Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and — of course —
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Employees at Amazon and Twitch have been celebrating this past week as news has emerged that viewership on the popular streaming service has grown 45 percent year over year. 2021 saw Twitch viewers watch 24 billion hours of video on the service, which is 45 percent higher than 2020. Facebook Gaming has also seen an
Image: Nintendo Life Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and —
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Image: GamerJGB Over the holidays we’re republishing some of our best features, interviews, opinion pieces and talking points from the previous 12 months from staff and contributors alike — articles that we feel represent our best of 2021. In them you’ll find our usual mix of thoughtfulness, frivolity, retro expertise, gaming nostalgia, and — of
Nintendo has lifted the lid on what’s next for the popular Mario Kart Tour for iOS and Android devices. The Penguin Tour is in the process of wrapping up right now and the next tour will be the New Year’s 2022 Tour which is bound to feature a number of surprises. Nintendo has revealed that
Image: Nintendo Life As 2021 comes to an end there’s plenty of gaming to reflect upon. It was a relatively busy year from Nintendo as it kept up momentum for the Switch, which added the OLED model and continues to be a top-seller. The year started with Nintendo’s first-party slate looking relatively quiet, but that
There are still a couple of days before Christmas arrives, but for fans of DEEMO, publisher Flyhigh Works and developer Rayark have given players of the Nintendo Switch version of the game an early Christmas present. It is a brand new update to the game. Once you update, DEEMO should be at version 1.12. The
Image: Nintendo Nintendo of America has launched a sale featuring 30 indie titles, including discounts on such critical darlings as Hades, Oxenfree, Streets of Rage 4, and a whole bunch more. The sale ends on December 31st at 11:59 pm PT, so you’ve got some time to peruse the titles available and decide how to
Nintendo has shared an accolades trailer for the indie action-adventure RPG Eastward from developer Pixpil and publisher Chucklefish. The game has received quite favorable reviews since launch, earning itself a 78/100 on Metacritic. So, go onwards, and check out the latest trailer for Eastward below to see exactly what critics have been raving about. Eastward
Image: Ancient Ancient — the family company of VGM composer Yuzo Koshiro and developers of everything from Sonic The Hedgehog’s debut Game Gear outing to Gotta Protectors for the 3DS — released Royal Anapoko Academy in Japan on 16th December 2021. Like much of its output in recent years, this light-hearted RPG is an irresistible
Just a few days ago, we reported that Eugene Jarvis, the creator of the Cruis’n series and founder of Raw Thrills, Inc., participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) where he stated that he’d love to see the N64 Cruis’n trilogy eventually come to Nintendo Switch Online. As it turns out though, Jarvis also revealed something much
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Combine ‘action platformer’ with office life and, theoretically, you get The Company Man. Developed by Forust and published by Leoful, it sort-of satirises office life while serving up what looks like a high-tempo bit of platforming and hack ‘n slash gameplay. It’ll be making its debut on Switch
Capcom has launched the Version 3.7.0 update for Monster Hunter Rise, fixing various bugs and preparing for four new Event Quests that will be taking place on the remaining Fridays of 2021. The first two, “Blazin’ Soul of a Warrior” and “Challenge Quest 07”, alongside bonus content that includes two Special Buddies, Yasu and MHC Palamute, will
Photo modes are so hot these days! But, well, not so much on Switch. Search “Best Photo Modes” and you’ll get a bevy of PlayStation and Xbox games, probably — like The Last of Us, God of War, or Death Stranding. And sure, those games are lovely and pretty and photorealistic… But you don’t need
Bandai Namco has updated fans to let them know that a new downloadable character is coming to the popular fighting game, Dragon Ball FighterZ. The latest character is Android 21(Lab Coat) who will join the fray sometime early next year. The company has produced a short teaser trailer for Android 21 (Lab Coat) which you
It turns out there can be such a thing as too much Christmas cheer, especially during the week before the big day when we’re sick of the sight of the cute snowmen shops have been hawking since October and rag-tag bands of singers are prowling the streets, vocally murdering every carol you thought you liked
We are all dying to hear new information concerning The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. Nintendo’s schedule has the massive game down for a 2022 release, but the Kyoto-based company hasn’t spoken or shown any footage of the game for some time now, leading some to believe it could end up being