Ex-Capcom Devs Swap Zombies For Curry In Studio’s Upcoming Switch Game
Go gold in 2025. We’ll let you in on a little secret. Here at Nintendo Life, and indeed the wider Hookshot family, we often wish one another a happy ‘Curry Friday’ at the end of the working week. Y’see, we bloomin’ love curry. Do we love it enough to play a game in which you…
Game Boy Dev Commerates His Late Grandma In A Unique Way
“I always believed that games can record people’s life and spread love”. Losing a loved one is a hard experience and an event that everyone deals with in a different way. For developer Zhou Yichen, the best way to deal with that grief was to create a Game Boy title which pays tribute to his…
‘Negotiations are underway’ for a Stalker 2 Netflix show, because bleak post-apocalyptic fiction and Chornobyl are a killer TV combo
Stalker 2’s landing on PC last month probably went about as expected. The game has been through more than a decade of development hell, exacerbated by the all-too real hell of war in its home country. Combine that with the Stalker series’ track record of brilliant yet bug-filled games, and Stalker 2 wound up, in…
Alwa’s Legacy Dev Wants To Port The Game To The Mega Drive / Genesis
The Metroidvania is available now on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. Elden Pixels, the developer of the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC Metroidvania Alwa’s Legacy, has expressed an interest in bringing the game to the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis in a recent post on social media. Previously, the company has already created an 8-bit…
PEGI digs its heels in over Balatro’s 18+ rating, according to its disappointed dev: ‘blaming EU laws, blaming storefronts, waiting for the future’
Balatro has been hit with an 18+ rating by PEGI, a European age rating system that’s used in more than 35 countries, over its allusions to real-world gambling. The game’s developer, LocalThunk, spoke out about the decision earlier this week—and has since contacted PEGI over the choice to lay down the law on a funny…
Gorgeous Platformer ‘Neva’ Lands Accessibility Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Well I Neva. Neva, the poetic platformer from GRIS developer Nomada Studio, has landed a “major” accessibility update that adds a boatload of new features to spread the game’s appeal even further. Naturally, accessibility appears to be the key focus here, with Nomada tweaking some platforming sections, making the game’s three chase sequences completely skippable,…
The Holiday Sale promotion comes to PlayStation Store
Undecided on your gaming plans for the holidays? Let PlayStation Store help with a sleigh-full of discounted delights! We’re rounding off 2024 with one of the biggest promotions of the year, featuring numerous games and DLC, all reduced for a limited time*. That includes the likes of EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty: Black…
The game director of Elden Ring: Nightreign has delivered an ultimatum to gaming couples everywhere: Find a third wheel or play by yourself
Learning about a new Elden Ring spin-off was my highlight of The Game Awards. Over the last few years, my partner and I have spent a great deal of time playing Elden Ring and its Shadow of the Erdtree DLC alongside each other, occasionally teaming up to explore the lands between or fight a particularly…
Dangerous Toys We Shouldn’t Have Had
About This Episode We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generations. In this Backtrack, we’re taking a stroll down memory lane littered with the most dangerous toys…