Hey, everybody! Tim, Kristen, and I are back this week to talk about the horrors of Racoon City, Reanimal, and trying to conquer your backlog before a wave of new games comes for us all. Along with our various journeys through Greece in God of War Sons of Sparta.
God of War Sons of Sparta The Pit blog — Time to test your Spartan resolve in the roguelike challenge mode. See how to unlock this mode early and take it on solo or with local co-op. missions and objectives.
Life is Strange: Reunion hands-on report — Chloe and Max are back for more time manipulation shenanigans. Check out new features, including the ability to play as both the protagonist and the interactive notebook.
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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
Infil into the dark sci-fi world of Tau Ceti IV: A derelict colony rife with rival Runners, hostile UESC security forces, and hazardous environments. As you scavenge its zones for valuables with a crew or alone, tense moments of exploration break into fast-paced PvP combat where gunplay is responsive, time to kill is low, and preparation is rewarded. Exfil to advance your seasonal power, earn cosmetics for your achievements, and assemble stronger builds with your stolen loot. Then put your gear back on the line to seek even greater fortunes in your next run.
On Lana and Mui’s home planet, new technology brings progress but also stirs greed and imbalance. As different tribes adopt it in their own ways, tensions grow and the world’s harmony begins to shift. When those seeking power push too far, Lana and her little companion are pulled into a journey that reveals long-buried truths about their planet and about themselves. Journey across frozen peaks, deep oceans, and forgotten ruins in a hand-painted world where nature meets technology. With no spoken dialogue, characters express themselves through an alien language, letting the world, music, and your choices carry the story and inviting you to find its meaning for yourself.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered – Deluxe Edition
Return to the dark world of Nosgoth as you take control of both the vampire Kain and his betrayed lieutenant Raziel, two powerful entities bound by the conflict between free will and fate. Armed with legendary blades and supernatural abilities, battle through towering gothic spaces filled with enemies, puzzles, and long-buried secrets – where no victory comes without a cost. Experience a timeless dark fantasy reborn for a new generation.
Scott Pilgrim EX is an action-adventure game where players can fight as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers and more as they battle through the fractured time and space of Toronto. The combat gameplay is driven by instinct and improvisation – a hectic ballet of fists and flair that rewards strategy, spontaneity, and a good bit of brawling chaos. String together stylish combos, experiment with wacky weapons and unleash over-the-top special attacks. Characters can be upgraded with special badges that enhance their stats and grant special bonuses. Players will explore a whole city of interconnected levels to meet old and new faces, complete quests, and discover hidden areas. Multiplayer co-op, local or online, lets up to four players join in on the action, making it a fun, dynamic experience.
Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.
Alex the Rabbit is a classic, fun, and challenging 2D platformer. Join Alex, a brave rabbit, on an action-packed adventure through colorful and dangerous worlds. Your goal is to collect all the carrots scattered across the map, overcome obstacles and enemies, and find the Golden Carrot, located at the end of each level. The game features 20 carefully crafted levels, increasing the challenge with each level, as well as 4 epic boss battles that will test your skills and reflexes. If you enjoy retro-style platformers with classic gameplay and engaging progression, Alex the Rabbit is the perfect choice!
Cryptical Path is an action-packed roguelite where you control the dungeon. Step into the role of the Architect, the creator of the mysterious Hexium, and shape your own path while battling the vengeful souls trapped within your creation. Here, the power is yours. Choose, combine, and build rooms to transform the labyrinth every run. Craft unique strategies, personalize your journey, and explore thousands of possibilities in this innovative roguelite-builder, where you don’t rely on luck—you create the challenge.
Welcome to Meowgic Mix, an adorable pixel art puzzle where a floating cat on a living book must mix potions and deliver them to the correct cauldrons. There are 30 stages inside a magical academy, with challenges that require strategy, logic, and a good dose of feline cleverness.
Cozy and colorful city building puzzle where every move counts. By merging three matching tiles, you’ll gradually transform a humble settlement into a thriving metropolis—growing your world from adorable beginnings to awe-inspiring skylines. With no timers or pressure, you’re free to build, relax, and shape your town at your own pace.
Fight in the American Civil War campaign (1861-1865) – from small engagements to massive battles that can last several days over hundreds of square miles of terrain. Based on your successes and reputation you might get access to more corps, divisions and brigades. Keep your soldiers alive and they will learn to fight better, turning from green rookies to crack veterans. The Officers rank up based on their units’ performance, but it’s war and they can be wounded or even get killed in action. There is a huge variety of Civil War weaponry from mass-produced Enfield pattern rifles to rare Whitworths. Use every opportunity to overthrow your enemy and win the battle.
Bring order to the urban chaos as you solve traffic jams in brainteasing puzzle action! Are you clever enough to clear the streets? Avenue Escape is a puzzle game that challenges you to direct traffic jams and safely move cars through busy cityscapes! Each of Avenue Escape’s 50 levels features a bustling scene packed with cars, pedestrians and traffic lights. It’s up to you to figure out the perfect sequence to move every vehicle to its destination.
Cubic Figures is a minimalistic puzzle game where you need to make up different figures from a number of given shaped blocks. Take the block, rotate if needed and put it into the outlined figure to fill it. Repeat until all the blocks will be revealed and the outline of the figure will be filled with shaped blocks. Take your time: there’s no need to hurry.
All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored. Discolored 2 is a first-person puzzle horror filled with mystery and suspense. Taking place in a world where color is power, your task is to use your puzzle-solving skills to protect it from a sinister organization.
King Slime in Cashtle is a precision 2D platformer where you play as the ruler of the slime kingdom on a very important mission: collect every last tax coin left behind in your own castle. Jump, dodge, and maneuver through dangerous castle biomes filled with traps, challenges, and tight platforming sequences.
Light the right path in Lantern Push, a charming puzzle game where you control a red panda pushing paper lanterns onto Magical Ember Seals scattered across the ground. When a lantern reaches a seal, magic happens: it lights up, floats gently, and marks another step toward the perfect solution.
Messy Up
E-Home Entertainment Development Company Ltd
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
$7.99
$6.39
Messy Up – March 4 Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
Take on the role of cats and dogs and go wild, wreaking havoc at home! Each pet possesses unique abilities and skills, with various types of pets waiting for you to explore. When other pet companions are caught, you can go to rescue them. Either cause mayhem alone or collaborate with friends to create trouble for the owner. Up to three players can cooperate in dismantling the house. Play as either the owner or a pet, deciding whether to demolish or defend the furniture and lock up the mischievous pets.
