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GSC Game World is closing the year with a major patch for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, but details on the future are coming soon. Along with reaffirming continued updates for the open-world shooter, it will provide a content roadmap when 2025 starts. The first round of A-Life 2.0 updates went live with yesterday’s patch, so it’s a given that there will be more improvements. Two ...read more
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When Cronos: The New Dawn launches next year, it’ll be available on PC and current-gen consoles, and given the sort of visual fidelity that developer Bloober Team is going for once again, it goes without saying that a Nintendo Switch port of the sci-fi survival horror title is impossible at best. That said, can we expect it to release for Nintendo’s upcoming unannounced next-gen console at ...read more
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Soulslikes very rarely offer difficulty options, that being a particular eccentricity of the subgenre, and sure enough, that’s exactly what developer Neople had intended with its upcoming action RPG The First Berserker: Khazan. In the lead-up to its release, the developer has insisted that that the game wouldn’t feature difficulty options, but plans may have changed on that front. When ...read more
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Even in a year as overflowing with excellent RPGs as 2024 has been, Unicorn Overlord stands as one of the genre’s best outings for the year, but though the demand for more of the same will be high given the heights that Vanillaware’s tactical RPG scaled, the studio says it doesn’t have any current plans for future content to follow-up on the title. Speaking with GamesRadar, game director ...read more
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Dead by Daylight Mobile is officially shutting down, bringing the portable horror title to an end. Thankfully, the game’s main version isn’t going anywhere, but those who played on iOS and Android will soon no longer be able to play Dead by Daylight on the go. The mobile version of Dead by Daylight will shut down in two phases. On January 16, 2025, Dead by Daylight will be removed from the ...read more
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Falcom’s Ys 10: Nordics is getting an enhanced edition next year in Japan with Ys 10: Proud Nordics. A press release (translated via DeepL) confirmed it includes a new story on the new Aland Island, available during the main story. As Adol and Karja explore, they’ll encounter various ruins, run into a new Mana user, and leverage a new Mana Action. Aland Island offers a “vast” map and ...read more
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There’s a good chance that many will be playing the upcoming Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii in its original Japanese, given that’s how many prefer to play the Yakuza games, though the series does consistently boast excellent localization, and with a new trailer, Sega has shed some light on the upcoming action-adventure spinoff’s English dub. Specifically, the trailer reveals the ...read more
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Despite having previously been in development, Tango Gameworks says that it's considering its options right now and can't say for certain that Hi-Fi Rush 2 is happening. Last year, Xbox hit a rare and much-needed home run when it released the outstanding Hi-Fi Rush as an at-the-time exclusive that ended up being my Game of the Year for 2023. Tango Gameworks' masterfully crafted rhythmic ...read more
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PlayStation and Xbox have been bitter rivals for quite some time, while Nintendo sits in the corner doing its own thing. That's the way the industry has been ever since the Xbox 360/PS3 era, but time changes everything eventually, and the gaming industry landscape could alter greatly whenever the next generation of consoles arrives. According to market research firm DFC Intelligence (thanks ...read more
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A fresh batch of reports claim that PlayStation has very little, if any, competition left in some European countries as Xbox hardware is disappearing from store shelves. This follows previous reports of Microsoft scaling back hardware sales in the Middle East, with the company now promoting the message that virtually every device is an Xbox. Xbox isn’t done with hardware, but PlayStation has ...read more
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