Each month, Sony updates its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium libraries with a new line-up of titles. Similarly, every month a number of games are also removed from the service. With God of War Ragnarök, Like a Dragon Gaiden and more recently being added, Sony has now announced exactly which games will be leaving soon.

In going to the PlayStation Plus tab on your PS5, you’ll find a list of 8 titles under the ‘Last Chance to Play’ section. Leaving the service at some point in February (likely mid-month) are the following:

• The Outer Worlds: Spacers Choice Edition
• Tales of Arise
• Tales of Zestiria
• Tales of Symphonia Remastered
• Tales of Vesperia
• Outriders
• Scarlet Nexus
• Bulletstorn

While a shorter list of departees than some months, fans of the Tales of series will be disappointed to see so many of the franchise’s entries set to be removed – especially the most recent release: Tales of Arise.

As mentioned however, the blow of these losses are somewhat alleviated by the recent additions to PS Plus Extra/Premium, including the likes of God of War: Ragnarök; Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name; Citizen Sleeper; Sayonara Wild Hearts and more. The full list of games added can be found HERE.

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2025 marks the 10th anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, generally agreed upon as being one of the best Western RPGs perhaps of all time. One of the game’s strongest aspects is of course its music. In celebration of the game’s 10th birthday, a Witcher Concert will be touring Europe later this year – tickets for which have now gone live.

Throughout the month of November 2025, fans of The Witcher 3 will be able to experience “a one-of-a-kind live event that transforms the lasting legacy and emotional storytelling of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt into an immersive concert.”

Described as featuring “an innovative blend of cutting-edge visuals & gameplay from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt combined with a stirring orchestral performance,” the concert will take fans on “an immersive emotional tour through the game’s story brought to life with traditional and modern instruments.”

The Witcher: In Concert will kick off its tour in London on the 5th November, followed by a second UK showing – this time in Manchester – on the 7th. The tour will then move on to the rest of Europe, so if you were hoping to attend, you might want to make sure to grab some tickets.

The Witcher 3’s OST is iconic and beautiful, and to hear it performed live by folk band Percival in-concert would be an amazing experience.

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Tomorrow, Microsoft will be going live with its Xbox Developer Direct, in which the console maker is said to be showing off 4 titles in total – including DOOM: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight. According to one insider, Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest, with “a few other surprises” said to be announced during the event.

Ahead of the premiere of the Xbox Developer Direct on Thursday the 23rd (6PM UK Time), industry leakers ‘Insider-Gaming’ have revealed some of the announcements set to be made during the showcase.

Alongside the release date for DOOM: The Dark Ages – which is supposedly planned to arrive on the 15th of May – Insider-Gaming has reported that:

“As well as the four game announcements, a few other surprises will be announced during the event or in the coming days.”

Microsoft has been known to offer a surprise announcement or two during its previous Xbox Developer Directs. That said, given the fact that the 4th game has remained shrouded in mystery so far, it is interesting to see that they also have ANOTHER surprise in store.

We won’t have to wait long to find out what exactly this is.

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Contrary to its prior release schedule, NetherRealm went straight from MK11 to Mortal Kombat 1 – skipping their previous cadence of breaking up Mortal Kombat releases with a new Injustice game. This seems to have worked against the series, as following the record-breaking release of MK11, Mortal Kombat 1 has so far ‘only’ managed to sell 5 million copies.

Making the announcement on Twitter, the head of NetherRealm Studios – Ed Boon – shared some details on future updates for Mortal Kombat 1. Alongside this, Boon also offered some details on the sales performance for MK1, stating:

“With over 5 million games sold, seeing Mortal Kombat 1 still in the top 15 most played Playstation 5 games makes us very grateful to Mortal Kombat fans. Thanks for continuing to support NetherRealm Studios games!”

While pitched as a positive, 5 million copies sold is a major drop-off when compared to the previous entry – Mortal Kombat 11 – which managed to break 15 million sales in its first 3 years on the market.

Of course, 2023’s MK1 hasn’t been out long enough for a direct 1:1 comparison, but with future DLC for the game having been cancelled already,  the game is unlikely to have majorly long legs.

The general sentiment around Mortal Kombat 1 seems to be that NetherRealm was a bit premature with its release – and it seems the game’s sales are reflecting this fact.

