Today, over on Bsky.app, Founder and Studio Creative Director David Goldfarb at development studio The Outsiders announced that their development studio would be closing its doors as the result of layoffs at its publisher Funcom and Funcom Stockholm. Friends-- I have not had much time to process the news but all of us at The Outsiders and Funcom Stockholm have been affected by the layoffs at Funcom and our 10 year old studio will be closing. Many of us had survived a near-death studio experience years back when Darkborn was cancelled, and because of this team's loyalty and refusal to quit, Metal Hellsinger was born.

Marvel Rivals is finally introducing a weak version of cross-progression during Season 4.5. We have all the details, including how it works, and more. Marvel Rivals Cross Progression A long-requested feature is finally coming to Marvel Rivals. Cross progression will allow you to carry your save over across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Marvel Rivals devs have detailed how this works in a blog post. To put it simply, you will: Navigate to Settings and look for the Account Linking option under the "Other" tab. From there, you'll be able to connect your accounts from PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

During Gamescom in August, I was lucky enough to play the demo of There Are No Ghosts at the Grand. I was given the build on Steam to play through again, and first-time developer Friday Sundae has something special here. You are an American who has been left an old hotel, The Grand, in England. It’s part house flipper, Spray Paint simulator, PowerWash Simulator, and mystery game, and I love what I have played so far. No Ghosts at the Grand preview - all images courtesy of Friday Sundae My first time through this demo took roughly half an hour, as I skipped ahead in line at Gamescom and felt terrible about it.

Embark on a cutting-edge adventure in Ninja Gaiden 4 with Xbox Design Lab and the all-new Xbox Wireless Controller – Ninja Gaiden 4 and Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Ninja Gaiden 4.

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'Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles' (“FFT”) is a faithful recreation of the classic turn-based tactics game Final Fantasy Tactics which was originally released in 1997. This new and enhanced version brings many welcome quality-of-life features, superb voice acting, a slightly reworked but fantastic localization but most importantly, it brings this all-time classic strategy game to all modern platforms and breathing new life into this juggernaut of the genre. Set in the titular world of Ivalice, FFT follows our protagonist Ramza as he navigates a complex world full of political intrigue in a battle-scarred land with a long-running history, soon to be engulfed in flames of war yet again.

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The always informative Mat Piscatella has released his latest state of the gaming industry report via Circana, and February 2025 saw a 6% overall decline year over year. circana february Circana's February 2025 Report Mat Piscatella has taken to Blue Sky again and delivered an in-depth detailed breakdown of video game spending in the United States. Video game hardware, content, and accessory spending was down as well as the total spend so far in 2025. Per Mr Piscatella: February 2025 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights from Circana - February 2025 projected U.S.

Ruffy and the Riverside has give its release date, and the title is coming to PC and Consoles this June ruffy and the riverside release date Bear in the Air Ruffy and the Riverside is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC on June 2nd, 2025. We've covered the game and had one of its original founders on our podcast. In our previous coverage, we stated: Gorgeous colour visuals and a paper-sprite aesthetic is what pulled my gaze to developer Zockrates Laboratories…

This week, we’re highlighting Pancake Games, creators of the Developer Acceleration Program title Slime Heroes.