While video games are full of passionate and excited people, there are certain people in the gaming industry that have a huge impact. Games are certainly more than one person, but sometimes there are names that bubble to the top. This isn’t about one single person, and we’d certainly love to honor everyone who helped
Month: December 2020
Valve has revealed its Steam “Best of 2020” lists, highlighting the best-selling and most played games on the digital storefront this year. While Valve doesn’t rank the games, meaning we don’t know what the overall best selling game on Steam is, nor does it include data like overall revenue, it does give a detailed peak
Katsuhiro Harada, most well known for his work on the Tekken fighting series, is heading up development for a new project at Bandai Namco that just might have the highest development budget in the company’s history. Harata, who currently serves as general manager, director, and producer, for Bandai Namco, recently hinted at the new project
Cyberpunk 2077 will begin receiving free DLC early next year, as discovered by a new update to the game’s official website. While no details were given, including specific release dates or what the DLC would entail, the official Cyberpunk 2077 website has been updated with the news. The page can be seen here at the
Despite the rest of 2020, the past 12 months have been rich with immersive video game worlds, inspiring characters, compelling gameplay mechanics, and fantastic soundtracks. You’ve already told us what your highlights are. Now leading developers in the industry share their personal PlayStation picks from the class of 2020*. Call of Duty: Warzone Play Video
Universal Studios Japan and Nintendo recently announced that Super Nintendo World is opening 4th February 2021. Today, has seen the company post a little teaser video for the new Yoshi attraction which is titled, Yoshi’s Adventure Ride. The attraction will see some familiar characters make an appearance including Baby Mario and the adorable Poochy, Check
This one is genuinely my favourite Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused until then we’ve left
As a new category for 2020, we wanted to give a focus to accessibility options in games and how developers are focusing on allowing more people to enjoy their games than ever before. This category is for the games that go above and beyond with accessibility options, implementing features that may seem incredibly niche, but
Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you missed, or simply enjoy looking back on a year which did
Even without full native compatibility on the PS5, PSVR still had a few big hitters this year, well-worth what the virtual reality platform has to offer. Many of the most standout experiences came as VR additions and support to other non-VR games, like the full VR integration of Star Wars Squadrons or VR support in
It’s that time of the week where we find out the FIFA 21 Team of the Week (TOTW) once more. EA have picked the best players from those that have been performing to a high standard in the real world over the last seven days. Take a look at the official FIFA 21 Team of
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Earlier this year, Cloud Imperium Games, makers of Star Citizen, declared that it would publish a new roadmap, laying out both recently completed work and showcasing new goals to be completed over the coming year. In his discussion of the
CD Projekt Red is having a catastrophic month, and Cyberpunk 2077 has been at the forefront of industry scrutiny since its controversial release at the start of December. Even though the game’s sales have already exceeded its costs, investors have taken heavy monetary losses. One such investor – Rosen Law Firm in New York – filed
By Grace Curtis, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 16:04 GMT Epic’s second last free game is here, and as predicted, it’s the 2012 action-RPG Torchlight 2. Log into the Epic Store any time between now and 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT tomorrow to download the game. You can also get the original Torchlight
By Grace Curtis, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 15:33 GMT Let’s do a little experiment. Flex your shoulders back and count how many times your spine goes pop. Personally I’d put it at somewhere between fifteen and thirty, but that’s just me. Maybe it’s time to invest in a better chair – like those gigantic cushioned
By Grace Curtis, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 14:31 GMT Didn’t get that snazzy gaming laptop you wanted for Christmas? No sweat. Best Buy is running a surprisingly good end of year sale, which includes savings in the hundreds on new gaming laptops. As is often the case, discounts are proportional to price – that is
Japanese Nintendo magazine Nintendo Dream have published a wide-ranging interview with Koei Tecmo producer Yosuke Hayashi regarding the action-packed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild musou prequel, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Mr. Hayashi talks about a number of things including making the four playable Champions playable, along with working with the Zelda:
Proper dad joke, this one Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused until then we’ve left you
Following hot on the heels of the multiplayer free play week that’s just happened in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, developer Treyarch has revealed another double XP period for both their game and Call of Duty: Warzone. Players can make use of the New Year’s break to level up even quicker than usual.
Don’t you just get so disappointed when you’re eating ramen, but it doesn’t represent your favourite hobby: playing video games and chugging soda? No? Well, Twitter user @huynasaur apparently does, and rectified that oversight with a barf-inducing Christmas meal made with plenty of original flavour Mountain Dew, the tropical-flavoured “Baja Blast” variant, and Nacho Cheese
Dreams won Games for Change’s Game of the Year 2020, as well as being nominated for our own Game of the Year awards in the Best Family Game category. Despite awareness of the game, though, many creators feel like they’re not getting enough exposure for their creations. The issue, according to Kotaku, is the game
[embedded content] If you play Apex Legends, then you know Pathfinder. He’s a high-mobility character with incredibly cheery voice lines. Even when he obliterates entire teams, it’s hard to get mad at the lovable oaf. Despite being one of the game’s most popular personalities, Respawn has never released an official backstory description for him. Based
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google launched Stadia just over a year ago to a distinct lack of cheers, and for good reason. There weren’t many games, the controller bundle was expensive, and the service was unreliable. Stadia has not been completely rehabilitated in the
By Grace Curtis, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 16:24 GMT Drumroll please! Okay, maybe not. The list of free games in the Epic Games Store Winter Sale leaked quite a while ago, so there’ll be no monocle-popping or tea-spitting or expressions of indignant surprise in any form. But yes, the prophecy is true yet again, and
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Fresh leaks suggest that Nvidia’s next-generation GPU will be named after computing pioneer Ada Lovelace with an enormous jump in maximum GPU core counts relative to current parts. The leaks, written by @kopite7kimi, suggest the chip could pack 12 GPU
By Grace Curtis, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 15:49 GMT Hello! While the rest of the VG team are away for the holidays, we here at Jelly Deals are burning the midnight oil, so you’ll see a little activity between now and the 4th. First things first: Cheap drives. They don’t look terribly flashy, but extra
HAL Laboratory, the team behind the beloved Kirby franchise, have participated in a feature with Japanese site 4Gamer. The feature sees the site talk to numerous Japanese video game developers who discuss and tease their plans for 2021. Here’s what the developers of the series had to say about their plans for next year, Tadashi
Already regretting allowing this one, tbh Every year Graham opens the secret panel in the back of all our heads (with a little screwdriver) and removes our batteries so we don’t cause any trouble over the break. On January the 4th he’ll put new ones in, but to keep you amused until then we’ve left
Traditionally, January is the weakest month of the year for releases, yet January 2021 doesn’t fail to disappoint. There’s not a lot to shout about, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some Xbox diamonds twinkling in the rough. If you are in the mood for remasters, Series X overhauls and indie darlings then January
With the year drawing to a close, it’s time for developers and publishers to reflect on the year gone by. They’re also drawing up plans for the year ahead. In more than 100 interviews with Japanese game creators, carried out by Famitsu, a long list of unannounced titles were revealed to be in development. Very
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