Author: Zach Barbieri

The owner of GSC Game World Maxim Krippa recently spoke to Forbes Ukraine about their recently released title STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl, their long-awaited sequel in the STALKER series, which last saw a release in 2009. This was initially reported by ITC.ua with the conversation discussing both the profitability of the new title, as well as plans to release DLC in the future. In this interview, Kappa talked about profit, stating: We have already sold enough to make the project profitable. The team worked almost 24/7 before the release. They lived this project, especially against the backdrop of war.…

Upcoming Action RPG Lost Souls Aside has committed to a 2025 Release Window after 9 years in development. This news comes from the newly released gameplay trailer for the title, which confirmed that the PlayStation-funded project, part of the China Hero Project Sony has been investing heavily in, will finally arrive on PS5 and PC in 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3hVP2IEreI The minute-long trailer for the game showcases several elements to be featured in the game, including high-detail cut scenes, some of the blazing fast combat in action, as well as exploration. Originally developed by a single person, Bing Yang, the Chinese-developed game…

Masayuki Kato, Founder and Former president of Nihon Falcom, which gave us my favorite RPG series Ys as well as the popular Legend of Heroes, has passed away on Sunday, December 15th, at the age of 78. This news comes from an announcement made by the company yesterday. Kato got his start as a computer technician in the auto industry but quickly fell in love with personal computers as well as their application for Game development and entertainment. this led to him founding Nihon Falcom in 1981, with the plan to publish Japanese games for personal computers in partnership with…

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, the co-operative Live Service title set in The Dungeons & Dragons Universe is being shut down and will be removed from storefronts a little over 3 years after it was initially released. The game’s official Steam page has been updated to reflect this, announcing that the game will be fully removed from sale, and its servers will be shut down on February 24, 2025. A note on the page from the title’s developer Invoke Studios read: We will be shutting down the Dark Alliance servers on February 24, 2025 and it will no longer be…

The Borderlands 4 Narrative Director, Sam Winkler, has suggested plans to cut back on the series’ brand of toilet humor with the upcoming entry of the long-running series. He tweeted that he remains ‘firm in his criticism’ of Borderlands 3, which he stated featured an “overabundance of toilet humor.” In addition to this, when responding to a fan about possible appearances of the popular internet meme Skibidi Toilet, Sam responded by saying “I’m not gonna say there’s no toilets but if the word skibidi ships in the game under my watch I’m gonna cry real tears.” Borderlands launched back in…

FromSoftware’s Game of the Year-winning title, Elden Ring, continues to be a dominating presence in the video game industry. Spurred on by sales boosts following the release of Expansion Shadow of The Erdtree , Elden Ring has now hit a new and pretty impressive milestone. Publisher Bandai Namco announced the challenging open-world RPG has now sold 28.6 million units, a number that is up 3.6 million from the 25 million it was announced to have sold in June. As pointed out by analyst @zhugeEX on X, this pushes over the 27 million unit threshold that the entire Dark Souls series has…

During the Video Game Awards, the director of It Takes Two, Josef Fares, took to the stage to announce the follow-up to their previous Game of the Year award winner. Entitled Split Fiction, it looks like much of what we have come to expect of developer Hazelight, but in a much grander package than we have ever seen before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwngWPXQtg Split Fiction once again sees the studio’s signature brand of split-screen co-op return as you and a friend (or stranger) take on the role of Protagonists Mio and Zoe, a pair of contrasting writers who take part in a futuristic…

The long-awaited next chapter in CD Projekt Red’s Witcher series, The Witcher IV has been showcased during the Video Game Awards. This comes nine years after its predecessor The Witcher 3 took to the same stage to take home the second annual Game of The Year award in 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54dabgZJ5YA No gameplay for The Witcher IV was shown, with the title only recently having been stated to have entered full-scale production, but we were given a pretty good indicator of what to expect. Following the events of the previous game Ciri, who served as the deuteragonist, will now take the…

After several years of being told that Naughty Dog has a new IP up their sleeves and months of hype on the part of Studio Head Neil Druckmann, the studio has finally unveiled Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at the Video Game Awards this Thursday. This Is Naughty Dog’s first new IP since their critically acclaimed series The Last of Us premiered in 2013, 11 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7TVPoxwi74 The teaser trailer features a cinematic of the game’s lead character Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter portrayed by Tati Gabrielle perhaps best known for her role in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.…

RGG Studios has announced a new IP from their studio, Project Century as part of the Video Game Awards that aired on Thursday night. They had previously suggested they had multiple games in development including a new IP, but this is the first look players have gotten of the game up to this point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hihuPFku9I Set in 1915 Japan, Project Century appears to be a gritty crime drama with similar veins to Yakuza, but a very different take. Not much information is given but the trailer puts an emphasis on the action which has a more violent undertone than their…