2024 has been a year of massive, perhaps irreversible change for the games industry. The games media space, which has employed me for over a decade, has itself fallen on the hardest times I’d ever witnessed. You simply couldn’t exist in/around the industry without the layoffs, studio closures, website shutterings, and game cancellations having some
Month: December 2024
Each year, we like more games than we can fit in our Advent Calendar. Those honourable mentions get their due here, in 2024’s Selection Boxes. My selection box isn’t really a selection box. It’s a tray of barely-nibbled leftovers, hastily lifted from my Steam backlog. One of the disadvantages of being news editor, you see,
We can finally say that we know what Christopher Nolan’s next film is going to be about. Universal Pictures shared the first real details about the highly-anticipated picture in a tweet. The movie is called The Odyssey, and it’s going to be taking the legendary director into the mythic action genre. To see this content
The fell moons rise, and in their cold glare emerges a parcel from the dirt. Bloat and gangrene, crimped as if by tourniquet. A dark promise wriggles within. Grip the fibrous handles, feel its jagged soul imprint upon your palm. Now pull! Rend the sinew, tear muscle from bone, hatch their fetid gift! The yoke
Image: Nintendo 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! While the Super Mario series can get quite weird with its lore, world design, and general concepts, nothing comes close to the sheer absurdity of the WarioWare
Xbox Game Pass continues to be an absolute treasure trove for gamers, and 2024 has been a year overflowing with incredible Day One releases. No matter your taste, there’s something here to capture your imagination, with a ton of games that landed on Xbox consoles, Day One on Game Pass. The Best of Game Pass
Sega America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi has discussed the company’s philosophy in a recent interview He stated that Sega “needs to be innovative” to remain relevant He also confirmed that there will not be any further mini retro consoles In some bad news for retro game enjoyers, Sega America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi
The official Square Enix account has asked fans for their input into the future of the long-running Final Fantasy series. While no new games have been announced in the series, the franchise will be expanding to more platforms after its timed exclusives and exclusives on PlayStation consoles have come to an end. If you are
You know all those games we were talking about potentially being the thing this year around the time that Geoff Keighley was putting on his best corporate forced smile and preparing to take to the stage at The Game Awards? They can all go do one. Well, maybe aside from Balatro, because everyone likes Balatro.
Last week, we saw the cinematic debut of The Witcher IV, the latest instalment in CD Projekt Red’s iconic dark fantasy series. In this new chapter, we won’t be following Geralt; instead, his adopted daughter Ciri takes center stage as our witcher protagonist. Following the announcement, we spoke with key leads at CD Projekt Red
Sony seems to be reducing Bungie‘s headcount further following a tumultuous year marked by mass layoffs and financial troubles. In two separate recent developments, Sony moved yet another Bungie team over to PlayStation, and at least two senior Bungie executives quietly departed the team. Sony’s acquisition of Bungie continues to be scrutinized As spotted by
Before we head off for Christmas, we want to give players another heads up that a PS5, PS4 racing games franchise will soon be delisted for good. Players have until December 31 to purchase NASCAR games and their DLC as they’re being pulled from all storefronts including the PS Store. PS5, PS4 NASCAR racing games
It looks like one of next year’s Game Pass updates will be bringing us some classic bangers, particularly those of us who grew up playing shooters on the Xbox 360/PS3 generation. The latest leak is yet another thing that points to Microsoft’s continued interest in expanding the service’s line-up with classic, back-catalogue titles from the
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet lead actress Tati Gabrielle reportedly mocked those engaged in negative discourse surrounding the game. Screenshots of Gabrielle’s Instagram story has been making rounds, in which she shared artwork criticizing anti DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) comments following the reveals of Intergalactic and The Witcher 4. Since the status seems to have
The RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Here we are, the final voyage of 2024. This is the last advent calendar entry of
Image: Nintendo, The Good Smile Company The Good Smile Company has already released all sorts of stunning Fire Emblem figures and the latest reveal is Edelgard from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Pre-orders for this figure are already live and will set you back $210.99 (or your regional equivalent) and is estimated to ship in Q2,
Faaast Penguin – free on Xbox Get ready for a slippery slope of fun and mayhem – the free-to-play Faaast Penguin is on Xbox! Faaast Penguin, the free-to-play knockout action racing game, is waddling its way onto Xbox Series X|S right now. Previously released on PlayStation, Switch, and PC, this delightful and chaotic party game
The Nintendo Switch 2 is likely to be a huge success DFC Intelligence claims that there is only room for one Nintendo competitor in the next console generation It’s unclear whether this will be Sony or Microsoft With the Nintendo Switch 2 looming ever closer, everyone is wondering whether Sony or Microsoft will be the
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