Capcom has recently shared more details on the improved Pawn system of Dragon’s Dogma 2, a unique system of the franchise that allows players to acquire companions named Pawns that were created by other players, serving as your party members in battle.

Microsoft starts the year with the 2024 Developer_Direct presentation, showcasing four upcoming titles coming from the Xbox umbrella — Avowed, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Ara: History Untold, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. All of these Xbox titles are single-player games and are planned for release sometime in 2024.

11 Bit Studios released our first look at gameplay for Frostpunk 2, the sequel to their post-apocalyptic city-builder that was released back in 2018. The trailer also confirmed that the RTS will be available on PC Game Pass, and later on Xbox Game Pass for the console version of the game for Xbox Series X|S.

Bandai Namco has released the opening movie for their upcoming fighting game Tekken 8 in preparation for its release on January 26, 2024. The trailer showing the opening movie also announced the game’s first post-launch DLC character Eddy Gordo in their planned Season 1 content for the game.

A free demo of Ubisoft’s upcoming metroidvania action platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is now available on PS5, PS4 Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC through the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store.

Microsoft announced that the next Deveoper_Direct digital event is slated to go live on January 18 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will showcase Xbox’s first-party lineup coming to the Xbox Series, PC, and Game Pass this year and beyond. The presentation will feature the upcoming Indiana Jones game from Machine Games, Avowed, Ara: History Untold, and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2.

Behaviour Interactive announced that they are bringing Remedy Entertainment’s very own Alan Wake to their 4v1 online horror game Dead by Daylight as a playable Survivor. The famed writer will enter the fog sometime in January if testing goes well.

Microsoft is kicking off 2024 with a bang as PC and Xbox Game Pass will be bolstered with an impressive lineup of games such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Resident Evil 2, and Hell Let Loose being available in the first half of January.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora features a familiar open-world formula that is a perfect match for this adventure, as this is a planet with so much care and thought put in that despite its flaws, I found myself itching to explore what’s beyond all those floating rocks. But if you’re not on board with how Ubisoft does open-world games, then you’ll be struggling with half of the game’s core pillars right off the bat.

Bandai Namco Entertainment and FromSoftware announced that the Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon patch 1.05 will add ranked matchmaking to the game, new AC parts, new PVP maps, and more. The patch will go live on December 19, 2023.

Hunt: Showdown’s final Tide event has been detailed by Crytek as we know what to expect from the event when it goes live on December 13, 2023, and will run until February 14, 2024. Here’s all you need to know about Tide of Desolation when it goes live.

If I’m comparing Persona 5 Tactica against the original game and the other spin-off, it’s my least favorite of the bunch, but the effort didn’t feel like an afterthought, as the story, character designs, and level designs make it an entertaining strategy game for those already well-versed in the Persona 5 world.