Sometimes it’s just really baffling why certain games are popular. And you wonder to yourself if it’s just because you’re broken in some way. What malfunction or defect from birth would lead someone to, say, think Horizon Zero Dawn is a load of cobblers? We’re here to assure you that it’s fine, actually, to just
The latest Famitsu readers most wanted video games are here and there’s absolutely no change at the top spot with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth leading the charge with a staggering 742 votes. No game has come close with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door at No.2 with just 254 votes. All reader votes were cast between
The Metal Gear Solid 3 remake will reintroduce a landmark stealth game series in 4K glory, with all the shine and gleam that comes from a modern remake. Now we’ve had time to let the announcement trailer marinade a bit, and gawk over the in-game footage trailer that came out at the end of October
When I first saw Never Grave: The Witch And The Curse rising up the Steam Next Fest charts at the end of last week, I thought, “Oh! That’s a neat Hollow Knight-looking Metroivanida roguelike, I’ll definitely give that a go.” And having played its demo over the weekend, I can confirm: it’s certainly an intriguing
The new PS5 and PS4 games due to be released during the week beginning February 12, 2024, include several delayed titles, one of which is finally hitting shelves after a turbulent 11-year development cycle. That game is Skull and Bones, of course, and it’s joined by other highlights like Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and
Indie games are known for their daring and often groundbreaking approaches to visuals and storytelling. Ultros is a new indie title coming to PS4 and PS5 on February 13. The game is a twisted, time-looping sci-fi adventure. It’s packed with high-stakes action, clever twists on classic game design ideas, intriguing, and often unsettling environmental storytelling,
Hello, I’m Chikara Saito (a.k.a. Rickey), director of Foamstars. As the name suggests, Foamstars is a game that features copious amounts of soft, fluffy foam. However, the path that we took to actually represent that foam in digital space was much longer and tougher than we initially thought it would be. Our experience of bringing
The first trailer for Wicked Part 1 is here, giving us our first look at the long-running musical’s movie adaptation. As it does every time, the Super Bowl was stuffed full of trailers, offering first looks at Deadpool & Wolverine and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, but there was also something for the
Chemically Bonded is one of those rare games where everything it does, every decision it makes, is – at least to me – like dragging nails down a chalkboard. I’m not sure everyone will have the same reaction that I had, at least not to this severity but, man, was this an excruciating play for
Image: Nintendo Life In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you’d find all the weird goofs that we couldn’t fit in anywhere else. Some may call it “filler”; we prefer “a whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag”. We don’t have pages on the
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox Update Preview releasing to the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring today. It’s important we note that some updates made to these preview OS builds include background improvements that ensure a quality and stable build for Xbox consoles. We will continue to post these release notes, even when the noticeable
A new rumour is doing to the rounds online from PH Brazil regarding the Nintendo Switch 2. The content creator claims that the unannounced system will feature backwards compatibility both physically and digitally, meaning that you will be able to play your original Switch cartridges and digital downloads on the new system. He also goes
Arrowhead Game Studios’ highly anticipated third-person shooter Helldivers 2 has received its first patch on PC to improve matchmaking and iron out some crashes, but the devs have admitted that “we know there’s more to solve.” Helldivers 2 released yesterday (February 8) on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, and plenty of players found themselves
Following the announcement that Hideo Kojima is returning to the world of action espionage with Physint, the game developer has shared why he decided to do so. During Sony’s most recent State of Play, after we had a lengthy look at Death Stranding 2, Kojima revealed that on top of both that and OD, he
Despite several signs pointing towards an imminent Elden Ring DLC drop, it looks like we’ll probably need to wait a bit longer to hear any concrete news. Kadokawa, the parent company of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware, released its latest financial report earlier this week, going into the usual bits about how the company is doing,
I like a mash-up in my games. at least every now and then. I like it when two genres get mixed, especially when they provide fascinating results. Whether that be in the form of fun little mini-games in a big RPG, like the sheer amount of bar games you have in the Yakuza series and
Image: VIZ Media / Nintendo Remember The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga series that began life in February 2016 and ended its run in early 2022? It was created by Akira Himekawa (the combined name for the two artists behind this series) and will later this year be available as a complete set. According