Summary Monsters Are Coming! launches on XBOX Series X|S on August 6, 2026. A new update introduces The Joker, a chaotic new Hero built around randomness, weapon swapping, and unpredictable upgrades. The X-Fortress joins the Townhall roster, rewarding precise city organization and powerful tower placement. Weekly Challenges, stackable Challenges, new modifiers, and a Codex expand…
We jammin’? The PDP Riffmaster was first released back in April 2024, and it’s a wireless guitar controller that’s reviewed well, even if it is a little on the pricey side at the £130/$150 mark. We’ve already looked at the CRKD x Gibson Guitar Controller, which costs slightly less and does a very nice job…
A Switch 1 swan song? February usually means a couple of things for us Nintendo fans: a disappointing Pokémon Presents showcase, and the first Nintendo Direct of the year (also, a Kirby game is normally right around the corner, but that’s not all that important to this discussion). Pokémon is a no-brainer, obviously, but in…
Pre-orders have gone live on the official Nintendo UK online store for the Fortnite-themed Nintendo Switch. It launches on 30th October and fans of the battle royale game can get their special edition console for £279.99. Chances are stock will sell out quickly given the holiday season is creeping up on us, so if you’re…
For a game called Dungeons & Dragons, it sure seems like homebrew games (and even a lot of pre-written campaigns) skimp on both—which is something I’m guilty of myself. Give me a rulebook for anything, and I’ll find a way to plonk it in a city and have players doing political intrigue in a sea…
More like ConfidentialApe. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Fancy yourself a Stardew Valley nerd? Do you feel like you know the game inside and out? We’re here to challenge that, with 25 niche and surprising things that…
Among many FromSoftware signatures, the Dark Souls developer’s NPCs always seem to talk, you know, like that. They’re cryptic and brittle, giving the minimum amount of information and surrendering zero context while they laugh, chuckle, or even chortle in the most unsettling way possible. Then you do a few quests, forget them for a while,…
Kris Kristofferson is my dad now. Ever feel like getting your video game cowboy on, but Red Dead Redemption and its kinda bloated sequel, as good as they are, just take way too long to bed into? You know what I mean. Rockstar’s epics are the obvious go-to choices in this scenario. However, sometimes I…
For PS4, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X|S. This week’s Arcade Archives release has been revealed to be Battlantis — Konami’s 1987 Space Invaders-esque fixed shooter in which players must defend a castle from an invading army of monsters. The game will be released this week, on October 9th, and will be available…
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A grand historical strategy game in the classic Total War style, set in Ancient Egypt. Release date October 11, 2023 Expect to pay £50 / $60 Developer Creative Assembly Publisher SEGA Reviewed on AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Nvidia 2080 Super, 32 GB RAM Steam Deck Unsupported Link Official site Total War: Pharaoh isn’t the best Total War…