You start in the middle of a colorful fantasy world right in front of a small village. You are a little bird that moves continuously forward and are free to fly wherever you want. After you have played around a little and enjoyed the sensation of flying you start to discover the nearby areas and hidden secrets. You fly towards a giant building with many decorations and lights on it. Once you come closer you see a bright shining memory shard right in front of you. The memory shards are hidden all over the different worlds and contain memories and information that the little bird requires to explore the world and rescue the king’s kingdom. You fly towards the shard and collect it. Once you have found a certain amount of memory shards you will be able to enter the next area and the story continues.
From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time. Build powerful word combos, unlock game-changing upgrades and journey through a living puzzle shaped by your decisions. Every choice, every letter, every placement matters.
Docked is a realistic simulator where you operate heavy machinery, restore and develop the port’s infrastructure, and manage day-to-day operations to help your port expand and thrive. Pre-order Docked to unlock the Premium Reach Stacker vehicle, a sleek, modern upgrade you can switch to at any time. Enjoy a distinctive three-tone body color design, a boosted engine, quicker acceleration and braking, and a boom lift that’s 15% faster.
Extra Coin
CINIC Games
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Extra Coin – March 5 Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere
They replaced the old world with a new one, a better one. As wars tore the globe apart and overpopulation pushed humanity to the brink, a lifeline emerged: The Arcade, a virtual world offering escape. In this digital utopia, everything is vibrant and shiny, everything runs smoothly… or so we’ve been led to believe. Mika never trusted The Arcade’s ads, but her parents did. Hoping for a better life, they left without an explanation. Now, she’s stepping into The Arcade to find them and uncover the truth behind its glossy facade.
Run! The room is collapsing! This is a box-pushing puzzle escape game set in a collapsing room. You’ll need to count your moves precisely, dodge bottomless pits and traps, use all kinds of mechanisms in the room, and push crates to solve puzzles—escape before the walls crush you into a puddle!
In Slide Viking: Treasure’s Path, you step into a charming Viking village filled with clever puzzles and personality. Controlling a fearless Viking, your mission is to push axes onto treasure chests, marking each one before claiming the hidden riches. With 30 levels of increasing difficulty, the game blends logic and strategy across compact boards full of pixel art details. Every move matters, as the Viking moves tile by tile, requiring careful planning to position the axes correctly without getting trapped in dead ends.
The veggies have snapped! Blast through endless waves of enraged carrots, onions, and mutant tomatoes in this fast-paced rogue-like FPS. Collect upgrades, unlock new arenas, and survive the Feast of Fury — where dinner fights back!
A Winding Path is a hand-drawn adventure game about finding the beauty of the world and enjoying the little things. Explore the atmosphere of ancient caverns, enchanting forests and busy settlements, help colorful characters, find the rain and unveil its magic. In a whimsical fantasy world, the rain has ceased to fall. The rivers are running low and the crops have withered. Seeking to uncover the elemental mystery, you find an enchanted lyre and set out on a magical journey to restore balance to the world.
Amane, Tia, and Lill lived peacefully with their father, Kalius, until his sudden disappearance shattered their lives. Ten years later, the siblings search for answers and the truth behind their father’s fate. Fortuna Magus features strategic turn-based battles built around revelations and TP (Technical Points). Learn new spells and tandem attacks by meeting combat conditions, manage TP to unleash devastating special skills, and strengthen characters through element levels using magestones. Deep customization and rewarding progression await long after the story ends.
Get ready to travel back in time with Jurassic Differences, a spot the difference adventure packed with prehistoric thrills and visual surprises! Each level drops you into a vibrant dinosaur filled scene with two nearly identical images, but don’t be fooled. A missing horn, a shifted tail, or a subtle change in the jungle landscape is waiting to be uncovered. Whether you’re racing the clock in Challenge Mode or exploring at your own pace in Casual Mode, every puzzle delivers that satisfying “aha!” moment. With colourful prehistoric visuals, easy-to-learn controls, and a compelling “just one more level” feel, Jurassic Differences is the perfect game for puzzle lovers who enjoy sharp observation, playful details, and uncovering every hidden difference in a world ruled by dinosaurs.
Mirage 7 is a dark fairytale, a third-person adventure with a unique blend of fantasy and sci-fi elements. Deep in an arid desert, a reconnaissance drone crashes from the sky. The explosion rocks a secret underground military base, and a mysterious “hybrid” is awoken within. In another time or another world, the young Nadira and her pet lizard Jiji begin their journey through desert sands to find the mysterious oasis of Jala. According to the legend, this is where they will find Taishma, the Lost Princess, hidden in the Moon Palace – only she can fulfill Nadira’s deepest wish, and bring her little sister back to life. Follow Nadira’s tale, as she journeys to reveal a secret that goes beyond her comprehension.
Monster Ramp Racing is not just another racing game—it’s an adrenaline-fueled ride that pushes your driving skills to the limit. Take the wheel of massive, customizable monster trucks, conquer giant ramps, perform epic jumps, and master endless climbing roads in the most thrilling off-road experience!
On a rainy night, Yuto, a freelance illustrator, encounters a mysterious girl named Milk with cat ears in a back alley. After taking in the non-human girl, Yuto’s once-quiet daily life becomes lively and warm. Milk’s pure and innocent reactions to modern civilization gently heal Yuto’s heart. As they spend time together, the two gradually form a bond as if they were a true family. This is a heartwarming visual novel about the gentle connections that transcend species and background.
You’re all alone working at a remote fulfillment center. Your only companion is your cat, a comforting presence in the vast, dark warehouse you are stationed in. Start each shift by reviewing incoming orders, as the demands increase, unlock deeper sections of the warehouse and uncover its unsettling secrets. But it’s not just your survival, your cat depends on you.
Running across the road is a very challenging task for a little chicken. Lots of very fast cars and unexpected obstacles. You need a good reaction to help this cute little guy. Don’t forget that he has friends and they also want to cross the road.
Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure. Sumerian Six follows the Enigma Squad, a team of commandos composed of the world’s greatest scientists who combine their skills to conduct secret missions in their fight against the Third Reich. Together, you seek to thwart ex-member Hans Kammler’s nefarious plans involving a powerful, mystical substance named Geiststoff.
Trigger Path is a charming sokoban-style puzzle game where you play as a clever little knight solving tactical challenges by dragging bouncy enemies onto trap tiles. Get them all in place, the trap activates, defeats the enemies, and you move on to the next puzzle! It’s all about smart movement and satisfying setups. With clean controls, unlimited undo, and instant restarts, every level invites you to try, rethink, and improve, without pressure.
Set sail on a thrilling puzzle adventure where the seas are filled with hidden words and untold treasures. In Word Quest: Pirates, you’ll solve exciting word searches to unlock treasure chests, outsmart rival pirates, and uncover legendary loot. With each level, the challenge grows as you chart your way across mysterious islands and ancient maps. Do you have what it takes to become the ultimate pirate word master?
I’ve felt surprisingly mixed so far about Frostrail, the new first-person co-op horror survival game from the folks behind Barotrauma. As a rule, I’m keen on stories about awful apocalypse trains – see Metro Exodus, RailGods, and recent Julian favourite Fogpiercer – but Frostrail has hitherto seemed a bit generic. Certainly, a bit generic for a game from the people who made a game that inspired write-ups like this one.
The announcement trailer suggested a dowdy routine of chugging between resource spots and shooting a few dozen ice zombies while backpedalling towards your upgradeable locomotive. Thankfully, this week’s new gameplay overview adds a few layers of mystique, delving into catacombs where the vegetation is lusher, the architecture a bit Tomb Raidery, and the horror, less explicable. You’ll get into certain of these sunken spaces by way of abandoned churches, which reminded me a little of the altar puzzle in Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Anyway, here’s the video.
I can’t knock the game’s backstory writing. “Once a mighty empire, the land now lies barren, consumed by an unrelenting cold,” explains the Steam page. “Twisted by the Emperor’s pact with the Void, its ruins are haunted by relentless revenants and eldritch horrors. Aboard an armored, steam-powered train, the Penitent Gardeners purge the land of the cursed, granting mercy to the lost and striking down the wicked, seeking salvation in the heart of the frozen desolation.”
Yes! I have always wanted to be a Penitent Gardener, and not just the everyday, lower-case kind who forgets to sow the potatoes in time and hack back the raspberries before the winter.
Frostrail is out in early access sometime this year. If you missed Barotrauma for lack of an appropriately tenacious and twitchy submarine crew (yes, I’m aware you can play with bots), Frostrail appears more singleplayer-friendly in that it is openly marketed as for “solo or co-op”. Still, we won’t know for sure till we play it.
Question for the thread: who would win, trains or submarines? The answer, of course, is: we shouldn’t have to choose.
Where Winds Meet is taking us back to “one of China’s most glorious eras,” the Tang Dynasty, with its next major update, the Hexi expansion, which kicks off, for free, on March 5.
Between March and May, the team will release Hexi’s three chapters in sequence, taking wanderers “from desert to ice fields to grasslands,” starting with Jade Gate Pass next week.
“In ancient China, friends would write poems for each other. Think of these three chapters as our poem to all of you,” the team explained, stressing that this marks “a much more cinematic approach to storytelling” that feels “quite different from our previous storytelling.”
Set in a vast desert landscape, developer Everstone Games said the Hexi expansion represents the “biggest expansion since the game’s launch, and will offer up brand-new narratives, new bosses, fresh gameplay features, and martial art styles.” We can expect three major maps, which, combined, boast nearly 20 sub-regions, 11 unique bosses, seven Jianghu Legacies, “dozens” of side quests, and “so much more.” There’s also a new path called Bamboocut-Dust, with two new martial arts for Umbrella and Roped Dart. Umbrella’s Spring Dreamscape is “all about agility,” while Rope Dart’s Fleeting Clouds is “all about big, sweeping AOE attacks.”
The stream showed off some of those aforementioned boss fights in detail;, including Jade Gate Pass’ campaign boss, Guo Xin, the aging general and last grand protector who “remains at his post defending the land to the very end.” He’ll come at you with “sweeping combos and summon veterans to fight alongside him,” so you’ll need to use your deflects wisely to protect against his attacks. His second phase, on the other hand, boasts “sands swirl and time reverses” as the call of his army “jostles him back to his prime,” enabling him to unleash his full power.
We also get a sneak peek at Wandering Ark, which, I’m delighted to say, is exactly what it sounds like — a huge ship. Once a messenger, it’s now obsessed with finding its way home through the desert. If you hang on after the main presentation finishes, there’s also a good chunk of the battle against Hexi’s Moongazing Maiden boss fight, too, where all the skills and weapons are related to the moon.
While the stream focused primarily on the desert, we also paid fleeting visits to the upcoming Liangzhou and Qingchuan maps, too. The former is a city known for its fine wine and precious jade in our first snow mountain region, and the latter, your final destination, where you’ll cycle through all four seasons on one map and find warring factions everywhere you turn.
Best of all, though, Everstone stressed that all your progress carries over from season to season, including character levels, talents, and arsenals, so there’s “no need to start from scratch.”
As for goodies? Here’s just some of what you can expect:
30+ Lingering Melody
90+ Resonating Melody (includes pulls obtained via free Echo Jade earned through exploration)
100+ Appearances and items
Win exclusive Whirl of Radiance outfit (obtained through exploration)
100+ Exquisite Rewards, including Appearances like Burlap Sack, Bride’s Bloom, War Drum and more, the White-Headed General Avatar, the Radiant Horizons Nameplate, and the Who Else? And Pluck Stars Emotes
That’s not all! Everstone also revealed a slew of new quality-of-life updates, too, which we’ve summarized below:
Cross-platform optimization and improved stability
Performance and stability optimizations:
Performance and memory usage have been optimized across all platforms. This effectively reduces crashes, ensuring a more stable and reliable overall experience.
Dynamic scene enhancements:
Optimized object motion in dynamic scenes to make screen transitions and movement processes smoother and more natural.
Unified cross-platform experience:
Through comprehensive adjustments across all platforms, we have improved the consistency of the gameplay experience on different devices.
