Category: IGN

February is not typically a busy month for new game releases, but February 2025 is definitely an exception to that rule. Lots of big games are set to release this month for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. We’ll see new entries in franchises like Civilization, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and many more. Below, you’ll find release dates for all the biggest games and expansions that have been announced for the rest of the year and beyond. Let’s get right down to it.

If you’re someone who likes to preorder your games, you can click the links on the platform of your choice to make sure it arrives on launch day.

February 2025 – Video Game Release Dates

A bunch of big games are heading our way in February 2025. Kicking off the month on the fourth is Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a sequel that continues the medieval action-RPG action started in the original game. Then there’s the world-conquering strategy game Civ 7, followed by a new first-person magic game Avowed, a new Like a Dragon entry, and then there’s Monster Hunter Wilds to close out the month. Surely one of those (or one of the others below) appeals?

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – February 4 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Rogue Waters – February 4 – (PS5, Xbox, Switch)
• Rift of the Necrodancer – February 5 – (PC)
• Big Helmet Heroes – February 6 – (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
• Grand Mountain Adventure 2 – February 6 – (iOS, Android)
• Fly Punch Boom – February 7 – (PS5, Xbox)
• Civilization VII – February 11 – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Alien Rogue Incursion – February 13 – (Meta Quest 3)
• Date Everything – February 14 – (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak 2 – February 14 – (PS5, Switch, PC)
• Tomb Raider IV – VI Remastered – February 14 – (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
• Avowed – February 18 – (Xbox, PC)
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 1 – February 18 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Godzilla Voxel Wars – February 19 – (Switch)
• Ashen Arrows – February 20 – (Meta Quest 2/3, Steam VR)
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – February 21 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• PGA Tour 2K25 – February 21 / 28 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection – February 21 – (Switch, PC)
• Monster Hunter Wilds – February 28 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Morsels – February 2025 – (Switch)

March 2025 – Video Game Release Dates

• Split Fiction – March 6 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars – March 6 – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Rise of the Ronin – March 11 – (PC)
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage Tape 2 – March 18 – (PS5)
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows – March 20 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – March 20 – (Switch)
• The First Berzerker: Khazan – March 27 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Football Manager 25 – March 2025 (PS5, Xbox, PC)

April 2025 – Video Game Release Dates

• The Last of Us Part II Remastered – April 3 – (PC)
• South of Midnight – April 8 – (Xbox, PC)
• Lunar Remastered Collection – April 18 – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – April 24 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves – April 24 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)

May 2025 – Video Game Release Dates

• Doom: The Dark Ages – May 15 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma – May 30 – (Switch, PC)

October 2025 – Video Game Release Dates

• Double Dragon Revive – October 23 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)

Upcoming Video Games – Release Date TBA

• 33 Immortals – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• The Alters – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Anno 117: Pax Romana – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Arc Raiders – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• ArcheAge Chronicles – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Ark 2 – TBA – (PC)
• Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian – 2025 – (PS5, Switch, PC)
• Atomfall – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Ballad of Antara – 2025 – (PS5)
• Blackfrost: The Long Dark II – TBA
• Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Borderlands 4 – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 – 2025 – (PS4, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Clockwork Revolution – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Coffee Talk Tokyo – 2025 – (Switch)
• Contraband – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Crimson Desert – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – 2025 – (PS5)
• Directive 8020: A Dark Pictures Game – 2025 – (PS5)
• Dune: Awakening – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Dying Light: The Beast – Summer 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Elden Ring: Nightreign – 2025
• Everwild – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Expedition 33 – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Fable – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Fantasy Life i: the Girl Who Steals Time – 2025 – (Switch)

