Despite there not being too much hubbub around The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft’s relatively new racing series has been a success for the publisher (minor controversies aside), with the first game in the series surpassing 12 million players and its most recent release becoming the fastest-selling entry yet. While Motorfest continues to receive post-launch support, Ubisoft has reportedly greenlit the next entry in The Crew.
Taking to Twitter, known industry insider Tom Henderson has claimed that “The next The Crew game has been greenlit at Ubisoft,” offering very little else in the way of additional details.
Interestingly however, Henderson did share one extra titbit of information, responding to the question “The Crew or Motorfest?” with a simple: “Crew.”
Based on this, it seems as though Ubisoft will be moving away from the Forza Horizon style of festival racing as was seen in The Crew Motorfest – instead going back to the format of the first two titles.
Regardless, thanks to its continued support, The Crew Motorfest remains one of the best open world racers around right now, and so it will be interesting to see what the team have in store for its 4th entry.
KitGuru says: What do you think of The Crew Motorfest in 2025? Would you welcome a return to the series’ more traditional format? How could The Crew 4 elevate things? Let us know down below.
The post Ubisoft has officially greenlit a sequel to The Crew claims insider first appeared on KitGuru.Hell is Us has been shaping up to be one of the most interesting games of the year. Ahead of the September launch, a demo has now arrived on PC, although it will only be available for a limited time.
The Hell is Us demo is now available on Steam, but only until the 16th of June, so if you are interested in trying the game out, you'll need to do so in the next couple of weeks, otherwise you'll be stuck waiting until the game's official release on the 4th of September.
If you do plan on grabbing the demo, then you'll want to take a look at the game's PC system requirements, which you can find below:
The recommended spec calls for an RTX 2080 Ti or an RX 6750 XT graphics card for 1080p/60FPS gameplay. If you are looking to play at 1440p with High settings, you'll apparently need an RTX 3080 or an RX 6800 XT.
Due to ‘technical constraints' the demo version of the game will not be available for consoles, which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence for the game's Xbox and PS5 launch but we'll have to see how things go.
In Hell is Us, players will be thrown into a country divided by a brutal civil war and overrun by supernatural creatures. Armed with a drone and a sword, players will have to fight their way through, exploring and investigating along the way. Players will be encouraged to follow their instincts while roaming the world, as there will be no quest markers or compass.
Hell is Us releases on the 4th of September 2025.
KitGuru Says: This is one of my most anticipated games of the year, so I'll be checking out the demo. Have any of you grabbed the demo already? What do you think of the game so far?
The post Hell is Us PC system requirements and exclusive demo released first appeared on KitGuru.More than a decade on from its predecessor’s release, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time launched late last month to near immediate success – selling half a million copies in its first few days. Since then, momentum has yet to slow down, with the game having surpassed another milestone on its journey to 1 million units sold.
Making the announcement on Twitter, the team at Level5 wrote: “Over 800,000 Copies Sold Worldwide! Fantasy Life i has officially sold over 800,000 copies worldwide!”
Interestingly, and in a rather uncommon practice, the studio also offered projected sales figures, adding “Thanks to everyone's support, we might even hit 1 million copies by the end of June. Join players around the world and enjoy your own kind of slow life!”
For context, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time arrived to relatively little fanfare on the 21st of May, however quickly gained traction almost immediately after – reaching a peak concurrent player count of 65k on Steam by the 25th.
Though we never received official sales figures for the original Fantasy Life, the game was confirmed to have sold over 300,000 units in Japan by April 2013 – 4 months on from launch. That said, international figures were never revealed following its global release in 2014, and so it is unknown exactly how well the first game performed.
Given the fact however that reviews for the sequel are sitting high above the 3DS’ release (and that the title is continuing to sell consistently ahead of the Switch 2 version’s arrival), is it safe to say that with 800,000 copies already sold Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is a major success.
KitGuru says: What do you think of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time so far? How does it compare to the 3DS original? What’s your favourite game from Level5? Let us know down below.
