Poll: Pictonico Is Out Now, What Are Your First Impressions?

Image: Nintendo Life Nintendo’s latest surprise app, Pictonico!, is now live on iOS and Android, and we’d wager that a few of you have already dived in to see what this silly little picture game is all about. There’s a vague WarioWare energy to Pictonico, which sees you putting your photos through a series of…

2022 Hidden Gem PS5 Action Game Half Price on PS Store

A 2022 hidden gem action-adventure game is available for half its price now on PlayStation. ANNO: Mutationem, ThinkingStars’ cyberpunk action game, can be picked up for just over $10 for just a few more days. ANNO: Mutationem is available for half off its original price On the PS Store, ANNO: Mutationem is available for just…

PS5’s Coolest DualSense Controllers Are Discounted For Days Of Play

Sony’s Days of Play sale has officially kicked off, and if you’re in the market for a new DualSense controller, you can snag great deals on several variants. Like previous years, the DualSense controller has gotten a nice discount of around $20, dropping the price from $75 to $55 on average. See All Days of…

Fireplace puzzle solution in 007 First Light

After having a lot of routes and problems spelled out for you in the opening hours of 007 First Light, the fireplace puzzle late into the Carpathian Hotel level comes as a surprise. Not to mention, you’re kind of in the middle of an active chase scene when it comes up, so stopping to try…

Mina the Hollower Review – Refined Throwback

Despite Shovel Knight’s myriad spin-offs and continued ubiquity in the indie game space, it’s been more than a decade since developer Yacht Club Games delivered something wholly new. And maybe calling Mina the Hollower entirely “new” is a misnomer, as it is a reverential showcase of beloved game design and visual ideas from the past…

Please Let Clockwork Revolutions Be A Surprise 2026 Xbox Game

Does Microsoft have a surprise 2026 blockbuster hiding up its sleeve? When will Overwatch get the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners treatment? And will the next Dragon Quest Monsters game actually be good? It’s the latest edition of Kotaku Checkpoint, your daily roundup of gaming news, rumors, and culture. Social media isn’t social anymore. In fact, it feels…

Survive the Backrooms codes May 2026

Keeping yourself alive in a creepy, yellow maze is daunting, but you can increase your chances of survival with some Survive the Backrooms codes. You need to find your friends who are also in the Backrooms and last 99 days if you want to make it out alive. One of our favorite things about the…

Square Enix Has “No Plans” To Sell A Switch 2 Upgrade For Dragon Quest XI S

Image: Square Enix After a rating was spotted earlier this year, Square Enix yesterday confirmed DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition would be getting a Switch 2 release this September. If you’ve been wondering about an upgrade, according to an official Nintendo store description, there are “no plans to…

Path of Exile 2 ‘Return of the Ancients’ update release time in your time zone

Path of Exile 2‘s “Return of the Ancients” update will be released soon, bringing a complete overhaul of the game’s endgame system. While players won’t see new classes or weapons with patch 0.5, the additions and modifications made to the endgame mechanics and map significantly changes the PoE 2 experience. Here, you’ll learn when Path…

The Witcher 3: Songs Of The Past Is A New Expansion Starring Geralt And It Launches Next Year

The Witcher IV and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has announced a new DLC expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Yes, you read that right – it’s for the game that launched in 2015. It’s called Songs of the Past, stars Geralt of Rivia, and launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and…