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Warriors: Abyss is a new roguelike action game from KOEI Tecmo. It just released earlier this month for the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC via Steam. Has anyone here played it yet? Is it worth checking out?

Source - https://www.msn.com/en-us/general/general/marvel-rivals-team-hit-with-layoffs-despite-huge-success-of-game/ar-AA1zmx3s Looks like some of the team behind Marvel Rivals including the game director has ben laid off by NetEase, majority of which are from North America. There is no details on how many employees were let go, but it's surprising considering how well the game is doing at the moment. A game that's this successful, shouldn't see their employees laid off. Or so you'd think. Do you think we'll keep seeing these layoffs? Even with studios that are showing success as of late?

Abiotic Factor has been out on PC for close to a year now, has anyone played it? I hear it's coming out for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S next. It's said to be a survival crafting game that takes place in a underground research facility. It allows for 1-6 players, and the focus seems to be on teamwork. Check out the trailer below.

Blue Prince is said to be an upcoming genre-bending, atmospheric, architectural adventure from the people at Dogubomb. The intent is to explore an everchanging manor of 45 shifting rooms. Sounds kind of cool. It's coming out for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam sometime in 2025. Does this look like a game you could get into?

Dreams of Another is a upcoming action third person shooter from Q-Games, that doesn't really look like your traditional shooter. In this game, instead of killing enemies with guns, you're instead tasked with revealing the world with every shot you take. At least from what I am seeing in the trailer below. It's unique art style is really getting me. I can't wait to check this one out. It looks to only be releasing for PS5 sometimes in 2025.

Darwin's Paradox! is an upcoming game action adventure indie game from the people at ZDT Studio. There is no official release date yet, but they do say sometime in 2025 for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S & PC. Check out the trailer below and discuss if this is something you can see yourself playing or not.

The Midnight Walk is a new dark fantasy adventure VR game from the team at MoonHood for the PS5/ PSVR 2 & PC and it looks really cool. I'm really liking the graphical style. It will release on May 8th, 2025.

Five Nights at Freddy's is back with Secret of the Mimic, a new VR first person survival horror game in the FNAF world. Check out the reveal trailer below. I myself am not too big of a fan of these games, but it's good to see them actually changing the formular instead of sitting in one spot like the original games. It will release on PSVR2 for the PS5 on June 13th 2025.

We're getting another Sonic Kart racer called Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, but it's not a direct sequel to Team Sonic Racing. It's being said to be released sometime in 2025 for the PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Windows (Probably Steam or Epic Games, or both). Check the reveal trailer below.

Saros is a new action adventure game from the team at Housemarque, who you may remember for doing Returnal back in 2021. A reveal trailer for the game aired as Sony's State of Play event recengtly, showing off a cinematic trailer. Not much else is known about the game. Though it's being said it will expand upon the gameplay Returnal had, so I'm kind of curious to see if this will end up being a really challenging game or what. Check out the trailer below. it will star actor Rahul Kohli, who was in iZombie and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Days Gone Remastered was recently announced at Sony's State of play and boasts some new additions. Fans may not be too pleased as their hopes were on a possible sequel, but that likely won't happen with some of the creators leaving Sony Bend a while back. So we're getting a remaster edition now. Maybe down the line Sony could revisit it, but I doubt it. It will release for PS5 in April 25th 2025. It will also release on PC.

MindsEye is the upcoming game from GTA Co-creator Leslie Benzies and his studio Build A Rocket Boy. This new game is a new story driven action adventure thriller taking place in a fictional future America. It looks really dope and I am really excited to see what they have in store for this one. It looks to be coming out for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The official release date is not yet known. I can definitely see the GTA influence from Benzies here and also see some hint of Cyberpunk too.

Directive 8020 is an upcoming interactive survival horror game in the The Dark Pictures Anthology series, developed by Supermassive Games. It will release in October 2 of 2025 for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. I'm digging the space setting, reminds me a lot of the Thing but in space.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a new 2D action platformer that was recently revealed during Sony's State of Play that happened today. It's from the team who made the recent Streets of Rage 4. The game is scheduled to release August 29th, 2025 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). Check the trailer below.

I can't say I ever played the first game, but it's cool to see a sequel coming out for this. Spirit of the North 2 is a new game from Infuse Studio. It was recently revealed, and you can find the reveal trailer below. As well, you can find the steam page for it here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1778840/Spirit_of_the_North_2/ It will also be coming out for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5. No official release date yet, but it is said to be coming out sometime this year. Did anyone play the first game?