3Goo, which has previously published the likes of Gear.Club series and WRC Generations on Nintendo consoles, has announced a brand new multiplayer grand-prix racer.
4PGP: Four-Player Grand Prix, which releases on 5th February 2026, has a phenomenally straight-forward moniker, and we reckon that suits its aims as a no-nonsense 90s-style racer just fine, as the keyword here is “simplicity” in being able to pick up and play, with easy to grasp controls.
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!
In forgotten lands shrouded by myth, Ro—a hunter from a small tribe—is overcome by grief following the death of her beloved son. Guided by voices from another world, she transcends into the realm of spirits, in hopes of bringing him back. Explore the realm of spirits and gather ingredients to craft cards from each region. Discover shamanic totems to enhance your deck and cast a variety of melee and ranged spells to balance your offensive and defensive skills. Each new card lets you tailor your tactical style while preparing for your next deadly encounter.
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER Digital Deluxe Edition
The Beginning of it All. A remake of the 2004 game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.
After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of a bizarre Northern English town, a traveling salesman takes the time to explore and meet the locals, who are all very eager to give him a series of increasingly odd jobs… Thank Goodness You’re Here! is a comedy slapformer, which unfolds over time as the players’ exploration and antics leave their mark on the strange town of Barnsworth. With each completed odd job, new areas of the town open up, stranger and stranger tasks become available, and the clock ticks towards our salesman’s big meeting. The town’s colorful inhabitants are brought to life with vibrant hand-drawn animation, fully voiced dialogue, and wall-to-wall double entendres.
Dunjungle – December 11 Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Optimized for Handheld / Xbox Play Anywhere
Dunjungle is an action-packed roguelite about a monkey hero, adventuring into a jungle under the menace of a corruptive power that is transforming its peaceful creatures and destroying everything on its way. You’ll explore continuously changing dungeons, temples, crypts, and other mysterious places, where you’ll find all sort of weird enemies and an arsenal of weapons, spells, and relics, granting you a different experience every time you play.
Experience the events of ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ brought to life through glorious pixel artwork and action-packed arcade gameplay! Play as Sarah Connor and the T-800 through a variety of thrilling missions as they take on the T-1000 and try to put a stop to Skynet’s plans before the human race is annihilated. Lead the Resistance as John Connor in the future, fighting on the front lines as mankind’s only hope in the War Against the Machines. In this unique story blending iconic scenes from ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ with original scenarios and multiple endings, humanity’s fate is yours to decide.
After graduating high school, Kaito returns to his hometown for one final summer before stepping into adult life. The ocean that once shaped his childhood memories now calls him back—and so do the two girls he once shared it with. In Beautiful Sakura: Surfing Club 2, Kaito reunites with his former surfing partners and close friends, Michiko and Yuuki. Once inseparable, the three drifted apart after the events of the first game. Now older, more confident, and carrying new dreams, they decide to revive the Surfing Club for one last unforgettable season.
When students Graff and Ott are invited to celebrate “Natal Untail,” a twisted take on Atlasia’s ancient tradition, they’ll discover that even in a decaying world, the greatest treasures are the values of sharing and friendship. This “Special” release adds interactivity through choices and consequences, designed exclusively for consoles. Part of the Brok the InvestiGator universe, this prequel introduces key characters and can be enjoyed as a standalone story.
Dig deep, sell what you find, update your equipment to continue your journey further and further. With every spadeful you dig, you get closer to the truth. There’s no rush, no rules – just you and the adventure underground. Costs as much as a coffee, but is fun for longer!
Sanctum Push is a charming pixel art sokoban adventure where you play as a brave paladin pushing enemies into their rightful places to restore peace to a corrupted castle. Every move counts, plan carefully, position your foes, and clear each room to advance through the sanctum’s ever-changing halls.
Acting alone, without back up or deadly weapons, a forensic analyst searches desperately for evidence to connect a spate of disparate murders to a single Serial Killer, in this highly pressured Survival Horror Game. Focused on the real-life practices of forensic analysts, She’s Leaving allows the player to understand and uncover the truth behind the evidence they find. Throughout, you begin to discover that there has always been a target on your back. Equipped with only a taser, the choice is up to you – are you going to run and hide, or stand and fight?
