Crysis 4 is on hold as developer Crytek announces layoffs. Crytek is laying off 15 percent of its workforce, after layoffs have ravaged the gaming industry in recent years www.theverge.com/news/610851/...

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— Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk) 12 February 2025 at 12:45

Amazing next few months on paper. I'm interested in all of those, obviously as long as they don't turn out bad, a day one launch every month to satisfy me and that will already amount to $275, a little less if I end up caving on early access for Avowed and I absolutely will cave on early access for Doom, Lol. For Avowed I'm waiting on reviews to decide if I'll splash on early access.

Avowed - Early access.
Atomfall - Will play.
Clair Obscur - Will skip.
South of Midnight - Early access.
Doom TGA - Will skip.

That’s 3 games I’d 100% get, taking out the £28 for Early Access that’s a decent saving of £137. Only £139 needed to to break even on the GPU max stack. 

A new update for Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is now available.

• New Game+
• Photo Mode
• Ability to Hide Projectile Weapon
• Adjustments & Bug Fixes

Available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate/PC.

teamninja-studio.com/ng2black/us/...

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— Klobrille (@klobrille.bsky.social) 12 February 2025 at 13:33

Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says PGR and Geometry Wars studio Bizarre Creations was ‘a bad acquisition’.

“The company that was, um… in Manchester, that did the driving game for Xbox, and it was called, um…”

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bobby-k...

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— VGC (@videogameschronicle.com) 12 February 2025 at 13:38

Twat.

Sea of Thieves Investigates: Ancient Megalodon Revealed! - YouTube

Damn, this one hurts. I always forget that Activision bought the studio. Still blows my mind that Xbox lost both Bungie and Bizarre Creations in 2007.

I still feel like Gotham Racing would work today. The franchise was very different from both Forza series.

Dan Ryckert and Jeff Grubb were pretty heavily hinting at enjoying Avowed. Jeff Grubb in particular said that he wanted to play other stuff instead of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. He said that KCD2 is not a "love at first sight" kind of game like some "other stuff" he is playing, Dan then clarifies that the other stuff is Avowed, Lol. I've noticed others teasing here and there, though it isn't necessarily a good thing to want to speak about something but I do get the impression that a few are bordering on breaking the embargo because they're excited to talk about Avowed, Lol.

Atomfall - Features Trailer | Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, PS5 & PS4 - YouTube

Circana US Player Engagement Tracker - Top 15 Titles by Total Weekly US Players (Not Concurrent) - W/E Feb 1, 2025

- Call of Duty HQ retakes #1 on PS5
- Sniper Elite: Resistance debuts on Xbox Series at 8th
- No Man's Sky jumps from 95th a week ago to #12 on Steam

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— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 12 February 2025 at 15:07