Category: Gaming

For the last few years, it’s been the best deal in gaming: one month of Game Pass for one dollar. Microsoft’s trial offer for the first month of an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass subscription was a great introduction to the service as well as being a great way to sample — or, given a whole month, play the entirety of...

Resident Evil 4 Remake has only been out for a few days, but players have already found a trick that lets you skip the village fight in its entirety. The Resident Evil games are practically designed for players to speedrun them, encouraging you to learn them inside out so you can get as short a time as possible – after all, why else would...

Baseball fans, MLB The Show 23 launches tomorrow! With that in mind, let’s discuss the modes to get you started. Play Video New Legends* Play as more than 180 Legends from all Eras of Baseball. New Legends Derek Jeter, David Wright, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and more join a star-studded list of Hall of Famers and generational talent. You can put together your dream...

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) In 2019, Magic Design Studios—a new team comprised of many ex-Ubisoft staff—put out the Rayman-esque Unruly Heroes, which we thought was a great platformer with some amazing visuals. For the next few years, the team went quiet while working on its next game, revealed in late 2021 as Have A Nice Death, a tough action roguelite about the grim...

In June 2020 games writer Chris Avellone, best known for his work on Planescape Torment and the Fallout series, was accused of sexual misconduct on Twitter by two women (opens in new tab). At the time Avellone was silent beyond a few brief replies on Twitter (now deleted), but the accusations led to several studios publicly cutting ties with the writer. Around a year...

Intercept Games has shared an update on its second patch for Kerbal Space Program 2. Kerbal Space Program 2, which released in early access in February, received its first (extensive) patch earlier this month. This followed a rather rocky launch for the space-flight simulator, which saw a steep fall in player numbers soon after release, with many asking for refunds due to the game’s...

It’s a dangerous world out there for the indie developer looking to make a splash with a new live service game. All games release at risk of failure, but the competitive multiplayer space has proved a no man’s land for many a promising game over the last few years. Omega Strikers, launching this April to all platforms, is rushing in nonetheless. With its cocktail...

Image: Nintendo Life Ever wondered what happens when Kirby swallows his enemies? Well, he doesn’t eat them, at least in the traditional sense — that’s according to HAL Laboratory’s executive director Shinya Kumazaki. In an interview with Polygon at this year’s GDC, the publication was dying to know the truth behind Kirby’s enemy-absorbing ability. Kumazaki was at the San Francisco-based conference along with expert...

A dataminer of Resident Evil 4 Remake has discovered a reference to Separate Ways, suggesting more DLC may be on the way soon. As shared on Twitter by Resident Evil Central, dataminer Gosetsu found a folder named The Another Order within the game’s files, alongside files for the Chainsaw demo and the Mercenaries mode. The Another Order was the name of the extra game...

Bad news, everyone: We’ll no longer be able to live high on the hog of Microsoft’s largesse. The Verge (opens in new tab) reports that the company is terminating its long-lived—and very persuasive—$1 Game Pass Ultimate trial (opens in new tab), which gave you a month’s access to the 100+ games in the PC and Xbox Game Pass libraries for the low, low price...