It will be interesting to see what NetherRealm plans to work on next. Hopefully not another Mortal Kombat (at least for now).

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While the initial trailer for the first Sonic the Hedgehog film introduced a hideous character redesign sparking a ton of backlash, the final product proved to be a major success for SEGA and Paramount Pictures. Since then, we’ve gotten two sequels and a spin-off TV show – all of which have been received well both critically and commercially. It therefore comes as little surprise that a 4th Sonic film is now on its way – set to premiere in March of 2027.

Ahead of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, SEGA and Paramount announced that a 4th entry had been greenlit, with a tentative release year set for some time in 2027.

Work on Sonic 4 seems to be progressing pretty rapidly, with the distributors having now announced that the 4th entry in this film franchise will arrive on the 19th of March 2027 – a little over two years on from Sonic 3’s December 2024 release date.

For context, while none of the Sonic movies have been major box office blowouts, each film has been able to maintain a strong and consistent financial return.

2020’s Sonic 1 managed to bring in $320 million, followed up by 2022’s Sonic 2 ($405 million) – and last but not least Sonic 3 has so far earned $422 million (though the film is still currently showing in cinemas).

Given just how much backlash there was upon the initial announcement of the original Sonic the Hedgehog film, it is both surprising and welcome to see the series become a major and successful film franchise. Hopefully the quality of releases remain solid and consistent for all future titles.

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Twice a month, Microsoft updates its Xbox Game Pass library with a line-up of new/returning titles. Following the addition of Diablo, UFC 5 and My Time at Sandrock, the second set of Game Pass titles dropping throughout the rest of January has now been announced.

While the first half of January saw a relatively modest line-up of titles added to Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft seems to be upping the ante for the second half of the month, with a total of 14 games dropping over the next week and a bit – the full list of which can be viewed below:

Available now:

• Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) – Day-one Ultimate addition
• Flock (Console) – Game Pass Standard
• Gigantic: Rampage Edition (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Game Pass Standard
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Console) – Game Pass Standard
• Magical Delicacy (Console) – Game Pass Standard
• Tchia (Xbox Series X|S) – Game Pass Standard
• The Case of the Golden Idol (Console) – Game Pass Standard
• Starbound (Cloud and Console) – Game Pass Standard

Coming soon:

• Eternal Strands (Cloud, Console, and PC) [January 28] – Day-one Ultimate addition
• Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) [January 28] – Day-one Ultimate addition
• Shady Part of Me (Cloud, Console, and PC) [January 29] – Game Pass Standard
• Sniper Elite: Resistance (Cloud, Console, and PC) [January 30] – Day-one Ultimate addition
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) [January 31] – Day-one Ultimate addition
• Far Cry New Dawn (Cloud, Console, and PC) [February 4] – Game Pass Standard

As always, a small selection of titles will also be leaving the service at the end of the month, namely:

• Anuchard
• Broforce Forever
• Darkest Dungeon
• Death’s Door
• Maquette
• Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

While the first half of the month was somewhat disappointing for Game Pass subscribers, Microsoft seems to be making up for it now, with a major drop of games coming across both Game Pass Standard and Ultimate. Hopefully they keep this up for the rest of the year.

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Developed by a single person, Balatro is a unique poker-themed rogue-like deckbuilder which hooked many players upon its initial release back in February of this year. Since then, the game has only grown in popularity – with its Game of the Year nomination seemingly helping to push Balatro past 5 million total copies sold.

Following the announcement of its Game of the Year nomination during the 2024 Game Awards, Balatro saw a major spike in players – reaching new heights on mobile app stores while also continuing to sell more units across the board.

Just one month on from the announcement that the game had sold 3.5 million copies, the Balatro team have revealed that the title has already hit another major milestone of 5 million units, saying:

“The last few weeks have been pretty wild. To everyone who picked up Balatro after seeing it at @thegameawards, we hope you're having an amazing time with it! If this is your first time picking up an indie title, try to make it a habit! There's some amazing stuff out there!”

As noted by the developers themselves, much of the recent uptick in sales seems to be as a result of its aforementioned GOTY nomination – and so it will be interesting to see how the game continues to perform from this point onwards.

