Clean as a whistle! Image: Nintendo Whether or not you enjoy the idea of clearing out every single bit of the destructive scenery in Donkey Kong Bananza‘s layered levels, there’s absolutely no doubt that it’s a thing that you can definitely do, and so it therefore follows that eager gamers are, well, they’re already doing
Read MoreThe Pac is Back Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is getting another DLC expansion in the form of ‘The Namco Legendary Pack DLC‘. No release date has been set at the time of writing, but the new DLC will contain an additional timeline looking at Namco’s history with Atari, along with multiple playable versions of
Read MoreReturn of the Kong Last week Donkey Kong returned to the world of 3D platforming over 25 years since his last fully-3D outing in DK64 – and what a return it was! Donkey Kong Bananza scored an ‘Excellent’ 9/10 in Jim’s review, and most of Team NL has spent this weekend having a smashing time
Read MoreImage: Nintendo Life Donkey Kong Bananza is finally here and, as players start to dig deep (well, punch deep at any rate), into this fresh slice of Nintendo magic – a slice we slapped a 9/10 on in our review – they’ll no doubt encounter some of the clever little easter eggs there are to
Read MoreMotion sickness doing the rounds Image: Nintendo Donkey Kong Bananza is out now, and it seems that the vast majority of people have been thoroughly enjoying DK’s latest adventure on Switch 2. According to some reports, however, it seems a small minority have been experiencing some pretty severe motion sickness with the game. This came
Read MoreCelebrated UK game developer The Chinese Room has announced it has completed a management buyout of previous owners Sumo Digital, making it independent once again. Read more…Read More
Read MoreIt can be difficult keeping track of the various comings and goings in the games industry, which is why we compile them in semi-regular round-ups. Read more…Read More
Read MoreCircana has published its May 2025 US sales recap, revealing Elden Ring: Nightreign was the best-selling premium game of the month and the eleventh best-selling game of 2025 to date. FromSoftware’s Elden Ring spin-off was the best-selling game across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Read more…Read More
Read MoreStop Killing Games, a consumer movement designed to bring attention to the depreciation of online media, has gathered enough momentum to necessitate a response from “the voice of a responsible games ecosystem,” Video Games Europe. Read more…Read More
Read MoreForza Motorsport developer Turn 10 has reportedly been “shuttered,” and “the team is no more.” Read more…Read More
Read MoreMicrosoft is no longer selling or renting movies and TV shows. Read more…Read More
Read MoreThe director behind ICO and Shadow of the Colossus believes the days of creating new and innovative gameplay mechanics “has already passed”. Read more…Read More
Read MoreReady or Not, the violent and controversial shooter from Void Interactive, has topped one million sales on console in just four days. Read more…Read More
Read MoreAlthough Ubisoft has yet to formally confirm a new Ghost Recon game is on the way, in a recent shareholder Q&A, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frederick Duguet talked openly about the upcoming sequel. Read more…Read More
Read MoreWay before mechanical keyboard makers started packing layers of sound dampening foam into their boards, Japanese firms Topre and PFU were building expensive, whisper-quiet keyboards using a unique electro-capacitive switch for a cloud-like typing feel. Read more…Read More
Read MoreDespite protestations from the cast and director Matt Shakman, Marvel fans are still hopeful Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom could appear in The Fantastic Four: First Steps in some capacity. Dispelling this theory again, now, is actor Ralph Ineson telling GamesRadar+ he’d like to “cross swords” with the Latverian villain when we asked which MCU
Read MoreVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been a very, very long time coming. In fact, it’s been so long, the man who helped get the game greenlit and is now leading Helldivers 2 has been waiting for the bloodsucking sequel to hit a homerun for almost a decade. 2004’s original Vampire: The Masquerade –
Read MoreWarframe has been one of the most quietly successful live service games around, sturdily chugging along for well over a decade, but developer Digital Extremes haven’t been able to port the RPG shooter to the Switch 2 because Nintendo hasn’t gotten around to sending the studio a dev kit yet. Speaking to a room full
Read MoreIn case there was any doubt, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has properly confirmed that the company’s latest blockbuster Assassin’s Creed Shadows cost at least €100 million (around $116 million) to make, which doesn’t seem that dramatic in the context of other big budget games. “We don’t disclose production costs,” the publisher’s boss said in a
Read MoreArrowhead Game Studios apparently come up with too many ideas for the team to actually bring to life in Helldivers 2, and the developer’s CEO Shams Jorjani has the perfect Star Wars reference to explain why. In case you don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of Star Wars, there’s a brief scene in the original trilogy
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The Nintendo Switch 2 is still available at Amazon by invitation. The Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundle ($500) and console on its own ($450) first popped up on Amazon during Prime Day, a few weeks after Amazon
Read MoreBy Steven Petite and Darryn Bonthuys on July 21, 2025 at 7:02AM PDT GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. PlayStation is restocking select 30th Anniversary hardware and accessories in several regions, including the US, Canada, and multiple European countries. In the US, PlayStation
Read MoreBy Moises Taveras on July 18, 2025 at 10:06AM PDT GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. An unfortunately frequent occurrence in games is the announcement of a cool and exciting new project from a team followed by months, even years, of radio silence.
Read MoreGameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. From Software is working on a multiplatform title that is in “advanced stages of production,” according to a new report, and it is so far along it could be released next year. That’s according to MP1st, which
Read MoreSo the story goes by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 12:30am Social media is awash with speculation that Sony engineers are helping Rockstar to achieve 60fps in GTA 6 on PS5 Pro. In the hotly anticipated sequel’s most recent trailer, the footage was running at 30fps on a bog-standard PS5. But in a widely shared X (or
Read MoreDo not click by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 12:15am Image: Push Square Stellar Blade maker Shift Up is having to fight off hackers, as its X (or Twitter) account has been compromised and is promoting a cryptocurrency scam. The game’s director Hyung-Tae Kim has been communicating with fans on social media, urging them not to interact
Read MoreRight idea, wrong budget Version Reviewed: PS5 (Standard) / European review by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 12am Hallelujah, praise the anime gods! Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact is a manga adaptation that’s not your average arena brawler, but instead an actual fighting game. Not only that but publisher Bushiroad has recruited Marvel vs Capcom 3
Read MoreAbiotic Factor! Wuchang! Wheel World! by Sammy Barker Sat, 4pm As August nears, the PS5 and PS4 release schedule is looking a trifle light. But make no mistake, there are big games next week: Abiotic Factor is on PS Plus Extra, Wheel World looks like one-to-watch, and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is unquestionably a big release.
Read MoreAll fore one Version Reviewed: European review by Sammy Barker Sat, 2:30pm It’s perhaps a symbol of the current retro game boom that Golden Tee Arcade Classics exists at all. That’s not a slight, by the way – it’s just remarkable that these trackball titles, often nestled between claw machines in American sports bars and
Read MoreOr do you tend to wait for XGP? by Ben Kerry Sat, 5pm With Xbox’s big summer sale now out in full force, we’ve been having a good browse of the Microsoft Store in recent days, picking out some pretty great bargains that we’re tempted to grab. There are loads of titles at their lowest-ever
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