Games

Version 1.78 goes live. Nicalis, Inc. has announced that The Binding of Isaac: Repentance has been given a huge new update, bringing the DLC in line with the PC version of the game. Further Reading: The Binding of Isaac: Repentance Review Version 1.78 brings with it a plethora of gameplay changes, which we know you’re […]

“If we’re going to make a change that sweeping, the original needs to be there as well”. The world of physical media in brick-and-mortar stores has dwindled in recent years due to the proliferation of digital storefronts readily and conveniently available on modern platforms. While some would never think to pay the same (or more) […]

SNES classic goes head-to-head. Ahoy everyone, welcome back to another Box Art Brawl! We’ve got a great one for you this week, just in case the image and the title didn’t quite give it away. Last week, we looked at Mario Golf (which is out now on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass!), pitting North […]

Alex, Zion and Felix share their thoughts. At the end of last month, Nintendo announced it would be delaying the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. While there are still plenty of Switch games to look forward to this year, there’s obviously no longer a Zelda game coming out later […]

“That’s the beauty of video games, it’s our way of life”. 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 […]

This Star Fox member is going on a new adventure. A modder known as Gagnetar previously released a Half-Life 2 mod that replaced Alyx Vance with Krystal from the Star Fox series. Now, in an update, the same individual has taken this mod to the next level – by getting the original VA of Krystal, […]

Could there be new info? Trainers got a lot of details about Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet when the new generation was first revealed in February. So when is the next update? Well, there might be something planned for next week – with claims a Japanese Pokémon Variety show called ‘PokéDoko 4’ could possibly have […]

See for yourself. In case you missed it, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be getting some additional DLC in the near future. While The Mandalorian Season 1 DLC is already available, The Mandalorian Season 2 icons have now been leaked (via Reddit). It gives LEGO Star Wars fans a first look at the […]

What a wicked game to play. There was a time before I knew about killing games. Before Hunger Games, before Danganronpa, before Squid Game. And then, I played 999. On the face of it, killing games seem sociopathic: We tend to follow a single “player” who is unwittingly enrolled in a game where only the […]

Time to hit the deck. This article is part of our new experimental series, Backlog Club, where we (Nintendo Life!) pick a game that’s likely to be on our list of “games we should get around to playing”, and then we (NL + you!) spend the next month playing that game. This is the halfway […]