Author: Zach Barbieri

The Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive spin-off Title of the Splatoon series, Splatoon Raiders, will be released this July, Nintendo has announced. Coming on July 23, the single-player focused squid shooter will be priced at $49.99 on the Nintendo digital eShop and $59.99 for physical, following pricing guidelines that the company has set with Yoshi and the Mysterious Book. Announced last year, Splatoon Raiders is the latest game to get a summer release date from the company, following the announcement earlier this year that Rhythm Heaven Groove will also arrive in July. Given the Hybrid nature of the Switch 2, Nintendo easily…

While Tides of Tomorrow looks like a drastic departure, it shares a lot in the same vein as DigixArts previous game, Road 96. This means a lot to me, given that I, like most people before me, like most fans of the company, would have probably told you the only thing I wanted them to do was a sequel. This isn’t the sequel I wanted, but in many ways, the spiritual success I could not have fathomed would become as meaningful to me. And yet here we are, and by the credit roll and an emotional catharsis later, it was.…

I’ll admit, in my fast-paced life, puzzle games can sometimes struggle to resonate with me. Do I like them? Yes, but if I have to run around, back and forth, trying to figure it out, I can get turned off and gravitate away from them. This isn’t even an indictment of a game or me saying it is bad, just a statement about how hard it is to keep my interest. The House of Hikmah rounds out at about 5 hours, or at least it did for me, and managed to hold my interest; take that as you might. The…

The fourth entry in Ys has, quite possibly, the most interesting history in the entire series. In 1993, two separate games were released by developers Hudson Soft and Tonkin House, respectively. Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun literally have nothing to do with each other. Both were born out of collaborations with Nihon Falcom after key developers, including the creator behind the series, Masaya Hashimoto, and Tomoyoshi Miyazaki, left the team, and they lacked the internal staff to develop it. The one thing these two games had in common, one of the only…

After much speculation and rumors, with only some promotional art and a statement to show for it, Ubisoft has finally confirmed when they will officially unveil Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The company will be holding the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Worldwide Reveal Showcase later this week on Thursday, April 23, at 9 am Pacific / 12 pm Eastern, joking that this will be a full reveal for “gaming’s worst kept secret.” https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/2046257587654406494 Fans who have been waiting for this moment will be able to tune in via YouTube to see just what this remade version of Ubisoft’s seminal…

Pragmata, the new IP from Capcom, has managed to sell 1 million copies worldwide in two days of sales, the publisher has announced. This Milestone was stated via a sales announcement released by the company, highlighting the game’s status as a brand-new IP, something that can be traditionally harder to sell, even for popular studios like Capcom. Capcom stated in their announcement: A completely new IP, Pragmata, was developed primarily by a team of younger Capcom developers, who created an innovative gameplay experience by fusing action gameplay with puzzle elements set within a distinctive world ruled over by artificial intelligence.…

Bandai Namco has announced Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, the next mainline entry in their popular action RPG fighting franchise, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series. The announcement for the title came alongside Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026, an event held in Los Angeles this past Sunday, a tournament focusing on the Dragon Ball titles and announcements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76jijN84BRk The announcement came as a bit of a shock at the event, where Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was in rotation. Xenoverse 2 was released back in 2016, making it a decade since a new title has dropped in the game, though…

While rumors have been following the project for several years, we finally got the briefest of confirmations that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of the fourth mainline title in the Assassin’s Creed series, is indeed in development. This came in the form of a piece of concept art, so even to this point, the project has more speculation attached to it than known variables, with today appearing that one more can be added to the pile. According to Insider Gaming, the long-awaited remake will release on July 9, though obviously, there is no Ubisoft confirmation of this. Even…

Developer 4A Games has debuted the next title in the Metro series of video games, entitled Metro 2039. This comes shortly after Microsoft confirmed it would be showcasing the game as part of an Xbox First Look that was posted to YouTube. The title is available to wishlist and will be available as part of Xbox Play Anywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GLi240fXzA The first look opens up with a 5-minute or so cinematic trailer that doesn’t give us much in the way of what the gameplay will be like. What we do know, however, is that players will not be taking control of…

A Nintendo Switch 2 version of Bethesda’s open-world space adventure Starfield has been spotted online thanks to a leak by the Taiwan ratings board. As spotted by Universonintendo, the listing shows that this version of the title has been approved for release this week, though there is no mention in the leak as to a suggested release date. Starfield was released on PlayStation 5 on April 7, 2026, around three years after it was first released on Xbox Series and PC. This also followed extensive rumors over the last year that the title was poised to release on the console,…