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Ark: Survival Evolved Has Been Updated Again For Switch

Version 2.0.5 has landed.Ark: Survival Evolved got a massive overhaul on the Nintendo Switch last year with the release of the 'Ultimate Survivor Edition'.In case you missed it, it improved visual quality and performance, reduced load times and added in a number of quality-of-life features including inventory management. Fast forward ...
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Session: Skate Sim Shreds Onto Nintendo Switch In 2023

Made by skaters, for skaters.Update : A listing for Sessions: Skate Sim has now appeared on the Switch eShop and Nintendo's official website. It will apparently be arriving on 16th March 2023.There'll be two versions - the standard one for $49.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) and the Deluxe Edition ...
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343 Industries Will Continue to Develop Halo ‘Now and in the Future’

Amidst rumors that 343 Industries has been taken off of lead development of the Halo franchise, the studio has taken to Twitter to state that it will continue to "develop Halo now and in the future."343 Industries' studio head Pierre Hintze shared the message on Twitter, saying, "Halo and Master ...
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343 Industries will continue to develop future Halo games, despite rumours to the contrary

343 Industries "will continue to develop Halo now and in the future," says studio head Pierre Hintze. The statement was released in response to rumours that 343 would instead take a backseat on future Halo games by serving to manage external studios, rather than developing the games themselves as they ...
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink reunites Final Fantasy vets for skyfaring action RPG

The original Granblue Fantasy was a JRPG mobile game only released in Japan, but that didn't stop enterprising westerners going to the effort to play it. That's mainly because it counted Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba among its developers. Granblue Fantasy: Relink is set in ...
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The Callisto Protocol Gets New Game+ and a Number of Fixes

Alongside a number of fixes that, among other things, addresses the Maximum Security Achievement/Trophy bug, The Callisto Protocol's latest update has added New Game+.Striking Distance Studios shared the patch notes for the v. 3.01 update on Reddit, and it will finally allow players to jump back into the horrors of ...
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Marvel’s Avengers will receive no new content and its final patch arrives in March

Crystal Dynamics are ending support for Marvel's Avengers, their live service superhero game. That means it won't receive any further new content, its final balance patch will be released on March 31st, and all other support and the sale of the game will cease on September 30th. Players who already ...
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Guide: Best Pixel Art Switch Games

Our pick of impeccable pixels.Of all the art styles in video games, none has a stronger chokehold on developers and players alike than the humble pixel. Whether it's a fantastically detailed modern take on what is possible in pixels, or something made in homage to NES and SNES games of ...
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Soapbox: Fire Emblem Engage’s Nintendo NYC Launch Felt Pretty Unengaging

The red carpet stayed rolled up.It was Fire Emblem Engage launch day and Nintendo Life had boots on the ground in New York City to document the launch of Intelligent Systems’ latest entry in the series, at Nintendo NYC in Rockefeller Center.Nintendo fans in New York City are spoiled. We ...
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Video Game Remakes Should Be More Than Just HD Clones of Old Games

Directors and Hollywood studios have been remaking films for decades. Many of those remakes are considered among the best movies of all time: The Thing, Heat, Scarface, A Fistful of Dollars, The Departed… the list goes on. Each one of these examples reexamines and recontextualizes the original story, creating a ...
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