“Made possible in part by tariff-related refunds”. Last week, Nintendo announced its ‘Customer Appreciation Sale‘, slashing prices (up to 30% off) across digital games, merch and amiibo on the Nintendo Store, all thanks to “tariff-related refunds”. The sale is now live and will be sticking around until 26th September, so you only have a couple…
Your guide to the GameCube’s greatest. 14th September 2026 marks 25 years(!) since the Japanese launch of the GameCube. In honour of a quarter-century of cubular gaming on mini-DVDs, we’re republishing this ranking of the console’s 50 finest games. Enjoy! The GameCube console concentrated on doing just one thing well: playing games. This was also…
Ready for this week’s launch. Nintendo has released a new overview trailer for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave ahead of its launch later this week on 17th September 2026. It’s only in Japanese for the time being, but we’ll update this page as soon as the English version goes live. Essentially though, it covers a lot…
Links to the past. Nintendo has often stressed its desire to place gameplay above all else, including story. Yet with the company providing (and updating) an official Legend of Zelda timeline, fans have understandably become quite invested in the entire concept. Now, with the upcoming release of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, Nintendo…
The new season launches alongside the Switch 2 release. The Diablo team held a panel about “what’s next” for Diablo IV at day two of BlizzCon 2026 and it covered the latest season, future seasons and the Amazon Class coming to the game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
As part of a new partnership between Blizzard & CD Projekt Red. At Gamescom this year, CD Projekt Red and Blizzard announced a partnership and teased some announcements. Now, at day two of BlizzCon 2026 this weekend, fans of these companies have got a first look at the Diablo IV x Witcher 3 collab. Read…
The joys and cons. Coming into this console generation with the spectre of Switch 1’s Joy-Con drift debacle in our minds, reviewers approached the Switch 2’s Joy-Con with extreme caution. The controllers seemed much improved, but problems take time to manifest, and even when things do go wrong, knowing whether you’ve got a one-off dud…
A new hero, map and more is on the way! Apart from all the Diablo news, the team behind the free-to-play team shooter Overwatch (formerly known as Overwatch 2) shared a handful of new announcements at this year’s BlizzCon. Firstly, Doctrine (Hero 54), the vampire-inspired support hero and ally of Doomfist, is arriving in Season…
See you Layton. Hmm, this Box Art Brawl reminds me of a puzzle. Last time, we put Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse in the spotlight, as we matched up its two regional covers. It was anything but a close-fought contest, mind you, as the European and Japanese variant walked away with a staggering 81% of the vote,…
Not long to go now. Nintendo’s Fire Emblem series is back next with the arrival of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave exclusively on the Switch 2. If you’re planning on picking up the game digitally, you’ll need to make sure you’ve got enough space on your system to install it. According to Nintendo’s official eShop listing,…