Regardless, Balatro is an excellent game and so it will likely have reached this milestone figure with or without the added attention from The Game Awards – but the accolades certainly do help.

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Throughout the current console generation, Microsoft has released a ton of different custom and unique Xbox Series X|S controllers. Joining the line-up next is the Pulse Cipher Special Edition controller – featuring a throwback translucent design.

Making the announcement on the Xbox Wire Blog, Brianna Lowder – the Marketing Manager for Xbox Accessories – said “Introducing the newest iteration of the Cipher series, Xbox Wireless Controller – Pulse Cipher Special Edition! Like its predecessors, Sky Cipher and Ghost Cipher, Pulse Cipher provides players with a nostalgic transparent look infused with a futuristic twist. Despite being third in the series, this controller is special in its own right.”

Set to arrive in early February, those interested can go ahead and preorder the controller right now for £69.99 – slightly more costly than a standard controller (£59.99 RRP). That said, there’s no denying that by now Xbox has a strong line-up of special edition controllers.

Of course for a relatively basic video game controller, £70 is a pretty penny to spend – especially as the accessory does not include gyro aiming, advanced haptics or anything of the sorts.

Still, for those who miss the classic days of transparent controllers during the PS2/Xbox era, the red Cipher special edition should more than scratch that itch when it arrives next month.

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With the Nintendo Switch 2 hardware now having been officially announced, attention has shifted to the software side of things, with many fans wondering what kind of support the console could see from studios across the industry. According to one insider, many last and current gen titles are slated for the Switch 2, including Starfield, Elden Ring, Tekken 8 and more.

As reported by known insider eXtas1s (and translated by IcePopsicleDragon), Microsoft is set to bring a ton of its current and prior games to the Switch 2 following the system’s arrival later this year.

According to the insider, the list of Microsoft titles confirmed to be coming at some point include:

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
• Halo The Master Chief Collection
• Diablo IV
• Call of Duty (unspecified)
• Fallout 4
• Starfield

Beyond this, eXtas1s name-dropped a couple more games also planned for the Switch 2, this time coming from Bandai Namco:

• Tekken 8 (DLC included)
• Elden Ring

We recently reported on another insider who claimed that “basically every third party is considering supporting [Switch 2] with its most ambitious AAA titles.”

While perhaps not the most ambitious, many of the games listed above would certainly have struggled on the OG Switch, and so it will be interesting to see just how widespread 3rd-party support actually winds up being – especially in the long term.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard had a tumultuous development, with the RPG seeing a bunch of delays, unexpected issues and external factors leading to the title finally launching almost a decade after development began. That said, Bioware managed to get the game past the finish line thanks in part to director Corinne Busche – who has now announced her departure from the studio.

As reported by Eurogamer, Corinne Busche – who took over as director for Dragon Age: The Veilguard in 2022 following a string of departures – is leaving Bioware after spending more than 18 years working with and under EA.

In a statement sent to Eurogamer, Busche confirmed the departure and offered some reasons for doing so, claiming “at the heart of it, this was about my own fulfillment. I did what I set out to do at BioWare. That is to come in and help right the ship. I love Dragon Age, and BioWare, so the chance to return the game to a proper quality single player RPG was the privilege of a lifetime.”

She continued, “It was hard fought, as games with such tumultuous dev cycles rarely end up shipping, and even more rarely turn out great. We, as a team, did it. And it was hard. It took a toll on me. BioWare still has a lot of work to do culturally, but I do believe they are on the right footing now.”

In terms of where she’s going next, Busche concluded by saying “As for me, my departure was voluntary, as I have been presented with an opportunity I couldn't turn down. I don’t want to say much more right now, but you can count on it being in the CRPG space and upholding the traditions of great characters.”

Considering the MANY issues Dragon Age: The Veilguard encountered over its decade-long development cycle, the final product wound up better than perhaps would have been expected. It will be interesting to see where Busche is headed next.

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If there’s anything that Capcom likes doing, it's re-releasing older Resident Evil games to modern consoles. Be it through remasters, remakes or simple ports, you’d be hard pressed to find a console which doesn’t include Capcom’s best-selling franchise. It seems this trend will continue, with new ESRB ratings having popped up for multiple older RE titles.

