Opinion: One Year On, Every Positive ‘Pokémon TCG Pocket’ Update Still Comes With A Catch
A flip-flopping Magikarp.About a year ago, I reviewed Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket here at Nintendo Life, awarding it a respectable 7/10, largely because collecting ‘mons from that initial set of packs felt kinetic and exciting.Sure, there was far too much monetisation in the form of multiple different currencies, and ...
‘They Complained, Then Left With the Best Exclusivity Deal of All Time’ – The Story of PS2’s Blockbuster GTA Deal
Pints of beer after work in a cosy London pub. A glass of wine in the evening at a villa in the Sunset Marquis hotel, West Hollywood. A phone call in the dark outside a Chinese restaurant in Windsor, England.These three disparate scenes, all more than 5,000 miles from Sony's ...
Poll: Box Art Brawl – Duel: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Interest-Ing.Hello hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!Last time, we looked at Hey You, Pikachu! for the N64, and although neither version was particularly popular, it was the North American version that won the day with 61% of the vote.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
Plants Vs. Zombies: Replanted Has Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Another patch is on the way.Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted launched for the Switch and Switch 2 this week, and PopCap has already rolled out some updates. These patches will be arriving on both platforms soon.First up, is Patch 1.2. Here are all the changes for this patch, including updates to ...
Old School RuneScape is getting its first new skill since it launched, and so the XP grind begins anew
A thing I find a lot of joy in is the fact that despite there's technically a new, shinier, perhaps by some people's standards better version of it, Old School RuneScape is still kicking around. Before the Old School was tagged on the front end of it, RuneScape was an ...
Nivalis catches yet another delay, this time into 2026, but it sounds like it’s for fair reasons
There are two sides to every game delay coin. On the one hand, it's a shame when you're looking forward to a thing only to have to wait even longer for said thing. On the other, there's too many damn video games these days and, oh, gods, don't we all ...
The Paranormal Activity games gets a slightly new name and a scarily underwhelming first gameplay trailer
You know, with the original Paranormal Activity steadily approaching two decades of existence, it's becoming harder and harder to recognise what it actually was and is as opposed to the cultural consensus around it. First and foremost you probably think of it as a cheap, jump-scare-filled kind of horror movie, ...
Fire Emblem Shadows Gets A Free Update Adding New Story, Map And More
Play through 'Book 2 episodes 1-4' today.In case you missed it, Nintendo shadow-dropped the new mobile game Fire Emblem Shadows in September. If you haven't given this free-to-play title a go just yet, now might be the time to take a look.A new story "and more" has been added in ...
After EA’s buyout and creator exodus, The Sims team wants you to know their “values and commitment remain the same”
Last month, something a bit surprising, and perhaps concerning, took place in the games industry: a deal was made which saw that a mixture of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, equity firm Silver Lake, and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners had privately acquired EA. There's a whole host ...
