Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda penned the company’s annual new year’s letter to fans and stakeholders over the weekend, and this one’s been getting panned left and right since it was published. Read the first two paragraphs of the letter, and you’ll understand why. It reads like a collection of bizarre, random thoughts in a
Month: January 2022
Alright gang, let’s do this one more time. The polls have officially opened for the final Players’ Choice poll of 2021! You’d be forgiven for assuming December was a quieter month, but we were graced by the release of long awaited titles like Among Us, Solar Ash, Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach, Final Fantasy
2021 is about due to be visited by three thematic ghosts. While it’s being taught the error of its ways, we’ve got a few games we let slip under the radar this year. Check the Best Game You Missed tag to see a new game each day over the break. The first rule of video
Game Freak has published a new article on its recruitment website where it entices people to work with the company and get themselves involved in the future of the Pokemon series. One of those involved in the feature is Shigeru Omori, who is the director behind the incredibly popular Pokemon Sword and Shield. He mentioned
What would you do if you were thrust into a position of authority, one where everyone had to listen to you? A job where you had no clue what you were doing but where the consequences could shape the fate of people’s lives. This is a question that Mind Scanners proposes to you; The Outer
Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda published a letter for the new year to discuss the company’s future in gaming, and apparently that involves NFTs and the metaverse. In a move that mirrors other companies’ interest in these trends, Matsuda said Square Enix was preparing to look into these emerging technologies. First, he addressed the metaverse
[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube It’s now 15 years since Wii launched and the world was introduced to the inclusive delights of Wii Sports, waggle gaming, and Wii elbow. That little three-DVD-case-sized box of tricks delivered some real gems over its long life — many of which were tailor-made for the system’s innovative
Audio player loading… Want some free games to finish off 2021? The Epic Games Store giveaway is concluding with the most recent Tomb Raider trilogy for free on PC. The latest Lara Croft adventures consist of three games – Tomb Raider Game of the Year Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider and the most recent
2021 is about due to be visited by three thematic ghosts. While it’s being taught the error of its ways, we’ve got a few games we let slip under the radar this year. Check the Best Game You Missed tag to see a new game each day over the break. If you’re anything like me,
In less than two months, the Atlus developed Nintendo Switch exclusive Shin Megami Tensei V has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide, according to sales data released via Famitsu. The critically acclaimed JRPG has already managed to surpass its 3DS predecessor SMT IV, which sold a total of around 600,000 copies in its lifetime. This means
As we head into 2022, quivering with anticipation about what new variant of concern will appear next to ruin everyone’s plans, it is sometimes nice to reflect on the things that have gone before. Not all the things, obviously, or we’d be here until doomsday, but things from the last 12 months or so. Now,
Image: Lowtek Games 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 —
The final month of the year ended just yesterday and The Game Awards made sure 2021 went out with a bang with plenty of AAA announcements. The were also plenty of rumors about PlayStation’s potential answer to Xbox Game Pass, and a surprise announcement of a remake. The Game Awards Announces 11 New Games and
Today is the final day of our year in review and we head into November where things have definitely become quieter. Rumors of a “massive” unannounced PlayStation remake gathered momentum when the game was reported to be Chrono Cross Remastered, although not a PlayStation exclusive. Sony’s PlayStation VR peripheral also celebrated its fifth anniversary with
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2021 is about due to be visited by three thematic ghosts. While it’s being taught the error of its ways, we’ve got a few games we let slip under the radar this year. Check the Best Game You Missed tag to see a new game each day over the break. 2021 was hot boy summer
It has been rumoured for quite some time that Rare’s GoldenEye 007 is set to be released from the gaming vaults. Nintendo recently managed to get the game unbanned from Germany which was a random feat. Rare had been working on a revised edition of GoldenEye 007 for the Xbox 360 which was nearing completion
Xbox Achievements site TrueAchievements (thanks Wario64) posted a list of achievements for Goldeneye 007, a curious thing since that game doesn’t exist on Xbox platforms and indicates a possible leak of an upcoming port of the foundational FPS. This is exciting because we haven’t seen a port of the game ever, leaving it trapped on