Electronic Arts announced last week that a free trial for Battlefield 6, “the best selling shooter of 2025” (a bold claim given that it’s still ongoing), would get underway on November 25. Well, today is November 25, and yeah, you can probably see where I’m going with this. The Battlefield 6 free trial is live!…
This week, the internet is flush with freshly self-appointed legal experts thanks to emerging news that Nintendo has added more patent weaponry to its ever-growing legal arsenal, including a patent on calling and battling companion characters that was seemingly rubber-stamped without pushback by US patent officials. Yesterday, we published the opinions of videogame IP lawyer…
Dead Space creator and former Striking Distance boss Glen Schofield is an advocate for AI use in game development and is not shy about it. During a keynote speech at Gamescom Asia x Thailand Games Show titled ‘Ten Ways I Come Up with Ideas’, Schofield championed generative AI as a brainstorming tool in game development,…
And we knead it. Content warning: The following preview article features an overabundance of bread-based wordplay — those who suffer from chronic pun intolerance should proceed with extreme caution. Nintendo Life takes no responsibility for ‘cringuries’ or loss of humour. The appetite for a ‘true’ return of Paper Mario has long been on the lips…
It feels like 2020 just got started, and yet somehow here we are at the end of February! We’re ending the month in style with a great assortment of PS4 games that includes robotic do-gooders, anime superheroes, funky space dancers and more. For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation next week, read…
The latest Max Raid event is live in the popular Pokemon Sword & Shield video game on the Nintendo Switch. It is your chance to obtain a Gigantamax Eevee who is set to appear more frequently in raid dens. There’s also the chance that the one you encounter will be shiny and possess its hidden…
It’s that time of year where everyone says they’re going to sort out the boxes and bags of stuff that have been thrown into storage, and yes, I’m among the crowd who is desperately trying to do the same. But half the fun of deciding to do this is finding things I’ve simply forgotten I…
And they’re perfect for beginners! If you happen to be in the cross-section of people who happen to love crocheting and retro gaming or just fancy picking up a new hobby, then you might be excited to learn about these adorable Pac-Man crochet sets, from The Woobles, which recently came to our attention thanks to…
Deconstructeam, the indie studio who brought us The Red Strings Club, Gods Will Be Watching, and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, has teamed up with fellow Spanish indie studio Selkie Harbor for their next game: Many Nights a Whisper. It casts us as the Dreamer, someone chosen to perform a ritual that, if performed correctly, will…
Garry Kitchen’s GameMaker Title Screen The dream of many a gamer is to turn their big gaming ideas into reality. The 8-bit micros of the 80s came with the tools to do so built in, with BASIC baked into the system. But, even with the extensive manual provided by Commodore for the C64’s Microsoft BASIC…