Video Game News 1/23/2025

#SouthMidnight
🤩

South of Midnight still looks cool as hell, and now it has a release date to prove it's a real game you'll be playing soon

Get 3-Month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription For $30.59 Today Only (January 23)

Xbox Developer Direct January 2025: All The Big Announcements

Game Pass Title South Of Midnight Gets Release Date And More Info

South of Midnight Release Date Revealed at Xbox Developer Direct

Xbox Developer Direct 2025: Everything Announced

South of Midnight release date has been officially confirmed

South of Midnight release date locked in for the stunning new Game Pass title

The gorgeous looking South of Midnight has landed itself a release date

South of Midnight Launches This April with Stunning Fantasy Adventure

South of Midnight April Release Date and Trailer Appear

South of Midnight locks in April release date

South of Midnight Premium Edition Includes 5 Days Early Access, Priced at $49.99

#AssassinsCreedShadows
😒

Assassin's Creed Shadows Might Be Able To Do The Impossible And Satisfy All Fans

Assassin's Creed Shadows Director Reveals Why Game Was Delayed A Second Time

Assassin's Creed Shadows PC Specs, Highlighted Features, And More

Assassin's Creed Shadows Director Says Recent Delay was to Polish Parkour, Especially on 'Super Complex Roofs'

Assassin's Creed Shadows: The Final Preview

We Finally Know What Assassin's Creed's Mysterious 'Infinity' Is

I enjoyed my time with Assassin's Creed Shadows, but I remain unconvinced by its split protagonists

Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ protagonists provide both extremes of the AC fantasy

I turned my Assassin's Creed Shadows hideout into my personal cat and tanuki sanctuary, human allies be damned

Six hours with Assassin's Creed Shadows: the biggest shake-up of the series in years

What changed - and what didn't - during Assassin's Creed Shadows' four-month delay

Assassin's Creed Shadows to Debut 2 Hours of Gameplay on Thursday

Assassin's Creed Shadows Recent Delay Due Was To Polish Parkour

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Preview — We Work In The Dark

#WarnerBros
🤬

Warner Bros. Games Boss David Haddad Is Leaving the Company, a Year After Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Disastrous Launch

Warner’s games boss is leaving, following disappointing Multiversus and Suicide Squad launches

After Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League saga, WB Games’ top dog departs

Warner Bros. Games boss David Haddad departs following rocky period for publisher

WB Games Boss Exits Company After 12 Years

Warner Bros. Games President David Haddad leaving role after 12 years

Warner Bros. Games president David Haddad to step down

Warner Bros. Games Head David Haddad to Step Down After 12 Years

#Earthblade
🤬

Celeste devs cancel lush platformer Earthblade to focus on smaller-scale projects

Celeste studio cancels "2D explor-action game" Earthblade nearly four years after its announcement

Extremely OK Games cancels Earthblade

Celeste maker Extremely OK cancels Earthblade amid team strife, development struggles

The devs of Celeste have cancelled their follow-up game Earthblade

EXOK Cancels Earthblade Amid Studio Changes

Celeste Dev Makes "Difficult Decision" To Cancel New Game Earthblade

#DoomDarkAges
🤬

Doom: The Dark Ages Devs Explain Missing Multiplayer And Confirm It's Not Open World

Doom: The Dark Ages Launches In May And Looks Awesome (And Massive)

Doom: The Dark Ages won't have any multiplayer modes because id Software wanted to focus on “levelling up the single-player experience”

Doom: The Dark Ages Won't Have Multiplayer

Doom: The Dark Ages Collector's Edition Is Up For Preorder

Doom: The Dark Ages PC Specs Revealed, Requires Ray Tracing Compatible GPU

Doom: The Dark Ages - Release Date, Gameplay, PC Specs, Multiplayer Info, And Everything We Know

Doom: The Dark Ages Release In May With Giant Mech And Cybernetic Dragon Vehicles

Doom: The Dark Ages - Here’s What Comes in Each Edition

Doom: The Dark Ages – The First Preview

Doom: The Dark Ages Soundtrack Composer Revealed

Doom: The Dark Ages Has a Release Date and an Explanation for Why It’s Single-Player Campaign Only

Doom The Dark Ages release date, trailer, and gameplay

Doom The Dark Ages fixes Doom Eternal’s worst problems, but I’m still uncertain

Everything announced during the Xbox Developer Direct 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages gets release date confirmed, will make you feel like an "iron tank" rather than the "fighter jet" acrobatics of Doom Eternal

Doom: The Dark Ages won't have multiplayer, but will have the "most expansive, most epic campaign ever"

