Strategy

Former Total War developer accuses Creative Assembly of ‘mismanagement’ and says strategy series AI is ‘limited by design’

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A former developer at Total War studio Creative Assembly has written an extensive personal account of his time at the studio, detailing the development problems with the strategy games Total War: Rome 2 and Total War: Attila, claiming that these problems were exacerbated by a inflexible and counterproductive leadership structure and “chronic mismanagement,” sometimes resulting … Read more

Could another Nintendo series adopt the ‘traditional’ Zelda template?

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The candidates – Light fantasy While not necessarily part of the traditional Zelda formula, a light fantasy setting is a hallmark of all Zelda titles. It is also common in Zelda clones. Here are a few franchises Nintendo could use if they stuck to the fantasy trope: Child Ikarus Let’s start this list with perhaps … Read more

Matt Booty, President of Xbox Game Content and Studios, on ‘Beginning to Hit Our Stride’, Game Pass strategy, ‘Fallout’ update, studio closures and more

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Laurel McConnell/Microsoft Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all Xbox studios including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well … Read more

Deckbuilder ‘Wildfrost’ scores Balatro crossover in new update, here are the patch notes

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube769k The cute roguelike deckbuilder Wildfrost has landed a crossover with Balatro as part of the ‘Friends and Foes’ update. This update appeared on Steam early this month, but has only just thawed out on Switch this week – just in time for the European eShop Summer Sale, we might … Read more

Round Up: Every Nintendo Switch game we played at Summer Game Fest 2024

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Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble (June 25) Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube769k We’re just a few weeks away from the first brand new (non-mobile) Super monkey ball game over a decade, and Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble looks… pretty good. With plenty of cutscenes featuring the cute new monkey, tons of new stages and … Read more

Round Up: Every Switch Highlight at the Future Games Show – Summer Showcase 2024

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube768k There have already been a ton of game announcements this week, and now the Future Games Show – Summer Showcase for 2024 includes more than 40 exciting upcoming games for multiple platforms, including the Switch. Some of these include console announcements, and a handful of these have also been … Read more

What are you playing this weekend? (1 June)

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Jim Norman, staff writer I rolled credits on Animal Well this week, which means I only have about 97% of the game left to complete. I plan to do some serious exploring this weekend and see how many times I can mutter to myself, “Wait, how long have I been able to do this?” That?” … Read more

New ChatGPT: 12 groundbreaking prompts you haven’t tried before

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New ChatGPT: 12 groundbreaking prompts you haven’t tried before NurPhoto via Getty Images The possibilities of ChatGPT are expanding. Attention ambitious entrepreneurs. Last week, OpenAI announced it was launching ChatGPT 4o (“o” for “omni”), its “new flagship model that can reason over audio, vision and text in real time.” Faster, cheaper and more comprehensive, this … Read more