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Video Game News 2/17/2025

#Ubisoft
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Rainbow Six Siege is evolving into Rainbow Six Siege X after ten years, and we're going to find out more next month
Ubisoft Announces Siege X, the 'Biggest Transformation' in Rainbow Six Siege History
Ubisoft will reveal Rainbow 6 Siege X, ‘a new era’ for the game, at a Showcase next month
Ubisoft announces Rainbow Six Siege X, the "biggest transformation in the game's history"
Ubisoft Teases Rainbow Six: Siege X, the Game's 'Biggest Transformation'
Ubisoft Revenue, Net Bookings Decline 31%
Skull and Bones’ one-year ‘Founding’ anniversary event starts this week
Rainbow Six Siege X Announced, Full Reveal Coming on March 13th
Ubisoft Unveils Rainbow 6: Siege X – A New Chapter Awaits
Rainbow Six Siege X Announced as the”biggest transformation in the game’s history”

#PS5
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Excited about the Days Gone PS5 remaster, but only own the PS4 version through PS Plus? You're in for some bad news
Promise Mascot Agency PS5 demo out today
Review: Sid Meier's Civilization VII (PS5) - Legendary Strategy Series Builds a Brand New Foundation
Expedition 33 Already Putting Its Best Foot Forward for Music Awards
Tides of Annihilation Proving Popular After State of Play Reveal
Reaction: Xbox Publishing More Games on PS5 Than Sony Is Not a Gotcha, It's Just a Sign of the Times
UK Sales Charts: Civilization 7 Sells Best on PS5 in Strong Debut
Xbox Boss Says He's Given Up Trying to Convince PS5 Players to Switch Systems
Interview: Learning About the FFXIV Echoes of Vana’diel FFXI Raid
UK software sales chart for the week ending February 15, 2025
Elden Ring Nightreign Launches on May 30th
HELL is US is Officially Out on September 4
Lies of P: Overture Launches in Summer 2025
Borderlands 4 Release Date Revealed in New Trailer
WWE 2K25’s Latest Trailer Showcases New Multiplayer Hub The Island
Lost Soul Aside Launches May 30
Days Gone Remastered Finally Announced for PS5
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II tops 2 million copies sold
Digimon Story: Time Stranger – New Details to be Revealed on March 20th
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Reveals DLC Fighters, Open Beta Roster
Toby Fox Shares Development Update On Deltarune Chapter 3 And 4
Expect To See The Switch Logo Pop Up In Future Xbox Showcases

#Avowed
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Avowed isn't technically even out yet, and someone's already nicked its underpants
What time does Avowed release on Game Pass and Steam?
How to get to the Watcher in Avowed
How to switch to third-person view in Avowed
All Avowed Unique Armor and Where to Get Them
All Avowed Unique Weapons and Where to Get Them
How to Get Drawn in Winter Unique Axe in Avowed
Tips and Tricks to Get Started in Avowed
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Now Sold Over 2 Million Copies
Avowed Midpoint Thoughts

#Steam
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Drop Duchy, a strategy game that gives Civ a Tetris twist, locks in release date
Counter-Strike 2 hits all-new Steam record as it finally closes in on CSGO
New roguelike Sodaman is a cyberpunk Hades in a world without any good Dr Pepper
Preview: Hyper Light Breaker Early Access is Promising but Painful
New Cup Noodle Ad Based on GGXX Daigo Umehara Commentary
Deliver At All Costs gets playable demo for Steam Next Fest
Shujinkou Review – I Think I’m Learning Japanese
Elden Ring: Nightreign Will Get “Additional DLC”
Mini City: Mayhem Brings City-Building Chaos to Steam (With a Cozy Side)

#PhilSpencer
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Remember Everwild, that mysterious next game from Sea of Thieves developer Rare? Phil Spencer certainly does, and is here to make sure we know that yes, it's still in the works
Phil Spencer says he wants to "just allow more people to play" Xbox games, though the "70% that we make on games on other platforms is helpful" too
Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Issues Update on Rare’s Long in Development Everwild
Microsoft will let Rare and Double Fine cook, says Phil Spencer
Get Used to Seeing PlayStation Branding in Xbox Showcases
Everwild is Making Progress, Says Microsoft Gaming CEO

#EldenRingNightreign
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Elden Ring Nightreign Testers Discover the Fell Omen Is Back via Morgott Jump-Scare Invasions
Elden Ring Nightreign has confirmed DLC, but what could be included?

