GameStop Hints At Another Playable Character For Resident Evil Requiem

But it’s not who you think it is.

Although Capcom has remained tightlipped on the prospect of Leon Kennedy cropping up in the upcoming Resident Evil Requiem, a good number of fans are adamant that the veteran character will indeed appear.

However, a new listing over on GameStop drops some new information regarding the Deluxe Edition of the game which, if accurate, seems to hint at a completely different playable character: Rosemary Winters (thanks, IGN).

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Random: Four Legendary Devs Walk Into A Bar… And We’re So Very Jealous

Imagine the conversations!

It’s the little things in life that bring us the most joy sometimes, and today, we’re bringing you an absolutely delightful photo from developer Suda51 (No More Heroes, Killer7) that’s been doing the rounds over the weekend.

It’s no secret that some of the greatest minds in Japanese game development like to get together to break bread (or knock back a beer or two), but this particular meeting is especially impressive. Here, we’ve got the aforementioned Suda51 with none other than Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby Air Riders, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate), Fumito Ueda (The Last Guardian, Shadow of the Colossus) and Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4).

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Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (November 2025)

Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch and Switch 2 in November!

At last, we’re almost at the end of 2025. Snow might be settling in where you are, temperature’s dropping — or perhaps you’re lucky to be reading from somewherein the southern hemisphere. But there’s one thing that remains the same wherever you’re reading from; it’s eShop Selects time once again!

Here we are once again, looking back at the last month of excellent releases. And it was a busy one in Switch 2 land, with two major Nintendo releases in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment and Kirby Air Riders both launching. Did we get time to play much else?

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows On Switch 2 Supposedly “Unplayable” For Some Players After Repeated Crashes

“I’m waiting for an update, it’s impossible to play”.

Apart from Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, one other significant Switch 2 release this week was the third-party title Assassin’s Creed Shadows. While Ubisoft’s new feudal Japan outing has been mostly well-received by critics on Nintendo’s new hybrid platform, it seems the experience hasn’t been quite as enjoyable for some players.

Multiple message board posts and social media threads online are filled with player reports about the game randomly crashing. Some players have even experienced repeated crashes, forcing them to completely halt their play sessions until Ubisoft deploys a patch.

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Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel – Metroid Prime Pinball

Ding ding ding!

It has been a particularly Metroid-packed week, and we’re keeping that Morph Ball rolling in the latest edition of Box Art Brawl.

Before we do that, however, let’s recap what happened last time. Celebrating the arrival of its Game Boy counterpart on NSO, we matched up three covers for Bionic Commando on the NES, and our favourite cover walked away with the win. The action-packed North American cover took the gold with 58% of the vote, Japan followed behind with 36% and Europe mopped up the remaining 6%.

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Video: Mario Kart World – Course Changes Side-By-Side Comparison (Original & Version 1.4.0 Update)

Spot the difference.

Earlier this week, Nintendo released a new update for the Switch 2 launch title Mario Kart World, bumping the racer up to Version 1.4.0.

In case you missed it, this is a major update, including all sorts of adjustments, changes and improvements. One highlight, in particular, is tied to the game’s courses. As mentioned in the patch notes, the layout of select tracks has been changed for certain modes.

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Review: Simogo Legacy Collection – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – Nothing Less Than Essential

Flipping great.

I had a moment of realisation while flipping my Switch 2 around in my hand and tapping at the screen in an effort to solve yet another clever-but-abstract puzzle. I realised that the Simogo Legacy Collection was one of the most unabashedly original sets of experiences I had encountered in a long time.

The funny thing was that I had already played every game in this collection years before. It had been so long that the zenith of mobile gaming had slipped into the realm of half-forgotten memories.

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Community: It’s Time To Rate Your Switch 1 & 2 Games Of The Year

A wild GOTY appears!

We’re into December now, and while there are still late-coming games showing up, it’s time to start looking back at the goodies the last 12 months have brought us. Yes, it’s GOTY time.

2025 has been a bumper one across the board, with brilliant games big and small — indie, are-they-indie?, and absolutely-definitely-not-indie — launching every single month. This is the year that Silksong finally came out, for heaven’s sake! Oh, and Nintendo launched a whole new platform. Just looking at the software, the quality in 2025 has been top-shelf.

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th December)

She’s finally here!

We are one week into December, and how many games have already been released? *Checks notes* All of them. All of the games have been released. Welcome, folks, to a busy edition of What Are You Playing.

Let’s try our best to recap the last seven days, shall we? Naturally, there was a lot of Metroid shenanigans to cover, with sweet new merch, glorious statues, updates, comparisons, credits and launch trailer goodness to dive into.

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Pikmin 4 Fans Hoping For Switch 2 Upgrade After Odd Listing Spotted On The eShop

Don’t get too excited, it’s been removed.

Pikmin 4 received a free update in November adding new content, but it wasn’t a Switch 2 upgrade and didn’t include any enhancements for the game on the new hybrid platform.

With this in mind, the same Switch title has now reportedly popped up in a section on the eShop, which focuses on first-party Nintendo “games with free updates” and also notes how select titles are enhanced when played on the Switch 2.

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