Well, February 2025 looks fit to burst. Between Assassin’s Creed Shadows getting pushed back to join Avowed, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds, those sickos who love their bulky RPGs will surely be glutted beyond belief! Right? Right?!Nah, probably not. As much as we all like to joke about sleepless nights and chameleon-eyed gamers trying to bullishly marathon their way through hundred-hour narratives, only a tiny percentage of people are going to play even half the games listed above, and certainly not all during February itself. Only those with a depressingly high amount of time on their hands are going to play even a few of them, and that’ll be over several months or the year itself. Hell, Assassin’s Creed alone has a well-deserved reputation for making games that just don’t know when to quit. No, more likely February won’t be a feast, but a fight. People have limited time and money at their disposal, so it’ll be a time for …

Could Hollow Knight Silksong be the spooky season treat we’ve all been waiting for since 2019? Team Cherry’s long-awaited Metroidvania has been in the works for some fives years now, and despite the long wait, fans are running on little more than crumbs when it comes to intel. In fact, one of the most concrete facts we know about Hollow Knight Silksong is that it will be on Xbox Game Pass on day one.Seven years since the first game launched, and despite the developer keeping things under wraps, the hype around Hollow Knight: Silksong seems to just keep growing – even though we have precious little confirmed. The long wait has made some fans antsy, getting the clown facepaint on at the drop of a hat after a hidden Hollow Knight Silksong update on its Steam page made hopeful hearts soar earlier this year. A 2023 controversy surrounding engine Unity’s intended pay-per-download business model had made other Hollow Knight fans panic, with speculations that an engine swap could incur fu…

Age of Empires has been famous for over 27 years, for its massive historical RTS battles, featuring a range of civilisations, legendary heroes and really, really, big wars. But how do you go about bringing a game famous for scale and lots of clicking to phones? The Mobile Gaming Show spoke to Peter Hu, senior game designer on Age of Empires Mobile about how you make a big game small, without losing any of the size.  Preregister for Age of Empires Mobile now or preorder the game on iOS or Google Play. “The PC version is famous for it’s building, gathering, expanding and battling with other players, and it’s RTS elements,” Hu tells the Mobile Gaming Show in this exclusive interview, adding “we wanted to restore this experience as much as we could on the phone.” The ultimate aim being to take that almost 30 year fan base across PC and Xbox, and bring it to a phone near you (preferably yours). But how do take a game famous for clicky micromanagement with hundreds of sol…

Update: Confirmed! As part of Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show stream, Square Enix confirms that the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, alongside Trials of Mana and Legend of Mana, will be available on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass today.Original Story: Square Enix could be gearing up to release its Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection on the Xbox store – marking yet another possible launch to come from its previously outlined plans for a multiplatform strategy.Eagle-eyed fans have spotted an advertisement on the Xbox Series X dashboard for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, ahead of any official announcement from Square Enix. It’s not an entirely unsurprising revelation, however – after all, the studio recently unveiled that it aims to “shift from quantity to quality” as it “aggressively pursues a multiplatform strategy” for its future game releases.The company’s approach includes “Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs,” in the hope of creating “an environment w…

It has now been a little over five years since Blasphemous first launched, and during that time fans have been crying out for a mobile version to be released, with their many pleas appearing during the new trailer shown at the Future Mobile Gaming Show. Those prayers have finally been answered, with The Game Kitchen confirming that they are bringing Blasphemous to iOS and Android.For the uninitiated, Blasphemous follows the journey of The Penitent One, the lone survivor of their massacred brotherhood, who is trapped in the land of Cvstodia by a mysterious curse. Locked in an endless loop of death and resurrection, you must hack’n slash your way through this brutal action platformer in order to break the cycle and escape your twisted fate.As you navigate a world steeped in lore with a distinctive style inspired by religious art, you’ll need to overcome deadly traps and defeat terrifying enemies, wielding your sacred sword to dish out combos, special moves, and dismember your foes with g…

There’s a new Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater trailer showing off an extensive array of the game’s early cutscenes, and it looks both gorgeous and absolutely faithful to the 2004 original. But there’s just something about the old voice acting coming out of the new character models that feels a little bit weird.Metal Gear Solid Delta reuses the voice acting of the original MGS3, so all the line delivery is just as it was back in 2004. The original Snake Eater has one of the all-time great sets of vocal performances, with just the combination of military thriller drama and campy anime shenanigans to make it all extremely memorable. David Hayter’s performance as Snake is absolutely iconic for a reason.But while the camp worked great in the slightly stylized look of the PS2 original, it looks a lot weirder coming out of a bunch of modern, highly realistic character models. Just take a look at the trailer below. Look at when Snake starts speaking around the 0:43 mark. It’s a little off,…

The Star Wars Outlaws Rejected mission sees you following intel to find a password for a merchant that won’t trade with you. You’ll need to find the right people to eavesdrop on in Mirogana Market, which isn’t clear so let me explain everything. Find the right people and get what you need and you’ll gain access to the shop of a shady merchant who “only talks to friends”. Thankfully, this quest is very easy to solve in Star Wars Outlaws, so let me direct you to exactly where you need to go to get this Star Wars Outlaws Rejected password.How to complete the Rejected mission in Star Wars Outlaws From the Rejected merchant’s alley, head to the main market area and go up the stairs on your right to reach the upper balcony level of the market. Next, head to the bar on the north side of the market and find the the “listen” button prompt that will let you eavesdrop on two criminals to Kay’s left – you’ll overhear that the password for the merchant is to say you’re “a friend of Arlo”. S…