Snaky Snakes is an exhilarating game where the player controls a snake through randomly generated obstacles while collecting cherries. Each cherry increases the snake’s length and score. Additionally, the player can use cherries to purchase new environments such as Desert, Asia, and Ballroom from the in-game shop. The objective is to achieve the highest score possible and unlock all environments.
Unbeatable is an anime-juiced rhythm adventure where you (figuratively) destroy on stage while you (literally) destroy on stage. During rhythm gameplay, you only need two buttons: a button for up and a button for down. Simple to understand! The complicated part is doing it. Try not to get destroyed yourself. Half the game is walking around and taking things at your own pace. The other half is trying to keep up with ours.
New beautiful game about Love! In this puzzle you need to swap the tiles to indirectly control the hearts that move towards each other until blocked by a wall. Help hearts to have a date!
Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition
Experience a timeless classic adventure now fully evolved and complete for the first time! The 1983 classic multi-room platformer Montezuma’s Revenge returns in 2.5D glory, and now Pedro’s adventure is bigger than ever with 100 tricky rooms to explore! For its 40th anniversary, what was once an unfinished game is now resurrected to match the full vision of creator Robert Jaeger. This time you can choose between male and female explorers, Pedro or his sister Rosita, to delve deep into the dangerous ruins and hunt for treasures untold!
Remember turning the living room into your own railway kingdom? Experience a bit of that magic with Teeny Tiny Trains – Build tracks, flip switches, and dodge playful obstacles to guide your trains home.
Cakey’s Twisted Bakery is a stealth survival horror where you must bake to survive. Trapped inside a deranged bakery crawling with sweet-toothed mascot monsters, you play as a lost child searching for your brother. Sneak through candy-colored corridors, gather bizarre ingredients, and craft color-coded pies that can stun and destroy your enemies. Hide under tables, time your moves, and uncover the dark secret behind the bakery’s grinning faces. One recipe at a time, fight your way out before you become the next dessert.
Now you can enjoy 4 RPGs: Monster Viator, Crystal Ortha, Armed Emeth, Justice Chronicles, in one bundle! In Monster Viator, recruit over 20 different monsters as your allies! Explore a fantastical world where you can almost hear the breath of life as you search for lost memories. In Crystal Ortha, an odd party race to uncover the legendary mother lode! Pixelated animations bursting with immersive intensity! Set your skills freely and engage in battles your way. In Armed Emeth, ride golems and hunt for bounties! A tale set in a wasteland filled with the scent of dust and oil. The key to victory lies in golem customization! Justice Chronicles is an epic saga carved alongside guardian beasts. Overcome meetings and partings, despair and hope, and face new history in unknown battlefields.
In Sintropia: Fruits Together, cooperation is the main ingredient! Control fruits with unique abilities and solve puzzles full of creativity and charm. Switch between fruits to press buttons, activate platforms, fans, and elevators, clearing the way so everyone can reach the goal.
The Santa Claus dating sim you can play all year round! You don’t know what’s worse: your love life or your toy store’s sales reports. Desperate for some yuletide loving (and some new customers!), you make a wish on a Christmas Star. That’s when your store is visited by not one, not two, but SIX Santa Clauses. Sexy Santa, Saintly Santa, Sleepy Santa, Sassy Santa, Sad Santa, Secret Santa… it’s simply Too Many Santas! Can you watch all of them and run the store at the same time? Or will you be caught up in the sweet Santa romance?
Experience the beauty of winter in Aery – Winter Wonderland, a relaxing and immersive adventure where you take flight as a graceful bird. Explore breathtaking snowy landscapes, glide through icy valleys, and uncover a heartwarming story. Your journey follows Frosty, a curious traveler searching for a legendary magical flower hidden deep within the frozen world. As you soar through the skies, you’ll collect shimmering crystals that reveal pieces of the story, guiding you through different winter-themed environments. Each level offers a unique atmosphere, from serene snow-covered forests to towering ice peaks and frozen lakes, all designed to create a peaceful and visually stunning experience.
