Video Game News 2/7/2025

#FootballManager25
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Football Manager 25 has been cancelled, so make sure to hug a lad in your life today as they cry into their big file of teenagers who can execute a flawless rabona

Football Manager 25 Canceled, Dev Apologizes for Letting Fans Down

Football Manager 25 has been cancelled

After multiple delays, Football Manager 25 has now been cancelled

Football Manager 25 cancelled, as Sega shifts focus to FM26

Football Manager 2025 cancelled on all platforms

Football Manager 25 Canceled, Sega to Focus on Football Manager 26

Sega Cancels New Game in Major Franchise After Hitting Roadblocks

Football Manager 25 – CANCELLED!

Sega's Next Football Manager Game Has Been Cancelled

#PunchBoom
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Fly Punch Boom!

Fly Punch Boom! is an anime superfighter that is now available on iOS and Android

The Ultimate Anime Showdown: Fly Punch Boom! Launches on Consoles and Mobile

Fly Punch Boom! – Anime Fights Is a Fighter Game That Lets You Reminisce Your Childhood Cartoons

#NintendoSwitch
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PS Plus Premium Subscribers Offered Free LEGO Horizon Demo

Distant Bloom to Make Its Way Onto PlayStation and the Nintendo Switch Soon

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Sales Were Higher Than Expected

Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II Struggles to Move Forward

Luck Be a Landlord gameplay

Ravenswatch review for Nintendo Switch

Distant Bloom, cozy management and exploration game, announced for Nintendo Switch

Neon Inferno announced for Nintendo Switch, from the dev of Steel Assault

Please Be Happy finally hitting Nintendo Switch this month

Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island coming to PlayStation in 2025

Magical Delicacy gets PlayStation ports in 2025

Roll the Dice and Conquer: Sugoro Quest: Dice Heroes Launches on Consoles!

MACROSS Shooting Insight Gets Western Release Date

Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II (Nintendo Switch)

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD joins Tetris 99 next weekend

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition download size to be 13.4 GB

Review – Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo Switch)

#Steam
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Abandoned 'Early Access' games on Steam will now show a warning

Take-Two Boss Says 'Legacy' Civilization Audience Will Eventually Come Around on Civilization 7 Amid 'Mixed' Steam User Reviews

Discoveries

The Monster Hunter Wilds beta is now live

Civilization 7 Dev Promises Key Improvements Ahead of PS5, PS4 Release

MiSide Merchandise Will Be at Tokyo Indie Games Summit

Grit & Valor: 1949 gets release date in March

Dungeons of Hinterberg coming to PlayStation in March

Stylish 2D metroidvania game Chronicles of the Wolf launches this summer

Slime Heroes coming to PlayStation in 2025

Hordes of Hunger Brings Survivorslike Chaos to Steam Early Access on March 6, 2025

Safe In Our World & Fanatical Unveil 2025 Charity Games Bundle

Open World Survival Crafter Delverium Demo Now Live

#Rocksteady
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After Suicide Squad, Rocksteady is reportedly "looking to return to" single-player Batman like everyone wants, while Monolith's Wonder Woman game is in trouble

Rocksteady is back working on a single-player Batman game, it’s claimed

New Batman game from Rocksteady in development, report suggests

New Batman Game by Rocksteady Gets Release Date Window Update – Report

Rocksteady is Reportedly Working on A Batman Game

#Civilization7
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Don't worry, nuke-firing Confuciuses, Civilization 7 will be getting some fixes for those pesky early access issues

IGN UK Podcast 786: A History of Violence

How to slot resources in Civilization 7

All resources list in Civilization 7

Civilization 7 cheats and how to enable the debug console

There's a reason you can hear someone coughing on Civ 7's Age Transition screen

Firaxis acknowledges Civilization 7 issues, fixes incoming

Civilization 7 UI Problems and Other Criticisms Will Be Addressed, Firaxis Says

#March
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Final Fantasy XIV: Seekers Of Eternity Features New Dungeon, Raid, And Much More

Final Fantasy 14 promises crackdown on stalking exploits with actual solutions now, rather than politely asking the plugin creator to stop

Final Fantasy 14's patch 7.2 due end of March with even more Final Fantasy 9 references

Football Manager 25 Hooked Before Kick Off on PS5

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.2 Set to Bring New Dungeon and More in March

SEGA and Sports Interactive cancel Football Manager 25 after missing 'quality target'

Football Manager 25 Has Officially Been Cancelled

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.2 Is Going To Keep Players Busy For A While

#WarioLand4
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Nintendo Adding Wario Land 4 to Nintendo Switch Online Library

Nintendo Switch Online adds Game Boy Advance Wario next week

A New GBA Title Arrives On The Nintendo Switch Online Service Next Week

Wario Land 4 is the Latest GBA Game for Nintendo Switch Online

Nintendo Switch Online is adding Wario Land 4

Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library Next Week With Wario Land 4

Wario Land 4 Finally Headed To Nintendo Switch Online

#EA
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Madden Predicts Philly Will Beat KC In Super Bowl, But Its Track Record Isn't Great

Forget The Sims, what we really need EA to do is bring The Urbz back

Did Dragon Age: The Veilguard undersell or face unrealistic expectations?

