The critically acclaimed rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush is getting a physical release. KRAFTON Inc., the game’s publisher, announced that pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions are now open.
Hi-Fi Rush was originally developed by Tango Gameworks and released in 2023 to very high praise for its poppy artstyle and amazing soundtrack. Hi-Fi Rush is different from other rhythm games, requiring you to time your attacks to the beat of the game in order to do major damage. Currently sitting at an overwhelmingly positive rating on Steam, Hi-Fi Rush previously won Best Audio Design at The Game Awards 2023 and the Animation Award at the 20th BAFTA Games Awards, and has since gained a cult following.
After partnering with Limited Run Games for the physical release of the acclaimed title Hi-Fi Rush, three distinct editions have been produced. These include the Rhythm Edition, the Smidge Edition and the Project Armstrong Edition, each offering its own set of content.
The Rhythm Edition includes the Hi-Fi Rush Deluxe version along with three DLC costume packs: Bossplay, Traditional Grab and Teamplay. Stepping up to the Smidge Edition adds several extras on top of the Rhythm Edition’s contents, including a three-disc DVD soundtrack featuring developer liner notes and a custom storage box themed around the character Smidge.
Last but certainly not least is the Project Armstrong Edition, named after the program that gave Chai his rock n’ roll powers in the game. This Edition includes everything in the Smidge Edition, plus a mini replica of Chai’s guitar, a plush of the robot 808, a 90-page art book, a spinning MP3 player pin badge, and a numbered certificate of authenticity.
Fans waiting to pre-order any of these editions will be glad to know that the final date for purchase will be March 1st. You can’t just find this offer anywhere, though. Make sure to visit the Limited Run Games official website for the official purchase pathway.
The Sims4 is trading suburban drama for crowns and castles in the sweeping new Royalty & Legacy expansion, set in the coastal kingdom of Ondarion. The expansion allows players to guide their Sims through a royal lifestyle that unfolds across generations in the lavish new world. Build a dynasty, practice the new swordsmanship skill, and plot against your noble rivals in a royal playground.
The new Sims 4 land of Ondarion introduces three distinct regions to rule over: Dambele, a centre of art and culture; Verdemar, a land shaped by heroic outlaws and cunning nobles; and Bellacorde, a region defined by romance and opulence. Also introduced is a new Backroom lot type. By day, the space can be customized for studying, exercise or displaying artifacts, depending on how players choose to build it. When night falls, the lot transforms into a lively nightclub designed for royalty to gather and socialize.
Every region of The Sims 4Royalty & Legacy’s Ondarion is home to noble houses waiting to be engaged with, while the kingdom’s throne itself remains vacant, awaiting its next ruler. New Powershift mechanics offer several possible paths to power. Some Sims may attempt to pull the legendary sword from the stone, while others may charm a magical frog; each choice leads to unpredictable outcomes. Sims can also consult a magic mirror to uncover hidden truths about the land and its ruling forces.
However, if you want a more direct path, The Sims 4Royalty & Legacy also introduces the swordsmanship skill, which can be trained to the series standard level 10. Sims can use it to challenge noble rivals, duel for love or simoleans, and prove their prowess in combat. Swordsmanship tournaments provide the fastest way to advance the skill. These events are held in each region, bringing local lords together to showcase their fighting skills.
If you’re not fond of the more “official” routes to lordship, Sims 4 players who enjoy a more mischievous approach will find plenty to explore through newly added secret passageways. These hidden routes provide discreet access between regions, opening the door to various schemes and misdeeds. Those inclined toward chaos may also appreciate a new dramatic demise. Meddling with cuckoo clocks scattered across the kingdom can now result in an unusual death by cuckoo bird.
Royalty & Legacy players can advance through the new noble career, rising from newcomer to kingdom leader and ultimately ruling as monarch. Progression through high society comes by gaining favour at court, forging alliances, or pursuing faster routes through strategic marriages and carefully plotted schemes. Each kingdom has only one seat of power. Securing it ensures your family’s rule for generations.
Once your lordship is established, Sim rulers can deliver grand speeches, issue decrees, and make donations to win favour among nobles or commoners. Power, however, brings risk. Excessive influence can breed jealousy, prompting rivals to attempt to damage your reputation. These conflicts can be resolved through persuasion, diplomacy or, if necessary, a swordfight.
