Wreckfest 2 © THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment Publishing Wreckfest 2 Enters Early Access in March 2025 THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment will release Wreckfest 2 in Early Access on PC in March 2025. The demolition racer will be built together with the community. Austrian publisher THQ Nordic and developer Bugbear Entertainment from Finland will release Wreckfest 2 in Early Access on PC on 20 March 2025. By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
MultiVersus © Warner Bros. Games Publishing MultiVersus to Be Shut Down After One Year in Live Service Warner Bros. Games will shut down MultiVersus after the end of Season 5 on 30 May 2025. This will be the second time the 2D fighting game from Player First Games will go offline. MultiVersus, a fighting game with a roster of popular characters from various Warner Bros. Discovery franchises, By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
More than ten million people played Forza Horizon 5 on PC and Xbox in its launch week. It was the biggest Xbox launch. The game was released on 9 November 2021. © Xbox Game Studios Publishing Xbox Takes Forza Horizon 5 to PlayStation 5 Xbox is bringing another PC and Xbox exclusive to PlayStation 5, and this time it's a real heavyweight. Forza Horizon 5 will be released on Sony's console in spring 2025. With more than 40 million players on PC and Xbox, one of the most successful and By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
The physical version of Kingdom Hearts 4 will be distributed by Bandai Namco Entertainment from 1 February 2025, like all other new releases from Square Enix. © Square Enix Publishing Square Enix and Bandai Namco Expand Distribution Partnership Square Enix is restructuring the distribution of its physical games in Europe, leaving Plaion, the current partner for Germany, out of the equation. Starting 1 February, Bandai Namco Entertainment will take over the distribution of Square Enix titles in Germany, the UK, Spain, Italy, and the Nordics. This deal is By Stephan Steininger • 1 min read
Farming Simulator VR © Giants Software Publishing Farming Simulator VR Announced by Giants Software This is hands-on virtual farming: Giants Software has announced Farming Simulator VR. The standalone game on Meta Quest will be available at the end of February 2025. It is the first VR game from Giants Software. Farming Simulator VR will be released on 28 February 2025 for Meta Quest 2, By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
A PlayStation account will also be optional for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The game is due for release on PC on 30 January 2025. © Sony, Marvel Publishing Sony Drops Requirement for PlayStation Network Account on PC Recent PC releases from Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation Publishing) have required a PlayStation Network account. For two titles already released and two upcoming titles, this requirement will become optional. The recent PlayStation releases on PC required a PlayStation Network account, which was widely criticised by gamers, especially as the games By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
GOG Dreamlist © GOG.com Publishing GOG Dreamlist Started to Bring Back Games With Greater Vigour Online distribution platform GOG has launched the Dreamlist, a public tool to persuade publishers to re-release games that are no longer accessible. Also: Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 have been re-released. CD Projekt's GOG.com has launched Dreamlist, a community-based tool that allows people to vote for By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
RoadCraft © Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment Publishing Astragon to Distribute RoadCraft From Focus Entertainment in the GSA Once again, astragon Entertainment and Focus Entertainment are working together. In May 2025, the Düsseldorf-based company will distribute the console editions of RoadCraft in retail stores in German-speaking countries. Astragon Entertainment is once again partnering with Focus Entertainment (Pullup) for the distribution of RoadCraft. Announced at gamescom 2024, the sandbox By Marcel Kleffmann • 1 min read
A first-person camera mode for building in Update 5. © Keen Games Publishing Full Release of Enshrouded Moved to 2026, but With a Full Roadmap for 2025 To mark the first anniversary of the Early Access release of Enshrouded, Keen Games has released the fifth content update and revealed that the 1.0 release of Enshrouded will not take place until the spring of 2026. Almost a year ago, Keen Games released Enshrouded into Early Access. Despite By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients © Rockfish Games Publishing Rockfish Games Is Back With Another Expansion for Everspace 2 The Everspace 2 team from Hamburg (Rockfish Games) is expanding its space looter-shooter RPG with several new star systems, a new player ship, a new campaign and side missions. Rockfish Games has announced a second expansion. Everspace 2: Wrath of the Ancients will continue the story, adding new star systems By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
Dead Island 2 / Farming Simulator 25 / Nobody Wants to Die © Deep Silver / Giants Software / Plaion Publishing Xbox Excellence Awards Presented for First Time, With Two GSA Winners Microsoft has presented the Xbox Excellence Awards for the first time, in four categories ranging from sales to player engagement. Two GSA companies were among the winners. Giants Software, based in Schlieren near Zurich, has won two Xbox Excellence Awards for Farming Simulator 25. The simulation game was named a By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
The Animus Hub (work in progress) © Ubisoft Publishing Animus Hub Becomes New Home for Assassin's Creed Games With the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft is also launching the Animus Hub, which will serve as a portal and platform for the latest games in the series. However, Ubisoft does not see it as a launcher. When players launch Assassin's Creed Shadows for the By Marcel Kleffmann • 2 min read
