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Anachronistic medieval shooter Kingmakers catches an indefinite delay days before it was supposed to launch

There's a strong chance a good few of you out there saw that initial Kingmakers trailer from last year and thought "I'll take a piece of that pie." You came pretty close to getting your slice too, as it was due out next week on October 8th… except the devs ...
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Roleplay as Geralt in this nicely done Witcher 3 combat mod for Elden Ring

Elden Ring has been out for - hang on, let me just check my calendar… crikey, that long? - four years now, and despite being a behemoth of a game that I could never imagine seeing absolutely all of, I imagine there are some of you out there that have ...
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Feature: From Z To A — Honouring My Favourite Pokémon, One Letter At A Time

Gotta alphabetise ‘em all.Ever since The Pokémon Company uttered the name Pokémon Legends: Z-A, one idea has obsessively swirled around my mind: I needed to declare my favourite Pokémon for each letter in the alphabet, in reverse alphabetical order.Anyone else? Just me? And why? I don’t know, because what I ...
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Is Nine Sols currently hiding an entirely new game within itself? Yes, but I don’t know why yet

Remember last month when Nine Sols developer Red Candle Games started teasing… something… related to the Metroidvania? That something leaned much more into the studio's horror origins, and as it turns out has developed into a whole entire ARG. I won't dive into every last detail of said ARG, you ...
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Review: KUUKIYOMI 4: Consider It Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Delightfully Silly, With Plenty Of Dark Laughs

Why do humans read the air?We reported on the Switch 2 version of Kuukiyomi 4: Consider It having arrived with new features, including a bunch of exclusive mouse-mode content, and as a result of that, well, I agreed in writing in the comments that I'd review it. Thanks, past me ...
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Community: Played A Great Switch Game We Missed? Send Us Your Hot Tips

2 hot to stop.It's that time of year for our six-monthly Games We Missed round-up, when you lovely people flag great Switch games that slipped through Nintendo Life's nets. And this is the first edition since Switch 2 launched!While we've done our utmost to keep up with every new Switch ...
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Phantom Blade Zero Is A Delightfully Punishing Action-RPG

Often, we attach a certain descriptor to the fans of particular gaming genres. Someone might be a shooter aficionado or a puzzle expert, maybe a sports enthusiast, each eliciting a certain image that we might associate with a particular audience. Then there are the lovers of tough action games, those ...
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ICYMI: Switch 2 Available For Purchase At The My Nintendo Store (US)

Get yours today.If you're still considering a Switch 2 and happen to be located in the US, Nintendo has issued a reminder on social media that its new system is now available for purchase on the My Nintendo Store.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Multiplayer Review in Progress – Beta Impressions

I look forward to the Call of Duty multiplayer beta each fall in the same way I look forward to the return of pumpkin spice lattes: I know exactly what I'm in for, and I always savor that first warm, familiar sip. This year's closed beta is the blast of ...
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World of Warcraft’s Next Expansion Is Seemingly About to Kill the Game’s Biggest Mods

With World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard is getting ready to make good on a major change to the game teased earlier this year: making some of the numerous mods, or add-ons, players love to use to enhance their play obsolete. But Blizzard isn't just adding features to make the game's ...
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