The post Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time reaches new sales milestone first appeared on KitGuru.Stig Asmussen made a name for himself as the director of the Star Wars Jedi games. Unfortunately, before completing the planned trilogy, Asmussen departed EA to start a new studio, Giant Skull, and now, we know more about their first project.
Asmussen's next game will be a Dungeons & Dragons title, having signed a licensing deal with Wizards of the Coast. The untitled game is described as an “all-new single-player action-adventure title set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons”.
The game is in development for both PC and consoles, using Unreal Engine 5. We don't really know much more than that at this stage but as this is a new studio, we would expect to be waiting a couple more years before we see anymore concrete information.
Giant Skull is the latest in a growing number of studios signing deals with Wizards of the Coast. After the success of Baldur's Gate 3, there has been a resurgence of interest in D&D video games, and other companies like Starbreeze, Invoke Studios and Game Loft are all working with the D&D license right now.
Larian Studios won't be amongst the new wave of studios developing D&D games though. The company butted heads with Wizards of the Coast during development of their masterpiece, Baldur's Gate 3 and as a result, the studio has already confirmed that it has no plans to make Baldur's Gate 4.
KitGuru Says: Are you a fan of D&D? Are you looking forward to the incoming wave of new D&D video games?
The post Star Wars Jedi director moves to D&D first appeared on KitGuru.Following the successful launch of Hazelight Studios’ Split Fiction earlier this year, it was quickly announced that a film adaptation would be on its way. With the ‘bidding war’ over, it seems as though Amazon is finalising a deal to distribute the film.
As reported by Deadline, Amazon MGM Studios is said to be finalising a deal to acquire the rights to the Split Fiction film adaptation. Back when it was first announced in March, the media company Story Kitchen was “putting together” the cast list, director, writers and more.
Since then, we’ve gotten a great deal more information, with Jon M. Chu and Sydney Sweeney reportedly involved – and Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese (of Deadpool and Wolverine fame) helming the script.
According to Deadline, the deal ultimately exceeded $2 million, with other potential buyers having included Sony.
With Split Fiction now coming from Amazon, it will be interesting to see whether the film will get a cinematic release or launch as an Amazon Prime exclusive.
Split Fiction is the latest game from Josef Fares and Hazelight Studios. Released back in March, the title saw universal acclaim and has gone on to sell over 4 million copies in the 2 months since – making it rife for adaptation. Will it wind up being as successful as the game? We’ll have to wait and see.
KitGuru says: Did you enjoy Split Fiction? How do you think the film will handle the adaptation? Let us know down below.
The post Amazon acquires rights to the Split Fiction film adaptation first appeared on KitGuru.Roughly one year ago, Microsoft made the shocking announcement that they would be closing down Tango Gameworks – the publisher’s only Japanese studio who also happened to release the critically acclaimed success “in all key measurements” Hi-Fi Rush. Fortunately, the studio was saved thanks to publisher Krafton last August. Finally Tango Gameworks is ready to step back out of the shadows.
As part of an overhaul to their website, Tango Gameworks has announced that the studio is fully back and ready to work on new games, writing “It took us some time, but the official office for Tango Gameworks, Inc. is open, and our hybrid work environment finally has its in-office counterpart! These things take time, but our office in Tokyo is back open as we fill it with our memorabilia from our projects and begin decorating based on our new brand identity!”
Alongside this, the team debuted its new logo, branding and studio philosophy, writing: “Finally, after months of waiting, Tango Gameworks is back, and in a brand-new way. We’ve opened our site to give our fans and future team members a look into our studio.”
They continue, “Focused on what it feels like to make a game, our vision is centered on a studio that acts like a creative workshop, making games and experiences that emphasize that ‘hand-made’ feel we put into our work.”
Of course, don’t expect a finalised project from the team any time soon, with part of this latest announcement also focusing on their hiring efforts – currently recruiting for a dozen positions including Senior Animator; Senior Character Artist; Senior Graphics Programmer and more.
