Author: Zach Barbieri

People who know me know that I have an unhealthy obsession with Roguelikes, Anything where I can die over and over again, making a little more progress with each run is something I’m into, which is weird since I was never much of a Soulslike player. Those same people would also know that I love fighting games, even owning about six fight pads/sticks, though I have only ever been good at one or two actual games, at least enough to care about frame data. One of those games was the BlazBlue series, which fell between being better than mid-tier players…

Square Enix, publisher of the Dragon Quest series of RPGs, is suggested to relaunch more classic Dragon Quest titles than those that are already known, starting with Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. This news is according to the website MP1st, which received leaked documents from the company that showcased a number of unannounced projects in development, including the remake of the seventh mainline title. What is interesting about this is that while other games have been specifically marked as being HD Remakes, VII is not listed as such. This could suggest that the title might be more…

Astro Bot has received a new update, which adds five new challenge levels for players to conquer, along with new special bots that pay homage to the history of PlayStation for players to add to their already large roster of characters. In particular, two of these newly added characters should help fill a massively glaring gap in representation for a specific franchise that many fans noted was oddly absent from the game at launch. If you are looking to learn the identities of these characters on your own, more power to you; these characters can be unlocked on the stage…

Stalker 2, which launched for Xbox Series and PC, has been announced for PlayStation 5 later this year. This was announced by developer GSC Game World, along with a trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 5 release, which is just listed as late 2025 currently. While the trailer doesn’t show much, GSC has confirmed the title will take full advantage of the DualSense controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. In addition, PS5 Pro enhancements are in development, though if this means they will release later or are being worked on for release has not been stated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSl8qMOIinA Stalker 2: Heart…

Thinking back on the first time Death Stranded loaded into my all those years ago (My Death Stranding limited edition PS4 Pro), the game really did grab me from the get-go. While it is easy to see why some players would not gravitate to a franchise about delivering packages and trying not to trip and fall flat on their face, for me, this was exactly why the game was amazing. It was something that didn’t feel like a retread of common ideas, or something that had a place in the AAA gaming space until somebody crazy and well-liked like Hideo…

Sony has announced that they will be holding a PlayStation State of Play event that will be focused on their upcoming first-party PlayStation 5 exclusive title Ghost of Yōtei from developer Sucker Punch. It makes sense that the company would move to focus on this title, having just released Death Stranding 2: On The Beach in June. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1942584542704877774 This event will be held on July 10th, a Thursday, and will begin at 2 pm Pacific / 5 pm Eastern time. Fans can expect the event to run around 20 minutes and will feature a deeper look at the game’s core…

EA has announced it will shut down the live-service game Anthem on January 12, 2026. Due to the nature of the game being always online, this will render the BioWare-developed title unplayable after that point, with no plans to create an offline experience for players who have purchased the game being planned at this point. This is in contrast to games like Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League that did update their titles shortly after the announcement they would end to allow for the continued use of the title through an offline play mode. Premium in-game currency has stopped being…

Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios has been heavily impacted by the layoffs that have been announced at Microsoft this week, impacting every global sector of the company. According to a former employee, these have resulted in the series being and their development team being greatly diminished. Former Forza Motorsport Content Coordinator Fred Russell has said that the franchise’s team is “No more,” with the remaining members of the Turn 10 Studio, a Washington-based studio, now focusing on supporting the franchise’s spin-off series, Forza Horizon which is developed by British studio Playground Games, which has become more popular in recent…

This guide contains spoilers for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. So you finally made your way over to West Fort Knox in Australia in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and you’re ready to call it a day, link up with the city with the rest of the Chiral Network, get a private room, and sleep the road off. Before that, though, you reach the gigantic tar pit outside that you were sent there to investigate, and if you have learned anything up to this point, this much tar can only mean one thing: you are about to get…

Helldivers 2, The Sony-published PVE title from developer Arrowhead, will be dropping on Xbox Series X/S next month, on August 26, 2025, a live stream from the developer has confirmed. Ironically, this will be the same date Gears of War: Reloaded release, which will see the classic Xbox title release on PlayStation for the first time. In a post via Xbox wire, Helldicver 2 Game Director Mikael Eriksson talked about what this release meant to the studio. He said: We know gamers have been asking for this for some time and we are so excited to bring more Helldivers into…