WWE 2K25 comes out in a few weeks and today 2K gave us all the details on this year's Showcase mode which will focus on The Bloodline. 

Showcase mode has gotten a number of changes with some of the biggest being that "Slingshot Tech" is finally gone. Instead of the game annoyingly switching to actual footage of the matches, everything will happen in game. The annoying stock movie soundtrack music that would play during matches is now gone and replaced with actual commentary. Finally the Showcase will be broken up into three separate sections where you can relive classic matches, change the outcomes of classic matches and then play a section of Dream matches that we never got. 

A full breakdown on the latest Ringside Report on 2K's official website also lists all the matches we will be playing this year including the following.... 

Relive History

• Yokozuna vs. Hulk Hogan - King of the Ring '93
• Rocky Maivia vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley - Thursday Night Raw 2/13/97
• The Usos vs. The New Day - Hell in a Cell '17
• Solo Sikoa vs. Carmello Hayes - NXT 2.0 9/13/22
• Nia Jax vs. Lyra Valkyria - King and Queen of the Ring '24

Change History

• The Headshrinkers vs. The Steiner Bros - Wrestle Mania IX
• Rikishi vs. Stone Cold - No Mercy '00
• Umaga vs. John Cena - New Year's Revolution '07
• Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match - Money in the Bank '17
• Naomi vs. Bayley - Super Showdown '20
• Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins - Royal Rumble '22

Create History

• Peter Maivia vs. George Steele
• 3 Minute Warnings vs. AOP
• The Wild Samoans vs. The Dudley Boys
• The OG Bloodline vs. Solo Sikoa's Bloodline - War Games
• The Islanders vs. The Street Profits 

Completing these matches and the objectives within will unlock Legends, arenas, My Faction cards and more. This is something I'm actually excited about because Showcase mode had a lot of issues in the past couple of years and it seems like 2K is actually listening to the community with these changes. 

WWE 2K25 launches on March 14th for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X, PC. 

Acram Digital's upcoming roguelike deckbuilder game Inkborn over on Steam is currently geared for a Q2 2025 launch. In Inkborn you're "trapped in a twisted origami world full of mysterious creatures brought to life by an unknown force". Naturally to defeat these creatures you'll use the power of cardboard. Your arsenal is a deck of cards with various abilities that you can upgrade and improve over the course of the game. Inkborn isn't the first game to take the deckbuilder concept and turn it into a roguelike game but I'm typically down to check out these kinds of games despite my inability to properly strategize my deck as I go.

If you're curious about how something like that works, Acram Digital has created a Combat Demo for Inkborn over on Steam that allows you to check out several combats while learning the mechanics. I checked it out and it works pretty well, though don't be surprised if it takes you several tries to clear all seven battles the demo throws at you. You'll have to learn card combos, choose the right cards to add to your deck after each battle, and select the best upgrades you can to survive. If you need some help, the creators uploaded a gameplay video of the demo.

Digital Eclipse seems to roll out all the good news at once. After the amazing physical edition news from their gold series, they've followed up with a massive update for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind. Digital Eclipse is also passing some of the credit to you, the people. Hopefully you'll be satisfied. 

Coming later this week, The Power Blast update should hit all systems. This includes upgradable rangers via unlockable stat points. You can upgrade up to three stats as you see fit, Strength, Defense and Speed. Morphers change the over all replayable experience. You can change the enemy damage, the gravity, and you can turn that whole forementioned stat upgrade thing off altogether. 

The update adds a special move called the Power Blast that knocks back enemies at the cost of a little vitality. It's better than losing it all, though. Quick recovery will also be part of this combat overhaul, letting you recover after getting knocked down, and not hearing those repetitive quips the rangers have. 

Remappable controls round off the update, with a little bit more news that online improvements are still coming. Digital Eclipse warns that the 6 players on 6 different machines will cause more latency, but if you want it, they're working on giving it to you. The Cowabunga Collection would like a word. You can see the full details here. Rita's Rewind is available on pretty much everything. 

The Commanders who will headline the upcoming Magic the Gathering set based on Final Fantasy has been revealed by IGN. The site recently got to drop the exclusive news and reveal the four headliner Commander from the upcoming set’s four Commander decks that will release alongside it. The four characters taking these lead roles are (in the form of their card names):

• Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: a Naya-based (white, red, green) hasty Commander that is equipment based. The card favors equipment and gives you card draw for having equipment attached to your attacking creatures.
• Terra, Herald of Hope:  a Mardu (white, black, red) Commander that focuses on self-milling and graveyard recursion.
• Tidus, Yuna’s Guardian: an Abzan (white, blue green), counter-based Commander focusing on distributing and moving counters of all types.
• Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed:  an Esper (white, blue, black) Commander that grants you card draw when your opponents lose life.

The four Commander decks will launch in June, alongside the full set and be available in both standard and Collector’s Edition (all foil) formats. Each one will, as usual, have a secondary Commander included in the deck, which will be revealed at a later date. I really do appreciate that they seem to be keeping the set in line with standard, Magic mechanics and not introducing anything crazy (thus far). Now, if I can just get a Chocobo with Mount, I will be VERY happy!

You can check out the first images of the announced cards and decks below, courtesy of IGN.

Digital Eclipse is keeping your physical media dreams alive with a trifecta of releases for their Gold Master Series. The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft, and Tetris Forever are all getting the physical treatment, with preorders starting February 25th. Nintendo Switch, and Playstation 5 will see standard editions for each title at $34.99(USD) a piece. The deluxe editions get a little more pricey.

