Doom level designer Sandy Petersen has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to explain the closure of Ensemble Studios, where he worked in the 2000s. According to Petersen, Ensemble and its in-development Halo MMO were scuttled by Xbox boss Don Mattrick to protect a short-term, profit-based bonus he was elligible to receive. Source link

Somehow, Saints Row returned. Well, kind of. In a giddy post on the Saints Row subreddit, a lead on the original game in the Saints Row series announced that someone, somewhere might be interested in firing up Volition’s (RIP) open-world delito games once more. Source link

VGChartz’s Evan Norris: “Thanks to Shujinkou, I know more Japanese than ever before. I have a basic understanding of sentence structure and logic, and can call upon a limited vocabulary. More importantly, though, I can say I’ve played a legitimately great RPG. Thanks to its lovable characters, addictive dungeon-crawling gameplay, meaningful side-quests, great music, and… Shujinkou (NS) Review | VGChartz

Doom level designer Sandy Petersen has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to explain the closure of Ensemble Studios, where he worked in the 2000s. According to Petersen, Ensemble and its in-development Halo MMO were scuttled by Xbox boss Don Mattrick to protect a short-term, profit-based bonus he was elligible to receive. Source link

Doom level designer Sandy Petersen has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to explain the closure of Ensemble Studios, where he worked in the 2000s. According to Petersen, Ensemble and its in-development Halo MMO were scuttled by Xbox boss Don Mattrick to protect a short-term, profit-based bonus he was elligible to receive. Source link

Mahi from NoobFeed writes: Hot Wheels Let’s Race: Ultimate Speed isn’t a complex or difficult racing simulation, but it doesn’t have to be. Its accessibility and outrageous songs are what make it so appealing. It is a lighthearted homage to the Netflix series and the Hot Wheels brand. Source link

Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s excellent open world adventure, has received another update on the Switch 2. This isn’t a huge one, but it contains further improvements to the overall visuals, including upping the quality of the textures – yum. We’ve also got some of that all-important Stability™ alongside some more general fixes to the game’s… Star Wars Outlaws, one of the best Nintendo Switch 2 ports, gets first eShop sale

Without any announcement or fanfare, DICE has seemingly removed the neon blue “Wicked Grin” infantry skin for Battlefield 6. Source link

“The Beverly Hills-based (the US) indie games publisher Skybound Entertainment and Kraków-based (Poland) indie games developer Broken Mirror Games, today announced with great thrill that their craft-based, isometric survival horror game ‘I Hate This Place’, is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and the Nintendo Switch) on January 29th, 2026.” –… ‘I Hate This Place’ is coming to PC and consoles on January 29th, 2026

Our review of Vampire: The Masqerade – Bloodlines 2 goes over the gameplay, story, music, and more to give our most thorough opinion. Source link