Also served as director on Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. We have just learned that Yoshitaka Murayama, creator of the Suikoden franchise and director/scenario writer on Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has sadly passed away due to complications with an ongoing illness. The news comes via Rabbit & Bear Studios, the development team responsible for Hundred Heroes…
During the Covid pandemic, sales of gaming PCs and associated peripherals went stratospheric, as millions of people worldwide not only had to work from home but also keep themselves entertained in the confines of their four walls. But since then, things haven’t been so good and quite a few companies have felt the pinch in…
‘Project Gravity’ was set to be published by 2K. Over the years, fans have been clamouring for a brand new entry in the SSX series, with countless op-eds, social media posts, and YouTube videos pleading with its developer/publisher EA to remake or remaster the iconic snowboarding series. Despite the demand, however, EA has pretty much…
Any advance on the original? We are mere days away from the release of Mario vs. Donkey Kong on Switch (which arrives on 16th February, if you were wondering). After having a perfectly fun time with the puzzle platformer when we went hands-on with it earlier this month, we are excited to see what the…
“One fascinating machine at a time”. A new book aims to highlight the history of the video game console in a “comprehensive But controversial” fashion. The Console (or, ‘The Con50le’, if you prefer) is penned by seasoned games journalist and occasional Hookshot Media contributor Mike Diver and will cover the industry’s birth in the 1970s…
Asteroids Deluxe! Tower of Druaga! Mappy! Eight new arcade games are now supported by the Analogue Pocket, including classics such as the original Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Jr. The cores have been developed by newcomer obsidian-dot-dev, who has appeared out of nowhere with five new cores which cover eight games in total. These cores…
“What’s here is generally very well done”. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered arrives on the Switch this week and the tech experts at Digital Foundry have already got a video up about the performance and frame rate across each system. In case you missed it, the Switch version of this remaster runs at a native 1080p…
Need some help with Wordle today? Skip straight to the best part and give yourself an instant win—just click or scroll your way to the answer. Or, if you’d rather take your time but still keep your win streak safe, spend a minute with a fresh clue for the February 14 (970) game instead, and…
A few other titles have also made use of it. During the Switch generation, Nintendo has sometimes developed the odd title on a different engine. We’ve seen Yoshi’s Crafted World and more recently Pikmin 4 utilise the Unreal Engine and now it appears the upcoming release Princess Peach: Showtime! might have also been created in…
What did the critics think? The legendary video game character Lara Croft returns today in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. And if the title isn’t already enough of a hint, it’s a revamp of the first three games for modern audiences. You may have already seen our review here on Nintendo Life, but if you did…