Author: Zach Barbieri

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, for all its flaws upon its release in 2004, is an RPG still celebrated to this day. Unfortunatle, based on the 4/10 I gave it in october, the sequel does not like it will achieve that same status. Part of the issue here is developer The Chinese room, brought in several years into development to take over for original developer Hardsuit Lab, ultimately did not release title that had many RPG elements, besides the fact it didn’t feel much like a sequel to the original title. According to the former Creative Director of The Chinese…

Naughty Dog closed last year’s Video Game Awards by finally showcasing their newest IP, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which they had been hinting at for a few years prior. Heading into the award season again, where announcements and trailers can be expected, some people might be hoping that games like this to get some form of showcase, but it sounds like we will need to wait longer for some official news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLGy63pt9vA This conversation was kicked off by Journalist Colin Moriarty, who suggested he believed Naughty Dog was aiming for a 2026 release date, a suggestion quickly picked up by…

I want to start by prefacing that it has been years since I actually sat down to play a Call of Duty title. I did play Black Ops 6 last year through Game Pass, but when I say I have less than an hour overall in that game, I mean it. No, there was a time, in my youth, when I was playing to go pro, when Black Ops 2 was the most recently released game in the series. I got pretty close to it until my team tried to kill each other, but that’s a different story. The point…

Only a few weeks after Silent Hill 2 Remake received a listing on the ESRB Website, having been rated for the Xbox Series S/X consoles, Konami and Bloober Team have officially released the title on the platforms in a stealth release with no warning, at least in some regions. In addition to that, the title currently features a 50% discount for its launch. Fans have spotted that the game is specifically available in Australia, which is a day ahead of the US, making the release date Friday, November 21. While there is no official word for the game yet in…

Ghost of Yotei will receive a new game plus mode, something that fans have been waiting for, which is set to arrive for the game on November 24, alongside a free patch, Sony has announced. Features that will be coming alongside this include a harder difficulty, new armor sets, and weapon dyes, the ability to replay completed missions, as well as new accessibility options. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8MXfksWuw This news was announced via a PlayStation Blog post by Senior Communications Manager for Sucker Punch Productions, Andrew Goldfarb. This will allow Protagonist Atsu to punish enemies in the game, which, as he states: Yes,…

Only a month after Tales of Xilla Remastered was released, Namco Bandai has announced the next in their growing number of older games in the series to get that same treatment, this time PlayStation 4 title Tales of Berseria Remastered. The remaster is scheduled to release on February 26, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and PC, and for the first time, on the Xbox Series S/X and Nintendo Switch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrgChQAkLCA Interestingly enough, while Tales of Beseria was well-received and self-contained, it is part of a two-game arc with the previously released title in the series, Tales of Zestiria, serving as a…

I started playing Demonschool back in August. Usually, you do not get codes for games, even indie games, THAT early on, but of course, the game was delayed when it was announced Silksong, a juggernaut of a title that was announced to be finally releasing around the same time. The sentiment was understandable, getting as far away from that window as possible since a game one of those games was undoubtedly about to be a mega hit, and the other was a new game just vying for exposure, but it is still hard not to feel bad for a potential…

Host Geoff Keighley has announced the nominees for The Video Game Awards in a special broadcast. The event itself is set to air on December 11, 2025, across both Twitch and YouTube at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET and will honor the best of this year’s gaming industry, as well as showcase trailers for upcoming games, updates for already released games, and news and information for the industry as a whole. Here is a list of categories and nominees: Game of the Year Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Donkey Kong Bananza Hades II…

A new Xbox Partner preview Showcase will be broadcast this week, Microsoft has announced. Set to air on Thursday, November 20 at 10 PM PT / 1 PM ET, the event will focus on new announcements and trailers for games from studios partnered with Xbox, as well as several Xbox Game Pass confirmations. We do have several confirmations for games set to be showcased during this event, including the upcoming 007 reboot game, 007: First Light from Hitman developer IO Interactive. Another game set to be showcased is Tides of Annihilation, an Arthurian action fantasy from a Chinese developer, Eclipse…

JDM: Japanese Drift Master, the indie racing game that was released earlier this year on PC, is finally heading to consoles, with a release date of November 21 for the Xbox Series X and S. Preorders are set to start on November 14, and players who choose to preorder the game will receive a unique car, the Akina Phantom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFBppy-Decs Best yet, the title will release with all content updates, improvements, and patches that have been released for the game since its release on PC. This will include additional cars such as the Nissan GTR R35 EBA and the Honda NSX…