This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Just a few short years ago, you needed expensive gaming hardware to play AAA titles, but cloud gaming is changing that. By offloading all the rendering to a server, these services can turn almost any screen into a portal for
Month: August 2022
Two Point Campus continues in the already impressive footsteps of Two Point Hospital before it, dressing up an engaging business management sim in goofy irreverence. To be honest, its dorky, oddball sense of humor misses me more often than it hits. But that all fades into the background for the most part when I’m having
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Samsung’s 2022 lineup of TVs and monitors got a gaming upgrade in June with the addition of Stadia, GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming support. At the time, Samsung said its new Gaming Hub would get support for Amazon Luna
While Trainers in Japan are participating in Pokemon Go Fest: Sapporo this weekend, you can join in from home by completing a Global Challenge. Should the Global Challenges prove successful, you and other Trainers will receive upgraded bonuses during the upcoming Bug Out event happening August 10-16. Plus, additional bonuses will be unlocked for Galarian
Mega Man fans in the west got a surprise treat with the global launch of Mega Man Battle & Fighters on Switch. The game was originally released for the Neo Geo Pocket Color and has never been released outside of Japan until now. The game was first released in 2000 and serves as a portable
If you have yet to step into Yara as Dani Rojas, today is a good time to take the trip as Far Cry 6 free weekend has officially kicked off. From now until August 8th, you can get a taste of everything the game has to offer. To entice players to check the game out,
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD is reportedly very close to launching its next-gen CPU architecture. We knew it was coming in “the fall” but weren’t sure of the exact dates. Now those dates are confirmed, according to a new Wccftech report. Later this month,
Summary Raiden IV x Mikado Remix is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One early 2023. Experience the definitive version of the highly-praised Raiden IV. Enjoy new gameplay modes, music, play styles, and more! High-octane action soars onto the scene in Raiden IV x Mikado Remix, coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One
Today was a busy day for Pokemon fans. Today was the premiere of a Pokemon Presents video presentation. More details about Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet had been revealed, including more details about the Paldea region, new characters and even some new Pokemon. However, there was another piece of news that happened today. If you
Final Fantasy 14 players in North America found themselves unable to get into the game again yesterday, August 2, 2022, following another round of DDoS attacks. Once again Square Enix revealed they are still monitoring the situation while searching for a more permanent solution. The attacks come shortly after the proposed North American server expansion
Seasonic is the name when it comes to reliable PC power supplies, so it’s rare to see big discounts – especially on their more affordable models. That trend is reversed at CCL in the UK today though, as their G12 GC-650 power supply has dropped from £68 to £48 as part of CCL’s summer sale.
At one point on its Steam page, Beacon Pines is described as ‘Twin Peaks meets Winnie the Pooh’. Now, if ever a comparison would get us playing a game, it would be that one. Beacon Pines has had us intrigued from the moment a demo dropped onto PC. On the surface of it, this is
Hot on the heels of its world premiere reveal, we’re here to take you even deeper into the brutal world of Meet Your Maker. Let’s start with a quick recap of the game itself, coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in 2023. Meet Your Maker is a new first-person building-and-raiding game set in a
Nintendo has released its Q1 financial report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, noting a decline in both net sales and movement of Switch consoles. According to Nintendo, overall sales fell 4.7% to $2.3 billion. There were noted declines in both the video game platform and mobile sectors. The former saw a decline
Image: Nintendo Life / Zion Grassl In a pretty random update, amiibo cards for Animal Crossing: New Leaf — which you can also use on New Horizons — have been spotted again on Nintendo UK’s store! Noticed by the Animal Crossing amiibo Card Trading Group on Facebook, you can currently pick up a pack of