That said, the studio is in good hands, with John Johanas (The Evil Within 2 and Hi-Fi Rush director) serving as Tango’s Creative Director.
All in all, while the Microsoft debacle certainly set the company back by quite a bit, it is exciting to see Tango Gameworks gearing up for its grand return.
KitGuru says: Are you glad to see Tango Gameworks alive and well? What would you like their first new project to be? Let us know your thoughts down below.
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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is an ambitious passion project that clearly invokes some of the highlights of Bethesda's signature RPG series while retaining some unique quirks all their own. Unfortunately, the first few steps out of Early Access show that this adventure into Avalon could have used a little more time fending off the Red Death.
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Fosi Audio should be a relatively familiar name by now, as we've seen several of their amps reviewed here at PC Perspective and other sites. They specialize in small form factor…
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We visited Noctua’s booth at Computex, where the company showed off its upcoming liquid cooler, which is set to launch in Q1 2026.
Once again, we have to give Noctua an award for least RGB LED BS we’ve seen at a trade show as we couldn’t find any in their booth.
Editor's note: This was originally published on May 20, 2025 as a video. This content has been adapted to written format for this article and is unchanged from the original publication.
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The company showed off its AIO liquid cooler prototype, which consisted of 3D printed pieces that are intended to go into the pump block to reduce some of the most annoying aspects of liquid coolers with pumps as opposed to thermosiphons.
The fan that goes on top of the pump block is an existing Noctua fan that they’ve reshaped the frame for. And it’s optional to mount on top and it projects the air out towards the memory and VRM components.
We also looked at the company’s thermosiphon, which was briefly shown at Computex last year. It is a 2-phase thermosiphon, which means that it does a phase change. This makes it comparable to a heat-pipe in a way.
We also got to see a bunch of different types of cold plate designs.
We also got another look at the Noctua x Antec Flux Pro case, which we previously covered at Antec’s booth.
Noctua showed off its 120mm G2 fan, which also appears in the shroud top of the Antec Flux Pro case. A couple things have changed about the fan, which include the RPM offset being a little different.
Grab a GN Soldering & Project Mat for a high-quality work surface with extreme heat resistance. These purchases directly fund our operation, including our build-out of the hemi-anechoic chamber for our acoustic testing! (or consider a direct donation or a Patreon contribution!)When we reviewed the NH-D15 G2, the RPM offset between the 2 fans was about 25, but the fans we saw at Computex are about plus or minus 50.
Noctua provided some first-party data and stated that on a 120x49mm water cooler radiator comparing the G2 fan versus the company’s NF-A12x25 fan under a 200W heat-loud, the G2 fan performed roughly 3 degrees cooler, which is really good.
Paired with an air cooler, there was about a 1 degree difference between the 2 fans, which is a lot for an air cooler.
For its liquid cooler, Noctua is working with Asetek, using the company’s Gen 8 V2 platform. Asetek has been around for a long time and they’re one of the biggest suppliers. In the old days, they worked with Corsair, NZXT, and basically everyone’s stuff.
The landscape has diversified a bit. Apaltek has gotten really big as a supplier. For as much s*** we’ve given Asetek over the years, in our experience, they’ve had fewer widespread failures of gunk buildup compared to competing solutions.
We don’t cover mice, but Noctua also showed off a mouse with a small fan built into it.
We wrapped up our Noctua coverage by interviewing Noctua’s Jakob Dellinger. Make sure to watch our Computex video where we do a deeper dive into the company’s upcoming liquid cooler, how a thermosiphon works, and more.
Overclocking specialist and TechTuber Roman ‘der8auer' Hartung has demonstrated that Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell workstation graphics card, priced at around £8,000, can outperform consumer-grade GPUs in gaming, even without a Game Ready Driver.
