Video Game News 1/15/2025

#MarvelRivals
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As Marvel Rivals Soars, Lapsed Overwatch Fans Grieve A Game They May Not Go Back To

Marvel Rivals moves to kill unfair hardware advantages on console, by putting a strict ban on keyboard and mouse adapters

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Suit Is Swinging Into Marvel Rivals Soon

Marvel Rivals Gets Suit from PlayStation's Spider-Man 2 Later This Month

One buff took Storm from a Marvel Rivals afterthought to a must-play

Marvel Rivals to get two new heroes every three month season, say NetEase, and no, they're not adding role queue

Marvel Rivals director promises a "Marvel-inspired approach" to game balance as new heroes arrive

Insomniac's Spider-Man 2 costume comes to Marvel Rivals this January

Why Marvel Rivals is Overshadowing Overwatch 2

Marvel Rivals Will Not Get Role Lock or Role Queue Features

Marvel Rivals Will Receive a New Character Every Month and a Half

#Microsoft
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Microsoft Is Now Giving You A Lot More Options For Repairing Your Xbox

How the Removal of a Private Doctor Sparked a Union at the Developer of Candy Crush

Microsoft makes layoffs across several divisions including gaming

Microsoft to lay off unknown number of staff

Gears of War: E-Day Could Launch Fall 2025

More Xbox franchises including Gears of War will come to PS5 this year

Halo Reportedly Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 and PS5

Microsoft Hit by Yet More Layoffs Across Gaming and Other Divisions

Microsoft conducts 'small' layoffs across various divisions

Xbox Almost Shut Down in 2021, Game Pass Still Falling Short – Report

Microsoft Announces Layoffs Across Gaming, Security, and Sales Divisions

#January2025
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PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Additions for January 2025 Announced

Pokémon Go Giovanni counters, team line-up in January 2025

Pokémon Go leader counters for Sierra, Arlo, and Cliff in January 2025

BDO codes January 2025 - all active Black Desert Online codes

New PS Store Sale Hands Out Big PS5, PS4 Game Discounts

Roblox Blox Fruits Codes (January 2025) [XMAS]

Roblox Fruit Battlegrounds Codes (January 2025)

Untitled Boxing Game (UBG) Codes (January 2025)

Roblox All Star Tower Defense Codes — ASTD (January 2025)

Dead by Daylight Mobile (DBD) Codes List (January 2025)

ST Blockade Battlefront Codes (January 2025)

Roblox Shindo Life Codes (January 2025) [Shinobi Life 2]

All Warhammer Tacticus Codes: Active and Expired (January 2025)

This Kirby Star Rod Can Play Sound Tracks

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for January 2025 announced

PS Plus Extra, Premium January 2025 Games Announced

#Ubisoft
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Origins Finally Fixed on Windows 11, But Odyssey Remains Broken

Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering moving Ubisoft assets to a new venture, it’s claimed

Tencent and Guillemot family considering new venture with Ubisoft assets - report

Ubisoft Might Relinquish Some of Its IP to a New Venture to Boost Publisher's Value

Ubisoft is Investigating Potential for Buyout With Strategic Advisors

Guillemot Family And Tencent May Move Select Ubisoft Assets To New Venture

#TalesGraces
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Mini Review: Tales of Graces f Remastered (PS5) - Classic Tales Game Is Better Than Ever

Review: Tales of Graces f Remastered Preserves Its Best Parts

Tales of Graces f Remastered Review

Tales of Graces f Remastered Review

Tales of Graces f Remastered Review – A Graceful Remaster

Tales of Graces f Remastered Review — Saving One World At A Time

#DonkeyKongCountryReturnsHD
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Nintendo cuts original developer from credits yet again, this time for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD: a solid Switch port with some unexpected failings

Nintendo under fire once again for omitting original devs from remaster credits

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD launch trailer

Digital Foundry examines Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

#PlayStation
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After leaving PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida's starring as a green duck thing in a game where Kazuma Kiryu helps "a living finger work through her many anger issues"

All The PlayStation Plus January 2025 Games For Premium And Extra Subscribers

PlayStation Plus subscribers get a bunch of bangers and a random Indiana Jones game in January

Sony and several LA-based PlayStation studios donate to wildfire relief efforts

PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida lands first video game voice role in Promise Mascot Agency

After 31 Years, the Legendary Shuhei Yoshida Bids Farewell to PlayStation

2023’s Surprise Hit Shooter Is Half Price on PS Store But Not For Long

#Nintendo
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With Switch 2, Nintendo Can't Repeat The Mistakes It Made With The 3DS

Nintendo Lawyer Lifts the Lid on Approach to Piracy and Emulation

‘Better eShop’ launched as an alternative to Nintendo’s online store

Animal Crossing collaboration coming to Sea Life aquariums across the UK

Nintendo attorney explains why it's strengthening measures against illegal emulation

Omega 6 Nintendo Switch physical release detailed for the west

Nintendo Lawyer Breaks Down What Makes An Emulator Illegal

Buckle Up, Animal Crossing Is Heading To 'Sea Life UK' In February

My Nintendo Store Adds New Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Reward (US)

UK: Nintendo partners with Sea Life for Animal Crossing interactive experience

#Wartorn
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BioShock And Borderlands Veterans Drop First Look At Wartorn

