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The Earthblade logo over concept art of its main character
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Celeste Devs Cancel Next Game Earthblade Due to Studio "Disagreement"

Celeste and Towerfall studio EXOK has canceled its ambitious Metroidvania Earthblade, citing an internal studio "disagreement".

January 23, 2025 | 09:39 EST

Characters from Palworld and Tales of Kenzera: Zau next to one another
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Palworld Developer to Publish Horror Game by Tales of Kenzera: Zau Devs

Palworld developer Pocketpair is moving into publishing, and its debut title on this front is a short horror game by Tales of Kenzera: Zau studio Surgent.

January 23, 2025 | 09:15 EST

Dialga on a phone with many broken pillars in the background in the Pokemon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown expansion, which is coming next week alongside the trading update
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Pokemon TCG Pocket Trading Update and New Expansion Coming Next Week

The long-awaited Pokemon TCG Pocket trading update finally has a release date, and it's landing a day before the game's next big expansion.

January 23, 2025 | 08:55 EST

Varric in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one of the two games (alongside EA Sports FC 25) that EA says underperformed
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25 "Underperformed", EA Says

EA has revealed that two of its flagship titles, namely Dragon Age: The Veilguard and EA Sports FC 25, underperformed last quarter.

January 23, 2025 | 08:36 EST

Insomniac Games' Ted Price next to Ratchet in an elevator
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Insomniac CEO and Founder Ted Price Steps Down After Over 30 Years

Ted Price, the CEO and founder of Insomniac Games, has stepped down after more than 30 years with the company in order to retire from the industry.

January 22, 2025 | 11:32 EST

The key art for Midnight Special, which depicts creepy faces above a mansion
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Midnight Special Is a Nostalgic Horror Point-and-Click That You Can Try Now

Midnight Special is a spooky point-and-click game with shades of Resident Evil and Clock Tower, as well as giallo horror, and you can try it out now.

January 22, 2025 | 11:12 EST

Majima descending some stairs in a Kiryu outfit, which you get for creating a Sega account
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Sega Introduces New Unified Account System With Free Pirate Yakuza Skin

Sega has introduced a new unified Sega account system that gives you access to "exclusive bonuses", including a free Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii skin.

January 22, 2025 | 10:32 EST

Smoke and Cyrax in Mortal Kombat 1
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Mortal Kombat 1 Sales Have Passed 5m

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has revealed that most recent entry Mortal Kombat 1 has passed the five million sales mark.

January 22, 2025 | 09:25 EST

Iron Fist in his new Dancing Lion costume in the Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event
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Marvel Rivals Spring Festival Brings New Rocket League-Style Mode and More Tomorrow

NetEase has announced a new Marvel Rivals event that's landing tomorrow, and it'll bring a brand new game mode and more with it.

January 22, 2025 | 08:36 EST

Sonic kneeling down and looking determined in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, representing the Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Movie Set for March 2027 Release

Paramount's upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 movie now has an official release date, but naturally, it's a pretty long time away.

January 22, 2025 | 08:19 EST

Henry looking off into the distance in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
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Post-Launch Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Promises Plenty of New Content

Warhorse Studios has revealed its post-launch Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 roadmap, which includes new features, paid DLC, and more.

January 21, 2025 | 12:14 EST

Jimbo the Balatro joker saying "Wasn't that exciting? Now you should be an expert in Balatro".
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Indie Smash Hit Balatro Hits 5m Sales

Balatro has broken yet another sales barrier, so if you were in any doubt about just how popular the indie poker roguelike is, doubt no more.

January 21, 2025 | 11:57 EST

A character standing in front of a bank of computers with a dataslate-type object in Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader
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Grimdark CRPG Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Hits a Million Sales

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader, a grimdark CRPG from Pathfinder dev Owlcat, has hit a major sales milestone over a year after its 1.0 release.

January 21, 2025 | 11:34 EST

Four soldiers posing in camo gear in Bohemia Interactive's DayZ Frostline DLC
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DayZ Studio Bohemia Interactive Reports "Extremely Successful" 2024

Bohemia Interactive, the studio behind DayZ and Arma, seems to have had a pretty good 2024, according to its latest financial results.

January 21, 2025 | 11:15 EST

A close-up of Goku's face in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Update Promises New Limited-Time Mode and More

A new Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero update is here, and it's got plenty of gameplay tweaks, although its limited-time mode is apparently AWOL right now.

January 21, 2025 | 10:29 EST

A Nintendo Switch 2 in handheld mode showing a Mario Kart game
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Switch 2 Release Likely Between April and September, Says Nacon

Accessory manufacturer and game publisher Nacon has predicted that the Switch 2 release will happen somewhere between April and September.

January 21, 2025 | 09:53 EST

Haroona in the Reflector Entertainment game Unknown 9: Awakening
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Unknown 9: Awakening Developer Hit by Layoffs After Game's "Failure"

Unknown 9: Awakening developer Reflector Entertainment has laid off staff members and canceled a project following its game's "failure".

