The complimentary upgrade for ‘High On Life’ has just gone live.
Hordes of Nintendo enthusiasts worldwide are migrating from the original Switch to the new Switch 2, and select publishers are smoothing the transition by handing out no-cost next-gen enhancements.
The newest entry in that generosity line-up is the adult-oriented first-person…
Uncover fresh ways to experience the action. **”Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO”** stands out among the numerous third-party games headed to Switch 2 (and the original Switch) later this year, bursting at the seams with features and some platform-specific extras found only on Nintendo systems.
Bandai Namco has underscored this with…
However, the catalogue is still going to receive fresh titles for voucher redemption.
Nintendo’s realm has been absolutely buzzing following the Switch 2 reveal; back in July the company said the Switch Online Game Vouchers scheme will shut down.
Over on Nintendo Japan’s customer-support social channels it has now fired up another alert –…
Let the games begin.
Even though Sony’s flagship PS5 has been gracing living rooms for almost half a decade now, it somehow still feels alarmingly premature to start yammering about an unavoidable PS6—who honestly craves or even requires a successor already? Yet, alas, here we stand.
The freshest tip-off from YouTube outlet Moore’s Law is…
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Fresh off last week’s patch debut on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster has now landed the very same update on Nintendo Switch.
Version 1.2 delivers a hearty bundle of fixes and gameplay refinements, polishing numerous systems across the board…
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Delivering fluid gameplay and razor-sharp imagery. After circulating rumors about how Intergrade behaves on Nintendo’s next console, Square Enix has locked in the remake’s performance details. The Switch 2 edition will maintain a “steady 30 fps” while still producing “silky-smooth operation” alongside polished, eye-catching graphics…
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Rise and shine along the noises of Kirby.
On the off-chance you didn’t notice, Nintendo’s bedside clock can be refreshed with fresh—cost-free—skins.
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Home, Finally Home.
Harvest Moon will once again grace the Switch next month when a pair of 3DS classics drop, yet signs point to additional arrivals in the pipeline.
Taiwan’s freshly uncovered classification suggests the smartphone entry Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is bound for both Nintendo’s hybrid console and Sony’s…
Cuddly toys, collectibles, and extra treats!
To mark Kirby and the Forgotten Land landing on Switch 2 this week, Nintendo has just fattened up its Kirby collection over at the My Nintendo Store across Australia and New Zealand.
Dive into the entire write-up on nintendolife.com…
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Deck days. Mega Evolutions will finally invade the Pokémon Trading Card Game. We’ve been aware of that for some time, yet it seems players in certain territories must sit tight a bit more before the forthcoming imaginatively-named ‘Mega Evolution’ expansion reaches shelves…
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DL-Observed yet DL-Unspoken.
The calendar is flipping swiftly toward 2025’s splashiest arcade speed-fest, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and SEGA keeps cramming fresh faces onto its ever-expanding driver list. Owners of the Season Pass plus any additional DLC will soon spot blocky icons Steve and Alex from Minecraft buckling in…
Dig…
Every one of the titles is slated to land on “fresh systems”.
Atari and Ubisoft have revealed that Atari has taken sole ownership of the intellectual-property rights to five former Ubisoft releases, intending to revive them for next-generation hardware.
The selected catalogue spans Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home…
Round two, but this time teeth taste like cogs!
I caught myself leafing through my original write-up on Kirby and the Forgotten Land—just a quick refresher on my 2022 impressions (seriously, where do the years vanish?)—and, well, it turns my thumbs-up from back then still stands…
Essential to the vessel, essential to the squad.
Hello Games has revealed its first substantial No Man’s Sky refresh since the title touched down on Nintendo Switch 2, and the patch appears to be packed with neat surprises.
The headline feature arriving with the ‘Voyagers’ release is the ability to personally…
Will focus on expanding Nintendo movie adaptations into other mediums.Nintendo has announced that it is renaming its subsidiary company ‘Warpstar Inc.’ to ‘Nintendo Stars Inc.’ following its consolidation earlier this year.Warpstar Inc. – founded on 31st July 2001 – had previously been a joint venture between Nintendo and Hal Laboratory to oversee the Kirby…
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A severe setback for Capcom.
