New characters, new balls. Just when we thought we were out, BALL x PIT drags us back in. Yes, after being teased back in December, Kenny Sun has today announced that the immensely addictive roguelike will land its first free major update on 26th January — that’s just one week away! Read the full article…
You were almost a Jill sandwich! Resident Evil has a special place in my heart, and not just because it’s a stone-cold classic of gaming, a bona fide icon of the horror genre, and all that sort of guff. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Earnest Evans! Rumble Fish! Cassette Boy! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America arrived last week, but thanks to all the Animal Crossing update excitement, it slipped off our to-do list. Well, let’s swing back and catch up, shall we? As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down…
Lost in memory. Team Cherry set a new genre standard with Hollow Knight. That legacy has recently been reaffirmed by the long-awaited Silksong, a release that developers and publishers alike are now clamouring to match. These are beautifully animated combat platformers, built around tight controls and striking art direction. Players explore compelling, labyrinthine spaces in…
Who would have thought it? Famitsu has shared its rundown of 2025’s best-selling games in Japan, and it’ll come as a surprise to no one to hear that it was yet another good year for Nintendo. You might recall that Nintendo revealed the most-downloaded eShop titles in the region at the end of last year,…
Meet the new boss. Nintendo of America has a new President and COO, and during the 15th Annual New York Game Awards, Devon Pritchard made her first public appearance in her new role. Introduced by ex-Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé and New York Times columnist Harold Goldberg, Pritchard appeared via a pre-recorded video to…
Complete global saturation. Resident Evil Requiem, the next mainline entry in Capcom’s survival horror series, is scheduled to launch in just over a month on 27th February 2026. It seems, however, that Capcom might have another title lined up for a reveal later this year. According to Dusk Golem, who has had a history of…
I’m all aflutter. A risqué Animal Crossing: New Horizons island aimed at ‘adults only’ has been deleted by Nintendo after more than five years. This comes courtesy of creator @churip_ccc (thanks, Automaton), who posted on social media to confirm the deletion, stating “To Nintendo, I apologize from the bottom of my heart. Or rather, thank…
Not enough to trouble the top spot, mind you. We are back again with another look at the UK boxed charts, and much like we had hoped last week, Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has spiced things up a little. Yes, the latest addition to the ‘Switch 2 Edition’ line-up has…
When legacy becomes a liability. After nearly two decades of dormancy for the series and an infamously drawn-out development cycle, it feels slightly surreal to now have Metroid Prime 4: Beyond in the rearview. The game arrived under immense expectation, and it’s fair to say it ultimately proved more divisive than Nintendo and developer Retro…