The company now expects to exceed 200 million euros in fixed cost reductions by FY2024-25 versus FY2022-23, ahead of schedule, and plans to pursue these efforts in FY26.

Ubisoft said that the review of strategic options is ongoing and an ad-hoc independent board committee will oversee the process to extract the best value from Ubisoft’s assets and franchises for all stakeholders.

Tropico 6 – Return to Nature introduces 15 new nature-themed buildings that seamlessly blend innovation with environmental harmony, perfectly aligned with Sunny Flowers’ green vision. From the Forest School fostering eco-conscious education to the Outdoor Gym promoting sustainable fitness, these additions enhance your island’s development in an eco-friendly way.

Alongside this, the DLC includes the brand-new scenario mission El Árbol De Maravilla. In this tutorial-like mission, green revolutionaries team up with El Prez, Penultimo, and Sunny Flowers to nurture the Biggdrasil—a magical world wonder and another new building that enhances agriculture, strengthens the wood industry, or boosts economy and diplomacy across four eras. While the scenario sets the stage, the true focus of Return to Nature lies in its extensive architectural expansion, offering fresh opportunities to build a greener Tropico.

Developed in collaboration with top creators from the Supercross gaming community, the trailer shows the Anaheim 1 and Glendale tracks in their 2025 layouts. For the first time in franchise history, real circuit blueprints from the current championship are being used to feature rosters, bikes and tracks. Besides Anaheim 1 and Glendale, the trailer also shows one of the original motocross tracks designed by Milestone, in which players will get to test a completely different riding experience. Moreover, with Unreal Engine 5, the game delivers a graphical overhaul with a cutting-edge physics system for precise control over riders and bikes, both in the air and on the ground, as well as the integration of neural AI for increased immersion. This package of novelties will result in a more realistic and simulative gameplay which all fans will get to master through dedicated tutorials.

It is a side-scrolling run-and-gun action game set in the future. The main character, Kevin, who lost everything and was reborn as a cyborg, begins to take revenge on Golida, an alien who took everything from him.

In 4373. Kevin was once hailed as a war hero. Now an old and sick veteran, he is living a peaceful old age on a nursing spaceship with his beloved dog 'Andy'. Until the nursing spaceship exploded due to an invasion by the alien "Golida", losing his beloved dog 'Andy' and most of his body.....

Youtubers Life 3 - Stream Together! invites players to a colourful content creator universe where your heart and dedication to become streaming’s number one is tested in real-time against other players, all hunting for the same recognition. Start from simple beginnings with your single digit follower count, and craft your streaming empire, earning new followers, brand partnerships, collabs and everything money can buy. Go from a simple empty room to a luxurious mansion with your own swimming pool or your garage with a fancy car collection!

• Cash Cleaner Simulator on Steam (Windows). "Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and use your cut to upgrade your crib. Just don't try to leave..."
• The King is Watching on Steam (Windows). "The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Defend your castle against ever-challenging waves of enemies. Prioritise production and army training, and make your people prosper under your constant gaze!"
• Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder on Steam (Windows). "At the northern fringes of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!"
• Supercar Collection Simulator Demo on Steam (Windows). "Build your own diecast store! Unbox surprise car packs, expand your collection and join thrilling races on racing tracks. A world of speed and excitement awaits in your store!"

• Ubisoft CEO says the plan is to focus on open-world and live service games ‘year after year’ - VGC.
• EA will never convince us to make a live-service game, It Takes Two developer says, after suggestion BioWare's Dragon Age: The Veilguard should have been - Eurogamer.

• ACI Network Mastery Encore (pay what you want and help charity) - Humble.*
• Game Over, T1D! Sale 2025 on Steam. Promises donations to fight Type 1 Diabetes.
• Save 50% on Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) on Steam.
• Save 20% on Fields of Mistria on Steam.
• Save 20% on Crime Scene Cleaner on Steam.
• Save 55% on Bulwark Evolution- Falconeer Chronicles on Steam.

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• Nexon Releases Earnings for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 - Business Wire.

• COD x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tease - Call of Duty- Warzone & Black Ops 6.

• HUMANKIND - Achilles Update.
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2- Heart of Chornobyl - Major Patch 1.2 is here.

• Alien: Rogue Incursion - Meta Quest 3/3S Launch Trailer.