• Fragpunk – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Front Mission 3 Remake – TBA – (Switch)
• Game of Thrones: Kingsroad – 2025
• Gears of War: E-Day – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Ghost of Yotei – 2025 – (PS5)
• Grand Theft Auto 6 – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox)
• Hell Is Us – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Hello Kitty: Island Adventure – 2025 – (Switch)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – TBA – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – Early 2025 – (Switch)
• Hyper Light Breaker – Early Access Early 2025 – (PC)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Early 2025 – (PS5)
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – TBA – (PS5)
• John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Judas – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Jurassic Park: Survival – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Killing Floor 3 – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter – 2025 – (PS5, Switch, PC)
• Little Devil Inside – TBA – (PS5, Switch, Xbox)
• Little Nightmares 3 – 2025 – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Mafia: The Old Country – Summer 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Marathon – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Marvel’s Blade – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Mecha Break – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – 2025 – (Switch)
• The Midnight Walk – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Mio: Memories in Orbit – 2025 – (Switch)
• Mixtape – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Moth Kubit – Spring 2025 – (Switch)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – Fall 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• OD – TBA – (Xbox)
• Okami 2 – TBA
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword – 2026 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• The Outer Worlds 2 – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Perfect Dark – TBA – (Xbox, PC)
• Phantom Blade 0 – TBA – (PS5)
• Phantom Hellcat – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero – 2025 – (Switch)
• The Precinct – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake – 2026 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Prison Architect 2 – TBA (Xbox, PC)
• Professor Layton and the New World of Steam – 2025 – (Switch)
• Replaced – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Rift of the Necrodancer – 2025 – (Switch)
• Screamer – 2026 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX – 2025 – (Switch)
• The Sinking City 2 – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Slay the Spire 2 – early access in 2025 – (PC)
• Sleight of Hand – 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• Sniper Elite: Resistance – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Sonic Racing CrossWorlds – TBA – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Star Overdrive – 2025 – (Switch)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake – TBA – (PS5)
• State of Decay 3 – TBA (Xbox, PC)
• Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game – Early 2025 – (PS5, Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Terminator: Survivors – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Turok Origins – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 – H1 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Venus Vacation Prism – early 2025 – (PS5, PC)
• Winter Burrow – Early 2025 – (Xbox, PC)
• The Witcher 4 – TBA
• The Wolf Among Us 2 – TBA – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Wolverine – TBA – (PS5)
• Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – 2025 – (PS5, Xbox, PC)
• Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall – Q1 2025 – (Switch, Xbox, PC)
• Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana – Early 2025 – (PS5, Switch)

For more release date fun, check out our ongoing list of 4K UHD and Blu-ray release dates.

Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN’s board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on (long inhale) Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and the social network formerly known as Twitter.

This is the latest in a series of guest columns from Pure Xbox, a loyal community dedicated to all things Team Green. We bring you all the biggest news from the world of Xbox, as well as features, polls, talking points, reviews and so much more!

Many Xbox fans have been wondering whether one of the ‘big three’ Xbox franchises – Halo, Gears or Forza – would eventually make their way over to PS5. It turns out Forza Horizon 5 is the first to make the jump, having been officially revealed for Sony’s current-gen system with a Spring 2025 release window. Unsurprisingly, fans have been very opinionated about the announcement ever since it dropped.

There’s even heartbreak over the decision to move such a treasured Xbox exclusive over to its rival console, but truthfully it’s something we’ve been expecting for a while now. If you read between the lines, Phil Spencer and the team at Xbox have subtly tried to inform us about the “no red lines” rule when it comes to exclusives these days, which most likely means that Halo, Gears, Starfield and many other Xbox franchises will be heading to PS5 and possibly even Nintendo Switch 2 sooner or later.

But why do this? Why risk alienating loyal fans who have aligned themselves with the Xbox brand because of its exclusives? The answer almost certainly lies in the numbers. We’ve seen time and again how hardware revenue has declined for Microsoft, while income from Xbox content and services has increased. It’s no wonder the company’s priorities have shifted. This change in strategy means Xbox can focus more on becoming a publishing behemoth while also making its games accessible to more players on all platforms.

Earlier this year Spencer talked about Xbox having “evolved” its identity in order to continue thriving amidst challenging times for the industry. Furthermore, he believes Xbox’s new approach would be best adopted by the masses, to allow major developers and publishers to keep making high-budget AAA games. Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler recently agreed with this idea, suggesting that, due to rising game development costs, the industry can only grow if it starts reducing its reliance on exclusives.

Of course, it helps when those former Xbox exclusives actually sell in big numbers. Back in February 2024, Xbox announced that Hi-Fi RUSH, Sea Of Thieves, Pentiment and Grounded would be heading to other systems, and we quickly discovered PlayStation and Nintendo owners had an appetite for games they previously couldn’t play. Sea of Thieves, in particular, has become a massive success on PS5, and Microsoft hasn’t been shy in highlighting that fact. That said, there was also criticism for suggesting only four titles would make the jump, which inevitably was never going to be the case once PlayStation owners started flocking to them in droves.