Left-to-right: Bingo Morihashi, Hideaki Itsuno, and Daigo Ikeno
Lightspeed Japan Studio—a division of the Tencent-owned Lightspeed Studios—has unveiled a major growth move by launching a fresh location in Osaka.
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47, your new directive is Consistent Smoothness — the update IO Interactive just shipped for Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition on Switch 2 zeroes-in on exactly that. Those troubled 60fps dips the launch build frequently suffered are now tackled by a fresh “Frame Rate” toggle introduced in this patch, which locks…
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It’s never too late to turn things around. While Shantae now enjoys widespread recognition as a beloved indie mascot, the lavender-locked half-genie heroine first struggled to win over gamers. Her debut on the Game Boy Color in 2002 met with meager sales, souring publishers on WayForward’s pitch for a follow-up titled Shantae Advance:…
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May fortune favor your endeavor.
At long last, word of a concrete release window for Hollow Knight: Silksong finally arrived—and hearing the game is barely a fortnight away still feels surreal. After what felt like an eternity of teases and uncertainty, the adventure is locked in for a 4 September 2025 debut on both…
Prepared for the ultimate face-off of the era?
Yet another week, another sneak peek at Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The Pokémon Company has now scheduled a fresh YouTube Premiere on Thursday, 28 August 2025.
It marks the second consecutive weekly teaser, coming hot on the heels of last week’s reveal of Mega…
Abxylute 3D One slated for launch this September.
The Verge notes that Abxylute—already known for its streaming-friendly portables—is crafting the globe’s first glasses-free 3D handheld PC.
The sizable portable, branded the Abxylute 3D One, stems from a joint prototype that Intel and Tencent showed off at CES only months ago.
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“I’m crossing my fingers that everything goes smoothly.” At PlayStation’s State of Play showcase earlier this year, Grasshopper Manufacture debuted Romeo is a Dead Man—the new joint from Suda51 and Ren Yamazaki—and murmurs indicate Switch 2 players might share the spotlight when the title ships in 2026. In conversation with GameXplain…
Despite it being far from top-notch.
Building on our initial peek at Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition racing along on Switch 2 when docked, fresh clips have surfaced online to illustrate how the title is coping on the go.
The broad takeaway from play sessions – ours included – is that Elden…
The revelation that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is destined for the Switch 2 next year landed like an unexpected gift at the last Gamescom celebration. Veteran raiders of artefact-laden crypts or casual trailer-watchers catching glimpses in passing…
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Wow, imagine that! Japan’s National Diet Library—often shortened to “NDL”—ranks among the planet’s largest libraries, and ever since 2000 it has been collecting video-game discs and cartridges strictly for long-term preservation.
Yet a Famitsu report picked up by Automaton reveals that Switch 2’s slim Game-Key Cards don’t meet NDL’s definition of “authentic”…
No silk to weave.
Half a dozen years. People have exhausted thesaurus entries diagnosing Team Cherry’s bear-hug of silence over Hollow Knight: Silksong. Microsoft once vowed it would surface “within twelve months” during 2022. A public hands-on slice hasn’t appeared since June 2019’s E3. Backer posts on Kickstarter have gone as quiet…
Playtonic is set to unveil a “significant announcement” in the days ahead.
Yooka-Replaylee is earmarked for a Switch 2 launch later this year, and fresh evidence suggests a full boxed edition is planned for the Japanese publisher-hardware maker’s next hybrid console. A product page has just surfaced at the Canadian retailer Video…
The ‘Ultimate Edition’ debuted earlier this year.
Ahead of the Switch 2’s launch, Xenoblade Chronicles X received an updated ‘Ultimate Edition’ on the original Switch back in March.
Despite no substantial patches surfacing for the new platform (so far), Nintendo now appears to have uncovered a glitch affecting this specific hardware…
Have you herd?The last time I tried shepherding an unruly beast, I wasn’t exactly a fan. It was midnight, I was exhausted, and my dog simply refused to come back inside. Typical. Thankfully, Herdling offers a much cosier alternative, replacing a stubborn pup with fantastical beasties that actually listen to me.Developed by Okomotive…
Take the day OFF.Well folks, it’s the weekend once again, which means it’s time to get some gaming done!But first, a recap. This week, Capcom launched an intriguing 30th anniversary website for Resident Evil, though there’s not much on there right now beyond some cool artwork…
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