• Avowed Survival Guide- Starting Tips to Help You on Your Adventure in the Living Lands - Xbox Wire.

• For Honor - Content Of The Week - 13 February.
• Humankind - Achilles Update - Amplified 2025.

• Swedish Video Game Maker Wants Industry To Stop Chasing Money - Barron's.

• HELLDIVERS 2 on X: ANGEL'S VENTURE has been torn apart by the Meridian Singularity - The President of Super Earth has announced a Galaxy-wide mourning period of 24 hours.

• Sunless Sea studio's Fallen London tabletop RPG smashes crowdfunding goal, with £500K raised in two days - Eurogamer.net.

• Split Fiction: The Final Preview - IGN.
• Split Fiction: Meet co-op protagonists Mio and Zoe – PlayStation.Blog.

• NHL 25 Free Trial - Feb 13-16 - Electronic Arts. Both Xbox and PlayStation.

• Square Enix shuts down Final Fantasy iOS game due to irreparable bug - VentureBeat.
• Introducing Call of Duty: Mobile Season 2 — Digital Dawn.

• DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).

• AMD announces RX 9070 event on February 28, shoots down rumors of 32GB model - Tom's Hardware.
• Anti-Lag 2 removed from Spider-Man 2 PC port due to game crashes on Radeon GPUs - Tom's Hardware.
• Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.5552 to the Release Preview Channel - Windows Insider Blog.
• Releasing Windows 11 Build 22631.4969 to the Release Preview Channel - Windows Insider Blog.

• AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified - Space.
• If You Want to See How Dumb AI Really Is, Ask This Question - Futurism.

• US lawmakers fight UK’s Apple iCloud backdoor • The Register.

Set in the fictional world of Eora that was first introduced to players in the Pillars of Eternity franchise, Avowed is a first-person fantasy action RPG from the award-winning team at Obsidian Entertainment.

The Living Lands is an island where the air hums with ancient magic, the flora seems to move with a mind of its own, and the ground beneath your feet shifts with secrets waiting to be unearthed.

Now, the Living Lands faces a dire threat—a mysterious plague that defies nature and reason, spreading chaos across its sprawling wilderness.

Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time. Plan and direct your team’s strategy and watch as your driver’s execute your commands in thrilling F1 races, brought to life with a broadcast-quality presentation. Manage your drivers, staff, car development and facilities throughout multiple seasons to give your team the best chance to claim a spot on the Formula 1 podium.

Grab the Loba Free Unlock Bundle and drop straight into Apex Legends: Takeover, for energetic mayhem and fun. The bundle includes: Loba unlocked and Loba 'Torrent' Epic Skin.

• Avowed review- Wait, are we the baddies? - Ars Technica.
• Avowed review- Sublime RPG blends masterful choices and magical combat - Dexerto.
• Avowed review- Elder Scrolls- I don’t know her - Engadget.
• Avowed review - Eurogamer.net.
• ‘Avowed’ Review (PC)- An Excellent ‘Elder Scrolls’ Intermission - Forbes.
• Avowed review" "No Skyrim, but an unforgettable return to form for Obsidian Entertainment" - GamesRadar+.
• Avowed Review - Too Close To The Sun - GameSpot.
• Avowed Review - GameWatcher.
• Avowed review – Annihilation meets Oblivion in a vast, intricate fantasy - Games - The Guardian.
• Avowed Review- A Great Open-World Fantasy RPG With No Filler - Kotaku.
• With an Evil Empire’s Power Comes Great Responsibility - The New York Times (free account required).
• Avowed review - PC Gamer.
• Avowed PC performance analysis: Sometimes good, sometimes bad, frequently odd - PC Gamer.
• Avowed review - Rock Paper Shotgun.
• Avowed Review - TheGamer.
• Avowed review – a high fantasy, low stakes RPG - PCGamesN.
• Avowed review: the next great cult classic - VG247.
• ‘Avowed’ review- Obsidian’s Xbox exclusive is great in fighting, not the writing - The Washington Post (free account required).
• Avowed Review - Surprisingly Meaty, Unsurprisingly Deep - Wccftech.

Our newest GeForce Game Ready Driver features day-one support for Avowed, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s™ DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation update, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, and Wuthering Waves’ DLSS Frame Generation update.