As reported by VGC, the ESRB (Entertainment Software Ratings Board) recently published a new listing for Resident Evil 6 coming to the Xbox Series consoles.

Since then, more listings have been uncovered, including for the likes of the Resident Evil Origins Collections (RE1+0); RE4 and most curiously Resident Evil 7.

All of these games are of course playable on both the Xbox Series X|S and PS5, however – aside from RE7 – the games are all backwards compatible versions of their 8th-gen releases; and so it would perhaps be nice to have full 4K60fps upgrades for these titles.

We will have to wait and see what Capcom’s plans wind up being.

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With the Switch 2 finally almost here, owners of the current system have begun to wonder what titles Nintendo has left in store for their current aging console. According to an insider, the company has one final “big game” planned for the OG system before it’ll be laid to rest.

As reported by known industry insider PHBrazil, with the Switch 2 now having been officially unveiled, Nintendo is looking to sunset their current console with one final “big game.”

No specifics were given on what title exactly this will be, but PHBrazil did tease the fact that it is a somewhat big game from a more niche franchise and will be presented as “a new version of a beloved series” – so seemingly a remaster/remake of sorts.

Of course, the OG Switch still has plenty of games planned for release, including Nintendo’s own Metroid Prime 4, but in terms of new game announcements, it seems the company has just one final card up its sleeve. In other news, a bunch of 3rd-party games have been leaked for Switch 2, the list of which can be found HERE.

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Released back in November, Pokémon TCG Pocket is a free-to-play take on the popular card game, with an emphasis on opening packs and unlocking new and aesthetically-pleasing cards. The game had a great launch, surpassing 60 million downloads in just over a month. In the short time since then, Pokémon TCG Pocket has hit yet another major milestone.

Making the announcement, the team behind Pokémon TCG Pocket revealed that since its launch in November, more than 40 Billion total cards have been acquired, writing:

“To celebrate achieving 40,000,000,000 (40 billion) cards total acquired by Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket players around the world, players have been gifted the Promo Pokédex (PROMO) card! At last, players can fill the missing Promo-A card number 8 from their collection. Claim the card from the ‘Gifts’ section from the menu tab.”

As mentioned, Pokémon TCG Pocket hit 60 million downloads in a little over a month, and while we don’t have any more recent figures to go off of, 40 Billion total cards acquired seems to indicate that said downloads have translated to returning players – each of which average around 666 cards.

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The success of the Nintendo Switch took many game developers by surprise, leading to a delay in the rate of support witnessed by the system over its life cycle. It seems publishers aren’t taking any chances with the Switch 2, with one insider claiming that “basically every third party is considering supporting it with its most ambitious AAA titles.”

As reported by known insider/journalist PHBrazil, in discussing how powerful the Switch 2 will be when compared to its current contemporaries, they claimed:

“Powerful enough that basically every third party is considering supporting it with its most ambitious AAA titles. This is very different from what has happened in the past when some of these companies would support Nintendo platforms with conversions of older games or maybe recent but not so ambitious ones.”

While no specific games were listed, some of the publishers mentioned included Ubisoft; EA; Bandai Namco; Capcom; SEGA and Microsoft.

That said, PHBrazil made sure to note that they are unaware of Rockstar’s GTA VI plans for the Switch 2 – so perhaps it may not be “every” 3rd-party studio, but interest overall from devs appears to be significant.

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the latest entry in the long-running combat flight simulation series. First launched back in 2019, the game has seen consistent sales for the past half a decade or so – aided by new releases on additional systems. A little over a year since its last milestone, Ace Combat 7 has now sold over 6 million copies.

Making the announcement on Twitter, the official Ace Combat page celebrated the 6th anniversary of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown by unveiling the game’s latest sales figures, with brand director Kazuaki Kono saying (in a translated post):

“It's been six years since the release of Skies Unknown, and the total number of copies sold worldwide has exceeded six million. My desire to connect with as many people as possible has become a reality. Thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy and everyone involved. I am very grateful.”

Since its release back in January 2019, Ace Combat 7 has been a consistent seller – hitting 2.5 million copies within its first two years and then going on to sell an additional million each successive year.

