The next time you visit your local video game store in the Philippines, expect huge discounts on PlayStation products as Sony announced a holiday sale featuring huge discounts on the PlayStation 5, peripherals like the PS VR 2, the DualSense controllers, and more from now until December 19, 2024.

This will be music to the ears of kids who grew up on the series, but for the uninitiated, there’s nothing quite like the Mario & Luigi games. Mario & Luigi Brothership does its best to appeal to a wide range of players with charming presentation and a strong new Battle Plug system, but not everyone will be enamored with its reflex-testing gameplay.

Light of Motiram’s lengthy gameplay footage shows the game’s base building elements, resource gathering, and a boss encounter. The game is set to launch as a free-to-play title on PS5, PC, and mobile devices sometime in 2025.

Developer Larian Studios announced Baldur’s Gate 3’s eighth major game update that adds significant features to the game such as cross-play, photo mode, and 12 new subclasses.

The honor of Kings’ winter celebration event is in full swing. From now until January 8, players will experience a series of snowy effects and gameplay changes, new game modes, in-game login rewards, cosmetics rewards, and more.

Roguelike indie card game Balatro continues to hit new highs as it was reported that the game generated $4.4 million in gross revenue on mobile, two months after its release on both the App Store and Google Play store. And it was thanks to getting nominated five times at The Game Awards 2024, including Game of the Year.

PlayPark has officially revived online action RPG Rakion as it’s now available once again in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. To celebrate the launch, there will be events in the coming days in the Philippines as well as a login event that rewards in-game rewards to all players daily by simply logging in.

Humanoid Origin, founded by Mass Effect trilogy director Casey Hudson, has announced its closure due to funding challenges. The studio, known for its ambitious plans to develop a new science-fiction universe, shared the heartbreaking news via LinkedIn, thanking its team and supporters while committing to helping staff transition to new opportunities.

Sega will host its first Sega Atlus Festival in the Philippines, at SM Mall of Asia from December 7 - December 8. It’s a free two-day event offering game demos to games like Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakua in Hawaii, freebies, and merchandise that will cater to Sega and Atlus fans.

Spanish indie developer Unfinished Pixel revealed their new game called Blightstone, a tactical roguelite RPG set to release on Steam early access sometime in 2025.

After 15 years Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is now available on PC, Xbox Series, and even PC Game Pass. But it didn’t launch smoothly as at launch players experienced numerous bugs and issues as they returned to The Zone.

Developer Double Eleven has released their new game Blindfire on the PlayStation 5 as an early access title. It’s an FPS arena shooter where gunfights happen in the dark.