Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers’ Choice (June 2024)

Image: Nintendo Life It’s July now, so it’s time to look back at the Switch eShop releases of the past month and pick our favorite. It’s been a relatively quiet month on the Switch front, with Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD being the big new physical releases, though the late-arriving … Read more

What’s going on with Beyond Good and Evil 2?

In June, on the eve of the release of Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Editionpublisher Ubisoft made a surprising announcement: the sequel to that game, Outside Good and Evil 2was still in development, the company said. It was the first official update to the sequel, which has been in the works for a … Read more

Review: Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition (Xbox) – Ubisoft’s classic revived

It feels like we’ve been waiting for it forever Beyond Good & Evil 2 In order to tide us over until then, Ubisoft has now released a new remaster of the original version – this time to celebrate the game’s 20th anniversary. Yes, this year marks two decades since the original title debuted on the … Read more

XDefiant developers talk about Bunny Hopping, Balance and new cards

While the dust settled on a hectic (and messy) launch, I got a chance to talk to the FPS XChallenging‘s executive producer Mark Rubin and creative director Safy Saada on the free-to-play Duty-like the first few weeks, how the Ubisoft team is balancing the game, the all-important bunny hopping, making good maps, and the future … Read more

What are you playing this weekend? (1 June)

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

Review: XDefiant (PS5) – Solid shooter that doesn’t stand out much, but still has potential

The multiplayer shooter genre has gone through a strange movement in recent years. Call of Duty just isn’t what it used to be, Battlefield 2042 missed the mark somewhat, and even Apex Legends has become less interesting as it enters its 21st season of content. This is where a whole bunch of new kids have … Read more