Following a rough 2023, which saw Ubisoft wrestling with poor financial results, several cancellations, under-performing games, layoffs, and CEO Yves Guillemot effectively putting all the responsibility on developers rather than looking inwards, the publisher has failed to right the ship. 2024 was an absolutely dire year for Ubisoft. Once a powerhouse publisher, Ubisoft might still…
Grandiose spectacles of horror are certainly impressive, but those don’t usually keep me up at night. The scariest games I’ve played this year have been from smaller studios and even solo devs who’ve managed to piece together fantastic narratives, disturbing sequences, and spine chilling horror in compact form. Mouthwashing was one of the best games…
Switches make a mechanical keyboard. Your chosen plank can have all the extra features and RGB in the world, 15 USB ports at the back and an FM radio built in, but if pushing those keys down feels like stroking the back of a porcupine, it’s not going to become a favoured gaming companion. Lucky,…
“I may have taken on too much”. Final Fight MD (also known as Mega Final Fight) is one of the most notable homebrew ports coming to Sega’s Genesis / Mega Drive, and promises to give fans the ultimate 16-bit conversion of Capcom’s legendary belt-scrolling coin-op. Sega superfan Mike Rouse – also known as Retro Gamer…
2024 was a big year for gaming, and so naturally it was also a big year for gaming-related controversies. While hand-wringing over fears that “videogames cause violence” seems to have subsided, at least for now, political and culture wars nonsense is more pronounced than ever. The videogame industry itself, meanwhile, continued to suffer decimation as…
Gear of the Year (Image credit: Future) Check out more of the year’s best tech in our PC Gamer Hardware Awards 2024 coverage. Even though there haven’t been any major advances in solid state storage this year, it’s still been a great 12 months for SSDs. The days of the market being dominated by just…
Some shinies that may have slipped through your fingers. 2024. It was a bit of an odd one for Switch, with the impending announcement of Nintendo’s follow-up console. It never materialised, but its shadow has been looming over the entire year. Still, if there hasn’t been an absolute avalanche of games to dig into! Nintendo…
“more than just pirate versions”. 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! You’re probably aware of Square Enix’s lengthy and somewhat lavish efforts to remake the 1997 game Final Fantasy VII. The second instalment of this…
May the farce be with you. If you know your Star Wars history, then the words “holiday special” will most likely strike fear into your heart. Produced soon after the success of the original 1977 movie, this festive TV film is utterly ridiculous – but the one positive is it has inspired an unofficial Genesis…
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…