Mad World Age of Darkness Will Finally Release On Steam Next Month

With Early Access only 24 hours away, the Palworld countdown is on. Curious when the dark Pokemon-like releases in your time zone? Read on. 

Crafting RPG Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story officially has a release date of February 21, 2024. Developed by Lazy Bear Games and published by Riot Forge Games, Bandle Tale lets fans play as their own Yordle in the quirky Bandle City as they craft a plethora of goods for its inhabitants.

After years of resistance, Apple now agrees to support the RCS messaging standard. This will greatly improve communications between iOS and Android users, likely when sending photos, videos, or location data. The adoption of RCS may also ease complaints of "green bubbles" in group chats, though RCS still lacks many of Apple's iMessage-exclusive features.

Update 17/01 – It has now been confirmed that UK retail chain Game will be phasing out trade ins and pre-owned game sales through the next few months as the company is tied more deeply with the rest of the Frasers Group.

Long-time UK games retailer GAME won’t be accepting trade-ins when February 16 rolls around, according to Eurogamer. GAME’s parent company Frasers Group has officially confirmed its plans to remove the trade-in program to BBC News on Tuesday.

Foamstars, Square Enix's four-on-four foam-party shooter, will release next month on PlayStation Plus.

Square Enix has announced that its 4v4 shooter Foamstars will launch on February 6 as a PlayStation Plus monthly game.

Say what you will about Overwatch 2, but Blizzard Entertainment isn’t afraid to experiment with the core gameplay. Fresh off Quick Play: Hacked, game director Aaron Keller confirmed that features like Spawn Together would receive a tuning pass. Party Frames, the on-screen health bars for teammates seen in PvE, are also likely to arrive.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, the well-received Three Kingdoms-era Soulslike from developer Team Ninja, is bundling its base game and all DLC into a single Complete Edition, launching for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and PC on 7th February.

Guildford.Games is returning next month. The event is free to attend and is sponsored by Hello Games, Criterion Software, Supermassive Games, Sledgehammer Games, and many more studios with offices in the UK region.

The rare and controversial Pikachu With Grey Felt Hat promo card is returning for a wider release among Pokemon players in the Netherlands in February 2024. Before this, this special card had been so scarce that scalpers were able to gouge its prices right outside the venue in which it was released, which is why completionist Pokemon players and collectors are all breathing a sigh of relief at this announcement.

Minecraft Legends, the real-time strategy spin-off from the blocky survival game, is bringing an end to its post-release content additions with one final update later this month. The endcap to Legends comes nine months after its release.