Additionally, there’s support for 5 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming displays, and 4 new Optimal Playable Settings profiles.

Recommended:
OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D or better
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 5700XT or better
Memory: 16 GB RAM

Minimum:
OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X or better
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 / Radeon RX 570 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM

DIGIMON STORY TIME STRANGER is designed to be the perfect entry point to the series for RPG enthusiasts. The game’s multiple settings in both the human and digital worlds sets the stage for exploring the deep bond between people in the human world and creatures called Digimon, who reside in the Digital World: Iliad. Players must work together with them, forging bonds, and evolving their Digimon’s abilities to unravel the game’s mystery and save the worlds. To do so, they journey between the two worlds, even across time and venture deep into the intricate Digital World revealing never-before-seen elements of the world of Digimon.

Fortunately for players, they can tame and recruit the Digimon they discover in their journey, training them to fight. Customization and developing strong bonds with Digimon is a unique element to the game, and the key to success in strategic, turn-based combat. With an intriguing story and setting, memorable characters including a vast array of Digimon with unique abilities to discover, updated battle systems and more, DIGIMON STORY TIME STRANGER is the next evolution for the beloved series and a must-play game for fans of anime-inspired RPGs.

In METAL EDEN, players take on the role of ASKA, an advanced Hyper Unit android built around a digitized human psyche. Explore the neon-soaked architecture of the techno planet Moebius and the mysterious world below and engage in an ongoing conflict over the souls of a lost human colony stored in cybernetic COREs.

Accompanied by your sentient spaceship, Nexus, you’ll expand your arsenal and upgrade your undying body while fighting for what’s real behind this hauntingly beautiful machine world. Players will fight a diverse roster of enemies and extract energy cores to gain a battle zone advantage, while developing their arsenal and combat abilities to become an unstoppable Hyper Unit.

In WARRIORS: Abyss the souls of heroes have found themselves summoned to the underworld. Here, the ruler of the underworld, a boy who calls himself “Enma” informs players that the ancient evil entity “Gouma” has been released and has taken over this hellish land. At the request of “Enma,” the heroes dive into the abyss teeming with the undead!

Set in the floors of a randomly generated “hell,” players battle through waves of enemies from all directions as they delve into the abyss where the arch-villain, “Gouma,” awaits. Along the way, players meet new characters and find items to select from to strengthen their team. These selections can be combined to unleash powerful effects, allowing for a variety of strategic approaches. Since the characters and items will change with each playthrough, players will need to craft new strategies in order to find success.

Since launching last week for the phenomenal price of £3.99GBP / €4.99EUR / $4.99USD, the game has featured on the Steam home page, secured top placement in the Steam Top Sellers list and captivated gamers with its simple yet effective digging mechanics and gameplay with over 3,500 ‘Very Positive’ Steam reviews. A Game About Digging A Hole has emerged as one of this year’s first ‘Must Have’ indie titles and costs less than a cup of takeaway coffee!

Since A Game About Digging A Hole’s initial pre-launch viral success with over 5 million views on TikTok, 2.2 million views on YouTube Shorts, and a jaw-dropping 14.5 million views on Instagram reels, content creators across the globe have been busy digging holes and showcasing the game mechanics to their audiences. Who knew digging was such a fun activity!

In a world of darkness, you are the ruler of a kingdom lost to shadows. On a quest to save your people, you have found the mythical creature called “Lueur,” a fiery companion who will light your way. But what kind of ruler will you be?

In Dawnfolk, you will explore an uncharted medieval fantasy world, manage resources, build cities, and survive against many dangers.

Minigames add a unique challenge to supporting your people. The better you are at the minigames, the more resources you get and the more likely your community will weather the darkness.

Sancticide is a melee-focused TPP action game with rogue-lite elements set in the world of the biblical Apocalypse. Based on spatial and directional awareness, the combat system pays homage to the games of yore while manipulating the environment and physically interacting with it, expanding tactical possibilities.

The unique, twisted setting serves as a backdrop to the tale of Ezechiel - a fresh recruit to the Sin Collector Corps, haunted by remorse and guilt as he embarks on one of his most essential missions yet. Explore the unforgiving world in which death is not the end but merely another beginning.

Cam conducts his entire life from his electronically automated smart-home. Work, shopping, entertainment and most notably: socialising. Cam interacts with strangers on the platform Hello Stranger: a randomised video chatting application.