Optimized notifications for Compendium, Achievements, Events, Martial Arts, and Guilds. We hope to ensure timely and clear information delivery for all players while minimizing distractions and repetitive alerts.
Console control upgrades and smoother interactions
PS5 controller optimization:
Adjusted controller inputs for the Taiping Mausoleum and select events to enhance intutitiveness and handling.
Focus and cursor display optimization:
Optimized the logic for controller focus display and fixed cursor issues, making UI navigation clearer and more stable.
Polished console experience:
Further improved interaction details on consoles to minimize control interference and improve overall gameplay experience.
Inventory management upgrades
Recycling and sorting improvements:
Optimized the interaction of the recycling interface to support the quick recycling of multiple item types, improving sorting efficiency.
Fast recycle now available:
Added a Fast Recycle function to quickly process expired, discarded, and recyclable items in bulk.
Item categorization and stacking optimization:
Introduced new item categorization methods and increased the stack limit for certain Life Materials, keeping your inventory clean and organized.
Gameplay and social updates
Guild gameplay updates:
Added various Guild-related gameplay modes and challenges to enrich combat styles and play choices.
Guild War optimization:
Adjusted league and command mechanisms to reduce interference, ensuring smoother combat flow.
Social feature upgrades:
Added multiple chat channels and group chat functions to facilitate interaction among players and allow sharing of Jianghu stories.
Where Winds Meet’s Hexi expansion can be pre-downloaded from today (February 27). “To wrap up, Hexi is a cinematic open world experience. Three chapters, tons of creative storytelling. We really hope this passion project brings something fresh to all of you,” the team said.
The Wuxia open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China debuted on PC and PlayStation 5 on November 14, topping 9 million players in just two weeks. The mobile version released on December 12.
It didn’t take long for players to find creative — and highly amusing — ways to make use of the game’s chatbot NPCs, including taking a novel approach to solving riddles by… simply telling the game’s AI-powered chatbot NPCs that they have solved the game’s riddles.
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Late last year, Netflix struck a deal with Warner Bros. to purchase most of the company’s assets for $82 billion. Now, Netflix has chosen to abandon that deal rather than match the higher offer made by Paramount. That paves the way for Paramount to become the new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery, pending stockholder and regulatory approval.
For the better part of two months, Warner Bros. refused to engage with Paramount, which briefly led the latter to file a lawsuit against the rival studio. Earlier this month, Netflix granted Warner Bros. a one-week period to reopen negotiations with Paramount. The Warner Bros. board subsequently decided that Paramount’s higher offer was the better deal, and Netflix declined to keep bidding.
“We believe we would have been strong stewards of Warner Bros.’ iconic brands, and that our deal would have strengthened the entertainment industry and preserved and created more production jobs in the US,” said Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter). But this transaction was always a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price.”
The trailer for We Are So Cooked, a nice, cozy co-op physics stealth game about trying to hide a dead body with your friends, dropped today after the game went viral for its premise earlier this month. The trailer does a good job of highlighting the particular challenges of trying to stealthily remove a dead body from a busy hotel, from abundant security cameras to the body’s floppiness. The game, which comes from indie developers Dwarven Brothers, premiered its trailer on Geoff Keighley’s X account and The Game Awards Instagram.
We Are So Cooked.
First trailer for new indie co-op physics stealth game.
You’ve accidentally killed someone, and now you have to get rid of the evidence. pic.twitter.com/G34FieuScm
Though the game is technically playable solo, individual players will face extra challenges. According to We Are So Cooked‘s Steam page, “dragging the body alone is slow and leaves a bloody trail,” and “You can hold an item, OR you can drag the body. You can’t do both. You’ll have to scream at your friends to open doors for you.” Co-op play doesn’t guarantee an easier path to victory, though: you’ll have to dodge security guards, dogs, and other hotel guests while trying to navigate down stairs and around corners with an awkward, heavy dead body that seems determined to slip out of your hands. You’ll have to come up with a solid plan and work together carefully to avoid dropping the body—the description warns that “if you pull left and your friend pulls right, you’re going to drop him down the stairs.”
We Are So Cooked‘s lighthearted approach to manslaughter is a nice respite from co-op games with heavier themes, like Hazelight Studios’ fun-looking but actually harrowingly grim divorce game It Takes Two. At least you and your fellow players are on the same page in this one. We Are So Cooked is set to release sometime in 2026.
In the latest example of ‘I don’t understand business,’ Splash Damage, which just three months ago made major layoffs so it could “remain agile and adaptable in what has been a very challenging market,” has acquired Gamepires, the maker of the open world survival game Scum.
The acquisition, backed by Emona Capital and part of “a refreshed strategic direction,” will see the two studios combined into the Splash Damage Group, which “focus on expanding its premium development and co-development partnerships in conjunction with scaling the Scum franchise and investing in new IP.” Former Splash Damage chief financial officer Ben Hopkinson will take the reins as CEO.
“This is a defining moment for Splash Damage,” Hopkinson said. “Our independence and experience, together with the acquisition of Gamepires, strengthens our ability to scale live-service titles and build new premium multiplayer experiences. Alongside the strategic support and industry network of Emona Capital, this new structure provides stable and positive future for Splash Damage.”
As of 2024, Emona Capital is also the majority owner of Relic Entertainment, and has investments in Blackbird Interactive.
It’s not unusual for game studios to eat each other—the big deals, like Microsoft and Activision, get the attention, but it happens at smaller scales, too—and investment firms like Emona are often involved. But to put a bunch of people out of work, and then buy a whole bunch of new people for some undisclosed but presumably hefty amount of money? That seems really crappy.
“While we did recently conduct layoffs, bringing the teams together around Scum gives Splash Damage Group immediate, meaningful work to focus on,” Splash Damage told PC Gamer. “That stability has been important for protecting roles and giving the studio a solid foundation for its future. Splash Damage Group is currently just under 150 people, and we will be working closely with Emona to grow the group over the next few years.”
I suppose that’s fair as far as it goes: Splash Damage hasn’t released a game since the long-forgotten Stadia exclusive Outcasters in 2020. But surely it would’ve been easier to just come up with an idea for its own new game? Business, man. I just don’t get it.
