You weren’t using it anyway Show of hands, how many of you were using Google’s Chrome app launcher on your Windows desktop? What about your Linux box? Anybody on a Mac using the Chrome app launcher? Don’t worry, we didn’t hack your webcam so we can’t really see if you’re raising your hand, but we…
H2Oh no. Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. Enjoy! Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim is reliving a…
“I’m loving working on games again”. Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has “basically announced” a spiritual successor to the exceptionally popular sandbox game after issuing a poll on social media. The developer asked his audience what they would like him to focus on in 2025, with the options being a traditional roguelike mixed with a…
Banshee’s Last Cry was released in Japan back in 1994. In some rather unexpected news, Street Fighter 6 will get a special collaboration next month celebrating Chunsoft’s landmark Japanese sound novel Kamaitachi no Yoru (otherwise known as Banshee’s Last Cry). Released in 1994, the Super Famicom sound novel (whose name literally translates to Night of…
The dynamic duo is back! We are delighted to announce that Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3 will be available on PS4 via download at PS Store later this year! Longtime fans and new players alike can experience the incredible exploits of Jak and Daxter as the duo sets out…
When Baldur’s Gate 3 bumped up its PC release date to avoid Starfield, it didn’t occur to me that Starfield was the game that should be worried. Wes was the most prescient among us at PC Gamer, wondering at the time if Baldur’s Gate 3 would be so good that Starfield would suffer from the…
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection – Get two action-packed games with Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection. Become the most feared pirate in the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, and transform into the ultimate assassin hunter in Assassin’s Creed Rogue….
The company faces accusations of “punishing” existing customers. Since the initial announcement of GBA-inspired KONKR Pocket Advance back in July of this year, AYANEO has taken a very deliberate approach to marketing the Android-based handheld, drip-feeding reveal after reveal to keep it in the spotlight. For most people interested in the device, it was inevitably…
Start wins. This review originally went live in 2013, and we’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in Switch’s N64 library via the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. The Nintendo 64 and Rare go together like Banjo and Kazooie. The developer was behind several of the stellar titles found on the system,…
