Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects (June 2026)

Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in June. It’s time for this month’s (read: last month’s) eShop Selects, our look back at our favourite eShop-only releases from the last 30-ish days. In June, we had six games that met our criteria for our monthly showdown: Switch eShop games that…

What was the first videogame song that you ever heard?

I’ve been playing videogames since my Dad was convinced my tiny baby hands were strong enough to grip a Mega Drive controller for more than five seconds. I’m sure he was just trying to convince my mum that the CD add-on was worth the insane amount of money—it definitely wasn’t, as I’m told it broke…

Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2 Premier Is Harsh But Compelling

In the opening moments of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, we see a job go wrong. “King,” real name Weak, all but falls off the edge of cyberpsychosis during the middle of a heist. The only thing saving him from being gunned down was the foresight to grab the highest level of health insurance that money could…

Overwatch’s Steam reviews creep up to “mixed” as playercount surges

Ah, Overwatch, what are you up to now? Well, apart from cosmetic prices that give my wallet the shakes, it seems that Blizzard Entertainment’s shooter is having a bit of a moment again, at least on Steam. Between new heroes like Shion and an upcoming YOASOBI collaboration, there’s enough there to certainly get me to redownload…

All Phasmophobia Difficulty Levels And Differences Explained

Phasmophobia offers five preset difficulty options, plus a custom and challenge mode, for you to choose from. But these difficulty levels don’t simply dictate how aggressive the ghost will be; they also influence critical aspects such as how much official evidence you can gather, how quickly your Sanity drains, the number of cursed possessions, how…

Box Art Brawl: Rhythm Heaven Fever (Wii)

North America Image: Nintendo / LaunchBox Crikey, there’s a lot going on here, but it just works, y’know? The characters, the colours, the composition… It’s eye-catching, and we love it. Europe Image: Nintendo / LaunchBox Known at Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise in Europe, this approach loses some of the colour of the North American…

I won’t mourn PlayStation discs

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. Let me be clear. I’m as disheartened as anyone at PlayStation’s announcement this week that it will cease production of physical PlayStation games. I am pro physical media. I…

Can you translate these simlish phrases in our latest Sims series quiz?

Sul sul! If you’ve ever spent extended time with The Sims, don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m saying—we’ve all been there. It’s never enough to open a game in the series for a quick session. You’ve got to spend hours micromanaging households, building new homes, and coordinating fancy ‘fits. More quizzes! (Image credit:…

The Fallout Over PlayStation Killing Gaming Discs Is Everywhere

It’s been 48 hours since Sony revealed that it’s killing off PlayStation game discs by 2028. It’s a policy shift that many felt was inevitable but is also coming sooner than expected, and the uproar over the move isn’t dying down. Who knows if any amount of online backlash will get Sony to change its…

Boss themes, sagas, and Goblin Jazz: How World of Warcraft’s music reflects a shifting Azeroth

World of Warcraft and music go hand in hand. It’s been three decades since the original Warcraft: Orcs and Humans introduced us to Azeroth, and in that time its soundtracks have grown and shifted. In 2026, we’re smack-bang in the middle of the Worldsoul Saga, marking the first ‘connected trilogy’ of expansions. How does modern…