New Life Sim Vivarium Brings That Old-School Anime Energy

For me, one of the best surprises at today’s Xbox showcase was the game Vivarium, a new slice-of-life game that looks like a gorgeous early ’90s anime. This is so dang cute! From what I can piece together here, this is a game about a world condensed inside an abandoned terrarium, and in that world…

Minecraft Dungeons 2 has a date, so get ready for plenty of blocky buildcrafting

We now have a launch date for Minecraft Dungeons 2, and I couldn’t be happier to hear it. The first rather snuck up on me, with a relatively slow start that took a while to ramp up to the pace of the action RPGs it was inspired by. However, once you get through the initial…

Spyro The Dragon Reignites With A Brand New Entry On Switch 2

Publisher Activision and developer Toys for Bob have announced Spyro: A Realm Beyond for the Switch 2; the first brand-new mainline Spyro game in, well… bloomin’ yonks. Since 2008, if you don’t count the remake trilogy. Described as Spyro’s “boldest evolution yet”, the new game appears to be more open than previous entries, with the…

State of Decay 3 just gave us a release year, and at least that’s something?

I’m one of the main survival game fans here at PC Gamer, so when showcases come around in the summer and winter, I’m usually assigned to cover a couple. For years now, I’ve had standing orders to cover any State of Decay 3 announcements, and for years now, there haven’t been many to cover. It…

Son Of Thanjai Is An Action Game Set In 11th-Century South India Coming To PS5, Xbox, And PC

Son of Thanjai is an open-world action game set in 11th-Century South India, a unique setting in the medium, and if that pitch doesn’t sell you on it, its gameplay trailer might. That’s because it looks awesome, with the princely protagonist Vinnendhira Chola utilizing the Indian whip-sword weapon known as a Surul Vaal to dismember…

Ro Laren Leads Star Trek Horror Game From Bloober Team

While the fate of Isaac Clarke is still up in the air, space-based survival gaming has an unexpected hero in orbit. A familiar one at that. Unable to go more than 48 hours without announcing something new, Polish horror studio Bloober Team unveiled a game set in the Star Trek universe starring a fan-favorite character….

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie officially now a $1 billion movie

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has crossed a major milestone, 10 weeks into its theatrical run: Nintendo and Illumination’s animated Mario movie has grossed more than $1 billion at the global box office, according to a report from Deadline. While The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trails its predecessor — 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie…

Ark modding just became accessible to all, thanks to powerful new creation tool Ark Maker

Have you ever had a great idea for an Ark Survival Ascended map, but without the know-how to turn it into reality? Studio Wildcard has the answer. The developer has just lifted the lid on its newest in-game tool, a world creation suite called Ark Maker. It’s designed as a way to let you build…

Mario Kart World Deserves Its Flowers, So Let’s Stop Comparing It To MK8 Deluxe

Image: Nintendo Life Sometimes, when I wind the window down in my car, I think about Mario Kart World. I’m sitting alone in the driver’s seat, radio playing some mid-2000s indie or alt-rock, a breeze blowing through my hair. It might be a quiet morning, the traffic light but the sun bright and warm. I…

Cronos: The New Dawn Gets Lazarus DLC That Shifts The Game From Survival Horror To Fast-Paced Action This Fall

Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team’s latest original survival horror game, launched last September, but it seems the studio isn’t done with the game yet. The upcoming (and newly announced) Lazarus DLC will put players in the boots of the Warden from the base game, shifting the experience from a slower survival horror game to…