Author: Zach Barbieri

Developer Starbreeze has entered into an agreement to fully acquire the rights to publishing rights to their game, Payday 3. This will see them take this role from Embracer Group-owned publisher Plaion. The developer has stated this move will allow them to “pursue broader strategic opportunities,” amid financial concerns for the game after the title saw a massive decrease in sales from $44.5 million in 2023, down to just $7.7 million in 2024. Starbreeze has conceded that Payday 3 was underperforming well below expectations within only a few months of release in September of 2023. Earlier this year, the studio…

After a long wait, and shortly following the announcement of Grand Theft Auto VI being delayed in 2026, Rockstar Games has officially released the second trailer for the game. This should hopefully give fans something to hold them over as we await the official release date of May 26, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeurNpMkA3c Similar to how Rockstar has done it prior, the second trailer for the game focuses on the narrative of the game and out two new protagonists, lovers Jason and Lucia. While there is no prominent timeline of the game available, it suggests, similar to the previous trailer, that Lucia…

The classic Sega game Ecco the Dolphin is set to return some 25 years after its last appearance on the Sega Dreamcast. It was announced that the original 1992 Sega Genesis game, as well as its 1994 follow-up, Tides of Time, will be getting remastered. Better yet, it was announced that a brand new game in the series is in development, adding Ecco to the list of Sega classics set to make a comeback, alongside Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Crazy Taxi, and more. It is unclear at this time if Sega is involved with the Ecco the Dolphin Remasters This…

Despite Microsoft having made clear that they support generative AI over the past few years, it appears that this has yet to on any significant role across the development studios at Xbox. According to the head of Compulsion Games, developer of the recently released South of Midnight, there have been no mandates made for studios to incorporate generative AI into their games. Similar to other tech companies, Microsoft itself has ventured into the development of AI toolsets, having built and deployed several that they say will bolster video game development. Earlier this year, the company unveiled what it called MUSE,…

Microsoft has announced a remaster of the 2006 franchise, spawning game Gears of War. entitled Gears of War: Reloaded. The upgraded version of the title will include improved visuals and audio, as well as cross-play and cross-progression functionality. It will also include all of the DLC content that has previously comprised the Ultimate Edition version of the game. It will be available on August 26th for the Xbox, PC, and PlayStation, making it the first time the series has crossed console lines, though it had previously been rumored Gears of War: E-Day will follow suit. Mike Crump, the studio head…

Some games you don’t really have an expectation for what you expect when you start to play them. Revenge of the Savage Planet developed by Raccoon Logic, was pretty much that for me. I knew of it, I was interested in it, but having never played the original, I was pretty much going in blind. I had no idea if my time in outer space would reward me, and how addicted I would get to the loop of discovery and unlocks I would get, pushing my time well beyond what I had initially planned to put in, yet here we…

Within the first few minutes of Supercar Collection Simulation, I had the worst version of deja vu. Now, I have played games like this before, some of them more enjoyable than others, but that’s not the sense of repetition I am talking about. No, I have lived this experience for 10 years in retail, which is a soul-crushing existence when it’s enjoyable. By the end of my career doing that, I had come to a point where you would probably find me behind the counter with a Nintendo Switch or PlayStation Portal in hand. It wasn’t out of laziness; all…

Rockstar Games has announced that their highly anticipated next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, Grand Theft Auto VI, will be released on May 26, 2026. It was initially slated for sometime in the fall of this year. In a Statement, Rockstar Games apologized for this delay, which is pretty significant given the status of the title, to many, as possibly the most important entertainment release of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBZY2fkU-0 Rockstar Games Stated in a post via X: We are very sorry that this is later than you expected. The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto…

Back in the 1980s, a manga called Drifting Classrooms. The story depicted a more viceral take on Lord of the Flies, the book that famously asked what if kids were forced to create their own society in the absence of one. In true manga fashion, though, Drifting Classrooms takes 1000 children and manages to kill all but about 100, with one scene where they attempt to crucify one of the kids still remaining with me all this time. When starting The Hundred Line: Last Defence Academy and making it through the prologue, this manga became the first and most obvious…

Microsoft has announced that it will be increasing the price of Xbox consoles and Controllers effective immediately, affecting all eligible markets across the world. This news was made in an Announcement made today, which avoided laying the blame for this one on any particular cause. The company said that starting on May 1st, these price hikes would take effect and shared an updated MSRP list for affected countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Markets that were not listed in the announcement can also expect to be affected, but the local pricing might “differ by country to…