Hellblade 2 feels like a living, breathing shapeshifter, manipulating its surroundings around the player with precision and consistency, making it one of the most visually stunning video games of this generation. This is an amazing title that carefully balances its artistic and gaming ambitions, a masterpiece that I encourage any gamer to experience.

Little Kitty, Big City has appropriately-sized ambitions, as it manages to be both grounded and lofty, keeping the player’s eyes scanning the city for open windows, holes in fences, nooks and crannies in which to hide, and vent pipes to climb. Exploration and character interactions are a joy, and I look forward to Double Dagger Studios’ next creation.

It’s easy to describe Animal Well as a puzzle-focused Metroidvania eschewing traditional combat, where nearly every room is a puzzle room, but that falls so far short of describing just what this game is and how expertly it defies genre and classification that it feels like a disservice. Animal Well is a paragon of the art form, a game that simply must be experienced.

Ubisoft announced that they had canceled the upcoming free-to-play online shooter The Division Heartland in their latest financial report. Instead of further developing the game, the company has decided to allocate resources to its other free-to-play title XDefiant that’s releasing in a few weeks, and Rainbow Six.

Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed that 13 games will enter PlayStation Plus’ Game and Classics Catalog for May 2024.

Ubisoft has revealed the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed series and it’s called Assassin’s Creed Shadows, a mainline entry set in Feudal Japan with two protagonists — a towering Samurai called Yasuke, and a ninja Naoe. Pre-orders and editions was also revealed for the game.

Developer Behaviour Interactive recently hosted their 8th anniversary stream for Dead by Daylight, celebrating another year for the 4v1 isometric horror game. The event was packed with exciting announcements, including new content, quality of life improvements, and future features planned for the upcoming year.

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the live service game Helldivers 2 is now PlayStation’s fastest-selling game launch ever as the 4-player co-op shooter reached over 12 million copies sold across PC and PS5 in the first 12 weeks. This also makes the shooter PlayStation’s biggest PC game to date.

Ubisoft teased that they will reveal the next entry in the Assassin’s Creed series on May 15. Formerly known as Project RED, this Assassin’s Creed game is set in Japan and is officially called Assassin’s Creed: Shadows. Season pass and DLC details is said to be revealed as well.

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that Gundam Breaker 4 will be launching on August 29, 2024, on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Bandai Also detailed the pre-order bonus and the different editions available, including the Collector’s Edition.

Sega announced they are releasing a new battle royale mobile Sonic game called Sonic Rumble, set to release sometime in the Winter of 2024.