Getting one of these graphics cards isn't easy, especially considering its price. However, der8auer was able to get one and test it thoroughly. In his tests, the RTX Pro 6000 was benchmarked against the RTX 5090 and RTX 4090 in several demanding games at 4K resolution with maximum settings, although Ray Tracing was switched off for the Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark.
The results showed significant performance gains over the RTX 50 series flagship, with the RTX Pro 6000 being 14% quicker on average than the RTX 5090 in Cyberpunk 2077, with 13% better 1% lows. However, it consumed 15% more power. In Star Wars Outlaws and Remnant 2, the RTX Pro 6000 was 11% faster than the RTX 5090 in both cases. Lastly, in Assassin's Creed Mirage, the RTX Pro 6000 was 3% quicker than the RTX 5090, but as der8auer pointed out, that could be a driver issue.
As a reminder, the RTX Pro 6000 is built on the same GB202 GPU as the RTX 5090 but boasts more CUDA cores (24,064 vs. 21,760), along with additional TMUs, ROPs, Tensor cores, and RT cores. Another big differentiator is its massive 96GB GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, compared to the RTX 5090's 32GB.
KitGuru says: If you had the money to spend on an Nvidia RTX Pro 6000, would you get one to use only for gaming?
The post Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 beats the RTX 5090 in gaming first appeared on KitGuru.Back in 2022, CD Projekt Red arrived at Unreal Fest, armed with the first teaser image for The Witcher 4. During that event, we learned that CD Projekt Red was switching to Unreal Engine 5 for future titles. Now, the studio is returning to Unreal Fest, with a new look at the technology going into the game.
CD Projekt Red confirmed today that it will be presenting at this week's State of Unreal event. Fans may want to have a look, as the company will be “showcasing some of the innovative technology and features that will power The Witcher 4 and beyond”.
Now it is worth noting that we are unlikely to see anything more than a small vertical slice, with the goal of showcasing various features. It could serve as a tease of the world we'll be exploring in The Witcher 4, but don't expect any story details, character confirmations, or anything that could be considered a ‘spoiler'.
The first trailer for The Witcher 4 came out last year and was rendered in-engine, so expect a similar level of visual fidelity from whatever CD Projekt Red is presenting at this event. While development on the game appears to be making good progress, it is also worth noting that CD Projekt Red has already confirmed that The Witcher 4 will not be releasing in 2026. The door is open for 2027, however.
KitGuru Says: This will be interesting to those with an actual desire to know more about game development and the lengthy process. It will not be interesting to anyone expecting to see early spoilers for The Witcher 4.
The post CDPR confirms plans to present Witcher 4 tech at State of Unreal this week first appeared on KitGuru.In the years since splitting from Square Enix and becoming an independent studio, IO Interactive has been quietly working away on a brand new James Bond game. Now, we finally have a title – 007 First Light.
IO Interactive has revealed a teaser image for its new James Bond game, titled 007 First Light. The studio plans to reveal the game later this week, so expect a trailer in the coming days.
Whether or not this trailer will include a release date, or any real gameplay footage, still remains to be seen. Still, it is an exciting development, as IO Interactive is the perfect studio to deliver a new take on James Bond, thanks to its decades of experience working on the Hitman games.
007 First Light will feature a new version of James Bond, not tied to any previous film or book, and will tell an original story. IO Interactive has ambition to continue this series beyond the first game too, but whether or not we get a sequel likely depends on how well the first game sells.
KitGuru Says: We'll be back with more news on the trailer and any other game details later this week.
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It's been two years since NVIDIA introduced its Ada Lovelace GPUs, kicking things off with the RTX 4090 and finishing up the initial lineup with the SUPER family At CES, the company unveiled its new RTX 50 "Blackwell" family which features a brand new architecture and several changes such as new cores, AI accelerators, new memory standards, and the latest video/display capabilities. NVIDIA recently released its 5th entry within its "RTX 50" portfolio, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is positioned in the mainstream segment, with the green team promising great value for gamers at a […]
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Fractal has been producing high-quality PC cases for a long time, with a recent focus on airflow and cooling with its Meshify and Torrent series. Today Fractal is launching its latest Meshify chassis – the Meshify 3, and it comes in black or white colours, with or without tempered glass and RGB and in regular or XL sizes. In this review, we are taking a closer look at the regular-size Meshify 3, but it’s the Ambience Pro RGB version that sounds exciting – or does it?