January 21, 2025 | 09:29 EST

Galactus looking down at the camera and smiling in Marvel Snap
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Marvel Snap Back Online in the US as Developer Promises New Publisher

Marvel Snap is now back online in the US after an unexpected outage related to the weekend's TikTok ban, and Second Dinner has plans for the game.

January 21, 2025 | 08:55 EST

A close-up of Aloy's face in Horizon Forbidden West, representing the apparent cancellation of the Horizon MMO
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Sony and NCSoft Reportedly Cancel Unannounced Horizon MMO

Sony and Guild Wars studio NCSoft have reportedly canceled a Horizon MMO in what seems to be a broader move away from live service games.

January 21, 2025 | 08:19 EST

The female main character of Code Violet standing in front of a roaring dinosaur
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Dino Horror Code Violet Not Coming to PC Due to "Vulgar" Mod Fears

Dino Crisis-esque horror game Code Violet isn't coming to PC, its developers say, because they fear modders would create "vulgar" mods for it.

January 20, 2025 | 10:30 EST

Nikki wearing one of the new outfits in Infinity Nikki Version 1.2
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Infinity Nikki Version 1.2 Release Date Revealed for This Week

Infold Games has announced that Infinity Nikki Version 1.2 will officially launch this week, bringing with it new outfits, new story content, and more.

January 20, 2025 | 09:55 EST

Aladdin and his genie in Smite 2
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Smite 2 Will Get One New God Every Week "Until at Least August 2025"

Hi-Rez Studios has committed to releasing one new Smite 2 god a week until August 2025, although many of them won't technically be totally new.

January 20, 2025 | 09:40 EST

Henry working at a blacksmith's anvil in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Director Shoots Down "Wild Claims"

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director Daniel Vávra has shot down some of the rumors surrounding the game, including "unskippable" cutscenes and more.

January 20, 2025 | 09:12 EST

Anubis in Palworld with its eyes closed
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Palworld Roadmap Includes Co-op Crossplay, New Pals, and More

Pocketpair has released a Palworld roadmap, and it promises features like co-op crossplay, a new "ending scenario", and much more.

January 20, 2025 | 08:48 EST

Key art for Soulslike deckbuilder Death Howl, which depicts its main character cradling the spirit of a deer
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11 bit Announces "Soulslike Deckbuilder" Death Howl, Demo Coming Monday

Death Howl is a "Soulslike deckbuilder" coming from Frostpunk 2 publisher 11 bit studios, and you can try it out on PC next week.

January 17, 2025 | 11:16 EST

A plane flying away from collapsing buildings in Ace Combat 7
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Ace Combat 7 Sales Reach 6 Million as 6th Anniversary Approaches

Bandai Namco has announced another major new sales milestone for flight sim Ace Combat 7, which feels appropriate on the eve of its sixth anniversary.

January 17, 2025 | 10:33 EST

A close-up of a character looking worried in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the director of which, Corinne Busche, is leaving BioWare
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Corinne Busche Leaving BioWare

Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche is to leave BioWare, although it's not clear whether she's leaving EA as well.

January 17, 2025 | 09:58 EST

Kratos looking mournful in God of War, on which one of Sony's two canceled live service games was reportedly based
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Sony Cancels Two Live Service Games, God of War Reportedly Among Them

Gaming giant Sony has canceled two live service games at Bluepoint and Bend, with a God of War live service project reportedly among them.

January 17, 2025 | 09:16 EST

The player looking at a Slowpoke card in Pokemon TCG Pocket
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Pokemon TCG Pocket Details Trading Update Due Later This Month

Pokemon TCG Pocket's hotly-anticipated trading feature is due to launch later this month, and its devs have outlined how the feature will work.

January 17, 2025 | 08:40 EST

The player aiming a bow at enemies hopping over a fence in Sons of the Forest
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Sons of the Forest Update Brings New Raft Structures and More

Endnight has released a new Sons of the Forest update, and it's packed to the brim with improvements, as well as new structures and more.

January 16, 2025 | 11:32 EST

An angular view of the Nintendo Switch 2 in handheld mode
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Nintendo Reportedly Preparing to Ship 20m Switch 2 Units in First Year

A report has emerged which claims that Nintendo is preparing its Switch 2 pipeline for 20 million shipments in the console's first year.

January 16, 2025 | 11:22 EST

Three characters in armored suits in Sharkmob's extraction shooter Exoborne
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Exoborne Playtest Will Let You Try Yet Another Extraction Shooter Next Month

Sharkmob has announced a playtest for its upcoming natural disaster-themed extraction shooter Exoborne, and it's coming this February.

January 16, 2025 | 10:54 EST

Artwork of the two protagonists in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Release Date Set for May

Marvelous has announced the release date for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, and it's landing on PC and Switch this May.

January 16, 2025 | 10:38 EST

A huge skeletal monster with electric tentacles in Path of Exile 2
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Path of Exile 2 Update 0.1.1 Full Patch Notes Revealed

Grinding Gear Games will release Path of Exile 2 Update 0.1.1 tomorrow, and its patch notes are, as you might expect, rather extensive.

