Author: Zach Barbieri

Overwatch 2 will be getting a major overhaul next week, on February 10, including dropping the 2 from its title and reverting to Overwatch. This will coincide with the beginning of a new year-long storyline event entitled The Reign of Talon. Overwatch 2 was released in 2022, at which point the free-to-play sequel completely replaced its predecessor. A decision that has long been criticized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Sgnn72e9Y This news was announced via the Overwatch Spotlight event, which was broadcast by Blizzard today. The title will also be adding five new playable heroes to the roster, a change from the typical release model…

Two classic games from the Game Boy era are set to join the Game Boy catalog on the Nintendo Switch Online today. The first of these titles, Yoshi, feels like good timing due to the green dinosaur’s inclusion in the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is set to release in April 2026. We recently got our first look at the character when Nintendo and Illumination dropped the official trailer for the film earlier this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwItGs1rLg4 Originally released in 1991, Yoshi is a puzzle game that has some similarities to titles like Columns or Puyo Puyo while still being…

Anti-capitalist space exploration RPG The Outer Worlds 2 seems to have fallen victim to capitalism, as the studio confirms they have no plans to make a third title in the series. This was confirmed in a Bloomberg interview with developer Obsidian, who stated that the title underperformed and there were no plans to make another game under this banner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R79GUN3PcI During this interview, they also stated that the studio’s newest IP, Avowed, which was released earlier last year, also underperformed. Despite this, the studio does have plans to return to the world of Eora, which is shared between Avowed and…

Nioh 3 is set to release on PlayStation 5 and PC this week, which is not surprising, given that previous entries in the series have launched on both platforms in the past. A new trailer for the upcoming samurai action RPG, however, suggests that this entry might not be console-locked in the same way, opening the door for a potential Xbox or Nintendo Switch 2 version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_umw0ScIA At the end of the trailer, in small text, it is stated that Nioh 3 will have a six-month console exclusivity window. This is a common practice for Sony, something they had also…

Cairn, the free solo climbing game from The Game Bakers, is a pretty punishing experience. Part of this is the multitude of systems that need to be rigorously maintained to keep forward progression at a maximum. In there is one that can be easy to miss, and that is maintaining your hands, which will get cut up on the face of the mountain as the lead character Aava scales along them. This has a large influence on grip strength, which is a significant stat if you plan to make any progress. This is why climbing tape is so important for…

*This guide contains minor spoilers for Code Vein II Preperation While up to this point, you have fought tougher enemies than the usual fare, Franz the Dejected Assailant serves as one of the first true boss fights in the game, and as such, can be a struggle to defeat. Found at the end of the first foray into the past, the character is fought at the bottom of Magmell Tower and blocks you from the rest of the past version of the island until defeated. Despite this, you have unlocked the present day again, so there are some options if…

Dispatch received universal acclaim upon release, so when it was announced that it would be released on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, there was a lot of anticipation. This was muddled by the title, which has a hard M rating through the use of language and sexual themes/nudity released on the platform, with the pre-existing censorship options enabled, with no way to turn them off, as is present on other platforms. Developer AdHoc addressed this change in a statement, saying, “different platforms have different content criteria. worked with Nintendo to adapt certain elements so Dispatch could be on…

Following a sweeping restructure at Ubisoft that led to multiple game cancellations, such as The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, along with several delays, we now know that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is still in development. This comes from Creative Director Fawzi Mesmar, who has responded to the restructure. In a LinkedIn post, the former DICE veteran assured fans that the extremely long-in-development Beyond Good & Evil 2 was not affected by the restructuring, something that was previously expected to occur. Mesmar went on to say he was “saddened” by the reorganization effects that have impacted his…

Xbox has had a continuing struggle to sell Consoles, with their numbers coming out of the Holiday Quarter of 2025 reflecting this. Microsoft has posted its Q2 2026 earnings, which include the news that hardware sales are down 32% year-over-year. This follows a multitude of declining quarters that stretch back two years. This report does not feature any actual numbers for console sales revenue, so we can’t say how much profit is lost here, but this is part of a continuing trend. Last quarter, Q1 2026, Xbox saw a hardware decline of 29% year-over-year. Prior to that, in Q4 2025,…

The developer behind titles like Layers of Fear, Cronos: The New Dawn, and Silent Hill 2 Remake, Bloober Team is teasing some announcement that they are set to reveal in February. A countdown website with a creepy atmosphere has cropped up with Bloober Team Inc listed on it, slowly ticking away from 17 days and some change at present. This would place the announcement date for that of Valentines day, February 14, 2026. The page itself has a picture of a rose, which fits with that motif. Underneath this is some text that reads “Some things never leave the walls.…