn page, the Montreal-based developer announced it’s expanding its “opportunities to…
“From the bottom of our grinning hearts, thank you”. Following a 40fps mode update last week, the new noir-style cartoon detective FPS Mouse: P.I. For Hire has now hit a major milestone. Fumi and PlaySide have revealed the title has officially surpassed one million players since arriving on the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms…
Simultaneous release confirmed. Last month, Konami announced Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse would be launching on multiple platforms on 15th October 2026. There was no sign of the Switch logo in this release date trailer, but it’s now been confirmed the Nintendo version will be arriving at the same time as other platforms. Here’s the official announcement…
Glenn Schofield, the creator of Dead Space and The Callisto Protocol, has announced his retirement after 35 years in the industry. In a LinkedIn video post, Schofield thanked his family, Electronic Arts and Activision, and “the people who supported us in videogames”. “The past couple of decades have been some of the greatest times in…
I was hoping to find a vendor selling Nightstar Sand after starting a new save for the Palworld 1.0 release, but it seems the mid-game crafting ingredient is still only available through good ol’ fashioned gathering. You’ll have to pick it all up by hand to craft several items from tech tree recipes starting around…
In 2023, I reported that the development team of then-upcoming fighting game Diesel Legacy included Mike Zaimont, previously a developer on Skullgirls and Indivisible who had been accused of sexual misconduct at Lab Zero, the indie studio behind those games. Diesel Legacy released to little fanfare more than a year later, but the next fighting…
Panic Bomber W returns. Bomberman made a return in February with an entirely new collection and in a surprise announcement, Konami has revealed it will be releasing a free update next month. On 20th August 2026, Super Bomberman Collection for Switch and Switch 2 will add the Hudson Soft Japanese-exclusive Super Bomberman: Panic Bomber W….
A standalone system will cost $499.99 as of September. Nintendo is increasing the cost of the Switch 2 in North America this September, and just weeks out from this price revision, Amazon has discounted the relatively new “Choose Your Game” bundle. Read the full article on nintendolife.com