Ascendance is a calming, relaxing and minimalist first person 3D Platformer. Shape your way with mysterious abilities and rise with the enchanted wind platforms beyond the skies within a world which evolves and transforms around you. A journey which leads through different ages of our world awaits you.
Inspired by the gritty atmosphere and taut suspense of 80s slasher films, Christmas Mutilator is a gripping, stealth-driven horror experience set in the chilly seclusion of a lonely, snow-covered cabin. You take on the role of Amelia, a loving mother and wife who has traveled to the remote cabin to celebrate Christmas with her husband, Adam, and kids. But when a murderous maniac starts stalking the cabin, your vacation plans take a terrible turn.
Return to Renaissance Florence and uncover an ancient secret of immortality. After a great war more than a decade ago, Europe lies in ruins, struggling to rebuild. In the heart of Florence, Italy, an ancient secret of immortality is buried deep within the city’s veins. A shadowy web spun over centuries, now slowly unraveling. Is the fabled salvation a blessing… or a curse? One day, you encounter a mysterious girl with snow-white hair and beauty eyes like a witch’s. From that moment, the gears of fate begin to turn.
Everyone’s favorite dinosaur with a gentle heart in the Jurassic Era, “Dino.” One day, indiscriminate slaughter by brutal dinosaurs has begun in a peaceful forest. “Dino” sees his lovely girlfriend, “Meeshell” and his friends trying to escape, and decides to fight for them. Curls up himself, transforms into a ball with hyper strong power, and attack the enemy dinosaurs! “Dino” is taking a step into his epic adventure to bring peace back to the sky, sea and earth.
Gravity Escape From The Maze throws you into a thrilling, gravity-bending adventure where every second counts. You play as a fearless little square with an extraordinary power: the ability to flip gravity at will. Dive into mind-twisting mazes packed with deadly traps, shifting platforms, hidden dangers, and fast-moving obstacles. Collect keys, outsmart the labyrinth, and push your reflexes to the limit as you race for survival. Every flip could save you — or send you straight into danger. Can you escape the maze before it escapes you?
In Knight with Tactics, every move is a challenge, every enemy a puzzle. Guide your knight through a world of traps, weapons, and enemies where brute force isn’t enough — you’ll need brainpower to survive. Plan your path, grab your weapon, and defeat your foes in the right order… or face defeat. Each level is a tactical test that pushes your problem-solving skills to the edge.
Military Logistics Simulator puts you behind the wheel of real-world military logistics. Rise from a low-ranking soldier to a seasoned quartermaster as you manage vehicles, expand your base, and take charge of critical supply lines. Deliver vital cargo and defend it from drone attacks, rescue survivors, and help rebuild a war-torn region after conflict — all in immersive first-person simulation. Play solo or with friends and earn your place, leading military operations from behind the lines.
The ancient elven home is under siege! Step into the quiver of Elara, an elite elven archer and master of the bow and magic arrows. The heart of the forest and its ancient magical essence are being drained by the Shadow Blight, a sudden and sinister invasion. Run, jump, and shoot your way through corrupted environments, facing sinister creatures to save your people from the imminent darkness.
Night Swarm is a vampire-themed roguelite RPG bullet hell where you play as a fearsome young vampire lord rising to power. Gather loyal allies, unleash devastating abilities, and fight back against the relentless werewolf hordes that threaten to consume the night.
Help the panda collect the bamboos in this precision adventure! In Panda Bamboo Adventure, you control a cute little panda who must dodge spears and traps while collecting its missing bamboos. Use your double jump and dash abilities to overcome tricky obstacles and reach new areas. Jump on enemies’ heads to defeat them and clear your path through this charming and challenging journey!
Pyramid Quest 2 is an exploration and treasure-hunting game inspired by classic platform games. The goal is to find the three parts of an artefact and open the gate to the next level while collecting diamonds and coins. Traps, obstacles, and enemies from old days make the quest very dangerous and challenging.
Yuma, a first-year high school student, was eating lunch he had bought when a beautiful senpai, Mio, appeared before him. She offered him a homemade bento, saying, “I couldn’t finish it.” Thus begins a bittersweet youthful love story. Their special lunchtime together on the bench behind the school gradually connects their hearts. Through jealousy and misunderstandings, a story of first love blossoms. Includes Japanese voice acting.