Bioshock's lead designer is making an elven real-time tactics game that looks like a painting and reminds me of Myth

Wartorn is a new tactical RPG from ex BioShock dev set in a broken fantasy world

BioShock lead designer unveils fantasy real-time tactics roguelite Wartorn

BioShock and Borderlands Developers Launch Wartorn, a Tactical Roguelite

Wartorn is a fantasy tactics game from former Age of Empires, Borderlands & BioShock devs

#RPG
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Critically Acclaimed Steam Shooter Indefinitely On Hold After Dev Reveals She's Going To Prison

Best Fallout 4 mods 2025

The best new PC games 2025

Dev Knows Path of Exile 2's Endgame Is 'Too Severe', Says It's 'Important'

Crashlands 2 brings sci-fi survival RPG fun to mobile and beyond, new release date unveiled

Black Beacon: Everything we know about this upcoming grand epic ARPG, now in global beta test

Duet Night Abyss is hosting its first closed beta test on PC and mobile soon

The Stream Team: Post-game adventuring in Cat Quest III

Arknights: Endfield gets special trailer ahead of beta test

The Blood of Dawnwalker Revealed, From Ex-Witcher 3 Devs

#PS5
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Another Xbox Console Exclusive Confirmed to Be Coming Soon to PS5

11 New Games Are Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week

Smite 2 Is Now Available for Free to Everyone as It Enters Open Beta Phase on PS5

The Elusive PS5 Disc Drives Are Back in Stock Right Now in the US

Baldur's Gate 3 Passes Major Mod Milestone, 'Withers Big Naturals' Arrives on PS5

Shuhei Yoshida Is a Character in Promise Mascot Agency

Majima Heads Into Combat in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza Gameplay Trailer

The House of the Dead 2: Remake Launches This Spring

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain hits full release this month

Cotton Reboot! High Tension! release date set for July

#FortunesRun
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Steam Shooter Fortune's Run on Hold Because the Developer Is Going to Prison

The creator of retro FPS Fortune's Run is going to prison for three years

A Steam Early Access game won’t be updated for 3 years because its developer is going to jail

Popular indie FPS won't get updates for a while because the dev was sentenced to 3 years in prison: 'What I did was wrong and that's all you need to know'

Development on retro immersive-sim Fortune's Run paused as solo developer sentenced to prison

Fortune's Run Development Halted as Developer Sentenced to Prison

Positively rated immersive-sim FPS Fortune's Run is on hold as the developer is going to prison

#Steam
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The studio behind one of the best-looking ARPGs, which you probably forgot about, is back with a game that blends Diablo with Tarkov

Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma Launches May 30 - Collector's Edition Preorders Are Live

Charming tabletop inspired strategy game Root adds two more factions in new DLC

Roguelike ARPG Heroes of Hammerwatch 2 hits Steam, and you can try it for free

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Release Set for Late May 2025

Delta Force Season 2 Content And Black Hawk Down Missions Revealed

Fan-Made Counter-Strike Remake Denied A Steam Release

Post-apocalyptic Paris survival FPS Forest Reigns announced

Grimdark fairytale game Moroi launches in early 2025

Throwback action game Ninja Issen gets Switch port in February

Second Hour, New Quests: Royal Quest Online’s Beautiful Flowers and Monster Battles

Mythological Bullet Heaven Achilles: Survivor Launching in Steam Early Access January 29

You Can Play Smite 2 For Free Now

#Switch
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MySims: Cozy Bundle gets PC port this spring

Dojo Showcase 2025 features 9 titles set for Switch in 2025

Laika: Aged Through Blood heads to Switch Jan. 30th, 2025

Nintendo Asks Wii U Owners To Refrain From Using "Unauthorised" Online Services

Grubb claims games shown in next Pokemon Direct will be for original Switch

#Sony
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PS Plus Adding God Of War Ragnarök And Indiana Jones (No, Not That One)

Here are your PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for January

Video Game Industry 'Doesn't Want a Game Pass', Says Market Analyst

List of Highly-Requested PS Plus Classics Revealed by Sony Partner

#SuicideSquadKillJusticeLeague
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League ends with two minute long wet fart that doesn't really Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's final chapter brings game to a "cheap" end

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Ending Is Really Dumb

#NetEase
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The Invisible Woman's Marvel Rivals Super Power Exposes Quickplay Bots

Marvel Rivals: NetEase Gives Statement On Keyboard & Mouse Adapters

Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG

Rusty Rabbit Release Date Set for NetEase Side-Scroller

#January
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Alan Wake 2 devs won’t fix a bug used by speedrunners

Loot is a diceless RPG with a classic D&D feel

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's next Zombies map is called The Tomb and plunges players into ancient catacombs

Delta Force Campaign Delayed, Now Arriving During Season 2

Sea of Thieves readies a new FFA PvP event and more Season 14 content for this month

Oops! EVO 2025's Lineup Has Accidentally Been Revealed

#NintendoSwitch
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Boti: Byteland Overclocked gameplay

A-Red Walking Robot, physics-based toy robot sim, announced for Nintendo Switch

8-Bit Adventures 2 update adds post-game dungeon, more

Ninja Issen release date set for February

SOMA and Amnesia games coming to Switch via Abylight Studios