Author: Zach Barbieri

I never played the original Ys III: Wanderers From Ys, which predated my understanding of the wide world of gaming for years. No, I wouldn’t actually experience the Ys games till years later in 2005 when Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim would finally be released in America and felt like home. The wider adventures of Adol Christin were not needed to enjoy the one right in front of me, I was sucked into the action RPG which, in stark contrast to other series like Final Fantasy and Lunar that I was in love with at the time, even at…

Dragon Age: The Veilguard director Corinne Busche is reportedly set to leave BioWare. Eurogamer has reported that Busche, who served as director for Dragon Age: The Veilguard from February 2022 to the launch of the title in October of last year, is set to leave in the coming weeks. Eurogamer went on to report that while Busche is leaving the company, the studio will be otherwise unaffected by this departure as the studio shifts focus towards Mass Effect 5. Busche joined Bioware in 2019 after a stint at The Sims developer Maxis, where she worked on various projects related to…

It has been reported that Sony has canceled two unannounced Live-Service games that were in development. These two games were being developed by Days Gone developer Bend Studio and Demon Souls Remake developer Bluepoint Games respectively. Bloomberg reported that Sony had ended production on these two games, with the Bluepoint title being a God of War title, though no details have been given to that. the Bend Studio title has not, as of yet, been identified if it ever will. Previous rumors had the studio developing a Men in Black game, though whether that was the live-service game, another title…

Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on its newest console, and the successor to the Nintendo Switch, now officially known as the Nintendo Switch 2 (R.I.P Super Nintendo Switch). This news was unveiled in an official first-look trailer posted by Nintendo, which while light on detail, did confirm the platform will finally release in 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itpcsQQvgAQ The trailer makes clear that the system is meant to be more of a progression of the extremely popular Nintendo Switch platform, starting with a Switch and slowly transforming it into a Nintendo Switch 2. This begins with the new sleek black design,…

In the West, despite what anybody might try to tell you when they attempt to disparage the PlayStation Portal, the PlayStation Vita never really got the chance it deserved. There was a time during its early years I remember all my friends talking about how amazing it was but by years 2 and 3 when it became clear the Early announcement of games playing like their PlayStation 3 counterparts would be the exception and not the norm they tended to drift away. Me, recommitting to a longstanding obsession with Japanese titles that just happened to coincide with the release of…

Quite possibly one of my favorite RPG series of all time, there was ecstasy and jubilation when it was announced last year that We were getting a remaster of the classic Lunar games last year. Originally released on the Sega Saturn, then later on the original PlayStation, it has remained an influential series, often seeing both titles appear on top lists of RPGs and JRPGs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ01e5PkiA8 While we were previously told to expect the Lunar Remastered Collection at some point during the Spring of 2025, we have now been given an official release date. That date will be April 18th,…

Firaxis, the Developer of the hotly anticipated strategy game Civilization VII, has announced that the title will receive a Steam Deck verification when it releases next month, on February 6th. This news has been revealed via a simple post on X/Twitter that stated “Civ 7 is officially Steam Deck verified. Make history on the go” https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1877415042418663489 This will give PC players picking up the next entry in the long-running franchise on PC two ways to enjoy Civilization VII. Developer Firaxis has promised that this entry “empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known.” It is the…

Yet again, the upcoming Ubisoft game Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed by an additional month. Due out on February 14th of this year, the stealth action title is now set to release on March 20th. This is the second delay that the game has received since it was announced during the Summer of 2024, with its initial release date set for November 12th, 2024. In a state meant by the company, it was stated As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day-1 experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month of development to…

A recent data mine of the Mobile Spinoff of the Pokémon series, Pokémon Go, seems to have confirmed that The Pokémon Company plans to hold a Pokémon presents event in February of this year. Established dataminer @mattyoukhana_ revealed on X(formerly Twitter) that Pokémon Go code is now referring to an upcoming event connected with “Pokémon Presents 2025”. Additionally, this text goes on to suggest that this event will specifically land on Pokémon Day, which happens to be February 27th. In fairness, this isn’t a shocker as major events from the studio have fallen on this day before, but given what…

Developer Slash Damage has announced that their previously announced game Transformers: Reactivate, based on the popular cartoon and toy brand, has been canceled. It was announced 2 years ago at the Video Game Awards back in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3s-UE7mDs The studio made this announcement Via X(formerly Twitter), sharing the “very difficult news” before sharing that “A number of roles” were “potentially at risk of redundancy.” After being announced in 2022, the online live service title set in the Transformers universe was stated to have a beta coming in 2023. This of course never seemed to pan out, being perpetually delayed until…