Felix Navidad. It might not feel like Nintendo itself has been particularly busy this year, but goodness, there’s still been an awful lot of new games in 2024. Some great ones, even! Since we’re now fast approaching the end of the year, it seems only right that the lovely chaps on our video team share…
Breach, clear and cast in our favourite tactics game of the year. For more awards, check out our Game of the Year 2024 hub. Harvey Randall, Staff Writer: I had the pleasure of reviewing Tactical Breach Wizards when it came out this year, and it really is a prime example of a game that defines…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2024, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We’ll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. The Allmother is dead. Stabbed through the…
“Now is not the time to be defensive – but more offensive”. Sega’s Western CEO Shuji Utsumi has been speaking to the media about his plans for the industry veteran and has told the BBC that he wants “to make Sega really shiny again.” Utsumi told the outlet that the company had put too much…
Shuji Utsumi thinks the model is “very interesting”. Sega’s Western boss has revealed that the company is internally discussing the idea of creating its own subscription-based game service. Speaking to the BBC about subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, Shuji Utsumi said that such services are “very interesting” and that Sega…
I am a knight made of lightning and black steel. Perched on the parapet of a vast gothic tower, I spy a dozen shambling undead in the valley below. I leap into the air above them, then plummet into the mob, exploding like a thunderclap, arcing electricity and shattered zombie bits in my wake. Sometimes…
*whispers* Go for a Tetris. Few video games can lay claim to having such enormous influence on both gamers and the industry at large as Tetris. All who played Alexey Pajitnov’s block-falling puzzler fell for its elegant design and Nintendo in particular harnessed its addictiveness to great effect as a pack-in title that made ‘Game…
10.1 million people have illegally downloaded Football Manager 13. At least, that was the number a decade ago. I imagine the download rate has dropped off a little since then in favour of newer editions of Sports Interactive’s perennial simulator, otherwise known as ‘catnip for dads’. But back in November of 2013, 10.1 was the…
Holly *and* Jolly? In this economy? Christmas is right around the corner and we’re feeling sufficiently merry and bright, so it’s time for another edition of What Are You Playing! This week on Nintendo Life, we all questioned our sanity as we checked out our Nintendo Switch Year in Review, a new Pokémon Trading Card…
Turn your Saturday Wordle around in a flash with a cheeky peek at today’s answer, or use our hint for the December 21 (1281) game to either give your opening guess a firm push towards the winning word or transform a worried guess into a confident step towards the solution. However you want to play,…