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Category: GamesApril 25, 2025 How FragPunk’s Shard Cards Are About to Break the Rules for First-Person Shooters Jeff Hu, Marketing Manager, Bad Guitar Studio We’re thrilled to announce that FragPunk will launch April 29, 2025, for Xbox Series X|S and the Xbox app on Windows PC as a free-to-play title! FragPunk‘s signature feature is an innovative card system known as Shard Cards, powerful gameplay modifiers which enhance suspense and tactical diversity during every match, which are designed to disrupt traditional first-person shooter gameplay, offering a fresh experience for both novice and advanced players. Creating Unexpected Dynamics The idea of incorporating…
Hello from id Software! This is Hugo Martin, game director on Doom: The Dark Ages, releasing May 15 on PlayStation 5—it’s right around the corner, I can’t believe it. If you’ve been following along, you already know that Doom: The Dark Ages is a premium single-player campaign featuring three core pillars of engagement: story, combat, and exploration. I’m guessing you’re reading this because you want to hear something new, something about the game no one else has heard about. Well, I’ve got a good one for you. Play Video We think Doom: The Dark Ages is the best Doom game…
Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for April 28 to May 2 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published April 25, 2025 Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! SubwaySim 2 Aerosoft GmbH ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now SubwaySim 2 – April 29Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Explore the three most picturesque…
Game Week Sale is live now! For a limited time*, you can enjoy price reductions across a selection of titles, including Dragon Ball Sparking Zero Deluxe Edition (20% off), EA Sports FC 25 (70% off), Dynasty Warriors: Origins (20% off) and many more. Head to PlayStation Store to discover your regional discount. *Game Week Sale is live on PlayStation Store from April 23 at 00:00 AM JST and finishes May 7 at 11:59 PM JST. Go to Source (PlayStation.com)
We are so excited to announce that Ghost of Yōtei comes to PS5 on October 2, 2025! It’s been nearly five years since we shipped Ghost of Tsushima, and in that time we’ve been hard at work making Ghost of Yōtei something special. While the stories are unrelated, it’s important to us to make this a worthy follow-up to Jin’s journey, and we can’t wait for you to experience Atsu’s quest for vengeance later this year. Play Video Alongside today’s news, we’ve also released our latest trailer for Ghost of Yōtei, “The Onryō’s List.” Sixteen years ago in the heart…
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Category: GamesApril 24, 2025 How Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ Two-Lane Battle System Lets You Relive the Glory Days of the Arcade Yasuyuki Oda, Chief Producer, SNK SummarySNK showcases the new Two-Lane Battle system in the latest entry of their legendary fighting game series, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, available now for Xbox Series X|S.Players will be able to freely move between foreground and background lanes during battle and even perform combos across both lanes!This marks the first time in 27 years that Two-Lane Battles are back, allowing players to relive the glory days of the arcade! Hello…
Category: Games From Concept to Combat: How Stadium Came to Life in Overwatch 2 Dylan SnyderSenior Game Designer, Overwatch 2 Published April 24, 2025 SummaryA new groundbreaking experience for Overwatch 2 is here, and it will change the way you play the game.Senior game designer Dylan Snyder talks about how Stadium came to be and shares his favorite Hero builds.Stadium is just getting started—keep that feedback coming! Calling all heroes! As you may have seen, Stadium launched in Overwatch 2 on April 22! As a member of the Overwatch development team, I’m here to share a behind-the-scenes look into how…
Category: GamesApril 24, 2025 Towerborne’s Class Mastery Update Deepens a Distinctive Looter Brawler Experience Danielle Partis Squad up, Aces, – Towerborne comes to Game Preview next week, inviting Xbox Series X|S console, Windows PC, Xbox Cloud and Game Pass into The Belfry alongside Steam players. Towerborne is getting a substantial update, furthering its vision of an innovative, replayable Looter Brawler experience. This official cross-platform expansion deepens and extends gameplay, unlocking richer loot, additional skills, and enhanced customization. As an Xbox Play Anywhere title, your progress, gear, and friends sync seamlessly between Xbox and PC. While this isn’t the game’s official…
The buzz of excitement is ramping up into a full roar as EA Sports F1 25 gets ready for lights out on May 30. And with it comes a whole paddock of improvements, tweaks, and new features to ensure unfamiliar racers and track veterans alike all feel at home. I recently had an opportunity to talk with the developers at EA Codemasters about the upcoming racing game’s newest gameplay features. “We’re never short of feedback,” says EA Codemasters’ Creative Director Gavin Cooper. “We listen to the community and that informs a lot of our features this year.” The wealth of…