Beware, though, rulers must also complete their royal duties each day to maintain performance and public standing. Carelessness carries consequences. A poorly timed insult or an ill-considered flirtation can cause influence to drop sharply, sometimes overnight.
When you start The Sims 4Royalty & Legacy pack, Sims can either join an existing dynasty or establish one of their own, unlocking new actions and systems tied to family power. Options such as designating an heir, usurping the family head or expelling a member from the dynasty place full control of succession and authority in the player’s hands.
Although if you want to keep your dynasty in power, The Sims 4 players will need to keep a close watch on their Sims, as forbidden romances or illegitimate children can now spark scandals across the kingdom. When scandal strikes, Sims can attempt to repair their reputation through a public apology or by writing a book about the experience for extra income. Sims 4 players who enjoy a more dramatic approach can also weaponize scandal against rivals, using it as a tool to climb the social ladder through calculated chaos.
Behind the scenes, The Sims team began working with the Pan African Gaming Group and other Simmers with ties to West African countries more than a year ago. The collaboration helped ensure Royalty & Legacy’s cultural inspirations were handled with care and authenticity.
The Sims Content creators like Plumbob Kingdom, Eva Rotky, EmeraldStories, and more all contributed their thoughts and ideas to this expansion pack. For a limited time, when you purchase the Royalty and Legacy pack, you will get a free upgrade to the Grand Bundle. The offer ends on March 15th, 2025.
The new Royalty & Legacy pack is vast, and it could already be said that it’s one of the most in-depth expansion packs in recent Sims history. With input and feedback from dedicated content creators, it’s sure to live up to expectations. The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy Expansionreleases on February 12, 2026, on PC via the EA app, Epic Games Store and Steam, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
No Rest for the Wicked has introduced their new Together coop update, offering a new level of play for fans of this budding early access title.
Moon Studios GmbH has just released the coop update for their early access darling, No Rest for the Wicked. Titled No Rest for the Wicked Together, this latest update marks the first since the long-awaited The Breach Update, that release the end of April last year. Promising loads of new features, including the long-awaited coop play, Moon Studios isn’t simply allowing players to join in on a friend’s game; they are redefining how coop play can work.
While there are many aspects to the update to be impressed by, which you can find on the official Steam page, some stand-out features include shared realms that can be accessed by any invited player, even if the host isn’t present. This allows players to collaborate even when party members are offline, continuing to build the world of Sanctuary.
Additionally, this latest update allows for difficulty scaling based on active player count, ensuring that No Rest for the Wicked’s signature, challenging combat, remains consistent with the single-player experience. With full access to every aspect of the game experience, coop players can explore the world of No Rest for the Wicked together, sharing resources, housing, loot and experience while playfully trolling one another if they so desire.
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Moon Studio’s approach to the coop experience is that all of this will be available as part of the base game, no subscriptions, passes, or microtransactions required. Following their recent successful bid to gain independence as a studio, this latest update is a testament to the developer’s commitment to creating the game they envisioned, unhindered by external pressure.
Even in its Early Access release, we noted in our preview that this title feels like a labour of love for Moon Studios. From its unique blending of Souls-like combat and ARPG design structure, No Rest for the Wicked is one of the most unique takes on these genres we’ve seen in recent years.
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Marvel Games and NetEase Games have announced the official launch of the newly established Marvel Rivals Professional League. The award-winning PvP hero shooter Marvel Rivals has gained significant traction across the gaming industry since its release in December 2024.
With an all-time Steam player peak of 642,333, Marvel Rivals has shattered its own records multiple times and has significantly surpassed player counts for other hero shooters such as Overwatch 2 and Apex Legends. In its first month alone, Marvel Rivals peaked at more than 400,000 concurrent players, a level of success that quickly sparked interest from the esports community.
In the past, NetEase organized the Marvel Rivals Championship, which launched in 2024, the game’s release year, and featured a prize pool of approximately $450,000. The newly announced professional league offers increased support for participating teams and an uncapped prize pool of up to $3 million.
The league will include teams from the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Pacific region and China. This year’s season will be played in three stages. The opening stage runs from May to June, followed by the mid-season finals in August.
Stage two will run from September through October, culminating in the grand finals in late November. Beginning this year, nearly all Ignite Series tournaments, along with the mid-season finals, will serve as qualifiers for the grand finals.
