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Cover up. When the Switch generation was in full swing, there were stories about games being censored in some way or form, and even blocked from being published on the eShop. With this in mind, it seems fans of the "superhero comedy" Dispatch have spotted a potential cover up on Nintendo's digital storefront in the US. The banner for the "Dispatch Art and Comics Pack" DLC is showing much less skin compared to the listings in other locations (and even on other digital marketplaces such as the Pla...

The Federal Communications Commission has added foreign-made drones and their critical components to the agency’s “Covered List,” making them prohibited to import into the US. In a public notice published by the FCC, it said several national security agencies have determined that umanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their critical components produced in foreign countries pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.  “UAS and UAS critical components must be produced in t...

Fans of Eternal Darkness, Resident Evil and more will "feel at home". Bloober Team has recently been busy with the Switch 2 versions of Cronos: The New Dawn and Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition, but did you know it's got one other mysterious Nintendo release in the pipeline? In case you missed it, in July last year, the Polish-based horror developer teased it was working on a new project specifically for Nintendo platforms known as 'Project M'. Now, in a new interview with Nintendo ...

Wii like, wii like to party. We're nearly done with 2025, and with potentially just a few updates left for this year, Nintendo Music has this week added the Wii Party soundtrack. Wii Party originally debuted on the Wii in 2010 and the soundtrack comes loaded with 105 tracks and has a run time of 2 hours of 21 minutes. It's got some smooth and funky tracks in it like "Menu Screen" or you could dance about to "Party Games: Results Time".

It's a Christmas miracle. As the holiday celebrations get underway, Atlus has this week delivered a new update for Persona 3 Reload on the Switch 2. We noted in our review here on Nintendo Life how the "biggest drawback" of P3R when it launched in October on the new hybrid system was the 30fps performance. Thankfully, the latest update (Version 1.03) comes with some performance improvements.

OpenAI added a year-end summary feature to ChatGPT, allowing users to get a personalized overview of their 2025 ChatGPT usage. The summary is similar to year-end wrap-ups from companies like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other services. ChatGPT offers up an overview of themes discussed and chat stats, such as busiest chatting day, number of overall chats, messages sent, and more. ChatGPT provides each user with a chat style based on writing or speaking habits, along with an "archetype" base...

The European Commission today praised the interoperability changes that Apple is introducing in iOS 26.3, once again crediting the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with bringing "new opportunities" to European users and developers. The Digital Markets Act requires Apple to provide third-party accessories with the same capabilities and access to device features that Apple's own products get. In iOS 26.3, EU wearable device makers can now test proximity pairing and improved notifications. Here are the ne...

Apple has started offering free two-hour delivery on eligible, in-stock products for those who still need to do some last-minute gift shopping. The two-hour delivery upgrade is available through December 24 in most metro areas of the U.S. and Canada. Three-hour delivery is also available in Australia. Two-hour delivery is provided through courier companies that Apple partners with, like Uber Eats or Postmates, and it typically costs $9. Items are delivered from a local Apple retail store, so wha...

Nintendo is in a giving state of mind this season, offering some holiday deals on games in the eShop, including a few recent Switch 2 titles. For instance, the Switch 2 version of Ball x Pit, which was one of our staff's favorite games of 2025, is 20 percent off at $12. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles is $40, down from the usual $50 on Switch 2, which is about as good a deal as you’ll get for a current-year game release. There are also a few older games that have gotten even steepe...

They were brilliant in their day, but that was 20-some years ago.

Anna's Archive, the open-source search engine for shadow libraries, says it scraped Spotify's entire library of music. The group acquired metadata for around 256 million tracks, with 86 million actual songs, and is just under 300TB in total size. "A while ago, we discovered a way to scrape Spotify at scale. We saw a role for us here to build a music archive primarily aimed at preservation," the group said in a blog post. The pirated treasure trove of music represents over 15 million artists with...

Dust off your DOS, reinstall those ROMs, and party like it's 1999.

Now is the time to grow your PlayStation backlog even more as some of 2025's best games are on sale.

He was 55. Infinity Ward co-founder and Respawn Entertainment head Vince Zampella has died in a fatal car crash, NBC4 Los Angeles reports. He was 55 years old. The crash was reported to have happened yesterday, 21st December 2025, in along Southern California's Angeles Crest Highway, at around 12:45pm local time.

Game developer Vince Zampella, known for his work on many popular first-person shooter franchises, has died. According to Los Angeles news channel NBC4, Zampella was killed in a single-vehicle car crash on Sunday along with one other unnamed person. He was 55. Zampella has helmed several well-known first-person shooter titles. He was a founder of Infinity Ward, where he was a creator of the Call of Duty series. Zampella remained at the company for the launch of the hugely popular franchise's fir...

Vince Zampella, founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment, is dead at 55, ending a nearly 30-year video game development career.

Tom Gormican pokes fun at Hollywood reboots and conscious horror in his meta-remake of the 1997 cult classic, Anaconda.

Zampella was reportedly killed in a car crash over the weekend.

One bold Farthest Frontier fan thought they could complain about the city builder to Crate Entertainment, only to be met with a harsh reality

Fanatical has slashed the prices of Monster Hunter Wilds’ Standard, Deluxe, and Premium Deluxe Editions, making them cheaper than half price.

A new game mode makes the open world a dangerous place, developers warn—and also makes it lucrative to kill critters

Apple hasn't updated the Apple TV 4K since 2022, and 2025 was supposed to be the year that we got a refresh. There were rumors suggesting Apple would release the new ‌Apple TV‌ before the end of 2025, but it looks like that's not going to happen now. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said several times across 2024 and 2025 that Apple would update both the HomePod mini and the ‌Apple TV‌ 4K toward the end of the year, and we also heard the same in...

The controversy around Clair Obscur's generative AI usage signals that a murky debate is only going to get messier in 2026.

It's the best Pickaxe in The Forge, for now.

Polygon looks back on Dracula: Dead and Loving It, a vampire spoof that probably should have stayed dead.

The two-year lifespan of 2K's big wrestling series continues.

Developers also tried to pitch a 'slimmed down' version to save the project, but got nowhere.

Switch and Switch 2 games are on sale in Nintendo's holiday hits sale, including Minecraft, Super Mario Odyssey, and Hades 2.

Tabletop publisher Asmodee has announced it will be buying 100% of the controlling shares of Exploding Kittens, gaining complete control of the brand.

The GenAI-ration game. What a week.

A new Patapon 1+2 Replay update is here, and it lets you take on bosses from across both games in a brand new and unique game mode.

The Great Flood is Netflix’s top movie thanks to its gripping sci-fi disaster plot, believable stakes, and shocking twist ending.

Nvidia's game streaming service has long had a 100-hour playtime cap per month for most users, but from January 1 it's going to affect nearly everyone.

I will do that.

Happy Christmas, here's loads of information about the range of ground-breaking traffic management systems you’ll find in Transport Fever 3.