With over 6 million copies sold, Ace Combat 7 is by far the best-performing entry in the series, now nearly tripling previous record holder Ace Combat 04’s 2.64 million copies.

Given its continued success, it will be interesting to see how the next Ace Combat performs when it is eventually released.

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The monumental failure of PlayStation’s Hero Shooter Concord from last year seems to have put a massive stopper on a bunch of Sony’s previously-established live-service plans. Despite the console maker continuing to outwardly support the notion of more games-as-a-service releases, last week’s cancellation of both a live-service God of War from Bluepoint Games – and a similar title from Sony Bend – was reportedly indeed due to Concord flopping.

Last week, it was reported that both Bluepoint Games and Sony Bend were working on different live-service experiences for PlayStation, with the former being based on the God of War IP.

At the time, no specifics were given as to why these cancellations took place. Though it seemed somewhat obvious, known industry insider Jeff Grubb has now confirmed that Concord’s lack of success was indeed a major factor, saying during the ‘Game Mess’ podcast: “[The cancellations] happened because of Concord, like this should be clear, that's what I've been told.”

Grubb continued, “Sony has been shell shocked from Concord and now they're going around to every studio and they're reassessing every single project, and if it's a live service project, it has a lot of friction going against it preventing it from getting a chance to actually come out.”

Of course, for the sake of investors, it benefits Sony to continue pretending that all is well in its land of live-services. That said, this latest leak seems to paint a slightly different – albeit more realistic– picture.

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Dynasty Warriors has had its ups and downs over the series’ 25+ year history, with the franchise’s primary point of failure for the longest time being its rapid release cycles leading to undercooked experiences. Following its longest hiatus yet, the series made a grand return with the recent release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins – breaking franchise records on PC.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins officially launched last weekend (following 3 days of advanced access) to a wave of positivity both critically and commercially.

With a 94% positive rating on Steam, Dynasty Warriors: Origins is easily one of the highest reviewed entries in the series’ history.

This critical success seems to be equally matched by its sales performance as the game recently saw a peak concurrent player count of 69,483 on Steam – the second highest for any Koei Tecmo-published game (just behind Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s 75k peak CCU).

Hopefully the early success of Dynasty Warriors: Origins encourages Omega Force and Koei Tecmo to continue taking their time with future releases of Dynasty Warriors – as well as their other musou games of course.

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Monster Hunter Wilds is almost here. With Capcom having recently announced the second and final open beta test, set to take place before its launch next month, the team have shared new details on some of the improvements beta players can expect from the game’s full release, including a standalone PC benchmark tool.

In anticipation of the upcoming 2nd beta test for Monster Hunter Wilds, the team at Capcom offered a small look at some of the changes players of the first beta can look forward to with the second outing (and also launch), taking to Twitter to say:

“Here's a look at our updated Prioritize Performance mode for PS5. The team has been addressing rendering issues from the open beta test and is continually working on improvements for launch.”

Due to Twitter compression, it’s tough to determine exactly what has been changed, however hopefully the improvements should be more noticeable in-person.

Beyond this however, Capcom also confirmed that the PC platform has gotten some additional love since beta 1, writing “here are the performance goals planned for launch! PC Gamers: Performance will be improved in a similar way and we are looking into whether we can lower the recommended GPU requirements,” adding that “We also plan to release a standalone, free hardware benchmark tool.”

Capcom’s recent games have been increasingly more demanding hardware-wise, and with Monster Hunter Wilds easily set to be the biggest entry yet, it is nice to see that Capcom is trying to accommodate as many set-ups as possible.

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Since its release back in September of last year, Team Asobi have kept Astro Bot fresh with new levels, speed run challenges and more. In a surprising move, a brand new level was unveiled during a live PlayStation Tournaments event.

Sony recently hosted a live PlayStation Tournament event in London, featuring a range of games across various eSports titles. Interestingly, amongst the likes of Tekken 8 and Fortnite, Astro Bot featured as one part of the line-up.

While perhaps not too unusual given the fact that Team Asobi previously released speedrun levels for Astro Bot, the final showdown during the tournament took place on a brand new level which was being debuted for the first time at the event.

Team Asobi have yet to officially comment on the new level, however it is highly unlikely that a brand new stage was created solely for two players to experience at a single event, and so we will most probably hear about an update coming to Astro Bot sooner rather than later.

