Xbox boasts over a billion players enjoying games on its platform – including consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and through streaming. However, the company acknowledges it’s now competing for players’ time and attention with everything else – other games, shows, popular franchises, content creators, different types of entertainment, and various apps.
Square Enix has removed four Kingdom Hearts games from the Nintendo Switch eShop: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (with DLC), and Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece. If you haven’t already purchased these games, they are no longer available. If you own them, you’ll have until around this time next year to play, as they are cloud-based games and will stop working when the servers are shut down on June 9, 2027.
Starting today, June 11th, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members on both PS4 and PS5 can download Sonic X Shadow Generations. This game includes a remastered version of the classic Sonic Generations from 2011, as well as a new story called Shadow Generations that takes place alongside the original game’s events.
The game quickly became a hit, selling two million copies on its first day and five million within the first month. After almost three months, sales have reached six million. The developer has been actively improving the game with weekly updates, adding new features and content.
Here is an overview of the game, via New Tales:
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Variety asked Matt Booty, head of content at Xbox, how he manages the challenge of building hype for games while also needing to keep some surprises for the official reveal. Booty explained that a big part of his job is finding the right balance between sharing exciting work with the public and waiting for the perfect time to do so.
We’re so grateful for all the amazing stories and adventures players are having in Crimson Desert! Thank you to every player who’s explored Pywel and made the world their own, as shared on Twitter.
I was a little worried after seeing the first trailer for the remake, because it looked like they might be switching to first-person. But the producer, Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, just cleared things up! He said the game will actually feel a lot like the Resident Evil 2 remake, which is amazing news. So, it’s not a perspective shift, just a similar vibe – and I’m totally happy about that!
Claire hasn’t had much time to train since escaping Raccoon City, which is something the original game didn’t really show, considering how skilled she was at the beginning. But that’s being fixed now. The developers are making it clear that Claire won’t become a highly trained agent overnight; only three months have passed. The events she experienced have changed her, and she’s received some training from her brother, Chris.