Eventually, he encounters a masked stranger with an altered voice. Unnerved, Cam leaves the call only to find the stranger has hacked his smart-home and locked him in. The Stranger tells Cam that he must win three rounds of games or it is ‘game over’. Viewers must make decisions and play the 3 games for Cam to survive but one wrong choice could lead to a grisly end.

In this free demo version of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, you'll embark on a modern-day adventure on land and sea as an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain, Goro Majima. Experience many elements of the full game:

• Freely explore a portion of the expansive Honolulu and Madlantis locations.
• Dynamically switch between the Mad Dog and Sea Dog combat styles.
• Test your fighting skill vs. powerful enemies in Bounty battles.
• Challenge rival crews in 4 exhilarating real-time ship and deck battles in the Pirates’ Coliseum’s Quick Clash mode.
• Customize your look with a variety of outfits and accessories.
• Enjoy side experiences like Karaoke with a selection of 3 songs.

• Airlock Arena: Profit or Perish on Steam (Windows). "Strap in, space slugs! Join forces with up to three buddies and navigate the grim perils of the cosmos together. Dodge treacherous asteroid fields, outsmart the authorities, and secure precious cargo. Survival is optional, profit is mandatory. Are you ready to risk it all for the ultimate haul?"
• The Horror at Highrook on Steam (Windows). "The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness."
• Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing on Steam (Windows). "In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor."
• Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days on Steam (Windows). "Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive."
• Lilac 0 on Steam (Windows). "The machine world of Molybdion has fallen into disarray. As Nidhogg eats the root of the planet, unending wars rage on the surface! Slice your way through hordes of metallic foes in five frantic levels, defeat fearsome bosses, and dodge countless bullets in this vintage vertical shoot 'em up."
• Permafrost Demo on Steam (Windows). "Survive a harsh, eternal winter in Permafrost. Hunt, craft, build, and explore solo or with up to 4 friends in co-op. Gather resources, construct shelters, craft your equipment, and navigate tense relationships with other factions while battling the elements to stay alive."
• Multiverse Designer Demo on Steam (Windows). "Multiverse Designer is an innovative 3D virtual tabletop and map creator, a unique toolbox to empower storytellers and create the most immersive RPG experiences."
• Schrodinger's Cat Burglar on Steam (Windows). "Portal with cats - a puzzle heist adventure with a quantum flavour! Mittens the cat stumbles into a quantum experiment and gains incredible new powers - the ability to be in two places at once. Explore, solve logic puzzles and evade capture by pest control robots to ultimately save the day!"
• A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe on Steam (Windows). "A Week in the Life of Asocial Giraffe is a point-and-click adventure game about a Giraffe attempting to live his day-to-day life while not talking to anyone."

• Love At First Pixel sale is here! - GOG.com.*

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• Embracer misses quarterly profit forecast on higher costs, weak box office - Reuters.
• Embracer says gutting its business has created 'strong foundation for future value creation' - Game Developer. Turns out value destruction is overrated.
• Nexon Releases Earnings for Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024.
• Nexon announces stock buyback program.
• Microsoft Gaming VP Kayleen Walters appointed head of Mojang - GamesIndustry.biz.

• You can get Marvel Rivals' new Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman Valentine's Day skins for free—the only catch is that you need to find a streamer first - PC Gamer.

• A Minecraft Movie - NBA All Star Game :60 (trailer).

• Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 PC – Patch 2 Release Notes.
• No Man's Sky Worlds Part II - 5.56.

• GeForce NOW Thursday: ‘Batman- Arkham’ Series - NVIDIA Blog.

• sn-lab-MouseGoggles- A dual-SPI display mouse VR headset, powered by Raspberry Pi and the Godot game engine - GitHub. Thanks Ant.
• Dreams of Another - Announce Trailer - PS5 & PS VR2 Games.

• Pompeii- The Legacy Pre-Alpha Footage.

• Death Stranding 2 skipped PlayStation State of Play, but Kojima's SXSW panel will bring new details - Eurogamer.net.

• How The Thing, Aliens, and Predator helped shape Killing Floor 3 - Epic Games Store. An advertorial? Hard to tell.

