Look, I like Elden Ring: Nightreign—I actually like it quite a bit—but it wouldn’t be accurate to call it a soulslike, now would it? Nightreign uses the Dark Souls formula for its combat, but might I call the jury to examine the thing: It’s a multiplayer co-op action game based on short, semi-permadeath runs with…
Hi PS Blog readers! Sébastien here. We’re excited about the nearing release date of our new RPG The Technomancer, coming to PlayStation 4. What with Gamescom happening right now, we thought it would be a cool time to shoot you an action packed trailer depicting the harsh realities of life on the red planet. Remember,…
Living in 2025 is like gently being brushed by a feather duster made of your cyberpunk dystopian nightmares. Thankfully, every so often I’m graced with a less horrifying brush. One that says, maybe the future isn’t so bad. One like Scrubby the delightful little whiteboard cleaning robot. The future of robotics is frankly, terrifying. We…
And debunks a popular fan theory in the process. As you may well be aware, we recently had the opportunity to chat with Masakazu Sugimori, the composer of Gyakuten Saiban for the Game Boy Advance — the game that would later be localized as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for the Nintendo DS. As part of…
Another chance. Our first big Switch exclusive of 2024 arrives nice and early and, rather than assuming the form of one of Nintendo’s bigger franchises — we got Fire Emblem Engage this time last year — we are instead winding the clock back to 2005 and 2009 respectively, to dive into swish remakes of a…
Category: Games August 6, 2025 The War Within: Ghosts of K’aresh is Now Live! Danielle Partis The post The War Within: Ghosts of K’aresh is Now Live! appeared first on Xbox Wire.
Category: gamescom August 19, 2025 gamescom Opening Night Live 2025: Everything Xbox Revealed, Including a Fallout TV Show Teaser Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief As always, gamescom 2025 kicked off with an Opening Night Live showcase, giving fans a fresh look at the amazing titles in store from Xbox for the rest of this year. …
With EA now on the hook for $20 billion in the wake of its Saudi-and-Kushner-funded buyout, both the company and its new owners have been pretty obvious about their ambitions for AI-driven development to, somehow, miraculously help it start printing money quickly. Which is concerning. Also concerning: One of EA’s biggest releases this year hits…
Minecraft is gearing up to release its first update for 2026, and thanks to a post shared on the official blog, we’ve received our first look at what it’ll involve. Even with this post though, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the drop, like its name or release date. In fact, only one…
“The Trial of Kharzoid is an Arkanoidvania”. Ever since some bright spark thought that fusing the names ‘Metroid‘ and ‘Castlevania‘ was a good idea, we’ve seen countless ‘Metroidvania’ titles appear, some of which have become genuine mainstream smash hits, like Hollow Knight. If you’re a fan of genres getting smashed together, then you might want…