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:45 The New Case
01:16 Pricing
01:41 Original Plan put on Hold
02:04 The Design
02:47 Tool Free panel removal
04:20 Front I/O
04:33 Cooling Support
05:38 Mobo Support
05:45 GPU / CPU Support / Cover
06:38 PSU Shroud / Mount
07:45 Cable Management
08:40 Drive support / HUB
09:42 The cables / spacing
10:14 Floor Of The Case
10:45 Accessories
11:09 Test System Hardware & Methodology
12:20 Test Results
14:03 Install thoughts and overall views
Fractal Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB Features:
Specifications:
Thermal Performance Testing
To simulate thermal demand we run the Cinebench R23 multi-thread benchmark and 3DMark Speed Way stress test simultaneously in a loop for 30 minutes to load the system fully. This gives the CPU and GPU enough time to reach constant steady-state temperature. With this data, we can compare how the system handles the thermal demand and measure peak noise levels.
Thermal performance is measured with the case in various configurations, such as the default, with the tempered glass left-hand side panel removed and with the front panel removed to see how these configurations affect the CPU and GPU temperature. During testing, only stock case fans are used unless otherwise specified. All water pumps are set to maximum RPM and fans are set to a custom RPM curve by the Motherboard software/BIOS.
All temperature measurements are presented as Deltas – meaning the ambient temperature has been deducted from the CPU temperature giving us a Delta. Data shown in the charts represent the average component temperature over the length of the test as measured by HWiNFO and then the last 15 minutes of the data are calculated to get the average. The ambient temperature during thermal tests is between 19-20⁰C.
Test System Specification:
Thermal Performance Overview
We tested the case thermals with a 280mm AIO CPU cooler installed in the roof and with the case in several different configurations. The default configuration shown in the charts is with a 280mm roof-mounted AIO, the stock case fans installed and all case panels fitted.
In the default configuration using just the front 140mm stock Intake fans, the case does well at keeping both the CPU and GPU temperature controlled. With an average load temperature of 64°C over ambient for the CPU and 43°C for the GPU, we consider these good figures for a high airflow case.
Changing configuration has little effect on thermals, removing the glass side only drops CPU and GPU temperature by 1°C. However, removing the mesh panels drops CPU temperature by 3°C which is not significant but it may suggest the mesh is a little restrictive. Adding a rear fan also doesn't significantly affect the CPU or GPU temperature so when using a top-mounted AIO CPU cooler in the Meshify 3, the default configuration is optimal.
With a custom fan curve set to low RPM at idle, a system built inside the Meshify 3 can be configured to be almost silent. However, with only a 280mm AIO supported in the top of the case, under load with a high-power CPU the noise can be quite loud as seen with our test system reaching up to 52dBA noise output.
In this scenario most of the noise comes from the CPU AIO cooler fans, so choosing a good quality AIO with quiet fans will be the key to keeping noise low with the Meshify 3.
Fractal originally planned to release this case earlier this year. However, due to ourselves and other media finding issues with the tightness of PCIe slots and having difficulty installing graphics cards, the company delayed the launch globally to resolve the issue before release, which it has done now with a revision of the slots so the problem won't be experienced by the end user. So well done to Fractal on that one.
That said, I can't help but feel a little disappointed with the Fractal Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB for several reasons. The case doesn’t feel as though it is built to Fractal’s usual high standards, there is a lot of flex in the chassis frame and top panel especially. Some panels don’t align particularly well with uneven gaps too.