Space Elite Force II is a space-shooting game for up to 2 players in local cooperative mode. With a wide variety of weapons, enemies and improvements to your ship, it presents all the intensity, depth and beautiful handcrafted pixels of a classic space-shooting game. Have fun in insane battles, facing epic bosses and unlocking a wide variety of achievements in one of three game modes, alone or with a friend in local cooperative mode.
SpotCat vs The Cheddar Mafia Back To Past is a thrilling “Find-the-Difference” game with a hidden object twist. They’ve been caught on Earth. They’ve been chased through space. Now the Cheddar Mafia is breaking all the rules by going back in time! Travel across iconic eras, spot every difference, and foil their most absurd plan yet! Explore vibrant, hand-drawn scenes from distant galaxies, spot the subtle differences, and stay sharp—mafia rats can appear when you least expect it. Your mission? Find all 25 mafia rats, solve every scene, and restore the timeline before it’s too late!
Get ready for a treasure-filled adventure beneath the waves! Merge coins and gems to uncover riches beyond imagination! Discover maps that change how you play, each with its own unique shape and background. Can you master them all and merge the biggest treasure?
Skyblivion, the massive modding project reinterpreting The Elder Scrolls 4 via Skyrim‘s engine, had its release officially delayed to 2026 earlier this week. The delay followed an ex-Skyblivion level and world designer Dee Keyes alleging that the mod’s previous 2025 release goal was “unachievable” earlier this year, in a post which also accused Skyblivion project lead Kyle ‘Rebelzize’ Rebel and implementation lead Heavy Burns of mismanaging communication within the mod’s team. In response, Heavy Burns asserted that “many” of the claims in the ex-dev’s post were “either misrepresented or just untrue”.
Now, in a Discord discussion emphasising that players shouldn’t assume the spellcrafting mechanic the modders have had to cut from the initial release will be put back in down the line, Skyblivion’s UI department lead has suggested they weren’t consulted about what was said in the YouTube video announcing the mod’s delay to next year. That’d be the delay announcement video which features a section specifically dedicated to the current status of Skyblivion’s UI and mechanics.
Crack open Kaizen like a disposable camera, and you’ll find the parts inside are very similar to a subgenre of puzzle game called Sokoban. Developed in the late 80s, these games put you in control of a worker shoving crates around a warehouse floor until they reached their designated position. These sliding puzzles in which you push objects around a space appear throughout gaming. Whenever you’re shoving a great stone block in Tomb Raider, you owe a small salute to Sokoban’s creator Hiroyuki Imabayashi. Though, make sure the block’s not on a slope when you do it, otherwise that’s a quick way to make a jar’s worth of Lara paste.
“AI adoption can face strong resistance in creative areas”.
While rivals such as Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have jumped into the world of Generative AI development with both feet, not every company in the games industry is willing to throw caution to the wind.
During a Q&A session following its recent Q2 financial results, Sega‘s top brass addressed the use of AI when it comes to making games (thanks, VGC) and how it will help tackle the increasing costs of development.
Nintendo fans are unhappy about a $30 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond amiibo figurine that lets you turn on your motorbike’s radio.
As previously announced, the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Samus amiibo unlocks a range of in-game features, including an energy shield that blocks 99 damage — limited to one use per day. But fan discussion has now centered on the fact this amiibo also unlocks a jukebox feature for Samus’ Vi-O-La motorbike, which allows you to hear other themes from the game.
Discussion around the rights and wrongs of Nintendo providing extra features for amiibo owners is nothing new, and dozens of Nintendo games include exclusive additions for people who own associated figurines (or borrow them from friends). Additionally, in this case, there have also been a number of inaccuracies shared over the radio’s usage, with some reports incorrectly stating that it includes otherwise exclusive music, or that the bike’s main Sol Valley area is silent otherwise.
It’s true that the Sol Valley’s etheral, ambient music is relatively sparse — the desert-like area is meant to be a wasteland, after all, and a notably different environment from the game’s main areas that Samus once again explores on foot.
Still, some fans have suggested that it would have been nice to have the option of turning on the in-game radio without buying a $29.99 toy, which — while a familiar argument for Nintendo games with amiibo-exclusive features — seems fair enough.