Doom: The Dark Ages Cut The Multiplayer

Doom: The Dark Ages Gameplay Preview

Doom: The Dark Ages Launches In May

Marty Stratton: The Dark Ages Is 'Like Nothing Players Have Had Their Hands On in a Doom Game'

DOOM: The Dark Ages release date set for May

Doom: The Dark Ages Release Date Announced

#NinjaGaiden4
😐

Ninja Gaiden 4 Teases Franchise Comeback For Fall 2025 In Extended Reveal Trailer

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Drops Today, Included In Xbox Game Pass

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Announced — and It’s Out Now

Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced at Microsoft's Xbox Developer Direct 2025

Team Ninja announce Ninja Gaiden 4, and they're getting help from Platinum

Iconic action series returns as Ninja Gaiden 4 announced with 2025 launch window

Ninja Gaiden 4 announced, from Team Ninja and PlatinumGames

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Remasters an Action Classic, Out Now on PS5

Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced, Slashes to PS5 This Year with PlatinumGames Co-Developing

Koei Tecmo Stealth Releases Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

PlatinumGames Working on New Ninja Gaiden 4 Game

Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced, PS5 Remake of Classic Action Game Out Today

Ninja Gaiden 4 & Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Announced

Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced with Team Ninja and PlatinumGames Co-Developing The Sequel, Launching in Fall 2025

#Software
🤬

Doom: The Dark Ages will let players change game speed and other difficulty sliders

Doom: The Dark Ages launches on PS5 May 15 – id Software reveals new gameplay details

DOOM: The Dark Ages Rips and Tears PS5 This May in Biggest Entry Yet

DOOM： The Dark Ages ｜ Developer_Direct 2025 (4K) ｜ Coming May 15, 2025

Preview: DOOM: The Dark Ages Aims to Be a Summer Blockbuster

Doom: The Dark Ages rips into May 2025 release date

#PS5
😺

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Launches In April, Included In Xbox Game Pass

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Won't Be a PlayStation 6 Exclusive, Square Enix Says

Ninja Gaiden 4 is in development at Team Ninja and PlatinumGames

Gorgeous PS5 RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gets Release Date

PlayStation Reveals Top 20 Most Downloaded PS5 Games of 2024

The Cyberpunk 2077 Updates Aren't Done Yet, Patch 2.21 Out Now on PS5

Could Wolverine PS5 Launch in 2025? Insomniac Avoids the Question

God Bless Super Technos World, Coming to PS5 in April

New PS5 Firmware Update Is Coming Today in Phased Release

The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5, PS4

Monster Hunter Wilds Is Making Changes to Your Favourite Weapon

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Release Date Set for April

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Loveless Event Heads to FFVII Ever Crisis

FFVII Remake Part 3 Game Scenario Is Finished

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza Features the Entirety of Honolulu

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets April release date

Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 reveals teaser trailer and release date

Top PS5 Downloads of 2024 Explain Why Sony’s After Live Service

PS5 System Update for January 2025 Is Out Now

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles Review – Nostalgia Meets Frustration

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black Announced, Available Now for PC, PS5, Xbox Series

#XboxDeveloperDirect
🤬

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings a bit of French Final Fantasy-ish flavour to Xbox Developer Direct, and gets a proper release date

Xbox’s big Developer Direct surprise is a modern Ninja Gaiden from the makers of PlayStation’s Nioh series and Platinum Games

Watch the Xbox Developer Direct showcase for January 2025 here

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gets a Release Date

Doom: The Dark Ages is out in just 4 months, with 'a grounded combat system with an emphasis on power over the acrobatics of Doom Eternal'

Hotly Anticipated RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Launching April 24

#ClairObscurExpedition33
😺

Belle Epoque RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets April release date

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Releases April 24

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Creative Director Details Character Mechanics and Difficulty Options

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Launches April 24, 2025

#RPG
🤩

The psychogeography-est of Disco Elysium's spiritual successors is a gonzo journalism RPG named Hopetown

Disco Elysium’s new spiritual successor Hopetown launches crowdfunding campaign

Is Path of Exile 2 down? Current server status

The best new PC games 2025

Another Eden celebrates its global sixth anniversary with release of new character

Top 10 mobile games like Genshin Impact

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition pre-order bonus guide

The Blood of Dawnwalker Will Not Limit Exploration and Gameplay

Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Review

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Bombed

Best of 2024 Awards – Best Story

Indie Survival RPG IfSunSets 2025 Roadmap Revealed

#Hopetown
😐

Disco Elysium spiritual successor Hopetown plans to "redefine" psychological RPG genre