The dimensions and naming scheme with the Meshify 3 is confusing for users of previous Meshify cases, as the regular case is now more like the size of the Meshify 2 compact, while the Meshify 3 XL has dimensions/specs closer to the Meshify 2 regular case. The main issue with that is you can't run a top-mounted 360mm AIO in the regular Meshify 3.
There are some good things about the case though, the cooling has been well designed, the air scoop in the floor helps to direct cool air to the graphics card, the included Momentum 14 fans seem reasonably quiet and efficient and the RGB lighting effects from the fans and the LED strips built into the case are good. The new Adjust Pro RGB fan hub is easy to connect up and configure RGB effects using the software free web-based configuration tool.
Cable management is quite easy with the adjustable cable clamps integrated into the case and other than only supporting 280mm top radiators, the hardware support is decent with EATX motherboards, big graphics cards and tall CPU air coolers all supported. The lack of top 360mm radiator support is an issue for me though, I would always recommend top radiator mounting in gaming systems and I think the Meshify 3 is predominantly aimed at enthusiast gamers.
However, it is quite an expensive case for what you get; the Ambience Pro RGB version is priced at over £200 in the UK or almost $220 U.S., which is high compared with similar cases. There are loads of excellent value cases available for much less than this with a similar amount of included fans and an integrated RGB fan hub, with equal build quality so if you are interested in the Meshify 3’s high airflow design and compact dimensions, shop around first to see what you can get as there are some great deals out there.
The Fractal Meshify 3 and Meshify 3 XL are available in the UK now from Scan priced from £129.98 HERE. The Meshify 3 Ambience Pro RGB White featured in this review is priced at £204.98 HERE.
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KitGuru Says: Following on from the brilliant Meshify 2, the Meshify 3 doesn't quite hit all our expectations but it has great cooling, and the software-free RGB control is a winner for me.
Microsoft is trying everything it possibly can to make back the $70 billion it spent acquiring Activision Blizzard. The latest scheme? Placing more advertisements in Call of Duty, including inside of loadout screens.
Black Ops 6 players began spotting adverts within the game last week. Now in the loadout screen when you pick your weapons for the round, you may see an advertisement at the top of your list of loadouts. This advertisement aims to entice users to spend money on COD Points to buy one of the game's many premium skins, which often cost over £20 to acquire.
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The premium in-game store in Call of Duty is already popular. The franchise makes a ton of money from skin sales throughout the year and massive collaborations with celebrities, TV shows and films often make headlines and get shared around quite a bit. On top of that, Activision often displays these items to you in splash screens before you even get to the main menu upon launching the game.
Apparently, all of that wasn't enough. Now, you need to be forced to stare at overpriced skins even while simply trying to select a weapon.
As you would expect, fans aren't exactly pleased about the increased advertisements within Call of Duty. With the way things are going, it seems it will only be a matter of time until we see real product placement ads within massive multiplayer games. Sports titles like NBA 2K are already there, and Fortnite is slowly making a push for it too, with the addition of Jordan Sneakers to the game as a digital item.
KitGuru Says: If something like this led to cheaper game prices, then maybe you could get some consumers on board. However, we all know that will never be the case. In fact, COD 2025 is likely to be the first in the franchise to adopt an $80 price tag for the standard edition.
The post Call of Duty loadout menu now includes ads for overpriced skins first appeared on KitGuru.The Nintendo Switch 2 officially launches this week. Ahead of the release on June 5th, Nintendo has now confirmed every Switch 2 game that will be available on day one, along with the Switch 1 titles getting day-one updates for the new console.
Naturally, Mario Kart World is the first game on the list. While this title began development in 2017 for the original Switch console, the scope of the game grew so much that the team opted to save it for Nintendo's next-gen hardware. The game is the first in the series to offer open-world gameplay – it is essentially Mario meets Forza Horizon, but with the usual arcade-style gameplay we all know and love.
