While E3 isn’t taking place this year a number of video gaming companies are planning to show off their products this summer digitally and one of these is EA. The company has announced via Twitter that they will be holding a special EA Play Live digital event on the 11th June. The digital event will…
Whatever will we Pik? You wait six months for a Nintendo Direct and then three come along in a matter of weeks! There’s no rest in the world of Nintendo at the moment, and we’re excited about it. This week’s showcase put Mario Kart World in the spotlight. The presentation didn’t have all that much…
The tech enthusiasts at Digital Foundry have thoroughly examined Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury for the Nintendo Switch system. The results are interesting as Super Mario 3D World uses dynamic resolution scaling in docked mode, so the game isn’t native 1080p. However, those of you wishing to play in portable mode will be…
I became a serious game development hobbyist when I was a kid and I’ve worked as a professional game developer for the past 18 years. I’m now the Chief Technology Officer at Crystal Dynamics, where I am working with a brilliant and passionate development team on Marvel’s Avengers. Throughout my life, there has been little…
“Honey, where’s my super suit?”. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Metroid‘s protagonist, Samus Aran, has a rather unique privilege in the world of Nintendo. Unlike characters like Mario, Link, and Kirby, all of whom retain the same…
Cross-platform play will finally be coming to Mortal Kombat which means those of you with the Nintendo Switch version will be able to play with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players and vice versa. The news was announced on Twitter by Warner Bros Games Latino account. It’s not clear when cross-platform play will be implemented,…
In our Hypnospace Outlaw review, Andy Kelly called it “a cyber-detective adventure set within a fictional computer operating system”, with an alternate 1999 setting let you explore a nostalgic pocket internet full of music, animations, and screensavers. “This garish low-res internet, inspired by the digital shanty towns of GeoCities, is fully realised. There are hundreds…
Avowed just received a major update addressing one of the most obvious imbalances in the release version: pure ranger and fighter builds had far fewer exciting ways to specialise compared to a wizard. Thanks to spellbooks with a vast range of different elemental attacks, plus some powerful active and passive abilities, wizards enjoyed much more…
Production of Sony and Amazon MGM’s God of War series seems to be ticking along nicely after starting from scratch back in 2024. Ed Skrein has just been added to the cast. The North London actor will play Baldur, the main antagonist from the 2018 God of War game. As reported by Deadline (via Eurogamer),…
It was pretty obvious, right from the first dev diary published on February 24, 2024 that Paradox Tinto was working on Europa Universalis 5. The studio had been set up to maintain 2013’s Europa Universalis 4, and was headed by EU director Johan Andersson. Everything it showed us from Project Caesar screamed Europa Universalis 5….