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After years of leaks, rumours and pure speculation, Nintendo finally officially unveiled the Switch 2 in what was ultimately a pretty basic hardware reveal trailer. Despite this, interest in Nintendo’s console appears to be at its peak, currently outpacing both the PS4 and PS5 reveal trailers combined.

With a total of 31 million views across YouTube in its first 72 hours, the Switch 2 hardware reveal trailer is poised to become one of if not the most watched console reveal of all time – assuming its current pace continues.

For comparison, the PS4 reveal received 8 million views in its first 3 days, with the PS5 getting an impressive 20 million during its initial 72 hours – both of which have gone on to become the two most-popular videos on PlayStation’s channel (with 44 million views each).

Beyond this, the Switch 2 reveal trailer has also already amassed over 1 million likes, dwarfing the engagement metrics of Sony’s prior two consoles in its first 3 days (PS4: 150k, PS5: 500k).

If these stats are anything to go by, then the Nintendo Switch 2 is poised to have an explosive launch and could finally see the company break its long-standing ‘sequel console’ curse.

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After years of leaks, rumours and speculation, Nintendo finally officially unveiled the Switch 2. While we will have to wait until April for the full blow-out event, the brief teaser trailer released already offers plenty to get excited for – including the fact that the new Mario Kart could feature up to 24 characters per race.

While the Switch 2 reveal focused almost entirely on showing off the console hardware itself, we did get a brief look at one game which is likely to release at or around the console’s launch: Mario Kart 9 (or whatever it ends up being called).

Visually the game doesn’t appear to be too different to the current Switch’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, however eagle-eyed fans have noticed that certain frames of the teaser showcases up to 15 characters on screen at once – breaking the series-long limit of 12 player races.

Excitingly, in editing various frames together to make a more complete image, it can be seen that the next-gen Mario Kart will in fact allow for up to 24 players per race – double that of the previous limit.

It is interesting to see Nintendo using the Switch 2’s extra horsepower to change and impact gameplay itself, rather than simply enhancing visuals. Hopefully this bodes well for all other Switch 2 titles. We will have to wait and see.

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For the past couple years, Sony has hosted many State of Play streams, showing off new and upcoming games at a pretty regular cadence. One of the console maker’s favourite times to premiere such streams has been during the month of February. It seems Sony will be continuing this trend, as insiders have now claimed that an upcoming State of Play will indeed arrive some time next month.

As reported by known insider NateTheHate (who correctly identified the date of the recently-released Switch 2 reveal), PlayStation is set to host its next State of Play sometime in February, responding to one user question on Twitter regarding the event by simply stating “How's February sound?.”

As mentioned, this would be far from the first time that Sony has premiered a State of Play during the second month of the year, with 2021-2024 all having featured such streams in February.

It is worth noting however that in 2024 specifically, February’s SoP was dedicated to showing off the then-upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – with 2022’s focusing on Gran Turismo 7.

Of course, it is entirely possible that this year’s State of Play will offer more of an overview on a greater variety of titles – but don’t be surprised if it is focused instead on a single game.

Historically, Sony has hosted around 4 separate State of Plays each year, and so even if February’s event winds up being somewhat light, expect more announcements to follow up in later months.

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Released over a decade following its first entry, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 launched in September last year to a wave of success; both critically and commercially. As we continue through 2025, it seems as though momentum for the title has not slowed down – having now reached another sales milestone of 6 million players.

As shared by PulluP Entertainment (formerly Focus Entertainment) during their most recent fiscal earnings report – and reported by industry analyst MauroNL via Twitter – Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has continued to perform well for the company.

According to the report, since its launch back in September, the 3rd-person co-op shooter has managed to pull in over ‘6 million unique players’ – an increase over the 5 million reported back in early December.

Of course, 6 million players does not equate to 6 million copies sold, but with the title currently only available via a direct purchase, the gap between the two is unlikely to be too significant.

Warhammer games have been somewhat hit-or-miss historically due to its owners Games Workshop’s willingness to licence out the IP to various developers and publishers.

As mentioned however, the response to Space Marine 2 has been highly positive – and so it is welcome to see the critical reception continue to be matched by its sales success.

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