A tale that includes Steven Spielberg, Douglas Trumbull and Tetsuya Mizuguchi. During the mid-’80s, global arcade machine stalwart Sega found itself in an interesting situation. Since merging with Rosen Enterprises in 1965, it had already made countless strident moves in the coin-operated amusement business. The best was yet to come, too – the likes of…
Personal Pick (Image credit: Future) In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2023, 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. As an enjoyer of survival games, I…
You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s just adding new systems with reckless abandon, but somehow Dave the Diver all comes together to be the best designed game of 2023. For more awards, head to our Game of the Year 2023 page. Fraser Brown, Online Editor: There should be too much going on in Dave the…
Work for the Company, die for the Company. Rinse, repeat. Lethal Company is a game all about collecting scrap metal and trying not to die on the job. Sound fun? Sure it does, you just have to watch the gajillion clips on TikTok and other social media platforms to know that it’s the best set-up…
If there’s one thing it’s nigh impossible to predict in gaming, it’s the trajectory of the major and minor genres. New genres emerge or assert themselves every year (Vampire Survivors-alike, co-op horror), and dormant ones stage dramatic comebacks. We’re lucky to belong to a hobby that’s this unpredictable, frankly. As we stare down the end…
And a few non-Nintendo ones for good measure. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Have you ever been listening to music, enjoying yourself, and then BAM, suddenly you hear the first four notes of a song from a…
The wildcard award category is our way of covering all our bases without having to hand out 30 awards for every perceivable product category out there. With such a wide open category for an award, it was difficult to narrow down the nominations to only three products. We’ve reviewed many excellent products this year that…
Issue #7 – December 2023. Ho ho ho! Welcome to this special festive edition of the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s December and at the time of reading we’re hopefully tucking into a hearty meal with the family, embarking on a festive board game or puzzle, or else we’re tucked up in front of the telly…
As I see it there have been three epochs of PC handhelds. Firstly, the initial wave of prototype and underpowered devices testing the waters. I tried a good few of these early handhelds, and they all seemed fatally flawed in their own way. Not to worry, next came the big bang of the Steam Deck….
Epic Games remains steadfast in its quest to drive down game store fees and build its “metaverse” vision, but the might of its Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and Epic Games Store operation wavered this year. Epic laid off over 800 employees in September, and pawned off beloved music marketplace Bandcamp after acquiring it only a year…