The polls are open! What was your favorite new game last month? Living the cat life in Stray? Pitting heroes vs. toons in MultiVersus? Fighting to save Gilly’s in Arcadegeddon? None of the above? Hit the poll below and cast your vote — we’ll tally ’em up early next week and share the winner as
Nintendo released its latest round of financial results, this time for Quarter 1 of the 2023 Fiscal Year, which accounts for April, May, and June of 2022. In it, the company revealed that the Switch surpassed 111 million units sold but, despite that, overall sales are down. In terms of hardware, sales are down 22.9%,
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: Activision Blizzard)Microsoft has adopted an interesting tack as it waits for a number of regulatory agencies to clear its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In a recent filing with New Zealand’s Commerce Commission, the tech giant said the game developer
Things have taken a weird turn ahead of Microsoft Activision deal‘s closure. As regulatory bodies around the world scrutinize the impending acquisition, Sony has expressed concerns about potential Call of Duty Xbox exclusivity whereas Microsoft insists that Activision Blizzard doesn’t make any “unique, must-have” games so the deal should go ahead. Call of Duty at
Welcome to an exciting school year at Copperdale High! Copperdale is an ideal place to realize your high school dreams, explore your identity, and test boundaries as you make friends, experience iconic teenage moments, and grow into the Sim you want to be. Located on the banks of Lake LaSuli, this former mining town features
It has been a very gradual process, but with the life cycle for Nintendo’s Wii U console having ended many years ago, service after service on the platform has been shutting down. Sadly, 2 more examples of this trend have been officially announced. Google has announced that, due to Nintendo closing the Wii U eShop
Earlier this week, a player survey emerged that attempted to gauge player reactions to different prices of cosmetics in Overwatch 2, one of which was a $45 Mythic skin. The price caused controversy amongst the Overwatch 2 community who reacted badly to the idea, and now Blizzard has claimed the $45 skins were “not indicative
The first developer update video of The Last Starship focused on combat, which I thought looked pretty swish. The second developer update video for Introversion’s space-everything game says, hey, this game isn’t about combat, and talks about user-made ships, mining vessels and, in an additional video, early player opinions of the playtest.
As a Game Preview title, Last Oasis was always going to be amended and changed over time. Today, with the release of the Season 5 content and the LOverhaul update, we’re seeing the introduction of a vastly improved, hugely rewarding experience. Last Oasis gives players the opportunity to roam across a post-apocalyptic open-world, one in
Image: Nintendo / Mojang / Nintendo Life Minecraft brings out so much creativity within the community. We can’t count how many times we’ve been blown away by people’s creations in this huge sandbox game over the years, and we’ve dreamt of seeing more Nintendo-related implementations within the game, especially after the official 3DS Minecraft got
Roll7’s upcoming skater-shooter, Rollerdrome, is our first to feature a fully original soundtrack, featuring dark retro-futuristic synth beats by the incredible Electric Dragon. I spoke to Ian, the artist behind Electric Dragon, to discuss the process of working on the project and creating this all-new album. Jemima Tyssen Smith: Hello Ian! I had the pleasure
The Cyberpunk 2077 series from Netflix has a new trailer, and it shows off what to expect out of the anime when it airs this fall. The anime series will debut on the streaming service in September. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a joint project between CD Projekt and Netflix. While set in the game’s universe, the
Knowing how to download previous PS Plus games is key to enjoying an arsenal of titles accrued over many months and years of subscribing. However, it’s not always so easy to find the relevant library of games. Thankfully, it’s easy enough to explain and, once you know how to get there, you’ll quickly unlock a
It’s August and things are really heating up—and we don’t just mean outdoors. There’s a tidal wave of new indie titles coming to PS4, PS5, and PS VR this month*, covering a wide variety of genres and playstyles. Here you’ll find wacky sports action, death-defying stunts, alien words, and even a terrifying “vacation” to a
You’ve probably seen a music biopic movie or tv show: a story of the rise-to-fame of some band you know. You’ve probably heard songs by a virtual band, animated characters playing music recorded by real creative artists. We Are OFK is both of these things. OFK is our virtual band, with real songs on streaming