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"This Is An Incredible Gift" - The Legend Of Zelda Gets Transformative Two-Player Mod For Its 40th Birthday
"This will very likely be a treasure that we’ll go back to for the rest of our lives". The Zelda series isn't alien to the concept of co-operative play – see Four Swords and Tri Force Heroes – but the original 1986 title has remained a resolutely single-player affair, until now. Developer Deric Miller has just released Z for 2 , a hack which turns The Legend of Zelda into a "two-player simultaneous cooperative multiplayer game." Read the full article on timeextension.com
Star Wars needs a win, and IMAX boss thinks Starfighter might be the one: "That's a throwback to the Harrison Ford kind of Star Wars"
Star Wars: Starfighter is out next May
Hogwarts Legacy 2 officially confirmed as a "second installment" of the Harry Potter-inspired action RPG in new letter from Warner Bros.
With no release date or other information
The next Kingdom Come RPG now has a release window, and thankfully Warhorse isn't taking another 7-year gap between games
Despite also working on another game based on The Lord of the Rings
Crimson Desert studio allocates more staff to DokeV, the open-world creature collecting game announced in 2019
The colourful adventure game is now set for the end of 2028
ModRetro Shadow Drops Enhanced Versions Of Earthworm Jim and Rayman 2 on Game Boy
While we've all been getting excited about the arrival of the M64 and testing out the launch games and their Trident controller of late, I've definitely been guilty of not picking up my Chromatic. And while we've all been diving into Xibalba 64 and
This Lego Mario Kart set may seem simple, but it's one of the toy-maker's best large-scale figures to date
We go hands-on with the impressive Lego Luigi & Mach 8 display set. Here's what we think
PlayStation Plus games for August have been confirmed
Sony is still “exploring new ways to deliver” the titles The post PlayStation Plus games for August have been confirmed appeared first on NME .
Despite wanting to spend the rest of his career in Star Wars, Ewan McGregor says that Disney "seem to not be ready" to bring back Obi-Wan
He's ready when they are
F-Zero 99 Receives Ver. 1.7.2 Update, But The Patch Notes Keep Its Changes A Mystery
(F-)Zero information. Keen to remind us all that it hasn't forgotten about F-Zero 99 , Nintendo has today released a new update for the battle royale racer. The ver. 1.7.2 update is available on Switch right now, and in classic Nintendo form, the patch notes are far from detailed. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a huge A1 poster and Top 100 games mini-mag
Plus, The Blood of Dawnwalker, Wardogs, Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, graphics cards tested, and much more, too
"The most offensive thing we see every time we boot up the game" Halo co-creator takes shots Campaign Evolved art direction
It's been an interesting launch period for Halo: Campaign Evolved. Despite reviewing well , the game has failed to sell particularly well on PS5 , where the low-effort Black Ops 1 and 2 ports seemingly outsold the Microsoft title 16-to-1. After the game shipped, multiple contract positions were terminated , and players have been taking umbrage with some of the mechanical and artistic changes to the game. Read more
Spider-Man: Brand New Day writers confirm Jean Grey didn't kill anyone, which is a good move ahead of the X-Men film
The writers have clarified her actions
Twitch is training AI on livestreams, says it's an opt out feature as "nobody would opt in"
Twitch - the popular gaming and IRL streaming platform - has announced it'll start training generative AI models on those livestreaming on the platform. Read more
"Nobody Is Obligated To Download Or Play It" - Mario Kart 64 And Minish Cap Get Native Dual-Screen 3DS Ports
...but Minish Cap lists Anthropic's Claude Codex as a contributor. EstebanPdN , the creator of the 3DS port of Link to the Past , has returned with two more native 3DS ports – one for N64 racer Mario Kart 64 and another for the GBA Zelda, Minish Cap . Based on SpaghettiKart , the Mario Kart project is "designed specifically around the Nintendo 3DS, with dual-screen features and performance optimizations for real hardware," according to its developer. Read the full article on timeextension.com
‘If it was opt in, nobody would opt in’: Twitch is using streamers’ content to train generative AI by default
Users have to manually turn off the setting to stop their content being used
Pokémon Go In-Game Auto-Catcher Is Now Being Rolled Out
Update: Check to see if you have it. Dataminers have reportedly discovered a potential new in-game item for Pokémon GO that throws Pokéballs and spins Pokéstops automatically, potentially rendering a whole bunch of physical accessories obsolete. As covered by IGN , code has been datamined by PokeMiners and posted in its Discord server, revealing the following description: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Stop Killing Games backs Dutch consumer rights lawsuit against Sony's PlayStation digital store "monopoly"
Stop Killing Games, the grassroots initiative fighting to prevent game publishers from shutting down servers without offering an alternative, has joined a lawsuit filed in the Netherlands against Sony for its alleged monopoly of selling digital games on the PlayStation Store (via GamesRadar ). Read more
Switch 2 Demo Kiosks Now Advertising September Price Hike
Nintendo announced the new prices in May. Earlier this year, Nintendo announced sweeping price hikes for the Switch 2 , and while the new prices have already been applied in Japan, this will not hit Western markets until 1st September 2026 . The North American market is just weeks away from this increase, and in the US, Nintendo fans have noticed in-store kiosks are now advertising the new price of $499.99 . Here's the message, which appears on screen between demo sessions and a look (this was spotted at a Walmart and shared on the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit): Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Round Up: The Reviews For The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered On Switch 2 Are In
Here's what the critics think. Bethesda has this week launched its epic fantasy RPG The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered on the Switch 2 this week, and the reviews are now rolling in. If you still aren't sure about this version of the game, or just want to find out more, our review is now live. Despite some technical setbacks on Switch hardware, we thought it was a solid experience, awarding it 8/10. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Limited Run Announces Lord Of The Rings: War In The North Physical Release
And so it begins. Earlier this week, Aspyr revived The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition for Switch, Switch 2 and other platforms. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Super Mario Sunshine's Soundtrack Joins Nintendo Music Today, Here's Every Song Included
Take a trip to paradise. Alongside the Switch Online + Expansion update game today, Nintendo has released the soundtrack for Super Mario Sunshine on Nintendo Music . This game's album was composed by Koji Kondo and Shinobu Tanaka, it contains 58 tracks and has a total run time of 1 hour and 34 minutes. Here's the full soundtrack: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement
The comments are "remarkably pathetic," the writer said in response.
Big Walk devs talk the Australian bush and friendslop: 'I'd prefer the second word wasn't slop'
The open world was based on a real world national park.