Hopetown, a Disco Elysium Spiritual Successor from Longdue Has Been Announced Alongside The Game’s Crowdfunding Campaign

#Xbox
😒

Everything We Saw At The January Xbox Developer Direct

Ninja Gaiden 2 is getting the modern remake treatment, and you can play it right now on Xbox and PC

Hollow Knight: Silksong Developers Tease Announcement on April 2

PS6 Release Date, First Details Potentially Leaked

NINJA GAIDEN 4 announced

Sonic X Shadow Generations Crosses 2 Million Units Sold

Red Solstice 2: Survivors Ultimate Edition Storms onto Xbox

NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black Slices Onto Xbox and Game Pass: A Surprise Release for the Ultimate Ninja

My Horse: Bonded Spirits Gallops onto Xbox, Offering a Ranch Full of Equestrian Adventures

DOOM Anthology: A Hellish Collection of Demon-Slaying Classics Arrives on Xbox

Top 5 underrated Xbox games you need to play right now

Taiwanese Thriller Recall: Empty Wishes Launches February 13

#January23
🤩

Marvel Rivals' Spring Festival kicks off today, and it's got a new game mode that basically looks like Lunar New Year superhero Rocket League, but without the cars

Anime Reborn codes January 2025

Free Monopoly Go dice links January 2025

Nintendo Download – January 23, 2025 (Europe)

Nintendo Download – January 23, 2025 (North America)

Marvel Rivals has sprung its Spring Festival – yes, in January, what

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.21 Brings Much-Needed Fixes

#LunarNewYear
🤩

GTA Online update for the week of January 23

Valorant Unveils the Helix Bundle

Play Together announces Lunar New Year celebration for the Year of the Snake

Palia’s New Beginnings update arrives today with Lunar New Year and a new discount loyalty club

Throne & Liberty’s lunar new year celebration goes live today alongside the new currency tab and guild buffs

Palia New Beginnings Update Patch 0.188 Releases Today

GTA Online Getting New Year of the Snake Stunt Races

Here's How Throne And Liberty Server Mergers Will Work, But We Still Have To Wait On The LIst

#Steam
🤩

Dwarf Fortress Steam edition's Adventure Mode is out today

Epic WW2 submarine sim Uboat sinks back down to joint-lowest Steam price

Gorgeous turn-based RPG Clair Obscur Expedition 33 now has Steam launch date

After ten years, Endless Legend 2 marks the return of the superb fantasy 4X game

Mixing Cities Skylines 2 and PC icon Populous, new city builder finally hits 1.0

Gray Zone Warfare dev admits hardcore FPS “wasn’t flawless,” but has big plans

Classic ARPG Sword of the Necromancer is back, and it’s even better than before

Final Fantasy Soundtracks Appear on Steam

Snow Miku DLC Will Appear in Desktop Mate

Multiplayer survival sandbox IfSunSets unveils plans for NPC romance, new ocean regions, and gobs more

Aquatic post-apocalyptic builder game ALL WILL FALL announced

Snow Bros. 2 Special gets release date in April

90s classics inspired adventure Splittown arrives on Steam and looks great

Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (updated: Valve fixed it)

Ninja Five-O Returns to Modern Platforms February 25

#NintendoSwitch
😒

Every LEGO Game on the Nintendo Switch in 2025

Dec 2024 USA Sales: PS5 Best-Selling System of the Year, PS Portal Best-Selling Accessory

SAO Fractured Daydream Gets Gun Gale Online Pitohui and M DLC

Undertale creator Toby Fox working on Off’s new soundtrack

Best-selling games of December 2024 in the U.S. on Nintendo Switch, 2024 overall

At 17 million views, the Switch 2 reveal is tracking ahead of PS5

Dead by Daylight codes (January 2025)

SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream Expands with New DLC

Nintendo Stock Prices Recover and Reach All-Time High After a Week of Nintendo Switch 2 Announcement

#Doom
🤬

Doom: The Dark Ages takes unexpected influence from Frank Miller’s Batman - and was even dubbed Doom: Year One during development

Doom: The Dark Ages release date confirmed

Doom: The Dark Ages has no multiplayer: 'Our campaigns are, to a great extent, what people come to the modern Doom games to play'

'I like making Doom games': Doom: The Dark Ages won't be the end, says director Hugo Martin

After Doom Eternal's intense acrobatics, Doom: The Dark Ages will focus on simplified, ergonomic controls: 'You shouldn't be fighting the controls, you should be fighting the bad guys'