#RPG
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Elder Scrolls 6: Bethesda offers fans ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ via charity auction
Arknights Endfield codes February 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Tops 2 Million Sales in Two Weeks
Digimon Story Time Stranger 'Updates' Set for March, 2025 Release Date Still Promised
Wuthering Waves brings new quests, characters, and gameplay features ahead of MacOS launch
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Sold 2 Million Copies in Less Than Two Weeks

#Go
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Asked point-blank if they're trolling dataminers with fake characters, Marvel Rivals dev scoffs and says they'd 'rather spend our time developing the game'
Free Monopoly Go dice links February 2025
Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (February 2025)
Top 5 mobile games like The Sims

#Japanese
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Japanese gacha boss defended as Puzzle & Dragons studio refutes his salary is too high
Amusement Arcade Toaplan now available worldwide
Animoca Brands Japan Partners with XANA to Expand Web3 Martial Arts Game Globally
Metaplanet Strengthens Bitcoin Portfolio

#GTA6
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Rockstar might be staying quiet on a GTA 6 PC release, but here's when the maker of some hardcore gamer mood lighting reckons we can expect it
GTA 6: Rockstar is reportedly planning Roblox/Fortnite-style user-generated content
GTA 6 reportedly aiming to be a Roblox style UGC platform and metaverse

#Last
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Helldivers 2's Illuminate should probably apologise to the bugs, as players very much seem to be taking that nice planet getting ripped apart by a black hole personally
Reacher season 3, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man finale, and more new TV this week
The Maw: what's new in PC games this week?
Funko Fusion Developer Reportedly Struck with Layoffs Following Disastrous Launch
Definitive Apple Arcade games list - Every available title so far
APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth are still offline, but Little Orbit is moving to a new host now
Dungeons & Dragons Online PTR shares patch notes for its updated Monk and Dragon Disciple archetype

#MonsterHunterWilds
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Why You Should Play Monster Hunter: World Before Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds producer acknowledges importance of PC platform and crossplay
Monster Hunter Wilds Dev Recommends Franchise Newcomers To "Don't Rush It"
Famitsu’s most wanted games – February 16, 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds Pre-Orders Surpass Expectations

#Lets
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I have no sympathy for Captain America: Brave New World’s Thunderbolt Ross
Does anyone really want long games any more?
Honkai Impact 3rd brings in some late New Year's resolutions with v8.1
Ragnarok M: Classic codes (February 2025)
Play Nintendo "Let’s Play Mario vs. Donkey Kong" Video Series (Updated with Part 3)
Top 5 Fun Arcade Racing Games

#DLC
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Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising Season Pass 2 Characters Shown
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising confirms more DLC characters for Character Pass 2
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes DLC character Ogre launches this month

#Switch2
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A Switch 2 patent suggests its Joy-Con controls can be rotated
How much would Wario pay for Switch 2? Pure Nintendo Podcast E99
Nintendo "Establishing Ways To Respond" To U.S. Tariffs, Says Furukawa

#MarvelRivals
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Overwatch 2 director says its devs are feeling the pressure since Marvel Rivals took off doing Overwatchy things in not quite Overwatchy fashion
Overwatch 2 Dev Blizzard Welcomes Marvel Rivals Competition, Says It’s Never Faced Another Game ‘So Similar to the One We've Created’
Overwatch 2 Developers Are Feeling “Internal Pressure” From Marvel Rivals Success
Marvel Rivals Producer Reveals That There Are No Current Plans for a PvE Mode
Epic Fails Highlighted in Marvel Rivals Team Wipe

#Stalker2
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Stalker 2's latest patch brings in over 1700 changes, so you can finally say goodbye to teleporting NPCs and hello to improvements for almost literally everything else
Stalker 2’s second ‘major patch’ is here, with more than 1,700 fixes and improvements