Box Art Brawl – Duel: Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales

Image: Nintendo Life Is everybody ready for another edition of Box Art Brawl? Oh, go on then! With The Mysterious Book on our minds, we took a look at Yoshi’s Universal Gravitation last time, and it was another pretty close-run competition at the top. North America crashed out of the race with 14% of the…

PS5 Players Set For $7.8 Million Payout After Settlement Approval

The Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of a settlement lodged against Sony by lead plaintiff Agustin Caccuri in 2023, which accused the PlayStation developer and manufacturer of monopolizing the market by limiting third-party digital sales on its platforms. As part of the preliminary settlement, Sony will have to pay roughly $7.8 million to…

Pamela Anderson’s comic-book movie Barb Wire ages terribly in every way, except one

“Blade did it first.” That’s the refrain you’ll hear from any Blade fan whenever somebody mentions that the current, although now waning, trend of comic book movie blockbusters began with 2000’s X-Men and 2002’s Spider-Man. And yes, it’s true that Blade was a successful comic book adaptation, pulling in $131 million at the box office….

One-time Google competitor Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, throws in the towel after almost 30 years: ‘Jeeves’ spirit endures’

Ask.com is no more: The one-time Burger King to Google’s McDonalds has shuttered its search engine after nearly 30 years⁠—though the exact count seems to depend on who you ask⁠—with its website now turning up a farewell message to users. “Every great search must come to an end,” reads the message shared to Ask.com. “As…

New World of Warcraft Midnight update throws Hunters an essential lifeline, with Warriors and Shamans also on the rise

Blizzard has detailed its next World of Warcraft Midnight class tuning update, and it’s throwing a bone to Marksmanship Hunters, who have been feeling rather sad following its patch 12.0.5 rework. The new WoW patch notes also bring good news for the likes of Shaman, Warrior, Warlock, and Paladin, but Augmentation Evoker, Guardian Druid, and…

Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Amazon Asked Nintendo To Break The Law

At a recent NYU lecture, former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé divulged on a conversation between himself and an Amazon executive. Meeting in the late 2000s, Fils-Aimé says the e-commerce giant attempted to pressure Nintendo to not just burn relationships with other retailers, but outright break the law. “Amazon was looking to get bigger…

Round Up: The Previews Are In For 007: First Light

And here’s what other sites had to say: IGN: “It’s been many years since the last proper 007 game, and the larger Bond franchise seems to be in a state of reassessment. And that certainly puts IO Interactive’s latest in a great position to deliver an exciting new Bond game cleverly. With 007: First Light’s…

Diablo 4 update removes Lord of Hatred’s loot-snatching portals, with War Plans fixes to come

Blizzard’s latest Diablo 4 update strips out the automatic exit portals that were stealing away your hard-won loot, with Blizzard admitting the feature “missed the mark.” These patch notes for the action RPG‘s new expansion also put a stop to the ability to infinitely farm Nemesis boss lairs, and start making changes to fix the…

You’re not crazy, that one sewer puzzle in Half-Life 2 really did used to be harder

Half-Life 2 Has Been Quietly Changed for 20 Years – YouTube Watch On YouTuber Ocelot, who specializes in videos comparing different versions of games like Silent Hill 3 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, recently took to analyzing different versions of Half-Life 2. Valve’s FPS may not seem as fruitful a topic for dissection, but there…

Magic: The Gathering One Ring art controversy ends with artist admission

A newly revealed version of The One Ring card for Magic: The Gathering’s upcoming crossover with The Hobbit drew criticism from within the game’s own artist community, ultimately revealing that the artist had copied the work of another. The One Ring originally appeared as the headliner card in 2023’s The Lord of the Rings: Tales…