Author: Zach Barbieri
Ubisoft has announced they will be ending support for the free-to-play fps title XDefiant and shutting it down a little over a year after the title had gone live. In the process of doing so, production studios in both San Francisco and Osaka are set to be closed, with an additional studio in Sydney expected to be “ramped down”. In a note to investors, it was stated that the game was being shuttered after a “thorough review of the game’s performance, profitability, and market conditions.” Ubisoft also stated their intention to be more selective with R&D Investments in the future. This…
Sony is reportedly looking to develop a new handheld device meant to run PlayStation 5 games natively. This news comes according to Bloomberg and makes sense given the reinvested interest console manufacturers have showcased in handheld gaming. People close to the development have stated that the handheld is early in its development and is meant to compete with the Nintendo Switch, which to date has sold 146 million units so far. Sony will most almost assuredly not see the release of the handheld prior to the release of the Switch’s successor, but there is little reason to suspect the Switch…
Nintendo Switch was in a sort of limbo going into next year. Long-awaited games like Xenoblade Chronicles X or Rune Factory to name a few are scheduled to be released up to March 2025 for the platform but the shadow of its successor looms over every announcement. There is some debate if we will get an official showcase before the year-end (it is November after all) but Nintendo still says it plans to announce something soon. Despite this, we do know it will be released next year though it is unclear. This means that every game Nintendo showcased, especially games…
In an Interview with 4gamer regarding FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, Naoki Yoshida, who is known by fans affectionately as Yoshi-P, claimed that multiplatform releases are planned to happen “more and more.” He stated that: Of course, we want you to play it a lot on other platforms as well. This time, we will also release the Xbox Series X/S version at the same time. In the future, Square Enix titles will be released simultaneously on each platform more and more, but since this is close to the first release, we would like Xbox users to play it as well.p This news follows a…
This year has been dominated by talk of the Chinese gaming industry expanding beyond MOBA and Gatcha-style games into the single-player space. Black Myth Wukong is an obvious force but Sony also made headlines with their China Hero’s project backing multiple upcoming games out of the region. This dominating conversation has unfortunately drowned out a bigger dialog worth having, that this is shaping up to be a flagship year for a multitude of countries, including Italy. Earlier this year we saw the release of Enotria: The Last Song, Souls-like made by Italian developer Jymma Games released to mixed reviews overall…
After years of asking both Nintendo and developer Monolith Soft, Xenoblade Chronicles X will finally arrive on the Nintendo Switch next year. This will make the complete collection of Xenoblade Chronicles available on the Nintendo Switch platform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meabXp-IFkM Nintendo made this announcement on X this Tuesday complete with a trailer showcasing the improved version of the title. In an official statement from Nintendo, it was said: Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition features your character at the center of the action in a standalone sci-fi story. Customize your avatar’s looks and class to your liking and choose from a wide variety of…
During Xbox’s live stream for the Tokyo Game Show 2024, it officially announced that Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, a collection of the original six mainline titles in the Final Fantasy series is indeed coming to the Xbox Platform and will be available starting today. unlike other games coming to the platform today it appears that the pixel remaster will not be part of the Game Pass library, at least at launch. The Pixel Remaster collection began releasing one game at a time years ago for Steam and PC, however, it wasn’t until this year that the games were finally ported…
The latest entry in the Rune Factory series, previously referred to as a new direction that the series will be taking, has been announced during the Nintendo Partners Direct today. Entitled Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, the trailer certainly paints a departure from previous games in the series, which might explain why the game chose to drop the number from its title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDcFzgjVYII Notably, the trailer showcases a world inspired by eastern culture and mythology. While these elements have previously played roles in the series the games often use a natural world, allowing the characters to play off cultural tropes…
Nintendo has officially announced that they will be holding their next major direct on August 27th. It will consist of two portions run back to back, consisting of events that should be familiar to Nintendo fans who often tune into Nintendo’s showcases The first will be a presentation of Nintendo Indie World while the second will be a Partner Direct. In a press release from Nintendo, the company stated: Join us on August 27 at 7am PT for an Indie World Showcase followed by a Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase! The livestream, featuring both presentations back-to-back, will be roughly 40 minutes…
I want to start my review of Closer The Distance by talking about another game if I may, a game that probably feels like worlds apart to most people but me, Persona 5. You see, my grandmother passed away around a week before the release of Persona 5 and the day I picked it up was the day I returned from the funeral. Days earlier I returned to an empty home, only to get a call my grandmother was in the hospital, not an uncommon occurrence at the time, and my mother had gone into the city for that. Despite…