And that is the biggest issue I have with Xbox’s new strategy at this point. Xbox has embarked on a major marketing campaign claiming every device “is an Xbox”, and everyone seems to have understood that message by now. However, it’s never really explained what’s happening with games going to PS5 and Switch. Initially it was four games, followed by a couple more, and eventually it might (okay, probably will) be Xbox’s entire catalogue. Xbox fans still don’t have a truly clear picture of what to anticipate, aside from rumours and the occasional hint from Phil Spencer.

Forza Horizon 5’s debut on PS5 may feel like a new era or even the beginning of the end for some Xbox fans, but really it’s just the evolution of a strategy that’s been underway for some time – a strategy that’s set to be very profitable in 2025. The multiplatform push is in full swing, and even though Microsoft clearly doesn’t want to give us much of a roadmap, we’re bound to see more Xbox first-party titles on PS5, Nintendo Switch 2 and other platforms before the end of the year. It’ll be fantastic from a business and industry perspective, but obviously sad for those who’d prefer Xbox to keeps its games down as exclusives.

There’s also no telling how it’ll fare in the long run. What happens when the next Xbox console rolls around? What about the Xbox handheld? Will Microsoft be able to sell hardware without major exclusives as a sweetener, and can Xbox Game Pass shift enough systems on its own? I have no doubt Phil Spencer has thought about these questions and more and, hopefully, has answers to them. But there’s a feeling of unease throughout the Xbox community right now, and Xbox will have to work harder than ever to keep its loyal fans coming back in the future. I just hope that’s enough because Xbox is changing, forever.

Fraser Gilbert is the Editor of Pure Xbox.

With the release of Sniper Elite: Resistance, IGN Store has launched a new Sniper Elite Collection featuring all kinds of custom apparel you won’t want to miss! This officially licensed collection is the best way to share your love of Sniper Elite with IGN Store-exclusive tee designs, jackets, beanies, and more based on the series. Check out this hot new collection below!

Shop the Sniper Elite Collection at IGN Store

EA and Maxis are celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Sims franchise with a truly excellent surprise. Today, both The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 are available on PC once again via two Legacy Collections and The Sims 25th Birthday Bundle.

EA has announced that it’s releasing The Sims: Legacy Collection and The Sims 2: Legacy Collection today on PC. The two are available separately as well as combined for $40 in The Sims 25th Birthday Bundle.

Both games include all expansions and almost all stuff packs, as it looks like The Sims 2: Legacy Collection is missing the IKEA Home Stuff pack from 2008. But otherwise, everything’s there. In fact, both collections include some bonus content, with The Sims 1 getting something called Throwback Fit Kit and The Sims 2 receiving a Grunge Revival Kit on top of all the other add-ons.

EA’s re-release of the two older The Sims games marks the first time in over a decade that both gave have been readily available to play. The Sims 1 was only ever released on disc, so for years now unless you were able to track down an old physical copy and somehow make it run on a modern Windows machine, there was just no way to get ahold of it (and that doesn’t even include the expansion packs!). The Sims 2 was available more recently in 2014 via an Ultimate Collection on EA’s Origin store, but the Ultimate Collection was taken down a while ago. So unless you took advantage of it at the time, The Sims 2 remained unavailable to you unless you could similarly find a physical disc. With these two new collections, all four The Sims games are now easily purchaseable and playable again through digital storefronts.

We gave The Sims 1 a 9.5/10 and The Sims 2 an 8.5/10 waaaaay back in the day when we first reviewed them both. While the series has added numerous new features and ironed out a lot of kinks since then, the originals are still worth checking out for their goofiness, relative simplicity, challenge, and legacy.

The Sims: Legacy Collection and The Sims 2: Legacy Collection are both available now on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and through the EA app.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Player First Games has announced that MultiVersus Season 5 will be its last, bringing the Warner Bros. platform fighting game to a close May 30, 2025, at 9 a.m. PST.

The studio revealed plans to discontinue support for the crossover brawler with a blog post on its website. MultiVersus, which launched May 28 last year, will launch into Season 5 starting next week, February 4, and will continue through its May 2025 end date. It’s at this point that support for online play will come to an end, with Player First promising that players will still be able to access all earned and purchased content while offline via the local gameplay mode and training mode.