“Couldn’t they have given us that jukebox mode in the first place instead of having us buy an accessory to unluck said jukebox mode?” wrote Nintendo fan knightedwolf851 on reddit. “Spending more money on a game we already bought for 70-80 bucks?”
“Honestly, if the DLC is something that doesn’t effect the gameplay and story then I’m fine with this,” countered another fan, Kerrpllady. “It is a cosmetic that doesn’t impact the game. (Unlike the the Skyward Sword teleport, which I think that mechanic removed some decision making from the game anyways.)”
“30 dollars to kill the intended ambiance? Okay then,” quipped a third fan, The_Pepper_Oni.
i genuinely think the desert would have been at least 3x better if they had put some BANGING music behind it. But it just feels so…vapid #MetroidPrime4pic.twitter.com/xqCAPxBgWP
“Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is an excellent, if relatively uneven, revival that reaches heights worthy of the Metroid name in its best moments,” IGN wrote in our Metroid Prime 4: Beyond review, scoring the game an 8/10.
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Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who played Shang Tsung in the original Mortal Kombat movie as well as video game Mortal Kombat 11, has died aged 75.
The star of The Last Emperor, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Man in the High Castle, died Thursday in Santa Barbara due to complications from a stroke, Deadline reported.
Tagawa famously played evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the 1995 adaptation of the Mortal Kombat video game, becoming an instantly recognizable face for an army of fans. In the movie, Shang Tsung points to a helpless Liu Kang while holding his brother, Chan hostage, and declares: “your brother’s soul is mine!” Tagawa would go on to make his ‘Your soul is mine!’ line an iconic part of Shang Tsung lore, and it has endured in the 30 years since. After the original Mortal Kombat movie, Tagawa went on to play Shang Tsung multiple times, including in 2019’s Mortal Kombat 11, where his voice and physical likeness was used — much to the delight of fans.
Other film roles included Kwang in James Bond movie Licence to Kill, Commander Minoru Genda in Pearl Harbor, and Heihachi Mishima in the 2009 Tekken movie and its 2014 sequel, Tekken 2: Kazuya’s Revenge.
Tagawa’s last major role came in 2015, when he played one of the lead characters in Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle. His final role was voicing Eiji the Swordmaker in Season 1 of Netflix’s well-received animated Blue Eye Samurai.
Ed Boon, development chief at Mortal Kombat studio NetherRealm, paid tribute to Tagawa in a post on social media. “We lost a legend today,” he said. “We had the privilege of his portrayal on the first MK film but also as an amazing voice actor in the Mortal Kombat 11 game. Cary was one of a kind. He combined danger, swagger and athleticism to his roles and will always be remembered as the man who first brought Shang Tsung to life on film. Rest in Peace. Your soul is eternal.”
Todd Garner, producer on the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie as well as its upcoming sequel, also took to social media, saying: “Sad news. Great man. Great actor. He will be missed.”
We lost a legend today. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa @CHTOfficial played Shang Tsung in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film and sadly passed away at age 75. We had the privilege of his portrayal on the first MK film but also as an amazing voice actor in the Mortal Kombat 11 game.
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If you’re a fan of gruff blokes punching goons and putting the pedal to the metal in muscle cars, Samson looks like it’ll be up your alley. It’s the debut game of Liquid Swords, the Swedish studio founded by former Just Cause and Mad Max developer Christofer Sundberg, and mirrors the gritty open-world destructive mayhem both of those are known for.
Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP players can look forward to a free update in “mid-December” which will see the release of the fan-designed “Cutie Zombie Hunter” costume for Juliet.
This costume won a special costume design contest and will be followed by additional winning designs from the same competition in future updates. You can see the other submissions on the game’s official campaign page. And here’s a look at the winning design:
It’s not every day there’s a new Metroid release, and after an 18-year wait since the last major entry in the Prime series, the fourth adventure is finally here.
To mark this occasion, Metacritic has now rounded up every Metroid game in its database to share a look at each title’s metascore (based on the aggregate score of critic reviews). This includes not only the Prime games but also the spin-offs, Samus’ 2D outings, and the re-releases.
