Video Game News 1/22/2023

#343Industries
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343, Hit By Layoffs And Key Departures, Says It Will Keep Making Halo Games

Halo Infinite studio 343 Industries reassures fans it’s here to stay

Phil Spencer admits Xbox layoffs were "painful choices"

"Halo and Master Chief are here to stay," insists 343 Industries studio head

343 Industries Proclaims Commitment To Halo Despite Layoffs

343 Industries affirms it will develop Halo 'now and in the future'

343 Industries Confirms It Will Continue to Develop Halo

343 Industries Confirms It Will Continue to Develop Halo

343 Industries Confirms it Will Continue Developing Future Halo Games, Both Single Player and Multiplayer

343 Industries To Continue Developing Halo

343 Industries issues statement on Halo’s future at the studio

Microsoft layoffs shut down their HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality teams

343 Industries Remains Master Chef of Master Chief

#FireEmblemEngage
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These Can Be Some of the Best Fire Emblem Engage Characters

Are there child units in Fire Emblem Engage? Answered

UK software sales for the week ending January 21, 2023 – Fire Emblem Engage debut

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Buy & Change Outfits

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Inherit Skills

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Forge Weapons

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Engrave Weapons

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Give Gifts

Fire Emblem Engage: How to Get Bond Rings

Guide: Fire Emblem Engage - Tips And Tricks To Get You Started

Fire Emblem Engage amiibo Unlocks Detailed, Here's What You'll Receive

UK charts: Fire Emblem Engage is No.1 this week

#Switch
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A Fire Emblem retrospective: A history of RPG excellence

Monster Hunter Rise PS5 Port Is Practically Perfect, Says Performance Report

Hololive Minato Aqua Aquarium Merchandise Will Appear on Sofmap

Nintendo maintenance schedule – January 22, 2023

Graze Counter GM gameplay

The Crackpet Show update out now (version 1.1), patch notes

Re:Call gameplay

Switch file sizes – Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society, Session: Skate Sim, more

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Final Fantasy 16 Top Famitsu’s Most Wanted Charts Again

Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden?

Session: Skate Sim Shreds Onto Nintendo Switch In 2023

Chalk Gardens (Switch, PC)

Game Freak not ruling out a Switch version of Pocket Card Jockey

#Microsoft
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Microsoft’s Request to Pause Activision Blizzard Merger Lawsuit Denied by Judge

Xbox Boss Addresses Recent Layoffs in Internal Email

#Forspoken
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Forspoken - Everything To Know

Forspoken gameplay showcase offers final preview before release

Guide: New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (23rd January to 29th January)

Forspoken's Final Pre-Release Gameplay Stream Set For Tomorrow

#SquareEnix
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Final Fantasy XVI Tickles Your Nostalgia With Cute Pixel Art Video

New Octopath Traveler II Character Trailer Shows Off Ochette & Castti

Square Enix Will Be Ending Support For Marvel’s Avengers After One Final Update

#January
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The Crew 2's latest free update, Season 7 Episode 2, is out now

Physical copies of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be available for new-gen consoles later this month

The broadcast of Nier Automata Anime Ver.1.1a has been temporarily postponed

#Twitter
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Persona 3 Portable Developers Reportedly Working On Sound Issues

Detroit: Become Human Crosses 8 Million Units Sold

Sunday Metaverse

#Nintendo
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Session: Skate Sim Coming To Nintendo Switch This March

The Last of Us Part 1 sales jumped 238% after TV show launch | UK Boxed Charts

Pre-order updates – January 22, 2023

Gunscape gameplay

WatchMojo lists top 10 most underrated video games of all time

#FireEmblem
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How to get the Fire Emblem Engage Tarot Cards

UK software charts for the week ending Jan. 21st, 2023

#PS4
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HBO's Show Triggers a Meteoric Rise in The Last of Us Sales

Genshin Impact Hu Tao Ascension Materials Are All in Liyue

How to Choose Palico Supports in Monster Hunter Rise

NieR Automata Anime Delayed due to COVID Complications

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Sells Over 5 Million Units Worldwide

Dead Island 2 Trailers Detail Three More Playable Slayers

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Announced for PS5, PS4, & PC

#GTAOnline
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GTA Online has its own Dark Souls-style critical security vulnerability on PC

GTA Online PC Hacks Forcing Players To Not Play the Game at All

Sunday Gatherings & Events

#RPG
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New Diablo 2 Resurrected runewords are here to shake up your builds

Fallout-style isometric RPG wows with retro-futuristic flying cars

#Steam
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The most fun FPS campaign on Steam is the price of a coffee

Steam sale shows how varied base building games are with great offers

Steam Replay Data Can Now Be Added to Your Profile

Steam Top 10

#DeadSpaceRemake
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Dead Space Remake is so terrifying even the dev team struggles to play it

Dead Space Remake: When The Review Embargo Will Be Lifted?

Rumor Mill

Quoteworthy

#Google
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Random: The Last of Us' Google Easter Egg Will Grow on You

Google ‘The Last of Us’ for a Cool Easter Egg

The Tragic End of Google Stadia: Counting the Cost