The physical versions get special packaging and all sorts of nostalgia. Llamasoft gets a box that looks like a stack of 3.5 discs, the original soundtrack, some light diffraction glasses and even a cassette tape insert. Karateka gets you a special disk drive box, a booklet titled "Jordan's Journals", a poster, and the original soundtrack on CD. These are both $69.99.

Tetris Forever goes all the way out. The original soundtrack on CD, a Tetrimino box, a poster, tetrimino magnets, and a whole handheld with the Famicom version of Tetris, and Tetris 2: Bombliss. This one sells for $140, probably for that handheld alone. 

You will be able to preorder these at LimitedRungames.com, Atari.com, or even Amazon. I might need to dig in the magic bag to see if I can do an unboxing video for the people. 

A long-running rumor has been proven to be reality as Activision has confirmed that they’re bringing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles back to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone. The classic world of the famous quartet is coming soon in a limited-time event for the game, as revealed in the trailer below.

While the specific details of the event have yet to be revealed, we can assume some things based on other crossover events in the past (including the recent Terminator and Squid Game Events). There will likely be a track of rewards to earn various TMNT themed items in the game, including outfits, weapons, victory celebrations, stickers for weapons, and more. Also, as seen with all previous packs, we can expect some sort of premium tracer pack which will include more limited items of the same variety. Will we get to actually play as the Turtles in the game? Probably not; it is hard to envision them letting us shoot and kill the iconic figures. Perhaps we’ll see some Footclan costumes or other nameless characters in that capacity. The last time they did a TMNT crossover was in Modern Warfare 2 and Shredder was the only playable character and we could see that again.

We should get the exact details soon as the event is “coming soon”, possibly as soon as later this month.

Believe it or not, we’ve been playing Rainbow Six Siege for nearly a decade, but that doesn’t mean Ubisoft is resting on its laurels when it comes to the hit tactical FPS. Over the weekend, during the championship of the Six Invitational, the publisher teased Rainbow Six Siege X – “the biggest transformation in the game’s history”, according to Ubisoft. All will be revealed during a dedicated showcase event on March 13^th at 1:00PM Eastern Time on the Rainbow Six Siege Twitch Channel, but Ubisoft threw us a bone to hold us over. That bone is a 40-second teaser trailer that is indeed a tease. From it, we can glean that environmental destructibility is ramping up, specifically explosive objects, and full-on rappel wall-running is becoming a thing. There’s also a helicopter, perhaps hinting at new game modes, which Ubisoft seems to suggest as well, saying that Siege X will introduce “…graphical and audio upgrades, deepened tactical gameplay, and new ways to play the game.”

I am absolutely stoked to find out more about Rainbow Six Siege X. Check out the new teaser below:

IGN revealed the full roster for WWE 2K25 and features a whopping 300+ wrestlers, 

This years roster includes of course all of the big names you see on TV including CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns but features a number of NXT stars making their WWE games debut including Eddy Thorpe, Sol Ruca, Oba Femi, Tatum Paxley, Je'Von Evans. There are also many more members of the Bloodline family we are getting including Three Minute Warning, Islander Haku, The Headshrinkers, High Chief Peter Maivia and more. 

Of course with a new WWE game means we have to say goodbye to a number of wrestlers as well. Ones in 2K24 which won't be returning this year include Ricochet, Bobby Lashley, Xia Li, Jinder Mahal, Shane McMahon and other legends like Big Boss Man and Ted DiBiase don't appear to be on the list either. 

Every year there seem to have a number of omissions as well and the biggest ones I would say are Guilia and Stephanie Vaquer from NXT and the Motor City Machine Guns who debuted on Smackdown. That said it would not shock me at all if they were DLC for the year as that hasn't been revealed yet. 

Obviously I can't post the full list here but IGN has the full roster available on their website. 

WWE 2K25 launches on March 14th for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X and PC. 

Video courtesy of IGN

Lights, Camera, Save progress. Que The Executive, a Movie Industry Tycoon simulation game from indie gamemakers, Cordyceps Collective, which launched on Steam on Feb 11th.

If you've ever wondered what it takes to create a film from a wholistic view, I'm talking from brainstorming themes and genres all the way to reading reviews, then this is the game for you.

This business tycoon simulation game puts you in the producer and directors chair as you work to develop the perfect box office hit. You'll start with the initial planning phases - picking genres and themes, and of course naming your film. You'll deal with planning and budget, and even get thrown some scandals to handle. Afterall, nothing about filmmaking is as easy as it seems! Watch as your film finally hits the big screen and goes up against the harsh critics, and of course, the general audience.

If you can impress the crowds, you can expand your business to become the biggest name in filmmaking.

Are you ready to win your own awards? Better start practicing your acceptance speech now...

Since the dawn of time, well, Kelly time, I've been drawn to puzzle games. I want to dig in, find clues, solve puzzles, survive the game. Like a moth to a flame, if I see a game that looks creepy, mildly twisted, and involves puzzle elements? I'm going to want to learn more.

And maybe you will, too!

From Patrones & Escondites, the makers of the award-winning game Unmemory comes the latest in storytelling puzzle gaming, Your House. A part of Steam's Next Fest, this immersive strategic puzzle game is bound to test it's players in an engaging story, filled with hidden rooms, trapped doors, secret passageways, basically everything that fills my weird little heart with joy.

Can you figure out the secrets that are held within Your House? The demo is now live, so feel free to poke around and see if this one is for you. But beware, some secrets are best kept hidden.