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Following its Xbox Game Preview release this past April, Towerborne is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5, Game Pass (Premium and Ultimate), is handheld verified and supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
From the creators at Stoic, Towerborneis a cooperative, side‑scrolling action RPG brawler that blends fast, satisfying combat with deep customization and a hopeful, heroic tone. Venture across a crumbling world, uncover the mysteries of the City of Numbers, and fight back the corruption threatening humanity—solo or alongside friends.
The full game launch delivers:
A complete story‑driven campaign
New biomes, enemies, and bosses
Offline story play with optional online co‑op
Hundreds of missions, bounties, and side quests
A premium, one‑time purchase experience
Check out our last Xbox Wire post from Stoic’s CEO & President Trisha Stouffer for more information on what’s gone into this full game update.
As a thank you for their great support, Towerborne Founders will also get a special treat at launch with Day 1 access to unlock Brutal Mode — the ultimate endgame challenge, deadlier AI, elite Vanguard enemies, harsher encounters, and a less forgiving battlefield built to test true combat mastery.
High risk, high reward, unlock after completing the Campaign to earn increased loot and prove your build, skill, and execution against the game’s toughest fights.
Brutal from scratch is the ultimate proving ground! Start a new save, re-earn gear and skills, and fight through the full campaign under Brutal rules. Built for players chasing peak mastery, every victory reflects smart builds, sharp execution, and true command of the combat system.
Whether you’re returning from Early Access or stepping into the Belfry for the first time, now is the perfect time to become an Ace.
Towerborne is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, Steam, PlayStation 5, Game Pass (Premium and Ultimate), is handheld verified and supports Xbox Play Anywhere.
Towerborne
Xbox Game Studios
☆☆☆☆☆ 221
★★★★★
PC Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass
Towerborne is an exciting side-scrolling Action RPG Brawler. Rise again as an Ace, an immortal warrior reborn to defend the Belfry against the darkness beyond its walls. Journey across a crumbling world, uncover the mystery of the fallen City of Numbers, and push back the corruption threatening humanity’s survival.
Master the Mayhem
Experience classic combo-based brawler combat combined with a modern RPG. Customize your Ace with powerful gear, experiment with diverse combat styles, and refine your skills through relentless battles. Every fight makes you stronger, every victory opens new strategies, and every weapon reshapes your journey.
Fight Your Way
Whether you want quick pick-up-and-play sessions or intricate systems to master, Towerborne lets you choose your play style. Its fast-paced, responsive combat rewards timing and creativity, making every encounter feel fresh and challenging as you grow stronger.
Grow Stronger Together
Join forces with up to three other Aces* or venture solo with Umbra lending unique abilities to your side. Teamwork amplifies the chaos and the thrill, where synergy and strategy make the difference between victory and defeat. Rally together to fight as one.
Take an Unforgettable Journey
Towerborne expands beyond combat with a compelling Story Campaign designed to spark excitement and fuel unstoppable action. For players who crave more than battles, Towerborne’s full story campaign brings to life the lore, characters, and stakes of the Belfry’s survival. Explore, progress, and uncover the world at your own pace and take your Ace’s journey offline then reconnect online to fight alongside friends without missing a beat.
Colony sim and city builder Going Medieval will leave early access on 12th March, at which point it will presumably be retitled Gone Medieval. Yes, this is the sort of joke that ought to get you imprisoned – imprisonment being one of many features added to Going Medieval since the winter of 2021, when Sin described it as “a buildier, friendlier Rimworld spinoff”.
Other elements introduced over the long, increasingly Medieval years include fire, water, siege weapons, and a trading system. The 1.0 launch will bring “a proper endgame, wonderful improvements, new content, and a lot of achievements”, write developers Foxy Voxel on Steam. God be praised! Break out the good wine, slaughter the prize calf and let the trumpets ring from the battlements! Here’s a trailer.
When players return to Nosgoth in Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered on PS4 and PS5, they are not only revisiting a defining chapter of the saga, but are also stepping into one that was never released.
Included with the definitive edition of Defiance Remastered is a playable demo of The Dark Prophecy, the unfinished sixth entry in the Legacy of Kain series. For years, this project existed only in fragments, remembered through concept art and early development materials. Now, players can experience a preserved segment of that lost chapter firsthand.
The demo is presented as a historical artifact rather than a reimagining. Freely explore its tone, environment direction, and early gameplay ideas as they were originally conceived. This is a rare chance to experience the direction the series was preparing to take and to witness how Nosgoth’s next chapter was intended to unfold.
For longtime fans, it is a fun, what-if experience. For new players, it is a fascinating look at the creative ambition that followed Defiance.
Rebuilding Nosgoth with care
While The Dark Prophecy looks toward an unrealized future, Defiance Remastered focuses on strengthening the experience seasoned players will remember.
Across the main campaign, environmental gaps and stretched geometry have been repaired. Areas that once showed seams now feel structurally complete. Standing at the edge of a cathedral or overlooking a distant ruin, the world holds together without distortion or missing detail.
A camera that works with you
In addition to the original fixed camera, the remaster also boasts a new third-person free camera. For the first time, players can also rotate the camera across those vistas to admire Nosgoth from any angle without breaking immersion.
Now players have clearer sightlines when managing multiple enemies, navigating vertical arenas, and switching between Raziel’s spectral abilities and Kain’s telekinetic control. The encounters remain the same, but players can read and respond to them with far greater confidence.
Lighting, atmosphere, and player choice
Every level has been relit to enhance mood and depth. Shadows are more deliberate. Fog feels denser and more atmospheric. Interiors carry a heavier sense of presence, while exterior spaces feel more expansive.
If players prefer the original lighting style, they can switch back at any time. The updated lighting system is entirely optional, allowing players to tailor the experience to their preference.
A reworked interface and deeper lore
The original static menu has been replaced with a new ring menu designed to keep players immersed. The interface grants access to the maps, character skins, and a world encyclopedia filled with rich lore. Beyond these, expanded bonus galleries and restored content further support the narrative and smooth out pacing across the campaign.
Sound that responds to the world
Game audio has also received a meaningful upgrade. Additional music is integrated into levels and cutscenes, increasing variety and reinforcing emotional tone throughout the story.
Environmental sound design is also refined. Footsteps now respond accurately to different surfaces. When Raziel crosses a wooden bridge, players can hear the wood cracking beneath him. When Kain steps onto rough stone or plush carpet, the sound shifts accordingly.
