Author: Zach Barbieri

Nintendo has announced an update to its plans for releasing the Nintendo Switch 2 in the United States. Originally, the new console was slated to be up for pre-order on April 9th, however, this was changed following President Trump’s implementation of tariffs on most countries around the world, including Japan, Vietnam, and China, which all play pivotal roles in the manufacturing process of the upcoming console. Now, the Platform will be made available for pre-order on April 24th for the US market. Nintendo additionally noted that the console will see no additional spikes in price, remaining $449 for the console…

Indie handheld Playdate Developers have earned an amount of over $1 million dollars thus far through the storefront catalog for the platform since the system launched back in March of 2023. Panic, the company behind the handheld, shared this news via email, explaining that 289,305 titles total have been sold through the curated marketplace, leading to a profit of $1,043,186, which has been paid out across all the people who have developed for the platform. An official statement from Panic said: Playdate might be an indie platform, but seeing numbers like this makes us realize that even an indie platform…

Well anticipated survival MMO Dune: Awakening has been delayed, developer Funcom has announced. Initially planned for release on May 20th, a little over a month from now, the studio has announced that it will now release on June 10th, being delayed by 3 weeks. The developers have stated that this will give the team more time to polish the upcoming title. As posted on the game’s official social media account via X: We will be moving the release date of Dune: Awakening to June 10, with head start launching on June 5. This is not a decision we take lightly,…

After a slight leak last week, EA has officially unveiled the title of their next Star Wars game, as well as the studios involved with its development. Entitled Star Wars: Zero Company, development is being spearheaded by Bit Reactor, with support from Lucasfilm Games and Star Wars: Jedi Survivor developer Respawn Entertainment. There isn’t much known at this time about Star Wars: Zero Company, outside of it being a “single-player turn-based tactics game”. There isn’t long to wait for more answers, however, as EA has stated it will give its first look at the game on April 19th during the…

Sony has announced they will be raising the recommended retail price of PlayStation 5 Consoles across Europe, Austrailia, and New Zealand. The company has stated that “a challenging economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates,” is at the forefront of the decision to do so. These price increases were confirmed via a PlayStation Blog post concerning them in which the company went over the price increases. Starting on April 14th, the prices for each version of the console will be as follows in these regions: EuropePS5 Digital Edition – €499.99 (No pricing changes for the standard PS5 with Ultra…

Zenless Zone Zero, the latest gacha game from the developers behind Genshin impact, miHoYo, has been announced to be coming to the Xbox Series platform. It was originally released on PlayStation, PC, and Mobile in July of last year, marking another popular Live-Service title to be making the jump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An23yVkUdlQ An official announcement via miHoYo states: Zenless Zone Zero will officially launch on Xbox alongside its Version 2.0 update this June. In addition to Xbox Series X|S, Zenless Zone Zero will also be available via Xbox Cloud Gaming, enabling Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play the game seamlessly across devices without downloads. With…

After announcing last week that Marathon, the upcoming Reboot of the classic IP from original developer Bungie, would be receiving a lot more information after being relatively radio silent through Sony’s termoutulous dialing back of their previous Live-Serrvice Strategy, over the weekend, we received our first look at the game, including some additional information as to what we can expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvJIQoWIQP8 At its core, Marathon is a three-person squad-based extraction shooter in which the player takes the role of a robotic runner. Players will travel to locations around the planet of Tau Ceti IV, in which they attempt to scavenge for supplies…

Date Everything!, The sandbox dating sim where you- you guessed it- can date everything, finally has a new release date. Previously, it was slated for release on Valentine’s Day for obvious reasons, but it was delayed so that the developers could have extra time to polish it. We will now see the game release on June 17th, which might not be as romantic a day as originally planned but should still be a fun day all the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAD1r-1oQ2w In the game, players take the role of a person who ends up with a magical pair of glasses that, when…

Sony will release a new update for the PlayStation Portal, focusing on the cloud Steaming Beta, which was introduced to the platform late last year. These will include some user experience and functionality updates, all of which will be added later today. This news comes via a PlayStation Blog post detailing what players can expect. Along with this, sorting will be added to the streaming catalog, allowing players to sort the games in the catalog, something that was desperately needed given previously, you could only browse the over 100 games in alpherbetical order. The sorting options will include Title, Release…

One of the big announcements to come out of the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct was that, after some time worth of asking, Nintendo fans will now be getting a Gamecube Classic library added to their Nintendo Switch Online, though only for the new console. Alongside this, as Nintendo is want to do, a Gamecube controller was announced that will work with the system alongside these, though some fine print now indicates it will be very limited in its functions. Spotted in the details of the UK version of the trailer for the Switch 2 GameCube Controller, thanks to VGC, is…