January 16, 2025 | 09:24 EST

A Nintendo Switch 2 console and dock next to a TV running what appears to be a new Mario Kart game
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Nintendo Switch 2 Officially Announced, Direct Coming in April

Nintendo has finally officially announced the Switch 2, putting an end to months of speculation and rumors regarding the timing of its reveal.

January 16, 2025 | 08:15 EST

Franklin wielding a baseball bat in GTA 5, representing the Liberty City Preservation Project mod
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GTA Mod Liberty City Preservation Project's Takedown "Isn't a DMCA", Dev Says

Ambitious GTA 5 mod Liberty City Preservation Project has been taken down, but its creators insist the takedown wasn't the result of a DMCA claim.

January 16, 2025 | 08:09 EST

Four characters messing around in Gaijin Entertainment's Cubic Odyssey
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Gaijin Entertainment's Cubic Odyssey Marries Minecraft and No Man's Sky This Year

Gaijin Entertainment and developer Atypical Games have announced Cubic Odyssey, an ambitious-looking voxel space adventure coming this year.

January 15, 2025 | 11:55 EST

The player character looking out over an alien landscape in artwork for Crashlands 2
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Crashlands 2 Release Date Revealed for April

Butterscotch Shenanigans has revealed the Crashlands 2 release date, so get ready to revisit the surface of Woanope as Flux Dabes.

January 15, 2025 | 11:35 EST

An egg-shaped mascot with a suspicious look on its face in Promise Mascot Agency
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Promise Mascot Agency Voice Talent Includes Shuhei Yoshida, SWERY, and More

Kaizen Game Works has revealed some of the voice talent behind upcoming narrative adventure Promise Mascot Agency, and the list of names is crazy.

January 15, 2025 | 10:51 EST

Three masked characters in Hyper Light Breaker
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Hyper Light Breaker Devs Promise Fixes for Performance and Accessibility

Hyper Light Breaker developer Heart Machine has promised fixes are coming this week for some of the game's biggest performance and accessibility issues.

January 15, 2025 | 10:25 EST

A shot of a sign bearing the Microsoft logo outside a campus building
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Microsoft Hit by Yet More Layoffs Across Gaming and Other Divisions

Tech giant Microsoft has been hit by yet more layoffs across several of its divisions, including gaming, although we don't know how many staff are affected.

January 15, 2025 | 09:43 EST

A giant hallucinatory evil Batman in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Ending Is Really Dumb

The ending for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is finally here, and it doesn't seem like it was worth waiting for at all.

January 15, 2025 | 09:14 EST

The player shooting at opponents in red armor in Delta Force
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Delta Force Campaign Delayed, Now Arriving During Season 2

The upcoming Delta Force campaign, which reimagines the events of the 2001 movie Black Hawk Down, has been delayed out of January.

January 15, 2025 | 08:46 EST

Key art for Fortune's Run, which depicts a female character with a blade
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Fortune's Run Development Halted as Developer Sentenced to Prison

The Fortune's Run developer known only as Dizzie has revealed that development on the game will end...because they're going to prison.

January 15, 2025 | 08:32 EST

An armored player doing battle with a mutated boar in Forest Reigns' key art
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Ex-Stalker Devs Announce Single-Player Survival FPS Forest Reigns

Forest Reigns is a brand new survival-focused narrative FPS that promises to bring developer VG Entertainment back to its story-driven roots.

January 14, 2025 | 11:26 EST

Theme park visitors riding a rollercoaster in Planet Coaster 2
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Planet Coaster 2 Roadmap for Spring Includes New Rides and More

Frontier has released a Planet Coaster 2 roadmap for spring, and it includes new gameplay features, returning rides, and more.

January 14, 2025 | 10:54 EST

Tiger Woods watching for his ball in PGA Tour 2K25
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PGA Tour 2K25 Release Date Revealed for February

2K has revealed the release date for PGA Tour 2K25, with the next installment in the studio's golfing sim series landing in February.

January 14, 2025 | 09:53 EST

A character holding their hand out as rain falls in the Until Dawn movie
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The Until Dawn Movie Actually Looks Kind of Interesting

Sony has released a first-look trailer for the upcoming Until Dawn movie, and whisper it, but it actually looks quite interesting.

January 14, 2025 | 09:36 EST

Artwork for the Wolcen developer Wolcen Studio's next game Project Pantheon, which shows angry-looking Egyptian-style statues and a lone figure
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Wolcen Devs Announce Project Pantheon, and It's Yet Another Live Service Game

Wolcen Studio has announced Project Pantheon, a live service action RPG that hopes its extraction gameplay loop will be enough to set it apart.

January 14, 2025 | 09:00 EST

A vampiric figure in Rebel Wolves' game The Blood of Dawnwalker
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Ex-Witcher Dev Unveils New Dark Fantasy RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker

Rebel Wolves, the studio helmed by ex-Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, has unveiled its debut project The Blood of Dawnwalker.

January 14, 2025 | 08:49 EST

The player holding their torch up to illuminate a monster in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
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Oblivion Remake Reportedly Confirmed With Plenty of Gameplay Improvements

The rumored Oblivion remake has reportedly been confirmed by an ex-employee of support studio Virtuos, and it'll make several gameplay improvements.

January 13, 2025 | 11:19 EST