Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on October 28th. The game had been announced a few months ago, back in June, and according to Fatal Frame series producer Keisuke Kikuchi in an interview with Famitsu, the
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Image: GungHo Online Entertainment Update [Sun 12th Sep, 2021 07:00 BST]: Ninjala’s seventh spooky season is now officially underway. It includes new “monstrous attire, 2 gum weapons, a new shinobi card, fashion lenses and a new eight-player battle royale mode. Learn more down below and also check out the latest trailer: Get a punch out
Platinum Games studio head Atsushi Inaba was recently asked in an interview whether he would like to see Star Fox Zero appear on the Nintendo Switch platform. We have had numerous Wii U ports come to the Switch platform, but one of the bigger titles which is missing is action is Star Fox Zero. The game
Image: Nintendo It’s been another busy week of the Nintendo Life, with plenty of news and points of interest to chew over. There were some shenanigans and surprising visual glitches in Sonic Colors Ultimate, we shared our review of WarioWare: Get It Together!, a LEGO Super Mario 64 ‘?’ Block was revealed, someone mocked up
VGC has had a chat with Bayonetta series creator Hideki Kamiya about the long-running development of Bayonetta 3 for the Nintendo Switch platform. Kamiya told the publication that they really want to show the game to the public, but he admitted it is ultimately down to the publisher Nintendo, who will presumably show it as and
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the famous Konami Code, and for some reason, that means we’re being treated to a new wave of merchandise based on, well… buttons. As you may well know, the hidden ‘Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A’ command was first used in Gradius back in
The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware sales charts are in from sales tracker Famitsu. The best-selling system this week is once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold 60,942 units, while the latest PlayStation and Xbox consoles continue to face stock issues. The top ten was almost entirely dominated by
Image: Digital Schoolhouse Digital Schoolhouse, a UK-based initiative from Ukie which introduces play-based learning to the school curriculum, has teamed up with Nintendo UK and Outright Games to expand its primary school Esports program. After a successful pilot scheme last year, a new nationwide tournament consisting of Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Race
The hard working team at Digital Foundry have been putting the newly released Sonic Colors Ultimate through its paces, and while they admit that it is not perfect, they are fairly pleased with the results. The worst offender out of all the platforms is sadly the Nintendo Switch version, which is bizarre given how well
Update: It has now been announced that My Singing Monsters Playground will launch on Switch on 9th November, and there’s even a brand new gameplay trailer (up above) to prove it. It’ll cost $39.99 when it launches in a couple of months’ time, and Switch is being treated to a physical version courtesy of Sold
Today, The Pokemon Company announced that the latest Pokemon film Pokemon The Movie: Secrets of the Jungle will debut in the west on Netflix this October. Accompanying this announcement, The Pokemon Company revealed that if you sign up for the Pokemon Trainer Club newsletter by creating a free Pokemon Trainer Club account (here) and opt
This writer didn’t know that smartphone rings are a thing, but apparently they exist to help you “hold your phone, or rotate the ring so you can use it as a kickstand”. A kickstand we can definitely get behind, especially if it’s more sturdy than the original Switch model’s little strip of plastic. Images: Nintendo
Advertisements If you’ve been wondering which games are the most wished for in Japan at the moment then look no further than Weekly Famitsu’s most wanted charts. These charts cover games across multiple platforms and the votes for the latest charts were cast by Japanese users between 19th August, 2021 and 25th August, 2021. The
Image: Mojang The physical chart data for week ending 4th September is now in for the UK market, and in the absence of notable non-digital releases an old stager has re-taken top spot. Yes, it’s Minecraft. As a reminder, the UK charts give the physical Switch iteration its own entry, so every week it spends
Indie title Stardew Valley has been a huge hit and rightfully so as it is an excellent game as most of those who have played it can testify. The game’s hard-working creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone recently revealed that he’s now focussed on his next game, which he describes as a new pixel-art adventure featuring a
Image: SEGA There have been a lot of key figures moving about in the Japanese video game industry in recent times, and the latest individual now making headlines is the art director of Jet Set Radio, Ryuta Ueda. After spending nearly a decade at Yahoo! Japan, Ueda announced in a Facebook post how he returned
The team at Digital Foundry have been busy checking out the latest batch of games and giving their undisputed opinions on how well the tech is used and how well the game is optimised for the platform it is running on. The latest game in their itinerary is SUDA51’s long-awaited Switch exclusive No More Heroes
Image: @TheNCSmaster Obviously, the big rumour doing the rounds this week is about Nintendo potentially bringing Game Boy and Game Boy Color games to the Switch Online service very soon. Following on from a podcast about this, we confirmed with our own sources Nintendo’s most famous handheld was making a return and this was yesterday