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Image: Emile Holba While there are often discussions around the merits of gaming as an artform, we perhaps talk less about examples of games helping to inspire other contemporary art. Yet as years pass it’s an inevitability, as the role of games in the lives of millions has transformed since the mid- to late-’80s. We’re

Games Industry has published end of year data for three of the biggest gaming markets in the world, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. The best selling game in the United States during 2022 was the latest entry in the lucrative Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the best-selling physical

Image: KnapNok Games / Nifflas Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy

Ubisoft‘s unfortunately canned 3D platformer Rayman 4 has surfaced along with the source code and the game’s editor. Rayman’s adventure was abandoned when the Wii came out and the team decided to move forward with the Rabbids franchise which became a success for the studio and Rayman was ultimately pushed aside for the pesky creatures.

Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays! Image: Damien McFerran /

Reverge Labs, the developers behind Skullgirls 2nd Encore, has announced that a hefty new update is incoming for the Nintendo Switch edition. The update for the game is currently scheduled for release on Tuesday, 3rd January and includes plenty of optimisations for the game such as faster loading times and better performance all round. We

Image: Nintendo We’re now at the tail end of 2022, and that means Nintendo’s next big first-party release Fire Emblem Engage is just around the corner. Yes, in case you missed it, this title will be launching on the Switch on 20th January – so we’re just weeks out! Nintendo has continued to introduce (and

The latest video game the tech-focussed team at Digital Foundry have been examining is the recently released remaster/remake of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. In this case we are looking at the Nintendo Switch version which runs at a relatively stable 30fps in both docked and handheld mode. When the game is played in

Image: PID Games Publisher PID Games has today announced its plans to bring two new action-platformers to the Nintendo Switch and multiple other systems in 2023. First up we’ve got Gravity Circuit by Domesticated Ant Games – a “flashy” action packed 2D platformer drawing inspiration from the classics of yesteryear. Players take control of a

EDGE Magazine Issue 380 is now available and this month’s edition contains a number of reviews including one for Marvel’s Midnight Sun, Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, and the latest Need for Speed game. The highest rated game in Issue 380 is a tie and it is between Marvel’s Midnight Suns and the intriguing arcade shooter

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update [Thu 22nd Dec, 2022 04:00 GMT]: Following the news DNF Duel would be coming to Switch next Spring, Arc System Works and co have now locked in a 20th April 2023 release date. Pre-orders are now open. Along with this a Season Pass (including five characters) has

Nintendo has confirmed this afternoon that it has changed how Tricolor Battles will work in the forthcoming Splatoon 3 Splatfest which kicks off on 7th January. When the Splatfest kicks off you can opt to join in a Tricolour Battle after the halftime report plus they have also changed it so that you won’t know

Image: XSEED, Marvelous During a Nintendo Direct in September, XSEED and Marvelous lifted the lid on Rune Factory 3 Special for the Switch. Apart from the usual RPG, farming and monster battle elements, this updated version will also include a brand new mode – allowing players to enjoy more quality time with their in-game spouse.

The delightful Stardew Valley propelled its creator, Eric Barone, into the limelight and sales of the game were at over 20 million copies sold across all platforms as of May 2022. Mr. Barone has participated in a lengthy new insightful interview with Screen Rant in which he discusses numerous things including his latest project the Haunted

Image: Square Enix In case you missed it, the new RPG Dragon Quest Treasures arrived on the Nintendo Switch earlier this month. If you did end up adding this one to your collection, Square Enix has now shared a few codes – allowing players to unlock some special monsters. First up we have Yuji –

The recently released Front Mission 1st Remake has thankfully been updated today to Version 1.0.3 by the team at Forever Entertainment. The game wasn’t up to scratch at launch, so hopefully these new additions and fixes should go some way to fixing that. It is a little worrying that some of Forever Entertainment’s recent releases

Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix Final Fantasy is now 35 years old, and that feels a little bit weird to say. While not the first RPG series to ever grace a home console or even the first Japanese-developed RPG, Final Fantasy is, arguably, the JRPG. Everyone knows it, and everyone has played at least

Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden remasters will be arriving next month and are sure to keep fans and newcomers throughly occupied just to their scope and size.. The file-size for both games have been published on the Nintendo Switch eShop and as expected they are fairly large. The remaster of Persona 3 Portable