Author: Zach Barbieri

Herdling only needs to take a few moments to harken back to the adventures of Indie games gone by. Similar to Journey and Abzu, the game makes clear that the destination is secondary to the path you walk to get there, and that is honestly fine, since the journey delivers on the promise to transfix you with the monotony of your everyday life, and offer you a fantastic moment guiding fantastical creatures into the unknown. Players take control of a young kid who we first meet sleeping on a crappy mattress in the streets. There is no offer of understanding…

One of the earliest trophies/Achievements you can earn along your journey in Herdling, Road Rage, can be easily missed if you are not paying attention. To earn this, the player will need to guide their herd into 10 cars they find in the city and destroy them. It is noticeable when you wreck these cars, but you might not realize it, given that ‘wreck’ in this context means that the windows are smashed in, with the metal slightly dented. That is all the damage you will see on the car. Only one hit is required on a car to ‘wreck’…

Upcoming indie game Unbeatable received a new trailer during Opening Night Live, alongside a release date of November 6, 2025. The title is developed by D-Cell Games, which launched a Kickstarter for the title back in 2021, seeing Unbeatable reach its goal in only 15 hours. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwKFOZeJukA Unbeatable is a stylized rhythm game that draws inspiration from Anime, in particular invoking some FLCL series vibes during the trailer. Players divide their time between being able to explore, in which protagonist Beat can wander the area they are in, play minigames, and craft new songs. There are then the action segments…

Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth title in Capcom’s long-running survival horror series, received a brand new gameplay trailer during Opening Night Live at Gamescom 2025. The trailer continues the trend across the last few games in the series of keeping the narrative a mystery, focusing on the new protagonist for the game, Grace Ashcroft, as well as her mother, one of the protagonists of Resident Evil Outbreak, Alyssa Ashcroft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlm3WnzoLM What we do know about Resident Evil 9 Reqium is that Grace Ashcroft becomes an FBI agent at some point following the murder of her mother at Wrenwood Hotel. The…

Sony has announced a $50 price hike for every console in the PlayStation 5 family in the U.S. region. This includes the PlayStation 5 physical edition, the PlayStation 5 digital edition, and the PlayStation 5 Pro consoles. These price raises will go into effect on August 21. What this will do is drive up the physical edition to $549.99, the Digital to $499.99, with the Pro now $749.99 (Remember the Pro comes as a digital console, so this price is before adding on items like a disk drive). Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Vice President, Global Marketing, Isabelle Tomatis, released a short…

Game Science, developer of the massively successful Black Myth Wukong, ended Opening Night Live at Gamescom with the announcement of Black Myth: Zhong Kui, a new story and sequel to Wukong. The game was announced with a trailer that made clear the game was in early development, with no release date on the horizon for the title as of yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwYZ7xC2v80 The sequel solidifies that Black Myth is a series that will explore eastern mythology, rather than one specifically using the Journey to the West or the character of Sun Wukong as a template to tell its stories. Here, players…

Six years after the original announcement of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was announced, the title has finally received an official release date, alongside a new trailer, as part of Opening Night Live at Gamescom, the Geoff Keighly-hosted event. The game is now set to release on October 21, 2025, roughly 2 months from now, and it will release at $59.99. In addition, Preorders for the gamer are live now, with the Bloodlines Nostalgia Jukebox being a bonus decor item for players who do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrAVDT7maJE The trailer for the game showcases the game’s dual protagonists with players taking the…

After teasing that another Tales title would be getting the remaster treatment following Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Graces f, Namco Bandai has announced that the next game in the series to return for modern platforms will be Tales of Xillia. This continues an effort by the company to bring back older games in the series, which started in 2019 and continued through the release of Graces f last year. At the time, Namco Bandai stated that they planned to double down on these efforts due to the success of the two releases. Tales of Xillia was originally released…

Nintendo has announced that a Nintendo Direct will be showcased tomorrow, on August 19th, which will begin at 6 am PT, 9 am ET. This directive will focus on the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 title, Kirby Air Riders, and will feature 45 minutes’ worth of information about Kirby’s latest outing, a sequel to Kirby Air Ride, a racing game originally released on the Nintendo GameCube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVsNMp_nAU This news was announced via the Nintendo Today app, an app released by Nintendo to focus on upcoming announcements. Interestingly, Kirby Air Riders is the first new project from developer Masahiro Sakurai in years,…

Yu Suzuki and Publisher ININ Games have announced Shenmue III Enhanced as part of Gamescom 2025, which the publisher has described as “the most refined version of Ryo Hazuki’s epic journey,” seeing the 2019 title get a host of new features and enhanced visuals. In addition, Shenmue III Enhanced will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, marking the first time the game will be released beyond the PlayStation, which was originally released on PlayStation 4 and PC. The title will also be released on Nintendo platforms, though the specifics of this have not been specified yet, making it unclear…