• State of Play February 2025- all announcements, trailers – PlayStation.Blog.
• PS5 experiences record sales during holiday period, PlayStation revenues reach $11bn - GamesIndustry.biz.
• Xbox currently has more first-party games coming to PlayStation 5 this year than Sony - Eurogamer.net.
• Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny - Pre-Order Announcement Trailer - PS4 Games.
• Ultros - Nintendo Switch & Xbox Trailer - OUT NOW.
• Free Play Days – Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Clash, NHL 25, Dying Light and For the King - Xbox Wire.
• Nintendo Download- Plucking on the Heartstrings - Business Wire.

• MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Processor - Benchmarks and Specs - NotebookCheck.net Tech. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Pokémon GO and Major League Baseball knock it out of the park with a new partnership!. Thanks Ant.
• The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 could be the slimmest Z Fold yet, but that might mean some compromises - TechRadar.

• Bosses are fed up with remote work for 4 main reasons. Some of them are undeniable - Fortune. Thanks Ant.
• Apple has started advertising on X again - The Verge.
• Google Maps blocks Gulf of America reviews after rename criticism - BBC.
• BuzzFeed Declares War On Doomscrolling With A Game-Changing New Social Platform That Redefines Engagement - Wccftech.

• DLSS 4 With Multi Frame Generation Available Now In Star Wars Outlaws & Coming Next Week To Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - NVIDIA.
• Nvidia confirms RTX 5070 Ti release date for February 20, starting at $749 - Tom's Hardware.
• DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
• Windows 11 is set to offer the option nobody was crying out for – having Copilot automatically load in the background when the PC boots - TechRadar.
• Plex Media Server version 1.41.4.9463.
• StreamFab version 6.2.2.1.

• Study Finds That People Who Entrust Tasks to AI Are Losing Critical Thinking Skills - Futurism. Thanks Max.
• Musk claims Grok 3 is 'outperforming' rivals, with full release imminent - Tom's Hardware.

• China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers - WIRED (may require registration or subscription).
• Lexipol Data Leak- Hackers Drop Police Training Manuals - DailyDot. Thanks Reddit.
• Data hoarders race to preserve data from rapidly disappearing U.S. federal websites - Tom's Hardware.

• College football players sign agreement to be paid for likeness in video games - Yahoo Sports.
• Amazon, Nintendo seek $7M judgment in counterfeit amiibo lawsuit - Polygon. Thanks Neutronbeam.
• Breaking: Theranos CEO who ruined lives with fake blood tests doesn't enjoy prison - Boing Boing.

• Chicken Police- Into the HIVE! (PC) - Christ Centered Gamer.

• CPU/GPU/AIO/SSD Cooler: Lian Li GA II Lite 360 Performance Review - TechPowerUp.
• Keyboard: Epomaker Galaxy100 Wireless Gaming Keyboard Hands-On Review- Exceptional Typing Experience - Wccftech.
• Keyboard: Keychron Q7 review - Tom's Guide.
• Motherboard: Be Quiet! Shadow Base 800 FX case review - PC Gamer.
• PSU: ASRock Steel Legend SL-1000G Power Supply Review - Tom's Hardware.
• PSU: GameMax GX-850 PRO ATX 3.1 PSU Review - Vortez.
• SSD: Lexar Play 2280 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review - Nikk Tech.
• SSD: Seagate Ultra-Compact SSD Review- Premium flash drive looks, mid-range speed - Tom's Hardware.

Marvelous Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Breakfast Link

• Utah's Hilariously Named Little-Known Hike Leads To Otherworldly Sci-Fi Movie Landscapes - Islands.com.

Stories

• Flu cases 2025- Levels have increased to highest in 15 years, CDC says.
• HBO Working on Another Game of Thrones Spin-Off Based on the Targaryen Line - IGN. George RR Martin already camping on the set.

Science

• MIT class studies the science behind the perfect cup - Boston.com.
• Neutrino: Mystery ‘ghost particle’ from space detected in Mediterranean Sea - CNN. How many ghost particles in a ghost pepper? Thanks Matthew.

Media

• Napoleon vs Charlemagne. Epic Rap Battles Of History.
• Cars VS Trailer🚗💥. Thanks VideoSift.

Follow-up

• Honda and Nissan have ended their merger plans - Engadget.

The Funnies

• Savage Chickens.