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Poll: When The Heck Is Metroid Prime 4 Actually Launching?

Bounty hunting for a date.Over the last week or so, we here at Nintendo Life have been having a few spirited debates about when Metroid Prime 4: Beyond might actually launch. By all accounts, it's still scheduled for 2025, but time's ticking by quickly, and we're still very much in ...
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Free Play Days – EA Sports College Football 26, Surviving Mars, The Knightling and Lost Eidolons

August 28, 2025 Free Play Days – EA Sports College Football 26, Surviving Mars, The Knightling and Lost Eidolons
  • Kyle Ocean, Marketing Manager, Xbox
Lock in this weekend, as we’ve got plenty to play with Free Play Days! EA Sports College Football 26, Surviving Mars and Lost Eidolons ...
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Coffee convos, demonic detectives, and cow life simming are part of a pro-Palestine charity bundle coming to Itch.io

A bundle of games aiming to raise money to aid the United Nations' Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in their efforts to help Palestinian refugees is set to go on sale via Itch.io next week. Just over 380 games are part of it, including the likes of Coffee Talk, Lucifer ...
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The Biggest Pokémon Card Crashers And Climbers This Week – August 28

The Crown Zenith market has been sending some mixed signals this month. While some Galarian Gallery Ultra Rares are dipping in value, Secret Rares are heating up thanks to collector demand and limited availability. Mid-tier fan-favorites like Leafeon VSTAR and Suicune V are seeing downward pressure, while the golden Secret ...
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Atomfall’s second expansion, The Red Strain, unleashes its crimson tendrils next month

Dig your finest cricket bat out of the loft - Atomfall developers Rebellion have revealed its second story expansion is set to arrive in September. It's dubbed The Red Strain, and looks to star a not-Robobrain who's connected to a bunch of crimson plantlife filling the Cumberland quarantine zone. This ...
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Xbox Newcomers Are Thanking Veteran Helldivers 2 Players for Helping Them Out — and Player Numbers Are Seeing a Massive Boost as a Result

In one of the more wholesome video game stories of the year, veteran Helldivers 2 players who’ve seen and done it all on PC and PlayStation 5 are helping out Xbox newcomers, with player numbers hitting new heights.Arrowhead’s Sony-published third-person co-op shooter launched on Xbox Series X and S this ...
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“A culture of intimidation, retaliation and oppression”: How Microsoft’s Gaza stance fuelled an industry-spanning boycott

Every October, Microsoft host an Employee Giving campaign for charities chosen by staff, with the company matching any funds they raise. During last October’s Giving month, a group of Microsoft workers organised a vigil for Palestinians killed by the Israeli military during the current invasion of Gaza, stumping up donations ...
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Japanese Charts: Switch And Switch 2 Hardware Are Both Crushing The Competition

You almost feel bad for them...The latest boxed charts from Japan are now available thanks to Famitsu, and as expected, Nintendo's first-party line-up for Switch 2 is doing particularly well.Specifically, Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza remain unchanged at the top, selling a further 30,202 and 8,424 copies respectively ...
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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance – the (re)making of a ninja

You never see a true ninja attack coming. So it’s only appropriate that none of us predicted Joe Musashi sneaking back onto our screens when Shinobi: Art of Vengeance was announced at The Game Awards in 2023. It’s been eagerly anticipated since, but the 2D action platformer is finally ready ...
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Everything We Learnt from the Arknights: Endfield gamescom Booth

You may have spotted the brand new trailer for GRYPHLINE's upcoming game Arknights: Endfield, a real-time 3D RPG with strategic gameplay elements, during Opening Night Live, but there was certainly no missing the game's presence on the show floor at gamescom. As one of the leading game companies from China ...
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