Fresh off the success of their work on the Silent Hill 2 Remake (whcih broke a million salr, Bloober Team continues to truck along with their delving into survival horror with their newest game. Revealed at the Xbox Partners Preview in October, we got our first look at a cinematic trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn. Set in Eastern Europe,…

"We're seeing a collapse of creativity in games today [with] studio consolidation and the high cost of production."

When it comes to medium-sized studios in game industry, there has been a dearth of them in recent years, as studio purchases and closures have established a gap in video game…

 A free game update for October, courtesy of Nintendo. If you're a subscriber to the Nintendo Switch Online Service and its Expansion Pack, you'll be able to look forward to a popular duo making a return. The puzzle/platformer Banjo-Tooie will be making its way to the Nintendo 64 library on the 25th. …

It only felt like yesterday when Bandai Namco released the critically acclaimed Game of the Year in Elden Ring and revived the Armored Core franchise. As it turns out, mass layoffs can affect any company. Based on the reporting, the Tekken producer/publisher is handling this with a "traditional Japanese approach", by sending…

Through the 90's, SNK (under Playmore ownership/branding) and Capcom were among the titans battling it out for tournament fighter supremacy. From the inside references to characters like Dan Hibiki and Yuri Sakazaki parodying signature poses (and even special attacks), fans were salivating to see this "Dream Match" play out. While it remains…

There is some shifting occurring within Xbox's game division. Craig Duncan, who has been the boss behind Rare, will be appointed the head of Xbox Game Studios. Duncan replaces Alan Hartman, who was promoted to the position last year, but intends to retire. According to a report from…

The newest RPG under the Sega umbrella has been a smash hit, as Metaphor ReFantazio has flown off the metaphorical shelves. Since its October 11th release, Atlus's role-playing game has sold 1 million copies in a matter of days. This pace shatters the previous record held by Persona 3: Reload earlier this year, which sold 1 million copies in…

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While the brand has been enjoying a string of consistent success in video games with the recent releases of JRPGs Metaphor ReFantazio and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sega continues to experiment with branching more of their IPs into multimedia works. In the latest news,…

On October 9th, Nintendo (seemingly out of nowhere) launched a first-come, first-serve play test for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. You must have been at least 18 years old, and registered in Japan, US, Germany, UK, France, Italy, and Spain. The registration was filled literally in minutes. I attempted to apply, but missed out.…

The GameCube has developed some nostalgia and solid memories for those who grew up with it. While it may have been Nintendo's biggest blunder until the mishandling and poor marketing of the Wii U (I still miss it), this system certainly had some fascinating traits and features that Big N continued to utilize to this day. Their spin-off Donkey Konga…

Since the 2000's, Halo has been a staple of the Xbox brand, and was a first person shooter that defined a generation. While a high grossing property, it has also been a franchise searching for a means of adapting to the ever-changing landscape of not only gaming, but FPSes. Microsoft may be taking action, as before the conclusion of the Halo World…

Along with forty years of global hardware and intellectual property success, Nintendo's recent financial gains with the Switch re-establishes the publisher/developer as prominent world leaders in software and hardware production. This draws greater attention from Saudi Arabia, who in recent years has been expanding their reach into video games, and…

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- Ubisoft shares increase over 30% following Tencent news

In what has been a tumultuous period for Ubisoft, given dubious game success (or lack thereof) in recent ventures, along with shaky, tone deaf takes on…

Crossovers and guest characters have become as synonymous with fighting games as chain combos at this point. Among the series leading that charge in recent years has been Mortal Kombat, which has seen icons ranging from Rambo to Peacemaker duke it out in tournament fashion, and Tekken, where Final Fantasy XV protagonist Noctis Lucis Caelum, The…

Time to round out some more free game announcements! For the month of October, the Nintendo Switch Online Service + Expansion Pack is adding some additions to the Game Boy Advance catalog. The inclusions come from Nintendo's futuristic racer series, F-ZERO. Subscribers can look forward to F-ZERO Falcon Legend and F-ZERO Climax.

Both games…

It's Halloween, and there's few things I love more on the calendar than the spooky season. On occasion, I reserve this time of year to review something in the vein of survival horror, and over the decades, video games are flooded with software featuring things that go bump in the night. Maniac Mansion is one of the earliest I remember in the horror…

With the beginning of October comes a list of software coming to Game Pass. Across PC, console, and Cloud, subscribers will have access to five games coming to the service this month. The news comes via…

While the game saw a strong launch following its release in May, XDefiant has lost a considerable amount of steam. Since its street date, the free-to-play multiplayer first person shooter has seen a steady drop-off in player activity. Following 8 million players engaging in its first week, the game is struggling to maintain 20,000 active players,…

The next month's upcoming free downloads have been announced by PlayStation. Subscribers of PlayStation Plus will have access to three pieces of software across the PS5 and PS4 platforms through the Essential, Extra, and Premium tiers. Exclusively for the PS5, it's Electronic Arts' remake of the survival horror Dead Space, developed by…

Capcom and SNK Corporation are cooking in the kitchen together again. With Fatal Fury star and SNK mascot Terry Bogard being added to Street Fighter 6's Season 2 DLC roadmap (and Mai Shiranui to be added during the Winter of 2025), two of Capcom's World Warrior legends appear to be making their way to SNK's upcoming tournament…