Ex-Bioware lead says he’d have ‘quit’ if EA mandated live-service elements

EA Quietly Drops Denuvo from Immortals of Aveum

#Batman
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Wonder Woman Game Reportedly Struggling With New Batman Still Many Years Away

Rocksteady may be going back to single player Batman, hints Bloomberg report

Rocksteady Lining Up New Single Player Batman Game After Suicide Squad Disaster, It's Claimed

Wonder Woman Game Has Cost $100m And is Years Away Yet (If It Comes Out At All)

#Take-Two
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GTA 6 Parent Company's Stock Reaches All-Time High, And This Could Be Why

Grand Theft Auto 6 is still hitting consoles in autumn, says Take-Two boss, promise

GTA 6 publisher ‘fully expects’ to support Switch 2 going forward

GTA 6 on Switch 2? Publisher pledges support, says era when Nintendo was just for kids is over

GTA 5 Sells an Utterly Ludicrous 210 Million Copies

GTA 6 Still On Track for Fall, Take-Two Says

Grand Theft Auto 6’s Potential Success Doesn’t Make Take-Two Arrogant, Says CEO

Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Still Launch This Fall

#WarnerBros
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Rocksteady Reportedly Working on Single-Player Batman Game, Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman in Trouble

Rocksteady is looking to make a new singleplayer Batman game, but Warner's Wonder Woman game is struggling

Wonder Woman game reportedly "still years away from release" - if it ever launches at all

Hogwarts Legacy 2, Expanded First Game Both Reportedly in the Works

Warner Bros. Gaming Pushes for New Hogwarts Legacy Content and a Fresh Title Amidst Struggles

Warner Bros' Wonder Woman game has reportedly been rebooted & switched directors

#Nintendo
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Switch 2 patent seemingly confirms previously rumoured Joy-Con functionality

Weekend Console Download Deals for Feb. 7: Nintendo Supercharge Sale continues

Take-Two Interactive Will Continue Bringing Games to Nintendo Consoles – CEO

Guide: 69 Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Supercharge' eShop Sale (North America)

Nintendo's Latest Patent Hints At Joy-Con Mouse Support For OG Switch

Take-Two's "Longstanding Relationship" With Nintendo Seemingly Set To Continue

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has exceeded company expectations

Wario Land 4 coming to Switch Online next week

Forget Nintendo Switch 2, this looks more like the future for Mario

#E3
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E3 isn't being resurrected with iicon, but can the ESA pull its new thing off?

E3 organiser announces iicon, a "first-of-its-kind" new event to connect gaming "thought leaders"

E3's Entertainment Software Association Returns With A New Industry Event

#ValentinesDay
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SteelSeries Valentine's Day Sale - Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off Gaming Accessories

SteelSeries accessories are buy 1, get 1 half off through Valentine’s Day

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, much like in real life, lets you work to earn relationship levels in fun Valentine's Day update

Star Wars Galaxies Legends’ Ewok Festival of Love is live alongside new Jabba’s themepark content

#SteamDeck
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Our favorite microSD card for Steam Deck is on sale today at Amazon, save 45% for a limited time

Grab eight Steam Deck games, including Total War Pharaoh, for just $12

Make your Steam Deck games look even better for free, thanks to this new mod

A deck-builder for busy people, Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story plans full Steam Deck support for launch

#PS5
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Wuthering Waves Pays Homage to Indie Darling Dredge in Major PS5 Update

Persona 5 Tactica Morgana Pop Up Parade L Figure Is One Big Kitty

FFXIV Echoes of Vana’diel FFXI Sale Starts

Wuthering Waves Ray Tracing Arrives in 2.1

Final Fantasy XIV Fujifilm Instax Promo Includes Camera Emote

FFXIV Patch Schedule for 7.18 and 7.2 Revealed

Some PS5, PS4 Players Are Paying Others to Unlock Platinum Trophies

PS Plus Users Offered Special Limited-Time Discount on PS Direct

#AI
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An AI Bread Horse Was The Most Popular Thing On Facebook Last Month

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick takes a moment to remind us once again that 'there's no such thing' as artificial intelligence

"Artificial intelligence is an oxymoron, there's no such thing," says Take-Two boss

Take-Two CEO believes AI will actually increase employment and productivity

Civilization VII difficulty and map size