Author: Zach Barbieri

inKonbini: One Store, Many Stories, the debut game from developer Nagai Industries, has announced that the Prologue demo will be made available for the game on Steam starting on May 1st. It will be featured as part of LudoNarraCon 2025, an indie event organized by Citizen Sleeper 2 publisher Fellow Traveller. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMMBAGTHP7Q The demo will feature the opening to the game, in which the protagonist Makoto starts her first night shift at the titular konbini, known as the Honki-Ponki Convenience Store. Players will be able to take their time taking in this environment and store, as the game hopes to…

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut game from developer Sandfall Interactive and Publisher Kelpher Interactive, has performed incredibly well since launch, especially for a game that only had 30 developers. The studio has made the announcement that, since launching on April 24, it has already cleared the sales milestone of 500,000 copies sold https://twitter.com/expedition33/status/1915777375834452273 Sandfall Interactive posted this news on the game’s official Twitter account, stating, “A milestone for us, reached sooner than we’d ever imagined. Thank you all.” This news is all the more welcome, given concerns that some had for the game’s sales following the stealth release of…

Breath of Fire IV, the popular title in the classic Capcom RPG series, has returned on PC some 25 years after its initial release. Originally released in North America and Japan in 2000, with Europe receiving it a year later, it also received a port in Europe and Japan in 2003. Breath of Fire IV would receive a sequel in 2002 in Japan and 2003 in North America and Europe, with the last time we saw the series being an online multiplayer game for PC and Mobile in 2016. The narrative of this entry revolves around a Character named Ryu,…

The upcoming co-op shooter from Remedy Entertainment, FBC: Firebreak, has received a release date of June 17th, 2025. The title, which is set in the shifting, changing world of their Control game, is a session-based, PvE multiplayer game where players take on Jobs that can often go from simple to bizarre in the blink of an eye. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohYTWzw0Uno Remedy has announced that the game will release for $39.99, with a deluxe edition costing $49.99, releasing alongside it. Players who buy the base game will have an option to upgrade to the deluxe edition through a $10 dollar purchase at a…

11 Bit Studio has announced Frostpunk 1886, a remake of the original Frostpunk game, which is scheduled to release in 2027. The project will be using Unreal Engine 5, a departure from the Liquid Engine of the original, which is common for remakes and remasters, similar to the recently released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which used Unreal instead of Bethesda’s internal Creation Engine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tkikl91xPw Having first launched in 2018, provided that this remake meets its intended date, will mark nearly a decade since the survival management sim first released. This announcement also follows shortly behind the release of…

Ghost of Yotei, the sequel to the open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima from Sucker Punch Production, has received a release date of October 2, 2025, confirming their plans to release the game this year. Alongside this information, a PlayStation Blog post has detailed additional story elements to let players know what they can expect come release, as well as a new trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVBLJYjSAhg This trailer, entitled The Onryo List, fills in some of the blanks that the previous trailer left, focusing on the motivations of the main character, Atsu. 16 years prior to the events of the game, a…

President of Nintendo, Shuntaro Furukawa, has warned that demand for the company’s upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 console has exceeded demand expectations in Japan, which will lead to some consumers being unable to secure the console. In a post via X, Furukawa explained that currently, around 2.2 million in Japan hope to secure the handheld hybrid through My Nintendo Store as part of a lottery process. He also noted that this number “far exceeds the number of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles that can be delivered from the My Nintendo Store on June 5th.” This means, as he puts it, “a significant…

Days Gone Remastered is quickly approaching its release date, and today, Bend Studio has detailed some of the accessibility options that are coming to the updated PlayStation 5 title. This will include an interesting new feature that allows players to slow down the game’s speed during tense interactions or when feeling overwhelmed. In a PlayStation Blog post, the Creative & Product Lead for Bend Studio, Kevin McAllister, outlined this and several other accessibility options that will feature in the game. According to him, Bend has implemented an option to adjust between several different game speeds depending on the situation, allowing…

Following yesterday’s announcement by developer Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered has been officially revealed to the public. This follows weeks of speculation and rumors, including leaks of screenshots earlier this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed_E2crglcw The Livestream reveal, which was released on Bethesda’s official YouTube and Twitch accounts, showcased the massive graphical overhaul from the original game, which is now pushing 18 years old. The title has decided to skip Bethesda’s creation engine, being recreated in Unreal Engine 5 by French support studio Virtuos. Almost every aspect of the original game has seen some sort of overhaul. This includes the leveling system,…

After a lengthy month of speculation and rumors, it looks like Bethesda is finally set to unveil the remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with the announcement set to be officially made tomorrow. This comes via a post made by Bethesda on X. https://twitter.com/bethesda/status/1914341006188712023 The tweet itself is pretty simple, featuring the picture of a part of the face of an imperial soldier with the Roman numeral for four right above it. In fairness, it is hard to mistake this for anything else, especially given the recent leaks of in-game screenshots of an Oblivion Remake that have been circling…