Category: Gaming

Zelda games were always religious, but Tears of the Kingdom pushes it even further

Zelda games were always religious, but Tears of the Kingdom pushes it even further

Chapter 6 of the 1992 Japanese guidebook to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past contains what might be the strangest officially licensed image of Link ever created. In a black-and-white church, bathed in the holy light of an arched window, our hero kneels in worship. He’s not wearing his usual pointy hat; instead, you see the long Hylian ears poking through...

Get One Of The Best Horror Games Of The 2010s For Free On PC Right Now

Get One Of The Best Horror Games Of The 2010s For Free On PC Right Now

Amnesia: The Bunker is now out, adding a new entry of sinister scares to the Amnesia series. To celebrate the release, GOG has announced that Amnesia: A Machine of Pigs is currently free on that platform for PC gamers. To claim it, all you’ll need to do is log in to your GOG account–or sign up for free–navigate to the game page for this...

Nintendo Reveals You Can Customize Your Explorer In New Pikmin 4 Trailer

Nintendo Reveals You Can Customize Your Explorer In New Pikmin 4 Trailer

Nintendo has revealed that players can customize their controllable explorer in Pikmin 4.  This news comes by way of a new Pikmin 4 trailer released today, which sets up the story of the game and shows off what its customization options look like. As for the story, you play as a rescue explorer sent to a mysterious planet to rescue not one crew but...

Pikmin 4 Will ‘Rise To The Occasion’ In Brand New Trailer

Pikmin 4 Will ‘Rise To The Occasion’ In Brand New Trailer

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you were getting worried about the silence surrounding Pikmin 4 since its February 2023 Direct release date reveal, then fear no longer. Today, Nintendo has just shared a brand new trailer for the long-awaiting fourth entry in the Pikmin series. This new footage doesn’t show us much of the game at all, but it does set...

Western Digital’s new Xbox Series X expansion cards are now official

Western Digital’s new Xbox Series X expansion cards are now official

The Xbox Series X now has a whopping two options when it comes to upgrading its fast internal storage. Western Digital just announced (formally, anyway — it leaked a couple of months ago) the WD Black C50 512 GB and 1 TB expansion cards. It looks a little edgier than the Seagate model that’s been available since the Series X launched, and it has...

Microsoft Must Pay US Government $20 Million Over Xbox Privacy Violations

Microsoft Must Pay US Government $20 Million Over Xbox Privacy Violations

Microsoft has been fined $20 million by the Federal Trade Commission for collecting personal information from children via Xbox, which the FTC says was done without consent from parents. According to the US watchdog group, Microsoft failed to notify parents and has violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the process. In addition to the fine, Microsoft will now also have to...

Chris Hemsworth On Why Thor: Love And Thunder Makes Him Cringe

Chris Hemsworth On Why Thor: Love And Thunder Makes Him Cringe

Chris Hemsworth has discussed 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder, saying the film makes him cringe now looking back on it. But he cringes and he laughs at it in equal measure, he said. “I cringe and laugh equally at it,” he told GQ. “I think we just had too much fun. It just became too silly. It’s always hard being in the centre of...

Players’ Choice: Vote for May’s Best New Game

Players’ Choice: Vote for May’s Best New Game

We guided humanity, hid from harmful humans, and saw what the world is like once people are gone. Which game gave you the best human experience in the month of May?  How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon thereafter, we’ll close the polls,...

Diablo IV Review – Heaven-sent

Diablo IV Review – Heaven-sent

Diablo IV successfully tempts me to gleefully indulge in sin at every turn. A thrilling hunt for rare loot feeds my insatiable greed and lust for power. The satisfaction of slaughtering thousands of foes, supernatural or otherwise, leaves little room for remorse. Whether taking down the forces of darkness alone or with friends, this is a massive and deeply engrossing action RPG that keeps...

Talking Point: Which Version Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Is Your Favourite?

Talking Point: Which Version Of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Is Your Favourite?

Image: Nintendo Life Link’s Awakening turns 30 today, having launched in Japan on 6th June 1993. Despite the very modest hardware that hosted it, the developers turned out a full-featured, full-fat Zelda adventure on Game Boy which left a mark on the series. Image: Nintendo It was in Link’s Awakening that trading sequences were introduced, not to mention fishing, flying with cuccos, playing an...