Here is the full list of new games available for Switch 2 on June 5th:
Alongside these titles, new ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Edition' versions of older titles will also be available on day-one. You can either buy the game at full price, or if you own the Switch 1 version of these titles, you can buy a cheaper ‘upgrade pack'. At launch, there will be four of these games available, including:
If you had a Switch 1 and you want to know which of your older games will be updated for the Switch 2 for free, then look no further. The following Switch 1 games will be updated with support for the Switch 2's more powerful hardware:
Nintendo has already confirmed a few major third-party games coming to Nintendo Switch 2 later in the year, like Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade and Star Wars Outlaws. Later this summer, we expect to see a new Nintendo Direct with more Switch 2 game announcements for the console's first year on the market.
KitGuru Says: Are any of you grabbing a Switch 2 this week? What games will you be playing first?
The post Here is every Switch 2 game available on day one first appeared on KitGuru.Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age has sold over 8.5 million units worldwide, making it the best-selling individual title in the Dragon Quest franchise. Moreover, the franchise has just broken through 94 million copies sold, solidifying its place as the second most successful Square Enix game series.
The Dragon Quest XI S figure was reported as of late May 2025 and represents an increase from over 7 million sales reported in December 2024. Dragon Quest XI initially launched exclusively in Japan for the 3DS and PS4 in July 2017, followed by a Western release for PS4 and PC in September 2018. An enhanced version, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition, was released for Nintendo Switch in 2019 and later for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in December 2020.
The title's sales contribute significantly to the Dragon Quest franchise, accounting for almost 10% of the 94 million lifetime sales of the whole series. Historically, despite not being as well received in Western markets as in Japan, Dragon Quest is the fourth-best-selling JRPG series, behind Monster Hunter, Final Fantasy and Pokémon.
The latest entry to the Dragon Quest franchise was Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, which sold over 2 million units within three weeks of its release. Square Enix aims to continue this trend with the upcoming HD-2D remakes of the first two Dragon Quest games, set to release as a two-pack on PC and consoles on October 30, 2025. Moreover, it's also working on Dragon Quest XII, which promises to be more mature than your typical main series entry.
KitGuru says: Are you a fan of Dragon Quest? What was the latest game of the series that you've played?
The post Dragon Quest franchise nears 100 million units sold first appeared on KitGuru.Sega has announced Sega Football Club Champions 2025, a new free-to-play football management game set to launch in 2025 for PC (Steam), PS5, PS4, iOS, and Android. This comes after Sega-owned Football Interactive cancelled Football Manager 2025 in February 2025, marking the first time the Football Manager franchise had skipped a season since its inception in 2005.
Sega Football Club Champions 2025 will feature over 10,000 professional football players and offer two game modes: Career Mode and Dream Team Mode. The Dream Team mode includes PvP options like Event Matches, Room Matches, and an Arena. The game also holds licensing deals with Manchester City, the J-League, the K-League, and FIFPro. Sega states on its website that the game is “powered” by Football Manager, suggesting it may incorporate elements from the long-running simulation series.
Sign-ups for the closed beta of Sega Football Club Champions 2025 are open until June 13, 2025, with the testing period running from June 19 to June 30, 2025. Players can also pre-register to receive Manchester City-themed in-game rewards.
This new title, alongside Sifu developer Sloclap's arcade football game Rematch (releasing June 19th, 2025), the return of Football Manager, and the annual EA Sports FC release (around September), indicates a promising year for football game enthusiasts.
KitGuru says: Do you like the Football Manager games? Do you think Football Club Champions will be a good replacement?
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Just as promised, the Xbox Games Showcase is returning this month. We are one week away from the showcase, which will be followed by a dedicated Direct stream detailing The Outer Worlds 2, which is positioned to be one of Xbox's big holiday season releases.
The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 will air on the 8th of June at 6PM UK time. Immediately after the main event, Microsoft will go live again with a deep-dive stream showing off The Outer Worlds 2, the sequel to Obsidian's hit 2019 Sci-Fi RPG.
