Author: Zach Barbieri

Larian Studios’ mega RPG Baldur’s Gate III is finally available on every platform now that the title Stealth was released during The Video Game Awards in December. This is great news for all games as the title dominated the conversation of games in the latter half of 2023, as well as bagging a large number of game of the year awards. 2023 was a great year overall, with Baldur’s Gate III leading the way, but another conversation about subscription services like PlayStation Plus Extra and Xbox Game Pass has been playing out on both fronts. During the FTC V. Microsoft…

13 years after the popular tennis series Top Spin offered up its last serve, Publisher Take-Two has announced that the series will be returning with a new game, entitled Top Spin 2k25. Although no official release date was given, it is intended to be released at some point in 2024. This announcement came through a teaser trailer for the title that simply offers that states the game is ‘coming soon’. That being said, as a Tennis fan, just the claim of the game is enough to get me excited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGxSiweoJA The game is being developed by Hanger 13, best known…

In 2023, Remedy unveiled their new trademark, a large letter R that has a rippling effect to it which they stated reflected a “New and Refined look,” for the studio. This has not sat well with Take-Two, owner of the extremely popular Rockstar Games, who are disputing this new logo over similarities to the logo of the Grand Theft Auto developer. This filing was made in the UK and EU, because of the “likelihood of confusion,” said the publisher. Remedy had filed with EU’s Intellectual Property office on April 13, 2023, which was one day before their public announcement. They…

Foamstars, the upcoming 4v4 competitive from Square Enix, finally looks to have foamed up a release date. The game is now set to release on February 6th. Better yet, it will be available to all tiers of PlayStation Plus membership until March 5th, at which point it will be $30 for everybody across PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Additionally, Square Enix has also detailed the first year of content they plan to release for the title. This includes new characters, new cosmetics, new maps, and new modes, all of which are standard fair for live-service titles in this day and…

We are only a few weeks into 2024 and already there are a lot of games to look forward to. One of the early releases this year, and one of the most anticipated is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake. A retelling of the Final Fantasy 7 story across multiple parts, players can expect to leave the city of Midgar and begin to explore many of the locations present when the original title introduced us to its world map (which makes a return). In anticipation of the title’s impending release next month, Square Enix has…

The rumored release window of February for the upcoming Elden ring DLC Shadow of The Erdtree now looks more likely thanks to a new update on the game’s Steam page. Over two years after the game was first released to acclaim across the industry, Steam has updated the backend for Elden Ring which appears to be prepping for the DLC’s launch. As noticed by zeta50 on Resetera, SteamDB has listed the page as being updated today. As part of this update, a new file was added that is currently unused though it does bear the label DLC, assumably to serve…

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has landed developer Rocksteady in a somewhat unfamiliar territory. Primarily, the developer behind the Arkham Trilogy which is one of the most beloved licensed superhero games of all time has been having a hard time with audience backlash to their latest games’ live-service elements. To combat this, Rocksteady has been putting heavy emphasis on aspects of their upcoming anti-hero team-up that share their bones with their Arkham Franchise. One of these that the company has made clear will feel familiar is the story, which the company made clear will be their biggest story to…

Two classic RPGs from the Gameboy Advance era of the early 2000s will be making their way to Nintendo Switch Online via their Gameboy Advance Catalog. Those games as Golden Sun, and its sequel Golden Sun: The Lost Age. If for some crazy reason, you have never played them before or never beat them, this marks a great time to jump back into this pair of retro titles. Golden Sun and its sequel were developed by Camelot Software Planning, a Tokyo-based studio that would go on to bring the world 25 years of Mario sports glory in the forms of…

Smite 2, a sequel to the popular MOBA title that has been running since 2014, has been officially unveiled by developer Titan Forge Games. It will serve as a revamping of the mythology-based competitive game, complete with modernized graphics and revamped gods to play as. They have also confirmed that the sequel will be built from the ground using Unreal Engine 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1PHxmPq5o4 The game is set to boast a cleaner Interface for players with easier-to-parse spell effects. Several of the gods will also be getting some overhauling, such as Ymir, who will be getting new physical-based abilities. Additionally, the…

It would seem that the title for the upcoming Xbox Exclusive Indiana Jones game has leaked due to video game researcher Kurakasis. The game is being developed by MachineGames, probably most well-known for their reboot of the Wolfenstein series, with this new title originally planned for wider release before Bethesda was acquired by Microsoft in 2021. Kurakasis shared this discovery on Twitter, suggesting that the title will be called Indiana Jones And The Great Circle. Lucasfilm registered several domain names on January 9th, 2024 with the same name, strongly implying that this will ultimately be the title of the game…