Month: August 2025

Every Sonic, SEGA, DLC and Season Pass racer. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds arrives on 25th September 2025 and Sega has now officially confirmed the character line up at launch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Cash in those Bells. The day has finally arrived! After being revealed last month, Crocs has today launched its new Animal Crossing collection of clogs and Jibbitz on its North American site (they go live in Europe at 8am BST tomorrow morning). For Croc heads like this writer, this is a cause for celebration. You…

A rebirth is afoot. Publisher Acclaim, which was revived earlier this year after more than two decades of dormancy, is teasing some sort of announcement for next week. It’s tough to know exactly what this entails at this stage, and the only clue within the above tease is a very quick cut to show some…

Includes a look at ‘gameplay’. Following the exceptional work carried out to reimagine Zelda: Ocarina of Time with Ghibli-inspired visuals, animator RwanLink is back with another stunning short film. This time, it’s focused on Zelda: Majora’s Mask to celebrate the game’s 25th anniversary, which commenced back in April to align with the game’s release in…

The nose to the right, the eyes to the left. There are three things that you should know about me before we dive into this feature. 1) I am, to all intents and purposes, a ‘grown-up’. 2) I do not have any children, nor any tiny relatives to test this app on. 3) I’m a…

“Ready for the mega matchup of the millennium?”. Another week, another Pokémon Legends: Z-A teaser. The Pokémon Company is teasing another YouTube Premiere for Thursday, 28th August 2025. This is the second premiere in two weeks, following last week’s unveiling of Mega Victreebel. This time, the hook is a little more obvious – no purple…

Godspeed. Finally receiving a firm release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong is one thing, but to hear that it’ll be launching in less than two weeks is something else entirely. Yes, after years of speculation, Silksong has finally been confirmed to launch on the Switch and Switch 2 on 4th September 2025. Its mere presence…

Better late than never. Though Shantae has become well-established today as a recognisable indie gaming icon, there was once a time when the purple-haired half-genie hero struggled to find an audience. The original Shantae released for the GBC in 2002 and suffered poor sales, which led to publishers being unwilling to pick up the tab…

“47, your target is Frame Rate”. IO Interactive has launched a new update for Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition on the Switch 2. The key improvement here is the game’s frame rate, which at launch failed to maintain its 60fps target at frequent intervals. The patch adds in a ‘Frame Rate’ option to…

A huge blow for Capcom. From left: Bingo Morihashi, Hideaki Itsuno, and Daigo Ikeno Lightspeed Japan Studio, a subsidiary of the Tencent-owned company Lightspeed Studios, has announced a key expansion with the opening of a new office in Osaka. Read the full article on nintendolife.com