gaming articles published February 5, 2025
February 5 articles
- Nintendo Reveals Timing of Switch 2 Direct Event
- Nintendo finally confirms exactly when we'll get more Switch 2 details with the April Direct, which promises a "closer look" at the console ahead of hands-on previews
- As live service flops pile up, ex-World of Warcraft dev says his new mini MMO doesn’t need to be the next Helldivers 2 or Marvel Rivals: “It will be more of a meager, smaller start"
- LORD OF THE RINGS Fans Have Spent Years Recreating Middle-earth on MINECRAFT
- Civilization 7 early access unlock time and release date
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. isn't just a PC port of a 19-year-old game: it's the reason a diehard fighting game community can 'finally reach out and play with each other across the world'
- Microsoft Store Will Split Up Big Games Into Optional Downloads
- Beloved PS2 Action Adventure Game Getting Remastered
- Battlefield 6 Release Date Window Revealed
- Fan-Favorite RPG Series Is 90% Off on the PS Store for a Limited Time
- Monster Hunter Wilds looks slightly less terrifying for PC gamers: Capcom has reduced system requirements and released a 26GB benchmark tool ahead of the second beta
- Steam now warns you if an early access game hasn't been updated in a long time, but outside obvious abandonware, it's not clear what actually counts as an update
- Nvidia DLSS4, MFG, and full ray tracing tested on RTX 5090 and RTX 5080
- Don't worry about the Nintendo Switch 2 price, Nintendo says it will follow the 'affordable prices customers expect'
- Reminder: Android watches don't need sideloading gimmicks for gaming
- Doctor Strange's portals were 'particularly challenging' to add into Marvel Rivals, as they created 'unprecedented performance demand' for Unreal Engine 5
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 sells 1 million copies in its first 24 hours, and Metacritic clocks it as the highest-rated game of 2025 so far
- The 15 Best Nintendo DS Games of All Time
- Nintendo Switch 2 price will match the "affordability that our customers expect," company president promises – and I'm personally expecting $400 or so
- With no Far Cry 7 in sight, I'm glad the FPS' best spin-off sequel just landed on Xbox Game Pass
- African gaming revenues hit $1.8B in new record
- Monster Hunter Wilds' PS5 Pro enhancements have been detailed and will offer three different graphics modes on the console
- Steam now warns you if that early access game you're eyeing up has been abandoned by its devs
- Months after ruling out an Apex Legends 2, EA CEO says "an even bigger, more meaningful" Apex 2.0 is on the table after Battlefield 6
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs insist its limited save feature "will forever stay," but that's not stopped players from modding it out hours after launch
- AMD finally confirms it'll release its Radeon RX 9070 GPU this March, and I suspect it'll be a mid-range menace
- Make Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 feel even more like The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion with this charming potato mode mod
- With GTA 6, Borderlands 4, and Doom coming this year, EA isn't opposed to delaying Battlefield 6 to "deliver on the full promise of what Battlefield can be"
- You need to see how Super Mario World got remade in 3D – the result is so much fun
- Here’s When & Why MultiVersus Is Ending With Season 5
- When & Why Is MultiVersus Game Shutting Down With Season 5
- Xbox Game Pass to get one of the biggest day one releases of the year so far... and for free
- Wordle hints today for #1,327: Clues and answer for Wednesday, February 5
- The Monster Hunter Wilds benchmark is here, and my poor RTX 3070 is now crying sub-60 fps tears
- Monster Hunter Wilds saved some big surprises for the second beta: "online single player," Gore Magala, a new monster, and photo mode
- Will Wright says the original Sims AI was actually too good: 'Almost anything the player did was worse than the Sims running on autopilot'