“Most importantly, we want to thank every player and person who has ever played or supported MultiVersus,” a message from the MultiVersus team says. “All of us on the Player First Games and Warner Bros. Games teams have poured our heart and soul into this game. We will be forever grateful for the incredible support of the MultiVersus community throughout this journey.​”

It’s been an incredible ride, MVPs. Thank you for all the support. For more details, please visit our blog post https://t.co/tLVzpA9JaQ and FAQ https://t.co/XKuxAnd26j. pic.twitter.com/VLzBDbP0GQ

— MultiVersus (@multiversus) January 31, 2025

Player First adds that real-money transactions for MultiVersus are no longer available as of today, though fans will still have the option to use Gleamium and character tokens to access in-game content until support ends come May 30. MultiVersus will also be delisted from the PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store, Steam, and Epic Games Store at this time.

MultiVersus’ demise follows news that the project was seen as a major failure for Warner Bros. Discovery. In a financial call from November, the company explained that MultiVersus performed far worse than expected, resulting in around a $100 million writedown for its games sector. That brought the total to $300 million after the launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League in January. Just last week, Variety reported that Warner Bros. Games head David Haddad would be leaving the company following a tumultuous 2024.

“We took another $100 million plus impairment due to the underperforming releases, primarily MultiVersus this quarter, bringing total writedown year-to-date to over $300 million in our games business, a key factor in this year’s studio profit decline,” chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said during the November call.

Although today’s news means the free-to-play Warner Bros. fighting game will shut down just days after celebrating its one-year launch anniversary, Season 5 will at least send it out with a bang. In addition to the usual new content seasonal updates bring, new characters Lola Bunny and Aquaman will also be joining the fight as playable characters. Both will be available starting next week, with the Looney Toons icon able to be unlocked as a daily calendar reward and the DC superhero available through the battle pass.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).

The developer of Civilization 7 has explained why it strongly recommends even veteran Civ players stick with the tutorial for their first full campaign.

In a post on Steam, Ed Beach, creative director at Firaxis Games, offered his tips for your first game of Civilization 7.

“Civilization 7 is a big game, with many new systems and mechanics that differentiate it from earlier games in our series,” he began. “There’s a lot to learn, so we felt that it was important that we provide some suggestions to ensure everyone has a successful first experience.”

This is a reference to Civilization 7’s Ages system, which is a drastic change for the long-running strategy series. A full campaign in Civilization 7 is one that goes through all three Ages: Antiquity, Exploration, and Modern. Once the Age is completed, all players (and any AI opponents) experience an Age Transition simultaneously. During an Age Transition, three things happen: you select a new civilization from the new Age to represent your empire, you choose which Legacies you want to retain in the new Age, and the game world evolves. The Civilization games have never had such a system.

Beach then explained why Firaxis chose Small as the default map size for Civilization 7.

“We know that many veteran Civ players love to play on the largest map size and see the maximum number of empires battle it out,” he said. “However, there’s a very deliberate reason that we chose Small as the default map size. With three other empires on your home continent, and a few more to discover later in the game, Small Maps make for a very comfortable experience while you are learning the ins and outs of Civ 7.

“We especially recommend this map size as you get your feet wet with our new Diplomacy system. Tracking your relationship and ongoing diplomatic activities with a manageable number of opponents makes it way easier to get the hang of how you want to spend and manage your Diplomatic Influence.

“We also recommend sticking with Continents Plus for your Map Type selection. The extra islands just off-shore help ease you into the ocean exploration – a key element of the Exploration Age, the second chapter of our game.”

As for the Tutorial and Advisors, Beach confirmed that when you launch into your first game of Civilization 7, it turns the Tutorial on for you. He also strongly recommended Civ pros play with the Tutorial on, at least for their first full game.

“The Tutorial is designed to provide tips and explanations exactly when you first encounter something new,” Beach explained.

“Fans experienced with earlier Civ titles may scoff at the idea of playing with the Tutorial on, but with so many of our game systems having received upgrades and revisions, we really do recommend sticking with the Tutorial for your first full campaign through our three Ages.

“Keep in mind that the game has four different Advisors, and you can control which ones are actively leading you through a series of quests to teach you their portion of the game. If it’s too much to take in all at once, we suggest listening to only a single Advisor at a time.”

Even after you’ve mastered enough systems to turn the tutorial off, you should switch to the setting Only Warnings, Beach recommended.

