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Late last year, we began to hear rumours that Sony Bend’s open-world zombie shooter ‘Days Gone’ could be getting a PS5 remaster in the wake of the release of Horizon Zero Dawn’s recent PS5 upgrade. Sure enough, during last night’s State of Play, Sony officially announced Days Gone Remastered alongside a bunch of nifty new additions.

Capcom seems to be gearing up for some new Resident Evil announcements, with RE5, 6, 7 and Origins all seeing new current-gen listings by the ESRB.

Forza Motorsport is back with another update, featuring new cars, an additional tour and quite a bit more – live right now:

As part of the company’s latest fiscal earnings report, Take-Two’s CEO confirmed that the publisher “would fully expect to support” Switch 2.

Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed will be the first Xbox game to offer cross-buy with PC – but only through the Battle net launcher.

The PlayStation Network recently suffered from its biggest down period in well over a decade – second only to the infamous 2011 PSN outage. While not nearly as severe (lasting less than 24 hours), Sony has offered an apology to players, giving all PS Plus subscribers 5 extra days of service for free.

While details on its performance have been somewhat mixed, the team at Obsidian have now confirmed that Avowed will offer a 60fps mode on Series X at launch.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach might be arriving sooner rather than later, with the sequel having now gotten an official rating in Korea.

Last month, following years of leaks, rumours and speculation, Nintendo finally officially announced and unveiled the Switch 2. That said, the presentation was brief and focused solely on the physical attributes of the new hardware – with the company promising a more in-depth look later down the line. Finally, the company has confirmed that we will be getting out first proper deep-dive Direct on the Switch 2 in early April.

Nintendo has updated its hardware and software sales figures, revealing that the Switch has now officially sold over 150 million units.

Back in August, we began to hear rumours that Microsoft was planning to bring Playground Games’ Forza Horizon 5 to PlayStation – following on from the likes of Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves. Reports later claimed that this port had been internally delayed, but not cancelled. Finally, seemingly out of nowhere, Forza Horizon 5 has officially been announced for PS5.

Due to the highly-positive reception towards their introduction, Sony has promised to bring back its anniversary PS5 themes as a more permanent addition.

Just under two months on from its release, Microsoft has announced that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has surpassed 4 million total players.

Silent Hill 2 Remake continues to be a major win for Konami and Bloober Team, with the game having now surpassed 2 million copies sold.

Starting in 2026, Sony will no longer offer PS4-only titles as part of the console maker’s monthly PlayStation Plus Essential line-up:

Sony has now announced the full PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for February, headlined by the co-op heist FPS Payday 3 as well as High on Life.

Over a year after its Xbox debut, Larian Studios' Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally getting split-screen support on the Xbox Series S.

Microsoft accidentally advertised World of Warcraft as coming to Game Pass in a recent email. Unfortunately, it was a simple marketing error.

Microsoft looks set to have a pretty big 2025, with one insider offering a look at the console maker’s Xbox game release plans for the year.

2024's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was the best-selling PS5 game on the Japanese PlayStation Store last year, according to Sony.

While DOOM: The Dark Ages has not been confirmed for Switch 2, an insider claims the game is coming – but the announcement is being blocked by Nintendo

Phil Spencer has reiterated plans to bring Xbox games to Nintendo Switch 2, claiming to be “looking forward to supporting them with the games that we have.”

Following its official announcement last year, Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly have revealed that they are assisting The Coalition with Gears of War E-Day.

With us comfortably into 2025 now, Microsoft is looking back to last year, sharing some stats on the best-performing Xbox games across its digital storefront in 2024. From total units sold to Daily Active Users, the top 20 titles from each category have now been revealed.

With development on Final Fantasy VII Remake part 3 well underway, Square Enix have confirmed that the final chapter in the trilogy will arrive before the PS6.

With Guilty Gear Strive officially out on Switch, the team at Arc System Works revealed that the game has now sold over 3 million copies.

While January's Xbox Game Pass line-up continues to be released, we have already gotten our first sneak peek at February’s titles – including Crash Bandicoot 4.

While the PlayStation 5 is currently outpacing sales of the PS4, the same cannot be said for Microsoft’s Series X|S compared to its own last-gen system.

During the Xbox Developer Direct, Microsoft announced the surprising return of the long-dormant Ninja Gaiden franchise – coming later this year.

As promised, Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct offered a ton of new details on the upcoming DOOM: The Dark Ages, including its long-awaited release date.