2023 was certainly a tumultuous year for the video game industry, for good and for bad. For consumers, it was great! For the industry itself, certainly less so. With record-breaking layoffs across the gaming and tech sectors, strike authorization for video game voice actors approved for American unions, and various companies being hacked: the gaming
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Until we worked in the games industry, many of us almost never played a video game in the year it was released: they’re expensive, there’s a lot of them, and they can be very time-consuming, so there are plenty of good reasons to leave it a while — even, potentially, a few years — before
The 2023 holiday season may be coming to an end very soon, and the new year arrives in just a couple of days, but that hasn’t stopped the Switch 2 rumor mill from churning at a steady pace. In fact, a new Switch 2 rumor has recently appeared online that may be very interesting to
Farming sims and ‘cozy’ games in general are increasing in popularity – probably due to the fact that they are an escape, a way to take you out of the real world for a while which, let’s face it, is appealing now more than ever. So, we picked up a controller and entered the world
The Hollow Knight Silksong release date is right at the top of many gamers’ minds currently, given that the game recently missed its early 2023 release window, and has been announced for quite some time. So far, Team Cherry has revealed a fair bit of gameplay, a couple of trailers, and provided an update on
Over the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Image: Epic Games Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim returns to Fortnite to celebrate
Escape From Tarkov‘s major new 0.14.0.0 update is live now. It brings with it all of the many features announced last month, including a new map, Ground Zero, designed specifically for newcomers, as well as a vaulting system, new armor and hitbox modelling, and much more.
Those who love fashion simulation games as much as I do will likely remember a series for the Nintendo and 3DS known as Style Savvy (also known as Style Boutique and Girls Mode). Developed by Syn Sophia, this series of games was exceptional. They each had their own stories as to how you came into
Granzella has announced that R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos will launch for PS4 & PS5 as well as other major formats in Fall 2024. The game was previously delayed to a vague 2024 window, so this is a little more concrete. The press release details what to expect from the spin-off shooter. ”As the
The next part of the epic Final Fantasy 7 remake is coming in 2024 with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and it is set to bring at least one big change from the original. One-Winged Angel takes flight in Rebirth Sephiroth had a much larger presence in the 2020’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake than he did
The latest UK charts have come through a little later than usual, due to Christmas, for the week ending 23rd December. The best-selling game was EA’s unstoppable EA Sports FC 24 which is closely followed by the delightful Super Mario Bros. Wonder which climbed this week to No. 2. There’s six Nintendo Switch games in
When THE FINALS went into Beta a few months back, it seems that most were surprised with the overall quality of the game. Fast, responsive, frenzied and fun, it made for a great time. Developer Embark Studios also got this memo, as, just a few months later, the game was revealed to shadowdrop at The
A new Black Panther game is in the works over at Cliffhanger Studio, a brand new outfit under the EA banner. After a couple of years of rumors swirling around the internet, EA finally announced its Black Panther game, alongside some details on what to expect. While information is admittedly light at the moment on
Sega has released a new batch of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth character spotlight videos, previewing many of the characters set to appear in the upcoming game. In total, there are 15 videos for fans to watch, including brief breakdowns on characters like Ichiban, Kazuma, Saeko, and more. Check out all 15 videos below in a special YouTube
Image: Nintendo Life Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Kevin remembers how Stardew Valley kept the spark alive and prepped him for living with his partner… Relationships can be hard. And when you add in long distance, that
2023 gave us two exceptionally good remakes of classic horror games with Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 and EA Motive’s Dead Space, but the approach to each was different. Both approaches were right for the game involved. Dead to Rights Dead Space as a series is a fascinatingly frustrating and tragic tale—a franchise slaughtered in the
And thus, we arrive at the end of another year. A year filled with some very excellent games, and some very not excellent games. And through it all, the RPS guides team has been quietly toiling away, appeasing The Beast That Is Google with medium-rare slabs of SEO meat, and providing the answers to oft-asked
This year was arguably the best of all time for video games; it was undoubtedly one of the worst for the people who make them. Throughout the year, studios were shut down, thousands laid off, and developers were given, disrespectfully, 30 seconds to shine on The Game Awards 2023 stage after winning awards. More than