Preserving the legacy
Defiance Remastered is about preservation and clarity. Players experience the same story, the same characters, and the same dramatic weight that defined the original – what changes is the stability, responsiveness, and cohesion of the world around them.
Alongside those improvements, The Dark Prophecy demo offers something rare in game history: the chance to play a chapter that once seemed lost.
Together, they form a more complete view of Legacy of Kain’s past and the paths it might have taken.
As with other recent Resident Evil games, Requiem includes a list of challenges which add completion points to your playthrough score. At the bottom of the list is the appropriately-named ‘The Final Puzzle’ — which is proving to be something of a headscratcher.
IGN has a work-in-progress guide to The Final Puzzle where significant progress has been made through the challenge’s convoluted early stages, which feel more complex than anything seen in any other Resident Evil game to date — and, seemingly, with still some way left to go.
Exactly what the final outcome or reward for the challenge might be remains unknown — but as the game continues its launch around the world, the hunt for answers here will undoubtedly become a major point of community focus.
The game’s own description for the challenge offers only the vaguest of hints, to “Let the sweet pair hear the voice.” The mechanics of the puzzle, or at least its first part, appear to rely on players picking up or examining a variety of objects throughout the game to determine fragments of a code.
Requiem’s trail of clues relies on players picking up a specific severed hand which, if obtained, can also be scanned later on to provide a hidden RNA code in a blood sample analysis machine. Other items also hide their own codes, providing (with a bit more puzzling work) a version of that RNA sequence that can be plugged into a safe that features buttons labelled with a Star, Sun and Moon.
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After that… well, it’s here the trail has gone cold, though likely not for long. We’ll be keeping an eye on further progress made throughout the next few days, as players uncover further steps. For now, however, it’s just fun to see that the game hides this kind of puzzle.
“Like the result of an experiment conducted in an underground Umbrella Corporation lab, Resident Evil Requiem successfully splices two separate strains of survival horror together into the one highly infectious new mutation,” IGN wrote in our full Resident Evil Requiem review, which returned a 9/10 score.
Tom Phillips is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter Direct Download
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot’s Game of the Year 2001!
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic arcade-style single player action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through the beautiful world of ancient Egypt and several diverse planets, confronting countless Mental’s minions on his way to the Mental’s base. Demon Tides
Key Features
Frantic Arcade-Style Action – Fight your way through 15+ nightmarish warriors in Mental’s army, including the charging Sirian Werebull, screaming Headless Kamikaze and other crazy monsters, and finally challenge the multi-story Ugh-Zan boss!
Various Environments and Secrets – Unleash mayhem in ancient Egypt. Discover over 80 secrets hidden in the fray!
Special Weapons and Power-Ups – Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including Double Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, Minigun and Cannon!
Co-Op Multiplayer – Embrace the mayhem with up to 16 players!
Versus Multiplayer – Drop the gauntlet and let the heavy ordinance fly in incredible Deathmatch and Scorematch!
Split Screen – Huddle up with up to 4-player local split screen co-op and versus modes!
Level Editor – Create your own levels, MODs, textures and other content with the inclusion of the fully featured Serious Editor and Serious Modeller!
Features and System Requirements:
Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter pits you against massive hordes of enemies in frantic, fast-paced shooting combat.
You get a wide arsenal of weapons, from shotguns to chainguns, each feeling powerful and satisfying.
Levels are large and open, encouraging movement, dodging, and strategic positioning.
Classic arcade-style gameplay with health and armor pickups keeps the action relentless.
Co-op support lets you tackle waves of enemies with friends for even wilder chaos.
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SystemRequirements
Minimum
OS *: Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 5), Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system
Processor: AMD K6-3 400MHz, Pentium II or Celeron-A 300MHz
Memory: 64MB
Graphics: full OpenGL compliant 3D accelerator
Hard Drive: 600MB free hard disk space
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Highguard is down but not out, with a new update on the way for the beleaguered multiplayer shooter that will add a new action-focused game mode. The update will also add weapon balance changes, as well as quality-of-life updates and bug fixes.
Highguard’s new mode, Raid Rush, focuses on the base attacking and defending phases, with no “pesky looting phase” in between. The new mode cuts out an element of Highguard’s gameplay that many players have complained is tedious, slowing down the flow of a match. Raid Rush will only be available in 5v5–another mode that Wildlight added post-release in response to player feedback.
In fact, 5v5 appears to be the way forward for Highguard, with regular 3v3 raids being disabled for the duration of the Raid Rush event. For the time being, the only way to play 3v3 will be in Highguard’s ranked mode–which players can unlock with wins in either 5v5 or Raid Rush mode.
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Can you believe it? Stardew Valley celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and we’re still talking about free updates to the farming sim that don’t involve overpriced DLC or unnecessary sequels. I’ve learned to simply not listen when creator Eric Barone insists he’s done working on the valley, but I’m not complaining.
Quite the opposite, really. I’m elated we’re getting Stardew Valley 1.7, and despite establishing my millionth agricultural empire after the update’s announcement, I still feel like there’s so much I haven’t seen. That’s partially why I decided to cultivate my own Stardew Valley quiz for the anniversary. I want to know how y’all stack up to my random sampling of knowledge around the farming sim’s lore, mechanics, and secrets.
Though it was tempting to grill you in a time trial of villager likes and dislikes, I decided that’s too easy for the most hardcore farmers. Instead, I’m opting for something a little more comprehensive to get you really rooting around in that almanac of a brain.
So here’s our Stardew Valley quiz, covering everything from gift-giving no-no’s to in-game jokes and rare events. Let us know how you scored—and share your favorite bit of Stardew Valley knowledge in the comments!
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Fast-paced combat with multiple enemy types and outrageous weapons.
Original soundtrack and unique game design.
Set in a city overrun by the undead, Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squadis a single-player, top-down action shooter that blends fast-paced combat, progression-driven gameplay, and a striking pixel art aesthetic inspired by Brazilian urban culture. Players take control of graffiti artists fighting to reclaim the city, not only by surviving waves of zombies, but by conquering territory through graffiti, which plays a central role in map progression and unlocks new paths, challenges, and encounters.
Today Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squadofficially launches exclusively on Xbox Series X|S, marking a major milestone for Brazilian indie development and for Nuntius Games’ expansion into the console space. Developed by Fogo Games, the title arrives on Xbox as part of the ID@Xbox program, with a launch built around close collaboration, long-term support, and a strong creative identity.
