At first I was afraid, I was petrified. A treasure map: a voyage. The ocean sploshing happily at your makeshift raft. Then a ferocious storm! Shipwrecked, alone, starving, surely doomed. Well, not exactly. The happy sploshing part, yes — and technically a shipwreck — but then you’re in for a calypso-tinged, cosy hangout with friends….
Releasing tomorrow (May 22nd) in Japan. A new collection of Darius minifigures is set to be released in Japanese stores tomorrow (Thursday, May 22nd), giving fans the chance to collect some of their favourite bosses from across Taito’s popular shoot ’em up series. The brand-new range is the work of Toys Cabin, a niche manufacturer…
Item restoration is a service you can use in World of Warcraft if you accidentally sell, disenchant, or otherwise destroy something from your inventory. It’s easily done: you want to clean out your bags before you head to the raid, and you mistakenly sell that piece of gear you’ve been trying to decide is an…
I’ve been playing videogames since my Dad was convinced my tiny baby hands were strong enough to grip a Mega Drive controller for more than five seconds. I’m sure he was just trying to convince my mum that the CD add-on was worth the insane amount of money—it definitely wasn’t, as I’m told it broke…
I’m currently tearing around the Yokohane Line Upbound like the track’s on fire in my tricked out, tuned up Toyota AE86. The Roulette Guys have been outraced, team Far Away are nothing more than distant headlights in my rear view, and Eternal Polaris has been defeated: I need a new challenge. In this game I’m…
We’ll miss you, friend. It’s always difficult to say goodbye to someone, and today we bid farewell to our lovely, lovely video producer Zion Grassl, who is leaving Nintendo Life for pastures new. Zion joined us all the way back in 2019, and helped our YouTube channel grow exponentially as we navigated the world of…
City-building smash hit Manor Lords received relatively frequent updates after it launched into early access last year, but the pace of patches has slowed considerably since the start of 2025. While there have been plenty of previews for new features planned by developer Slavic Magic, actual, tangible changes to the game are thin on the…
Established the studio behind Brian Lara Cricket and more. We’re sad to report that Peter Calver, founder of the British studio Audiogenic, has passed away following a battle with cancer. Having previously founded home computer software and hardware company Supersoft in 1978, Calver established Audiogenic Software Limited with Pearl Wellard in 1985, taking on the…
Speaking to Doom: The Dark Ages game director Hugo Martin and producer Marty Stratton for our Doom cover story in the upcoming issue 408 (396 in the US) of PC Gamer’s print magazine, the two had plenty to say about the FPS’ arsenal. “I think only the shotguns are the same,” Martin said of the…
Drawing inspiration from Vangelis, Ghibli & more. Earthblade, the next game from Celeste developer Extremely OK Games, was sadly cancelled earlier this year following what studio founder Maddy Thorson described as “a disagreement about the IP rights of Celeste”. We only got a very small taste of what this follow-up would offer — a Game…