Elden Ring is going to be one of those games that never dies. Sure, it’s nigh a hundred hours for your first playthrough, and the fantastic Shadow Of The Erdtree expansion was bigger than most mainline Dark Souls games. But beyond that, it has a bustling mod scene, and few projects exemplify that better than…
Not content with simply being one of the best PC games of the year and subsequently dominating on mobile too, Balatro is now getting ready to launch on the most important platform of all—real life. In partnership with Fangamer, developer LocalThunk has opened preorders for a real deck of Balatro cards, complete with a selection…
A proper jewel. If you’re old enough to recall the battle between the PS1, N64 and Saturn at the close of the 1990s, then you’ll no doubt be aware that by 1997, Sega had effectively thrown in the towel in the West. Sony’s 32-bit console was dominant in pretty much every market, but in Japan,…
What a difference a Direct makes. It’s been a busy week for Nintendo and its fans, that’s for sure. With Switch 1 in a definite ‘wind-down’ mode over the past few months — though still delivering goods like Xenoblade Chronicles X, to be fair! — last week’s Switch 2 Direct brought new goods, new faces,…
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Alpha ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made to these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable changes…
When I recently spoke to Stellar Jockeys lead artist Jack Monahan and lead designer Hugh Monahan about Brigador Killers, a big focus for me was approachability versus depth. Most of my favorite games are super-crusty and complex RPGs or immersive sims, and the studios that made them—Troika, Looking Glass, Obsidian, to name a few—often found…
Twitter will begin aggressively booting trolls and abusers It’s no secret that Twitter is a haven for trolls. You know it, we know it, and even Twitter CEO Disk Costolo knows it. The question is, will the company ever do anything about it? It appears so — in a heartfelt memo to employees, Costolo held…
Save data will carry over. Konami is reviving the Castlevania series next month with the release of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse on the Switch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
This remaster of the spin-off series returns next year. Publisher and developer Rocket Panda Games has announced it will be bringing its anime side-scrolling beat ’em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate to the Nintendo Switch in 2024. This game is a complete remaster of the original title, rebuilt “from the ground up” on Unreal…
Pillow the belt. The Switch isn’t short of fighting games; if you want to duke it out as adorable animals, heroes in a half shell or beloved Nintendo characters, the console has got you covered. But what if you wanted something a little softer? Something that has all the hallmarks of your favourite fighting games,…