Author: Zach Barbieri

Polish developer People Can Fly, which is perhaps known best for such games as Outriders and Gears of War Judgement, has announced they are suspending or scaling back on projects due to what CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski has referred to as “external market pressures.” In a lengthy statement posted to X(formerly Twitter) from the company’s official account, Wojciechowski announced the suspension of Project Victoria, scaling down on Project Bifrost, as well as restructuring several internal teams. The decision follows the cancelation of another project back in April, named Project Dagger, which was set to be an action-adventure game that was co-developed…

The lawsuit brought against the developer of Palworld by Nintendo over similarities to their flagship monster-catching game already seems to be bringing about changes in the former. According to the latest patch notes in Palworld, which went live on Nov. 29, monsters no longer enter the fray of battle by having players aim a ball-like object and throw it to summon them. They will now simply appear in battle next to the player when the combat begins. Palworld launched into early access on January 19th of this year after several years of teasing its more adult take on the typically…

After struggling to find an audience for much of the year, Rocksteady has announced that support for Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League will end on January 14th, 2025. In a blog post, the developer outlined the fourth, and now final season, which is set to begin today, stating that this brings about “the final battle against Brainiac.” This season will also see the addition of fan-favorite character Deathstroke to the title lineup of anti-heroes present. Despite all this, the game will remain both purchasable and playable for the foreseeable future. This is similar to another live-service title that recently announced…

2k Games has announced that two of their most anticipated titles, Borderlands 4 and Mafia: The Old Country, are set to be showcased during The Video Game Awards later this week. This makes a fair amount of sense as Mafia had previously said more would be shown of the game in December, and both titles were previously teased during Opening Night Live of Gamescom 2024, another event run by The Video Game Awards head Geoff Keighley. Both the Borderlands account as well as the Mafia account took to X, formerly Twitter, today to post short clips in anticipation of the…

After the release of its first and only major DLC expansion Phantom Liberty, CD Projekt Red had suggested that Cyberpunk 2077 would begin winding down support as the team moved on to the sequel of the title, as well as the next game in The Witcher series. This doesn’t appear to be the case however as the Cd Projekt Red has confirmed yet another major update, numbered 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077, surprising fans in the process. CD Projekt took to X, Formally Twitter, to announce an upcoming episode of their REDstreams which is slated for December 10th to announce the…

The open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki, from former Legend of Zelda director Kentaro Tominaga, has crossed the 10 million download threshold since releasing on December 5th of this year. Additionally, the developer behind the game, Infold Games, is celebrating the achievement with in-game rewards. The studio revealed this milestone via a post on X (formerly Twitter), which revealed that it was achieved within just 4 days of release. Players will now have access to 10 free draws in the game’s clothing-based gotcha mechanic as thanks for their support of the title. Players can access this reward by opening their in-game…

Square Enix’s latest remake, Dragon Quest HD-2D Remake, has reached 2 million copies sold since the game was released on November 14th. The title see’s a return to the original trilogy of Enix’s flagship series (now working in reverse as I and II are set to release next year) reimaging the 1988 classic using Square Enix’s panorama mix of 3D graphics and pixel sprites that was popularized by their game Octopath Traveler. Released for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, and PC this is not the first port or remake of the NES game even if it is the…

Square Enix has announced they will be ending seasonal support for their live service title Foamstars a little less than a year after launch. The Japanese developer has explained that the next seasonal update, the ironically named ‘The Party Goes On!’, will in fact bring an end to the party once and for all. The Party Goes On! will begin on December 13th, 2024, and run until January 17th, 2025. After that, no additional content will be released. In a notice to players Square Enix wrote: In this concluding update, expansions will be introduced to enhance gameplay, such as the…

Deck Nine Games, the developer best known for several games in the Life is Strange series, including Life is Strange: True Colors and the recently released Life is Strange: Double Exposure, has announced layoffs as the year comes to a close. This is the second round of layoffs the studio has undergone this year, having previously let 20% of the studio go in February. The studio released an official statement today via twitter, announcing the news that people would be layed off, without any concrete numbers as to how many will be let go. This release, penned by Cheif officier…

Back in January of this year, the Technical Director of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Yukata Ito shared a photo of source code from the then-upcoming mainline entry of the long-running series. It was an uncommon move among major developers to share such integral parts of their development process. In an interview in late November with Automaton Media, Ito addressed this, with the goal of offering encouragement to coding hopefuls and future developers in the industry. Ito Told Automaton that programming can be “surprisingly simple” He went on to say: I created an X account in the first place because…