Author: Zach Barbieri

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…

The list of games coming to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog in November has been confirmed by Sony, and it includes the return of Grand Theft Auto V to the service. This was rumored to be happening and comes only a week after Rockstar yet again delayed Grand Theft Auto VI, now set to release on November 19, 2026, after being originally planned for May. Grand Theft Auto V is also currently on Xbox Game Pass. Another game being added this month is Pacific Drive, from Ironwood Studios, a driving survival game with some roguelike elements. Still Wakes the Deep,…

In the endless sea of JRPG titles, the Atelier series is one that often goes underappreciated, which, in my opinion, is a shame. I am sure that upon first glance at any title in the series, the fanservice, which has always been a lot of it, can either suck a player in or send them packing. Atelier Ryza is arguably more so, given that producer Junzo Hosoi even addressed certain dummy thicc design choices as owing to the lost decades following the Japanese economic bubble bursting, circa 1990. I feel like I needed to be there to get it. What…