According to Fabio Cacho, Creative Director of Ghetto Zombies, the idea for the game came from a very personal place.
“We always had this idea of imagining how we, growing up in the outskirts, would deal with a zombie apocalypse. That’s where the inspiration started. We brought our neighborhoods, our music culture, characters that represent peripheral youth, and blended all of that with bizarre “Rick & Morty”-style zombies, crazy pixel art shooters like Atomicrops and Enter the Gungeon. We threw everything into a blender, and that’s how Ghetto Zombies came to life.”
The result is a game that feels both chaotic and intentional. Combat is designed to be addictive and challenging, with short, intense sessions and constant progression. The game is structured into four chapters, each featuring around ten stages and ending with a boss encounter. These bosses are not static fights, as the same zombie boss returns at the end of each chapter with new abilities and transformations, forcing players to adapt their strategies over time.
Weird and Wonderful Arsenal
One of the standout elements of Ghetto Zombies is its arsenal. You have access to over 60 weapons, expanding to more than 70 variations when special versions are included. These range from traditional firearms to absurd creations like a gum ball shooter, ketchup blaster, and explosive spray weapons, each with its own mechanics and combat rhythm. Enemy variety matches that creativity, with 22 different zombie types, featuring distinct attack patterns, mutations, and behaviors that keep encounters unpredictable.
Endless Training Mode
Outside of the main campaign, this mode is designed for mastery and experimentation. It features infinite rounds, randomized enemies, and escalating difficulty, making it ideal for testing builds, improving skills, and pushing high-score performance. Enhance your hero’s attributes and abilities with a robust upgrade system, built for experimentation and reinforcing the game’s replayability.
All of this is backed by an original soundtrack inspired by Brazilian music and urban rhythms, further strengthening the game’s identity and atmosphere.
Key Features
Single-player, top-down action with fast-paced combat
Four playable characters with distinct attributes and playstyles
Four campaign chapters with recurring boss battles and evolving challenges
Over 60 weapons, expanding to 70+ variations, including absurd and experimental designs
22 enemy types with unique behaviors, mutations, and attacks
Graffiti-based progression system that unlocks new areas and challenges
Endless training mode with infinite waves and randomized encounters
Upgrade system for character abilities and attributes
Original soundtrack inspired by Brazilian culture
Exclusive to Xbox Series X|S, part of ID@Xbox
Launching Ghetto Zombies as an Xbox exclusive was a deliberate and meaningful decision for the team. As Fabio Cacho explains, the partnership went far beyond platform availability.
“Releasing exclusively on Xbox is a way of putting real care and dedication into a launch that’s very special to us. Xbox invested a significant amount into the project, and the ID@Xbox team supported us constantly through training and initiatives to promote the game. This level of attention matches the importance the platform has had in the game’s existence.”
At its core, Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad is about energy, curiosity, and style. When asked what he hopes players feel when they jump in, Fabio sums it up simply.
“A mix between the urge to blow up zombie heads and the curiosity of finding out what a gum ball gun can actually do.”
With its Xbox Series X|S launch, Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad arrives as a bold, culturally rooted, and creatively fearless action game, offering players a fast, stylish, and distinctly Brazilian take on the zombie genre.
Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad
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$9.99
A squad of mutant kids from the hood is humanity’s last hope in this colorful, humor-packed zombie apocalypse. Blast freaky zombies with ridiculous guns, spray wild graffiti across the city, and face a monstrous Zombie Boss at the end of every mission.
Each hero in the squad offers a unique playstyle: choose yours, dig the weirdest guns out of dumpsters, and enjoy the insane headshot animations.
THE SQUAD
Four young mutants, each with their own powers and playstyle, ready to blast some zombies! Pick your favorite (or the one with the collest look) and go wild!
FIND CRAZY GUNS
A Ketchup Blaster, a Gumball Shooter, a Shark-Head Shotgun, and even a Witch’s Broom, you’ll find all sorts of crazy guns to make zombies deeply regret their life (and death) choices.
KILL FREAK ZOMBIES
The writer definitely went off the rails here. Expect cute puppy zombies, tentacle-armed chonks, jacked-up cop zombies, and even an Frankenstein with underwear. It doesn’t make much sense, but hey, it’s hilarious.
GRAFFITI THE WALLS
Painting graffiti in a zombie apocalypse isn’t easy. Every time you try to tag a wall, you might just summon an entire horde of the undead. Art has never been so dangerous (or colorful)!
DEFEAT THE ZOMBIE BOSS
This zombie clearly had a different breakfast. It’s stronger, meaner, and keeps coming back stronger each time. Beat the Boss Zombie and show it who’s the real monster here!
New York state’s attorney general is suing Valve over its use of loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2. Attorney General Letitia James said Valve “enables gambling through” its popular multiplayer games.
On February 25, the New York attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against Valve in Manhattan. The state is accusing Valve, the company behind Steam, the largest digital gaming store on the planet, of violating its laws against gambling while also claiming its loot boxes will lead to children becoming addicted to gambling.
“Illegal gambling can be harmful and lead to serious addiction problems, especially for our young people,” said Attorney General James. “Valve has made billions of dollars by letting children and adults alike illegally gamble for the chance to win valuable virtual prizes. These features are addictive, harmful, and illegal, and my office is suing to stop Valve’s illegal conduct and protect New Yorkers.” In the lawsuit and a press release, the state even directly compared Valve’s loot boxes to slot machines.
Attorney General James criticized Valve’s system of charging people to buy digital keys to open virtual loot boxes and said that “Valve intentionally makes some items far harder to win than others, making the rare items more valuable.” In 2024, a single Counter-Strike skin sold for over $1 million.
In its lawsuit against Valve, New York is seeking to permanently stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its video games and wants to force the company behind Half-Life to pay various fines for violating New York’s law.
Amazon recently discounted the 2025 27″ Samsung G5 OLED to $349.99, making it the lowest price I’ve ever seen for an OLED gaming monitor. Today, the deal just got even better because you can now get a free Resident Evil: Requiem game code with purchase. The offer will automatically be applied during checkout. With this voucher you’ll be able to download the full game when it releases on February 27. The monitor also includes a 3 year warranty with burn-in coverage.