League points will be awarded based on final placements in stage one, the mid-season finals and stage two. Teams can secure a spot at the global finals either by winning the stage two playoffs or by finishing near the top of the overall league standings.
To enhance the competitive experience and support a sustainable development pipeline, the Marvel Rivals Esports team has introduced a promotion and relegation system. Under the new structure, teams can earn points throughout the Marvel Rivals Championship 2026. At both the mid-season finals and the conclusion of the season, top Championship teams will have the opportunity to compete against league teams for an official league position.
This year, NetEase has also collaborated with organizations across regions to launch the Marvel Rivals Esports Partner Teams Program. Selected teams will share revenue from in-game team-themed content and receive comprehensive support. Submission date ends January 15th.
I know I say this a lot, but I’m genuinely surprised that Tides of Tomorrow flew completely under my radar. You’d think with a career covering the games industry, I would be aware of almost every video game that’s on the horizon, but sometimes you can end up missing the trees for the forest.
However, I knew this would be something interesting when CGM’s Dayna Elieen messaged me, “K CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT TIDES OF TOMORROW,” since she doesn’t often message me in all caps unless something is genuinely good. I’ve repeatedly said that the Indie scene is infinitely more interesting than the “AAA” one because of the bold choices developers make to advance the medium. Tides of Tomorrow is one such example of this.
Developed by DigixArt, the studio behind Road 96 and Lost in Harmony, Tides of Tomorrow is a narrative adventure set in a vast, flooded world that has been all but destroyed by plastic pollution in the oceans. Players take on the role of a Tidewalker—unique humans who are able to connect with each other and harness visions of past events—suffering from the disease known as “Plastemia,” which is slowly killing them.
Players must navigate the world, fighting for not only their own survival, but the fate of the remaining mankind. Their choices will shape the world and potentially build a new one, or possibly destroy what little is left. It may sound simple, or like so many games that have come before it, but Tides of Tomorrow differentiates itself with its main gameplay mechanic: asynchronous multiplayer.
When players begin their game, they can choose to follow another player. As you play, you’ll be able to see what choices your followed player made both in dialogue and in action, how it affected the story and allow you to make decisions accordingly. You can either follow in their wake or attempt to diverge and see what new waters await you.
It’s an incredibly interesting idea that works on a lot of unique levels. In the moment-to-moment gameplay, it functions like a positive version of Dark Souls’Messages system, where players are actually trying to guide each other instead of sending them into bottomless pits. But in the macro-design, it connects in a meta way to the game’s overall narrative by allowing players to learn from each other’s mistakes and try to forge a better path forward.
“Even though my time with Tides of Tomorrow was relatively brief, I’m genuinely impressed with what it’s doing. “
In the early moments of the game, I needed to collect some scrap in order to help one of the characters who was trying to guide me. There was a bunch littered around, but one of them was placed on a memorial to those who had died from Plastemia. By using my Tide-O-Vision, I was able to see that the player I was following had been reprimanded for taking some scrap that was on the monument.
In that moment, it gave me some pause to consider how else I could approach my current situation that wouldn’t put me in bad standing with the local population. Going forward, I tried to be extra considerate with my decisions, all while trying to navigate a whole that was being shaped by another player. It made the experience so incredibly interesting, as you can tangibly see how events were shaped by the person who came before you, and how I now had to move through newly opened doors as others were closed by another player.
And what’s even more interesting is that players are not bound to another player for the entirety of their journey. At certain critical moments, players can choose to follow others, giving them the freedom to explore other perspectives and follow different threads of fate. Digixart clearly wants Tides of Tomorrow to be a deeply social game as players can share game seeds with one another, and there’s a big push for players to follow their favourite streamers—expanding the experience to a much broader platform.
Even though my time with Tides of Tomorrow was relatively brief, I’m genuinely impressed with what it’s doing. Not only is it creating an interesting world and telling an engaging story with truly resonant themes, but it’s doing so with such an interesting and dynamic gameplay hook that it genuinely keeps you involved. It’s going to be really exciting to see how Tides of Tomorrow connects and challenges players.
If you can believe it, Love and Deepspace is almost two-years-old, and Infold Games is celebrating the moment in a few major ways. The Throne of Eros update brings the game up to version 5.0, and it’s one for fans of all love interests.
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