Microsoft has found a formula that works for its Summer showcases. The main show will primarily focus on trailers and rapid-fire announcements, while the following Direct stream focuses on one major game each year. In 2023, Microsoft used this slot to showcase Starfield, in 2024 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 took over the slot and this year, Obsidian gets its turn. Funnily enough, The Outer Worlds 2 won't be the only major release from Obsidian this year, as the company also shipped Avowed back in February.
Typically, the Xbox Games Showcase runs from anywhere between 90 minutes and two hours, so it will be a chunky show with many, many game announcements. The following Direct stream should also be about an hour long.
As for what may be announced, rumour has it that Ubisoft is gearing up to show off the long-awaited Splinter Cell remake. Microsoft and Ubisoft have a strong relationship when it comes to these showcases, and I expect that to continue this year. Other games likely to make an appearance include Hollow Knight: Silksong, Minecraft Dungeons 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, and the Persona 4 remake. As Fable and Gears E-Day are both targeting 2026, it is possible that we get a new look at both titles.
KitGuru Says: The Xbox First Party studios are firing on all cylinders at the moment, so I expect to see a few surprises at this year's showcase too. My main hope is for a first-half 2026 release date for Fable, so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for that.
The post Xbox Games Showcase and Outer Worlds 2 Direct coming next week first appeared on KitGuru.Each month, all those with a Humble subscription are privy to a select number of titles for ‘free’ as part of the company’s Humble Choice service. Ahead of its official announcement, the list of titles being offered during the month of June have leaked – including the likes of Tchia, Sker Ritual and Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun.
As reported by known leaker ‘bilibili’ Humble Choice subscribers are set to receive a solid selection of 8 titles. Likely to go live over the coming days, June’s Humble Choice line-up features the following:
Though perhaps not the most overwhelming of months, June’s line-up includes a ton of excellent games, including the highly underrated Tchia: an open world collectathon which features fun and unique mechanics, a robust physics system and an excellent soundtrack.
Sker Ritual meanwhile is a Call of Duty Zombies-inspired round-based horde shooter from the team at Wales Interactive – known best for their work on full-motion video games including The Bunker; Late Shift, as well as Sker Ritual’s survival horror predecessor Maid of Sker.
In previous months, Humble would also include a couple bonus items, be it coupons for some of the included games’ DLC, or even a subscription to IGN Plus. As such, expect something similar to be offered alongside the above. Still, for £8.99, Tchia alone is enough of a reason to re-up your subscription for the month.
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The post June’s leaked Humble Choice line-up includes Legacy of Kain; Sker Ritual and much more first appeared on KitGuru.Last week, we reported on the surprising announcement by EA that they would be cancelling their previously-announced Black Panther project while also shutting down Cliffhanger Studios. Stated to have been done in order to “sharpen our focus and put our creative energy behind the most significant growth opportunities,” insiders have now given a much more candid explanation for what went down exactly.
As reported by known industry insider Jason Schreier via Bloomberg (paywalled), the cancellation of the Black Panther project came as a surprise to the team at Cliffhanger Games, who according to Schreier “was actively hiring staff.”
Beyond this, Black Panther had reportedly “passed what EA calls a gate – a development milestone where executives review a game's progress and decide whether to continue production.”
The project was said to feature an evolved (and presumably legally-distinct) form of WB’s patented Nemesis System, with this title in particular featuring “various playable heroes from the comic-book universe, such as T'Challa, Killmonger and Shuri, all competing for the mantle of Black Panther. The player would take control of one of these heroes, while the others would become rivals with whom the player could cultivate relationships.”
Unfortunately, according to the report EA were not pleased that the game remained in pre-production 4 years into its development, leading to its cancellation – despite the fact that Cliffhanger Games “had only just begun scaling up.”
It’s not been the best of times for superhero-based video games, with WB’s Wonder Woman being cancelled a couple months back; Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra getting delayed and now this. Hopefully EA’s other Marvel projects are in okay standing.
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