27″ Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 Gaming Monitor for $349.99
Free Resident Evil: Requiem game code with purchase
The Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 (G50SF) is a 2025 model 27″ display with a 2560×1440 or QHD resolution, measuring out to a respectable pixel density of 108ppi. It’s equipped with a quantum dot OLED panel that boasts a near-instantaneous 0.03ms response time, near infinite contrast ratio, and true black levels. QD OLED panels are considered better than traditional W-OLED panels because they are brighter and offer a wider color gamut.
This monitor also features a fast 180Hz refresh rate and Nvidia G-Sync compatibility. If you pair it with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card or higher, you should be able to hit that 180fps ceiling on older games like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Valorant. For newer games like Battlefield 6 or Black Ops 7, you might need to step up to an RTX 5070 Ti or Radeon 9070 XT to achieve that 180fps ceiling. The display comes equipped with both DisplayPort and HDMI ports.
As mentioned earlier, this monitor has a 3 year warranty that includes OLED burn-in coverage. That’s still pretty uncommon across most OLED brands, especially when you’re looking at the less expensive models. Most come with just a 1 year warranty with no burn-in protection.
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Ubisoft’s latest bout of executive musical chairs continues with a report that Clint Hocking, creative director of Far Cry 2, Watch Dogs Legion, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory and the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe, has left the company.
We have Very Gary Computing to thank for this bit of scuttlebutt. Apparently, Hocking’s departure was communicated to staff this week by Assassin’s Creed’s new leadership team. Jean Guesdon, the brand’s just-appointed head of content, will take over as creative director for Hexe.
March’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup features four games available to all PlayStation Plus members*.
Improve your swing on the green in PGA Tour 2K25, seek out adventure in Monster Hunter Rise, enjoy a mix of farm sim meets first-person adventure with Slime Rancher 2, and explore a massive multiplayer fantasy world in The Elder Scrolls Online. All these titles will be available to PlayStation Plus members from Tuesday March 3 until Monday April 6.
Let’s take a closer look at the games.
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PGA Tour 2K25 | PS5
Step onto golf’s biggest stages and prove you can rise among the greats. Compete in the ultimate test: The PGA Championship, The U.S. Open, and The Open Championship make their PGA TOUR 2K debut. Rise through the ranks in an expanded MyCareer, where every round builds your legacy. Create your path to greatness with new MyPlayer customization, upgraded Skill Trees, and advanced Course Designer tools. Then take your shot against the best in ranked, casual, and cross-platform multiplayer.
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Monster Hunter Rise | PS5, PS4
The worldwide hit series Monster Hunter returns with a host of new gameplay features, original monsters and a story inspired by ancient Japanese folklore. Personalise your hunter, choose from 14 unique weapon types, recruit your Palico Felyne and all-new Palamute Canyne companions, and gear up to explore a range of vast, richly detailed hunting maps. Whether you prefer to go solo or enjoy the company of a four-person squad, smart difficulty scaling guarantees a fair and thrilling battle. The irresistible Monster Hunter loop remains, with each successful hunt yielding the materials required to craft and upgrade your weapons and armour, allowing you to hunt tougher monsters and gather more precious resources.
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Slime Rancher 2 | PS5
Slime Rancher 2 is a sequel to the award-winning, smash-hit original that has been enjoyed by over 15 million fans worldwide. Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys to Rainbow Island, a mysterious land brimming with ancient technology, unknown natural resources, and an avalanche of wiggling, jiggling, new slimes to discover. As Beatrix attempts to unravel the island’s secrets and uncover its true purpose, she’ll build, ranch, and farm within a beautiful conservatory, whose sparkling glass walls give her full view of the prismatic paradise she now calls home.
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The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Gold Road | PS5, PS4
Every legend starts somewhere, and in The Elder Scrolls Online, it starts with you. Write your story into a vibrant chapter of Tamriel’s distant past that takes place nearly 1,000 years before the iconic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and discover a world steeped in adventure and possibility. Travel the vast land of Tamriel and discover a world of adventure. Explore the mushroom forests of Morrowind, battle Daedric foes in the realms of Oblivion, or face off against other players in PvP combat. The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: Gold Road grants instant access to all major Chapter zones, biomes and quest arcs across Tamriel*.
*2025 Content Pass not included
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Last chance to add February’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games to your library
PlayStation Plus members have until Monday March 2 to add Undisputed, Subnautica: Below Zero, Ultros, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown to their game library.
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*PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup may differ by region. Please check PlayStation Store on release day for more information.
Discord Nitro Trial with PlayStation Plus
If you’re a PlayStation Plus Essential or Extra member, you can try a one-month trial of Discord Nitro, or a three-month trial if you’re a PlayStation Plus Premium member**. Unlock the best Discord has to offer with Nitro, including custom profiles, HD video streaming, animated emoji, 2 extra server boosts, and more. Whether you’re gaming, chatting, or just hanging with friends, Nitro helps you get more out of every moment. Check your email for your unique code, then sign in to your account at PlayStation.com and follow the instructions to redeem.
*PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup may differ by region. Please check PlayStation Store on release day for more information.
**Discord Nitro Trial available to redeem from March 3 (from 2.30pm GMT) to April 2 (11:59pm GMT). Offer available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
The Discord Nitro Offer ends April 2, 2026 11:59pm GMT and codes expire May 2, 2026. Offer valid for new and returning Nitro users. Active PS Plus membership required to claim. Age and country restrictions apply. Not available if you have subscribed to Discord Nitro in past 12 months. Subscription auto- renews for $/€ 9.99/month unless cancelled.
A new browser extension will make it much easier for you to spot games with AI-generated content in them on Steam.
As spotted by Kotaku, the “AI Warning For Steam” extension was released by seeeeew on both Firefox and Google Chrome. You can see the extension in action below on the Arc Raiders Steam page. Once you install this browser extension, it will make the AI-generated content disclosure warning a pop-up on the Steam page the moment it loads.
AI Warning For Steam
While it won’t reveal that a game uses AI if the developers don’t disclose it on the Steam page, it’s still a useful extension. It offers a more immediate way to alert you if a game you’re interested in uses AI, rather than having to dig for it on the store page. The Steam store page is even blurred behind the modal pop-up, so you don’t even have to see the Steam page in question.
