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Month: July 2020
It’s not the Direct announcement that people expected, but Nintendo has announced the first “Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase”. This series of presentations will be “focused on titles from our development & publishing partners”. For the first part, Nintendo says on Twitter that they will be sharing “we’ll share a few updates on a small
With very little warning, Nintendo has announced yet another Nintendo Direct. Before you get your Smash character guesses lined up or predict new and wild titles, this “Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase” is going to focus on “a small group of previously announced Nintendo Switch games”. So, while there are a lot of really cool
Dying Light‘s demon-infested Hellraid DLC, which was originally scheduled for release this week, has been pushed to August 14th to allow Techland to implement beta feedback. In a note on Twitter, the developer wrote: We received tons of great feedback during our beta of Dying Light – Hellraid. Big thanks to everyone who participated! We’re
Ready for something a bit pawsome? The PAW Patrol are in town, preparing to launch their mightiest mission yet with PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay on Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC. Gearing up to take players on a whole new adventure later this year, PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Save Adventure Bay
© Behaviour Interactive In its latest news update, Behaviour Interactive revealed cross-play and cross-friends would be “coming really soon” to the console versions of its survival horror multiplayer game, Dead By Daylight. This includes support for the Nintendo Switch. Switch players will have the choice to opt-out of cross-play with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and
Deathloop developer Arkane Studios has said that being able to target 60 frames-per-second on the PlayStation 5 is “very exciting,” especially when developing an action game. Speaking to IGN, game Director Dinga Bakaba noted that Arkane’s past games were restricted to 30 fps on consoles, but thanks to next-gen hardware, it’ll now be able to add
If you’re equal parts Bloodborne and Zelda fan, you’ll be delighted to know that indie dev Max Mraz has mashed them up into Yarntown, a top-down, classic Zelda take on FromSoftware’s Gothic blockbuster. Yarntown takes place in Central Yharnam and is complete with both the Cleric Beast and Father Gascoigne boss fights – Gascoigne even
Screenshot Saturday Sundays! It’s time for our weekly foray into the swamps of Twitter’s screenshotsaturday hashtag, fishing out the juiciest gifs, videos and in-development jpegs we can find for the afternoon’s pleasure. This week: moon’s haunted, but we’ve also got concrete gardening, low-fi adaptations, and crunchy cosmic billiards. Too worried to pick up a few
The Microsoft Store team is proud to partner with NPH USA to host a Fortnite Game Tournament! The tournament is open for free for any United States resident, but a donation to NPH USA is encouraged. We also are happy to give away promotional Xbox Gift Cards as prizes to first, second, and third places
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, which originally released in 2010, has been rumored to be one of EA‘s upcoming releases on the Nintendo Switch. And thanks to a retailer’s listing, the rumor mill is churning even more now. Mighty Ape, an Australian and New Zealand online retailer, has listings for a Nintendo Switch version of
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that the idea behind console wars is counter-productive for the games industry and that game companies should help each other grow rather than compete on the basis of “my piece of plastic is better than your piece of plastic.” Speaking to The Washington Post, Spencer decried the mentality of
When we think of the horror genre we imagine the likes of Resident Evil, full of huge monsters charging at us and hordes of zombies biting and munching their way through the human race. But we may also imagine haunted houses, or ghost trains that never stop. Sometimes though it’s the madness of our own
Nintendo Life 18 years ago on 19th July 2002, Nintendo released Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube in Japan. It was followed by a North American release in August, and a European release in October. If this game was a person, it would have now reached adulthood in a lot of countries. This tropical-themed entry
Earlier this month, Metacritic users spotted a new user review system on the rating aggregator’s website that prevented players from leaving reviews for newly-released games right away. “Please spend some time playing the game,” read a note on Superluminal‘s Metacritic page, which users quickly realized stemmed from the high-profile review bombing of The Last of Us
Onyxia, Broodmother of the Black Dragonflight. If you’re a veteran World Of Warcraft player, that name will immediately conjure long-buried feelings of dread – from the precision play needed to take her down, to the hours spent grinding quests to even enter her lair. But Azeroth’s scariest dragon seems to have lost her touch, as
By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 18 July 2020 15:52 GMT Forager is now available for Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass, and a DLC update is available for PS4 and Switch. Open-world, adventure, and exploration game Forger has landed on Xbox One and Xbox Game Pass for console and PC. The title will include all previously
Paper Mario: The Origami King reviewed by Cam Shea on Nintendo Switch. The Origami King suffers from one-note combat and few real choices, but its personality and visual design are a joy.
We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has just released. Kit and Krysta said in the video description that “e got our hands on some really cool Nintendo clothes and put our fashion skills to the test. We came up with three outfit challenges to see who wore it best. Be sure to vote for which
The NPD Group has reported its video game sales figures for the month of June, and unsurprisingly, Naughty Dog’s highly anticipated sequel led the pack. The Last of Us Part II was named June’s best-selling game and is now the third best-selling game of the year. It achieved the highest launch month dollar sales of any
Many of you are likely playing Ghost of Tsushima right now and don’t want to think about adding another game to your queue, but there are a number of intriguing titles hitting next week. The one that catches my eye the most is Carrion, a side-scrolling adventure that puts you in control of an amorphous
The video game side of Twitter and social media exploded in the past 24 hours with equal parts outrage and confusion with the release of the Wales Interactive published, FMV Future developed Gamer Girl. The game coming this September (at least we assume it’s still releasing) on all platforms is an FMV adventure that is a
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The Xbox One now carries two fewer members of its family, with Microsoft announcing it will discontinue both the Xbox One X and the Xbox One S Digital Edition. The latter didn’t have a disk drive, while the former was
Looking for an action-adventure with a dreamlike narrative, one that’s focusing on the psychological aftermath of being in a coma? Well, let us tell you about Neversong, which is out now on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Upon waking from a coma, main protagonist Peet realises his best friend is nowhere to be
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Bulwark Studios’ Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus throws players into the great big metal shoes of Magos Dominus Faustinus, chief commanding Tech-Priest aboard the monolithic Ark Mechanicus, who’s just discovered a mysterious signal emanating from deep within the bowels of the planet Silva Tenebris. Upon sending a squad to scout the planet’s
Microsoft Flight Simulator is going to be so darn large that you’ll be able to fly all over the world and land on a gagillion airstrips but the world is not enough, eh Mr. Bond? That giant simulation won’t stop creators from adding to and tweaking the game. Asobo Studio say they know how important
Last week, we asked you to get up close and personal with your favorite characters from The Last of Us Part II and share intimate, detailed portraits using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Ellie rages silently in this moody shot by FirescorpioG. Dina looks concerned in this share by BNNXP. Eve_Auditore shared
Paradox Interactive was already on board to publish Iceflake Studios’ survival-centric project, Surviving the Aftermath. Now the two companies are more involved than ever, with Paradox Interactive acquiring the Tampere, Finland-based developer. Paradox closed the deal for an undisclosed sum, but all involved seem thrilled with the outcome. Iceflake’s Co-Founder and Studio Manager, Lasse Liljedahl, said
By Stephany Nunneley, Friday, 17 July 2020 15:27 GMT If you missed out on this Ghost of Tsushima PS4 theme last year, you have another chance to nab it. Regional codes for a Ghost of Tsushima PS4 theme are available for the taking. This theme has been available before, but you may have missed out