Author: Zach Barbieri

Nintendo has announced that their popular cozy life sim game Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be receiving a Nintendo Switch 2 Version, as well as a new update that will coincide with the release of this. Both will launch on January 15, 2026, with preorders being opened up soon, Nintendo has stated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nODHyw3lgs The Switch 2 version of the game is set to feature a higher resolution than the original, taking advantage of the console’s ability to hit 4k visuals on the TV, with this mode capped at 30fps. The mouse controls of the Nintendo Switch 2 will also be…

Ninja Gaiden was a staple of my childhood. Well, in fairness, Dead or Alive was a staple of my childhood, but as soon as I found out there was a spin-off featuring Ryu Hayabusa, it became a part of my childhood. I didn’t realize at the time it was based on a franchise from before I was born, but, just as well, Ryu was never my main anyway. Ninja Gaiden 3 dropped in that awkward period after Itagaki, RIP, had left the company, and Team Ninja had no idea what they were doing, so maybe my desire for a Ninja…

Publisher Krafton has announced that it will be undergoing a reorganization of sorts as it plans to refocus itself as an “AI-first company.” The company has stated that it will be “prioritizing AI as a central and primary means of problem-solving,” as well as “fostering change in individuals and organisations, increasing company-wide productivity, and accelerating mid- to long-term corporate value growth.” In a korean language statement released by the company, and translated by google AI, the company has outlined plans to undertake a “Complete” reorganization. It will also invest 100 billion won, or around $69.7 Million US dollars into a new…

Only a week after Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was released to mixed reviews following its lengthy and troubled development, it appears the bloodsucking franchise is about to take yet another hit. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt developer Sharkmob has announced that the spin-off of the franchise, which launched on PC in 2021, will shut down its servers in 2026, marking its final death. For fans of the game, including myself, this should not come as a surprise. The game suffered low player counts since its initial launch, leading to the end of active development on the title in…

As you explore the city of Seattle in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, your character is required to operate under the titular masquerade. This is a guideline laid out by Camilla, which is kinda a vampire government that usually, though not always, sits in power in most cities. These rules are placed to protect the exposure of the hidden vampire society from mortals. In Bloodlines 2, this serves more like a wanted system with several tiers of exposure based on your actions, and the game gives leeway to breaking the code, which, by the end, you will probably do…

In the coming weeks and months, I expect we will begin getting a clearer picture as to what actually went wrong with Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. The Chinese Room, the developer that eventually shepherded the product to fruition, isn’t fully to blame in this. Hell, they might not be at all to blame, as we have no idea the state of the project from when they took over. The only thing we can really say at this point is that the timeline that was laid out in 2019 never made any sense, so who is to say what…

Ghost of Yotei has managed to perform about as well as its Predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima, in terms of U.S. sales, analyst Mat Piscatella has revealed. Sony has yet to reveal concrete numbers on the global sales figures for Ghost of Yotei, which launched as a PlayStation 5 exclusive on October 2, 2025, which means the only insight we currently have is regional data from sales analysts who are unable to confirm any hard figures. Piscatellla, who works for Circana, took to social media to talk about the commercial performance of the latest title from developer Suckler Punch, claiming it…

Vilde, as an absolute base explanation, is completely all over the place. Honestly, it’s one of its more charming qualities. It is a manic pixie dream girl in video game form, if you are into that sort of thing. Starting, you think you are going to have a clear idea of what to expect. Gun in hand and waves of enemies that need to be mowed down by any means necessary, simple enough. Bullet Hell would be the term that comes to mind right away, and there are so many elements that are straight bullet hell, frantic. This is right…

The Arc Raiders Design Director has described the timing of Bungie’s Playtest for Marathon as being fortuitously timed, launching alongside their own playtest earlier this year. With both titles being extraction shooters, Embark Studios’ Virgil Watkins stated this overlap was “a great A/B test for us,” calling it useful to compare not just the feedback from their own title, but the feedback from Bungie’s as well. Since both games featured unique elements and features, he stated it was helpful to “compare and contrast how some of those things shook out.” In a conversation with PC Gamer, Watkins stated: It was…

Returning for a second to 2016, when Pokémon Go Released, I remember this prevalent attitude for the game that reshaped my thought process on the entire Pokémon franchise. Basically, before the game released in America, it released in other regions. This made sense for a game expected to be big, but was untested as to how big it would actually be. What wasn’t expected was the game was very quickly ripped and so Americans could download a foreign European version almost the same day as release over there. Again, the rollout was meant to be segmented so servers could be…