9 ‘adult’ games we’d like to see in Nintendo Switch Online’s new N64 app

Image: Nintendo Life The arrival of Rareware’s classic Perfect Dark and Acclaim’s Turok: Dinosaur Hunter via the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack was a very welcome announcement in the June 2024 Nintendo Direct. Both titles are the first entries in Nintendo’s new, separate N64 app with a ‘ MATURE 17+’ label. Following on from the … Read more

Round Up: Limited Run Games Showcase 2024 – Every Switch Announcement and Physical

Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III (physical, summer 2024) Image: Limited Run Games The side-scrolling bishojo action game series “Valis”, which was first released in the 1980s and gained popularity, celebrated its 35th anniversary in December 2021. To commemorate this, three of the series’ most popular titles, “Valis: The Fantasm Soldier”, “Valis II” and “Valis … Read more

Hands On: Can Lord Of The Rings spice up a stale genre with ‘Tales Of The Shire’?

Image: Private department Right at the beginning of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit‘adventure’ is a bit of a dirty word. When the wizard Gandalf first meets the timid Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving, tobacco-smoking Hobbit, he asks: “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure I’m arranging, and it’s very difficult to find someone.” Bilbo’s answer? … Read more

Soapbox: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Won’t Be the Franchise’s ‘BOTW Moment’, and That’s OK

Image: Nintendo Life When Nintendo closed its latest Direct presentation with the full reveal of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the world got a little louder for a moment as fans celebrated the glorious return of one of the company’s most revered franchises. FinallyAfter its initial announcement in 2017, Prime 4 is scheduled to launch in … Read more

Preview: Tales of the Shire lets you live a domestic hobbit life set before Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit And The Lord of the Rings are grand fantasy adventures laced with intense action, dramatic moments and complex characters. When it comes to video game adaptations, most try to capture the feel of the films, or make war central to Tolkien’s works. But what if we did away with all that and instead … Read more

Hands On: ‘The Plucky Squire’ – Wit and charm enough to make Nintendo jealous

Image: Nintendo Life When we walked into the Devolver booth in front of The Plucky Squire during the Summer Game Fest Play Days, we felt like we were going back to our childhood. There was a huge, colorful mural on the wall depicting the upcoming All Possible Future adventure game ahead. To our left was … Read more

Hands On: ‘Hello Kitty Island Adventure’ was by far our biggest surprise of the summer gaming fest

Image: Sunblink “One world, connecting smiles.” That is the slogan Sanrio, the company responsible for its creation Hello Kitty, founded in 2021. The brand is all about ‘Minna Nakayoku’, which means ‘we all friends’ or ‘Getting along together’. Unity, friendship and love encompass the world of Sanrio, and it worked. For me, Hello Kitty has … Read more

Apple shut down a popular feature, dealing a major blow to iPhone users

By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com 3:38 PM June 18, 2024, updated 5:57 PM June 18, 2024 Apple discontinued a popular feature just a year after launch, which was a major blow to iPhone users. The tech giant withdrew its buy now, pay later, better known as Apple Pay Later, which allowed users to … Read more

New research highlights the alarming impact of sleep deprivation on cognitive function

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A recent study published in Experimental brain research has shed new light on how total sleep deprivation affects the brain’s ability to process and integrate multiple stimuli presented in rapid succession. The researchers found that going a full day without sleep significantly impairs both attention and temporal integration mechanisms. In other words, going a whole … Read more

Hands On: Black Myth: Wukong is a transformative action RPG

Subscribe to Pure Xbox at YouTube24k Pure Xbox’s Craig Reid has spent the last few days at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, where he had the chance to preview a range of upcoming Xbox releases. Today we share his thoughts on a hands-on demo of Black Myth: Wukong, which takes us into two hours … Read more