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Styx: Blades of Greed Review – Safe, Sneaky Fun
Styx: Blades of Greed offers a solid stealth experience with enjoyable verticality and new powers, but suffers from repetitive structure and underdeveloped storytelling. While a fun return for the goblin assassin after a nine-year hiatus, it plays things too safe, making it a competent but not groundbreaking sequel.
Beyond the Paywall: The Rise of
The gaming industry is shifting towards social-first platforms that prioritize community and open access over traditional paywalls. These platforms leverage virtual currencies, sweepstakes mechanics, and social features like group chats and shared goals to drive engagement and retention. Mobile gaming dominates this space, with projections indicating significant market growth driven by evolving monetization strategies and expanding demographics.
Elder Scrolls Online’s U49 is packed with quality-of-life stuff players (and devs) have wanted a long time
The Elder Scrolls Online's Update 49, launching simultaneously on PC and consoles, introduces numerous quality-of-life improvements requested by players and developers. These updates focus on reducing friction, improving systems, and enhancing player experience with features like higher inventory limits, streamlined mount training, and easier respecs. Additionally, the Gold Road Collection is being offered as a PlayStation Plus monthly game in March.
Speedball Review | TheXboxHub
This review discusses the modern reboot of Speedball, a futuristic sports combat game. While it captures the fast-paced, brutal feel of the original Speedball 2 on Amiga, it doesn't quite replicate its magic. The game features engaging single-player leagues, team management, and varied arenas, but suffers from a sparsely populated online multiplayer. Despite its flaws, the core gameplay remains strong and respectful of the classic.
Assassin’s Creed: Unity Is Getting A 60FPS Update On Consoles
Ubisoft is releasing a performance update for Assassin's Creed: Unity on March 5, enabling 60fps gameplay on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Despite its troubled launch, the game has developed a cult following for its parkour and visuals, and this update aims to enhance the player experience.
Marathon release countdown: Exact start time and date
Marathon is set to launch on Thursday, March 5, across PC and consoles, with servers going live at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UTC. The release follows a recent Server Slam open beta and marks the beginning of Season 1, introducing new zones, weapons, and Runner shells. Pre-orders are available, allowing players to pre-download the game files.
Pogui Review | TheXboxHub
Pogui is a petite indie platformer that, despite its generic checklist appearance, offers a surprisingly energetic and characterful experience. While not groundbreaking, its precise controls, clever use of basic mechanics, and well-designed levels make it a purely entertaining game that provides a satisfying sense of accomplishment.
Ravenswatch Roadmap for 2026 and 2027 Promises New DLC and More
Developer Passtech Games and publisher Nacon have outlined a roadmap for Ravenswatch extending through 2026 and 2027, promising new DLC, factions, heroes, and game modes. Despite Nacon's recent financial troubles, they are committed to continued support for the action roguelike, which remains one of their most popular titles on Steam. The game is currently available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.
Firsthand Look | Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection
The Mega Man Star Force Collection will bring all three mainline Nintendo DS action RPGs, along with their multiple versions, into one package for modern consoles and PC. This preview offers a look at the collection's presentation and gameplay, highlighting how the series' core mechanics have been adapted for current platforms.
Cryptical Path Lets You Build Your Own Dungeon
Cryptical Path, an action roguelite and dungeon builder developed by Old Skull Games and published by Alchemy Games, is now available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch for £11.99. The game flips the traditional roguelite formula by allowing players to build their own dungeons room by room before navigating them.
Afil Games Returns With Lantern Push
Afil Games has released Lantern Push, a new relaxed logic puzzle game, on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PlayStation for £4.19. The game features a red panda pushing glowing paper lanterns onto Magical Ember Seals across 30 handcrafted puzzles set in tranquil environments.
The Sims 4 is getting paid mods, and a new in-game currency to pay for them
The Sims 4 is introducing a new Maker Program and Marketplace for community-created paid mods, launching first on PC and Mac on March 17. A new virtual currency, Moola, will be used to purchase these mods and official Kits, with creators receiving approximately 30% of the sale price. Expansion Packs, Game Packs, and Stuff Packs will still be available for purchase without Moola.
EA announces UGC marketplace for The Sims 4
Electronic Arts is launching a user-generated content marketplace for The Sims 4 on March 17, 2026, for PC and Mac, with PlayStation and Xbox versions to follow. The Sims Maker Program will allow creators to publish their work as 'Maker Packs' and receive a 30% share of revenue from sales, with EA covering all associated costs.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered Review – Too long in the tooth
This review of the Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remaster finds that while the game's narrative, world-building, and voice acting remain superb, the gameplay mechanics and level design have not aged well. Despite updated graphics and some quality-of-life improvements, the remaster fails to disguise the dated nature of the original, particularly Kain's clunky controls and repetitive combat.
Highguard will shut down permanently next week because Wildlight doesn't make "enough revenue to keep anyone employed to work on it"
Developer Wildlight is permanently shutting down its free-to-play hero shooter Highguard on March 12th, less than six weeks after its launch. Despite attracting over two million players, the game failed to generate enough revenue to sustain its development. Wildlight cited a lack of a sustainable player base as the primary reason for the closure, with a final update planned before servers go offline.
Untangle The Streets In Avenue Escape
Avenue Escape, a compact logic puzzler developed by Double Mizzlee and published by Eastasiasoft, is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch for £4.19. The game challenges players to untangle gridlocked streets by carefully timing and sequencing vehicle movements to clear roads without causing chaos.
Denshattack! Launches June 17 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch 2 — Demo Live Now
Denshattack! is launching on June 17 for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2, with a playable demo available now on Switch 2 and Steam. Developed by Undercoders and published by Fireshine Games, the game features high-speed, trick-driven train combat set in a dystopian Japan. The soundtrack includes contributions from notable composers like Tee Lopes and Ryo Nagamatsu.
Apex Legends Gets a Gundam Crossover Event
Apex Legends is collaborating with the Gundam franchise in a limited-time event starting March 10, 2026. The crossover introduces Gundam-themed gameplay, cosmetics, and map changes, including a transformed Broken Moon map and a Buster Rifle weapon. The event will be available on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered Released
Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered has been released for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox Series consoles. This remastered version allows players to experience the vampire action-adventure game again.
AI Yi-Yi!
Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI helper designed to play games, similar to a system previously patented by PlayStation. This technology aims to assist players in various gaming scenarios.