It’s time to jack back in and re-experience the movie tie-in game that tried to be more than just a slick advertisement. There was a time when the attempt to secure a pipeline straight from blockbuster films to video game releases was huge, but few reached the ambitious level of Enter the Matrix. This simulation
Breath of the Wild’s guardians are completely absent from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but there is something that won’t help you sleep at night. Spoilers lie ahead in this for one for said new enemy and more. Encountering my first mobile guardian in Breath of the Wild is maybe one of
Following an “in-depth” investigation, the European Commission has approved Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. The investigation began last November, with the commission citing Microsoft’s potential expansion into the cloud gaming market as a primary concern. This was just one of many roadblocks the company faced, including ongoing battles with America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and
“Why didn’t the Eagles just take the One Ring and drop it into Mount Doom?” Well, as developers working on a “Lord of the Rings” game, let me tell you exactly why: because it gave us the opportunity to explore and immerse ourselves in a rich and complex universe! In creating The Lord of the
Un-leash. Get it!? Dog-gone it! Anything? To be more on the nose, you play as a Shiba Inu in Humanity, available on PS5 and PS4 starting tomorrow and available as a Day 1 release in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. With the game’s launch less than a day away, we wanted to celebrate and maybe
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries Of Honjo isn’t your average visual novel. There are some buck wild concepts in Square Enix’s game, including fourth wall breaks to manipulate characters’ actions and literally muting someone by turning voices off in the options menu, to name just two of the wackier features (and a big plot twist is
Now that players have gotten their hands on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, user reviews are starting to come in, with some not rating it as highly as critics. We’ve still got a good chunk of the year left to go, but at this point in time Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Image: Nintendo Life The next Tera Raid Battle event has been announced for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, and this one is set to be slightly different to those that we have seen in recent weeks as the headlining ‘mon will vary depending on which version of that game you are playing. For those with Pokémon
Holding the beacon as one of the best fighting game franchises of all time, the announcement of Tekken 8 was certainly well received late last year. Although there’s still a lot to learn regarding the launch of the game and the majority of its content, there’s still a fair bit of information to pull from
The PS5 console-exclusive AAA IP in development at Deviation Games appears to be in trouble. The game is Deviation’s debut project after the studio was founded in 2020 by former Call of Duty veterans. Over the weekend, a number of employees announced that they had been laid off from the studio, with some reports claiming
[embedded content] Six games leaving Game Pass is not to be sniffed at: that’s a faster rate than we’re getting games at the moment. But if you look at the list, you might be less concerned. Few of the games could be considered big hitters, so there might be fewer tears than usual. The games
Protodroid DeLTA, a 3D action platformer, is finally set to launch on May 25 for Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Humble Store. The announcement was made by the game’s publisher Humble Games and developer Adam Kareem, after a delay from its initial release date of April 27. According to the
Making friends in 2023 is difficult, what with the social anxieties of coming out of lockdown, and the increasingly isolated existence that we’re all experiencing. But spare a thought for an AI living in a video game from 1984. That must be a lonely experience. If we find it hard making friends, it’s got to
Mii lovers, never give up hope, as it turns out that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still uses them to make its NPCs. Ah, Miis. Easily the best thing to come out of the Wii, they were an incredibly fun and silly way to make versions of you and your friends, even
To the surprise of probably no one, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the highest rated game of all time on OpenCritic – and the highest of the year on Metacritic. Well folks, it looks like we have a new champion sitting on the throne of highest rated game of all time
Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Henry experiences his very first Fantasy… I admit it – I’ve never played Final Fantasy. It wasn’t on my radar as a kid, and by the
It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints – now with added Daily Sequence answers! Yes, that’s right: the makers of Quordle have a new game, which sees you complete four Wordle puzzles consecutively. The twist is that the letters you’ve already used on the first game are repeated on the second and so
Squint at Stranded: Alien Dawn and you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a sandbox management sim that’s set on Earth. But the title gives a big old clue that Stranded: Alien Dawn isn’t quite so local. It’s an unusual sim that brings the base-building of a Settlers or an Anno, with all their farms