“This setting allows these same Advisors to jump in and warn you if your empire’s progress is about to undergo a major setback,” he said. “Even our internal team at Firaxis that knows this game so well plays with these warnings enabled!”

Overnight, Firaxis unveiled Civilization 7’s post-launch roadmap as part of a special livestream event (Great Britain has been relegated to DLC). Civilization 7 itself launches on PC via Steam, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S on February 11, although the more expensive Deluxe Edition grants access from February 6.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Following layoffs at BioWare that saw the exit of many key developers of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, one former writer on the series has moved to reassure fans by saying: “DA isn’t dead because it’s yours now.”

This week, EA restructured BioWare to focus on Mass Effect 5 only. Some who worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard were moved to projects at other EA studios. Some revealed they were laid off and were now seeking work.

The decision followed EA’s announcement that Dragon Age: The Veilguard had underperformed on its expectations for the long-awaited action RPG. EA said Dragon Age “engaged” 1.5 million players during its recent financial quarter, which was down nearly 50% from the company’s projections.

Notably, EA did not say the 1.5 million number was unit sales (Dragon Age: The Veilguard was also available as a part of EA’s Play Pro subscription service). Additionally, it’s not clear whether EA is counting a free trial of the game that was available through the cheaper EA Play subscription in the 1.5 million number either.

Either way, EA’s announcement, its restructure of BioWare, and confirmation of layoffs have combined to create the sense within the Dragon Age fandom that the series is pretty much dead. There is no DLC planned for The Veilguard, and BioWare’s work on the game came to an end last week with what sounded like its last major update.

But Dragon Age: The Veilguard senior writer Sheryl Chee, who was moved from BioWare to Iron Man and Battlefield developer Motive, took to social media to offer words of hope.

“I’m now with Motive,” Chee began. “It’s been a hard two years seeing my team get chipped away and having to still keep going. But I’m still employed, so there’s that.”

Then, in response to a fan who lamented the death of Dragon Age, Chee replied to say the series now belongs to the fans who will keep it alive with their own contributions.

“So a cool French woman dropped a cool quote from Camus on me today: ‘In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.’ (I mean, who does resistance like the French, right?) We’re going through it right now. It’s a lot, everywhere…

“But DA isn’t dead. There’s fic. There’s art. There’s the connections we made through the games and because of the games. Technically EA/BioWare owns the IP but you can’t own an idea, no matter how much they want to.

“DA isn’t dead because it’s yours now.”

Then: “So someone just reposted my thing saying they’ll write a giant AU and that’s what I’m talking about. If DA has inspired you to do something, if it sparks that Invincible summer, then it’s done it’s job, and it has been my greatest honor to have been a part of that.”

Dragon Age began life with 2010’s Dragon Age: Origins, which was followed up just a year later by Dragon Age 2. Dragon Age: Inquisition released three years later, in 2014. But it took a decade for the latest sequel, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, to come out.

In September, former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah, who left BioWare in 2020, revealed that Dragon Age Inquisition had sold over 12 million copies, and “massively” oversold EA’s internal projections for the game.

EA has yet to outright say Dragon Age is dead, but it’s hard to see a new game in the series any time soon, if ever, given what’s happened to BioWare itself and the full focus on Mass Effect 5. As for Mass Effect, EA said a “core team” at BioWare is developing the next Mass Effect game under the leadership of veterans from the original trilogy, including Mike Gamble, Preston Watamaniuk, Derek Watts, Parrish Ley, and others. “While we’re not sharing numbers, the studio has the right number of people in the right roles to work on Mass Effect at this stage of development,” EA told IGN.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.

Spider-Man 2 on PC was shaping up to be surprisingly performant once its system requirements were revealed. However, the Nixxes-developed port has debuted to a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating, with many players complaining about technical issues.

Currently, 55% of Spider-Man 2’s Steam reviews are positive. “Despite having a high-end GPU and running the latest Nvidia drivers (5.66.36), the game frequently crashes,” said one RTX 4090 user. Another read: “The game is completely unplayable on PC. The game crashes to desktop every five minutes. I have already requested a refund.”

“Hold off on buying until they get a couple of stabilization patches out because holy hell,” one reviewer added. “To say this is ‘rough’ is an understatement. Lighting doesn’t load in some cutscenes, those same scenes run at seconds-per-frame, audio desync issues up the wazoo, freezing, stuttering, and just about every other performance issue I can think of.

