Author: Liv Ngan

The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2?) game to launch in 2025. The announcement was made at the end of today’s Pokémon Presents stream, in celebration of Pokémon Day 2024. Pokémon Legends: Z-A looks to be a follow-up to 2022’s Pokémon Legends: Arceus but set in a…

Happy Pokémon Day 2024! This year’s celebrations have been capped off with a relatively short Pokémon Presents livestream, showcasing what’s in store for the franchise this year and beyond. Though there was no mention of a main game releasing this year, there’s a couple of substantial projects to look forward to. Here’s a roundnup of…

Publisher NIS America has confirmed a western release for action-RPG Reynatis, which was revealed during the Japanese version of last week’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase. Reynatis wasn’t present in the showcase for overseas, but yesterday NIS America announced it’ll also be released outside of Japan on Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.…

The “biggest regret” of the developer behind Cities: Skylines 2 is the game’s ongoing lack of modding support, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen has said. Writing in the studio’s latest developer diary, posted on publisher Paradox Interactive’s forum, Hallikainen also detailed the changes Colossal is now looking into based on player feedback. The city-builder sequel…

Tekken 8 has crossed 2m copies sold within its first month. The latest instalment to the fighting series released on 25th January, almost seven years since its predecessor Tekken 7. The latest figures mean Tekken 8 has performed better at launch than Tekken 7, which sold 2m copies in two months (via 4Gamer). To see…

The indie studio behind last year’s incredible Saltsea Chronicles has halted production entirely, citing difficulty securing funding. Die Gute Fabrik is also known for 2019’s Mutazione and the local multiplayer compilation Sportfriends from 2014. The studio halted production last week on 19th February, it revealed today, and said it made the news public to help…

Team Ninja’s PlayStation 5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin will feature up to four player co-op online. The upcoming action-RPG is set during the Bakamatsu era of Japan, and will see players play as a Ronin who navigates their way through different political factions as they help to shape the course of history. Co-op has…

Larian Studios has asked fans to refrain from sending threats as the developer continues to work on mod support for Baldur’s Gate 3. The developer’s director of publishing Michael Douse described plans for official mod support on social media platform X last week, calling the developer’s plans “robust”. Douse took to the platform again yesterday…

Xbox is running a giveaway competition in collaboration with Palworld, where one lucky person can win a custom Xbox Series X and controllers featuring the titular Pals. The giveaway was announced by Xbox over on X (née Twitter), alongside what I assume is a mock-up of the final design. The console features the game’s cover…