Author: Zach Barbieri

Firaxis, the Developer of the hotly anticipated strategy game Civilization VII, has announced that the title will receive a Steam Deck verification when it releases next month, on February 6th. This news has been revealed via a simple post on X/Twitter that stated “Civ 7 is officially Steam Deck verified. Make history on the go” https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1877415042418663489 This will give PC players picking up the next entry in the long-running franchise on PC two ways to enjoy Civilization VII. Developer Firaxis has promised that this entry “empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known.” It is the…

Yet again, the upcoming Ubisoft game Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed by an additional month. Due out on February 14th of this year, the stealth action title is now set to release on March 20th. This is the second delay that the game has received since it was announced during the Summer of 2024, with its initial release date set for November 12th, 2024. In a state meant by the company, it was stated As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day-1 experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month of development to…

A recent data mine of the Mobile Spinoff of the Pokémon series, Pokémon Go, seems to have confirmed that The Pokémon Company plans to hold a Pokémon presents event in February of this year. Established dataminer @mattyoukhana_ revealed on X(formerly Twitter) that Pokémon Go code is now referring to an upcoming event connected with “Pokémon Presents 2025”. Additionally, this text goes on to suggest that this event will specifically land on Pokémon Day, which happens to be February 27th. In fairness, this isn’t a shocker as major events from the studio have fallen on this day before, but given what…

Developer Slash Damage has announced that their previously announced game Transformers: Reactivate, based on the popular cartoon and toy brand, has been canceled. It was announced 2 years ago at the Video Game Awards back in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt3s-UE7mDs The studio made this announcement Via X(formerly Twitter), sharing the “very difficult news” before sharing that “A number of roles” were “potentially at risk of redundancy.” After being announced in 2022, the online live service title set in the Transformers universe was stated to have a beta coming in 2023. This of course never seemed to pan out, being perpetually delayed until…

The next mainline entry in Capcom’s popular Monster Hunter franchise, Monster Hunter Wilds, will receive another open beta before its release date, which grows ever closer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wPCTLkVXY Players who took part in the previous Beta will find that the hunts previously featured will be returning this time around. In addition to those a hunter of returning monster Gypceros will also be available to hunt this time around. Among other things, you will be able to use the Character Realtor, play the story trail, as well as complete the Slay Doshaguma quest. Capcom has also said that characters created during the…

Resident Evil 4 Remake has sold more than 9 Million Copies worldwide as of December 19th. This news was shared via X(formerly Twitter) by the development team behind the critically acclaimed survival horror title, thanking players of the game for their support. Launched in March of 2023, the game was reported to have topped the 8 million units sold mark in October of last year. Despite these impressive sales numbers Resident Evil 2 Remake, the title that started off the Resident Evil remakes, still remains the best-selling game in the series at 13.9 lifetime sales. This number was reached in…

Shift Up, the developer behind the currently PlayStation 5 exclusive Stellar Blade, has given every one of their 311 staff members a cash bonus of $5 million won, roughly $3,400 in US dollars. In addition, they also gifted all staff with a PlayStation 5 Pro console. As spotted by VGC, South Korean publication Naver reported that this large sum of Bonuses and gifts was intended to encourage the staff as the company moves forward. Shift Up has a 2024 that easily justifies this amount, however. Sony Interactive Entertainment published the title Stellar Blade early last year exclusively for the PlayStation…

The long-awaited sequel Grand Theft Auto VI is projected to generate a whopping $3 billion in revenue within its first year of sale. This is a far cry from what pretty much any other IP, both gaming or otherwise, could hope to come close to. The greatly anticipated open-world game from Rockstar is currently slated to release in the fall of 2025, though there has been some debate if the game will see additional delay into 2026 with such expected profits giving the studio plenty of room to delay so they get this right. It will be released on PC at a later…

Japanese developer and publisher SNK, known for franchises like King of Fighters and Fatal Fury, has established KOF Studio which is meant to “carry on the storied legacy” of its fighting game franchises. The studio website explains further that the developer will attempt to “revolutionize” SNK’s large library of Fighting properties in their possession. This follows SNK’s noted attempt to revive several of these IPs over recent years, outside of their King of Fighters series which has seen steady releases over the years. Samurai Showdown saw a new title in 2019, the first mainline release in the series in over…

While taking stock of 2024 for this article I realized 2024 has been an outstanding year for games. Coming off the high of the previous year I think there was an expectation to see a slight dip in releases and breakout games, but I really could not be happier that that is not the case. So many great games, fun experiences, and enjoyable narratives have all been released this year making a summation of the 10 games that stuck with me the most has been very hard, but here we are. This will be the first (and hopefully not last)…