“I’m gonna get a refund for now because frankly, there’s other stuff I could use $70 for right now.”

The main issue appears to be that the game’s graphics controller crashes frequently, even with users on higher-end PCs. According to one reviewer, the error reads: “A problem has occurred with your display driver. This can be caused by out of date drivers, using game settings higher than your GPU can handle, an overheating GPU, or an error with the game. Please try updating your graphics drivers, or lowering your in-game settings.”

Other users have complained that features like DLSS and ray tracing are not working properly, while others have mentioned long loading times, missing textures, and audio issues.

Several players alleged that performance can also stutter after several hours of gameplay, before leading to a hard crash. Some believe a memory leak could cause the problems.

Nixxes has responded to the reported crashes on the Steam forums, stating to one user: “Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues.

“Please refer to the troubleshooting guides on the Nixxes Support website and contact us if the problem persists. Make sure to include your logs and crash dumps as outlined on the support website, so we can troubleshoot as quickly as possible.”

Additionally, Nixxes was made aware of other bugs that can occur during the photo-op missions in Spider-Man 2. “We are aware of a bug that can occur if your framerate is very low during this scene (below 20 FPS). As a workaround, try lowering your graphics settings and or resolution to pass this point.”

Sayem is a freelancer based in the UK, covering tech & hardware. You can get in touch with him at @sayem.zone on Bluesky.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket received its Space Time Smackdown expansion yesterday, January 30, and players have expressed shock and heartbreak at one specific card’s artwork that depicts a particularly brutal scene for Pokémon.

The card in question is Weavile ex, and while this comes in three separate forms, it’s the 2 Star full art card that has fans in an uproar. In the artwork, below, a group of Weavile are hiding in the treetops with claws at the ready, preparing to prey on an innocent Swinub.

“No Swinub,” look up! Look up!” reads a Reddit post featuring the artwork with nearly 10,000 upvotes. “Always got to be one card per set that shows Pokémon in the process of straight up killing each other,” one user replied. “Leave the lil guy alone,” said another.

“The ecology of Pokémon is always so crazy to imagine,” another fan added. “Like these are still animals, some smarter than others. Just they have the ability to fire laser beams.”

Some are choosing to believe the full art card for Mamoswine, the final evolution of Swinub, depicts a happy ending though, as it shows the mammoth pocket monster looking up while protecting a handful of Swinub.

“Hey, Mamoswine protected his baby. Don’t worry. He most definitely saw those Weaviles,” said one desperate fan. “The Mamoswine alt card already looks above. He saw them. He saw…” said another.

Space Time Smackdown arrived as a Pokémon Diamond and Pearl themed set bringing the likes of Weavile and Mamoswine alongside Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and more. It includes a total of 207 cards and is therefore significantly smaller than Genetic Apex’s 286. That being said, 52 of these are the alternate art, Star and Crown rarity cards, and as Genetic Apex had 60 of these, there is a higher percentage of rare pieces to collect.

Creatures Inc. still hasn’t commented on the controversial trading update which arrived the day before, with its social media accounts and the game itself only really focusing on Space Time Smackdown. It also failed to respond to IGN’s request for comment.

A “Trade Feature Celebration Gift” did arrive with 500 Trade Tokens and 120 Trade Hourglasses (the former of which is enough to trade a single ex Pokémon), but the developer has otherwise remained quiet on fan complaints.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Cardy, Jesse, and Wes are here to go through some of Xbox’s most famous franchises, and rank each of them in tier lists based on which they enjoy the most. Is Halo still S-tier? Can Playground’s Fable return the series back to its Lionhead heights? Does anyone want a new Fuzion Frenzy? Some of these questions will be answered.

Remember to send us your thoughts about all the new games, TV shows, and films you’re enjoying or looking forward to: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.

IGN UK Podcast 785: Our Xbox Games Series Tier Lists

• IGN UK Podcast 784: Doom, Doom, Doom, Doom, I Want You in My Room
• IGN UK Podcast 783: The Switch 2 is Finally a Real Thing
• IGN UK Podcast 782: Squid Game and Jesse’s Shocking KCD2 Playstyle
• IGN UK Podcast 781: The Big 2025 Movies and Games Preview
• IGN UK Podcast 780: The Alternative Game Awards 2024