Seasons News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

As I write this, Reacher is the No. 2 show on Prime Video according to the site’s ranking, almost two full months after its second season premiered. Prior to that, it spent most of the last couple months at the No. 1 slot — the show is, according to Amazon’s public metrics, a huge hit, and yet every time I tell people to watch it, they’re always a bit skeptical. “Really?” they wonder, as if I have ever liked a bad show. Yes, I tell them. Really. I still would, even though I have spent some time now feeling fairly grumpy about how Reacher season 2 has turned out. Uneven as it’s been, Reacher is a reminder that time is one of TV’s biggest strengths, and the natural peaks and valleys a show experiences over its life can only serve to reinforce what makes it special.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has caught a lot of flak for being a live service game already, but developer Rocksteady Studios has nonetheless made plenty of promises about consistent post-launch support over the months following the game’s release. Of course, like any live service game, each season of content will also bring a new battle pass for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and in a recent Q&A over on the game’s official Discord channel (via MP1st), studio director Darius Sadeghian recently revealed new details on what to expect from the game on that front.

When it was confirmed that Season of the Construct would be launching on Tuesday, January 23rd, Diablo 4 players were somewhat confused. This is because shortly after the launch of Season 2, Global Community Development Director Adam Fletcher stated that the team would try to release future Seasons on Thursdays or Fridays instead. Season 3 Scroll of Escape Upgrades Echo of Lilith Bug Fix in Season 3 Fast forward three months to the beginning of Season 3, and we are still receiving a Tuesday release.

Before Halo Infinite’s launch, 343 Industries said it would be supporting the game for the next decade. Needless to say, things haven’t quite panned out that way- but just when it looked like the first-person shooter was finally gearing up to make a comeback, 343 Industries has announced that it’s all but slowing down support.

Halo Infinite isn't getting any more seasons, with 343 Industries massively overhauling its release schedule two years after launch. Instead, Halo Infinite will be supported by Operations, which will last from four to six weeks.

Halo Infinite’s Season 5, released last October, will be the game’s last, developer 343 has confirmed.

With all three seasons of streaming on Netflix, many fans are wondering if it’ll have more seasons or whether the show has been canceled. So, here’s all you need to know about Loudermilk’s potential future.

Our Flag Means Death, Taika Waititi's romantic pirate comedy, has been canceled after two seasons at Max.

The big festivals in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful happen every so often as you play through the game. Unlike other farming simulators, such as Stardew Valley, these festivals do not have notable dates and times within the game. They don’t happen at specific times, but these are important events that you do not want to miss in the game.

In the picturesque Forgotten Valley in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful, love is in the air. While the player’s character is the only one who can get married, several potential couples in the game share a special bond.

Players will have secrets to unlock when upgrading their tools in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. Each tool obtained at the start of the game has unusual potential, if the correct steps are taken to unlock them.

While most farming sims require social presents, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life takes gift-giving to a whole new level. Players will find the usual need to offer potential love interests desired tokens, but this same attention is needed for every NPC in the game, otherwise they will miss out on important items and moments locked behind friendship levels.

Blue Eye Samurai co-creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green have confirmed they have plans for multiple seasons and a spin-off of the hit Netflix series.

Following the season finale premiere of Season 2, head writer A.C. Bradley announced on social media that she won’t be returning for the third season of the Disney+ animated superhero series.

The end of 2023 is upon us, and as we look back on all the amazing gaming moments we’ve shared, the PlayStation.Blog team wants to thank you for making the past year a special one. 

Publisher Rainy Frog and developer Score Studios have announced Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch on February 27, 2024 with English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese language support.

The PlayStation Store will soon be removing more than 1300 seasons of Discovery TV shows, even for users who bought them.

After Digital Extremes announced that it would be closing its publishing arm and concentrating on in-house projects, Wayfinder developer Airship Syndicate took ownership over their game and committed to development. With Wayfinder in Early Access, the team is previewing the big December update, while also pausing Seasons for the time being.

Stardew Valley fans were excited when creator Concerned Ape announced Festival of Seasons, the first-ever live concert tour featuring music from the game. The Festival of Seasons tour will bring live orchestra performances from Stardew Valley’s soundtrack to several cities around the world, offering fans another exciting way to engage with the cozy gaming sensation.

Although we already know about the Stardew Valley Festival of Seasons concert, the developer ConcernedApe expanded to more concert tour dates and locations due to high demand.

During the initial bathhouse tutorial with Wonyan, you learn each spirit has an associated season, which impacts where they like to sit in the bath. It can be tricky to keep track of each spirit’s season and preferences, but these details affect your profits.

With Diablo 4 embracing a live service structure for the very first time, it's difficult to know exactly how Blizzard will handle the release of key expansions. Associate game director Brent Gibson sought to provide some clarity at BlizzCon 2023, telling me that "we're not going to pause" the seasonal structure when Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred launches next year. 

Fans of Fortnite have known for a little while that the original Fortnite map is coming back to the game on Friday 3rd November. But now that this fateful day has arrived, it's come with an unexpected twist!

Russell T Davies is back in the Doctor Who showrunning chair for the first time in over a decade – and he's planning on sticking around. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is expecting one of the strongest seasons ever for PlayStation console sales this holiday.

It’s official — you’ll soon be able to experience the music of Stardew Valley in live orchestral form, as a real-life concert tour is set to kick off next year across the globe.

If you just can't get enough Stardew Valley in your life, here's a different way to indulge in its unrelenting life sim coziness: The Stardew Valley «Festival of Seasons» concert series, an international musical tour featuring a selection of music from the game performed by a chamber orchestra.

Mortal Kombat 1 launched with a new single-player mode called Invasions, the replacement for Krypt. It's a board game with towers, fights, and minigames set across several islands, tied to a seasonal story. The first of which was about a multiversal Scorpion attempting to find a reality where his wife wasn't murdered by the Lin Kuei.

Mortal Kombat 1 is the latest mainline installment to the long-running fighting franchise. However, you might be keen on jumping on this game if you’re unfamiliar with past installments. That’s because Mortal Kombat 1 is a reboot, providing a great jumping point for the IP if you haven’t followed the narratives. This game should also be supported for a good while with the Invasions mode. Surprisingly, it looks like the next four Invasions seasons have been leaked online. 

The Pokémon Black and Whitegames are lauded for their thoughtful story, ingenious antagonist team, and well-oiled gameplay. As such, their inevitable anime adaptation would have a lot to live up to. In another reality, it might have met that challenge, too. At first, the plot that the evergreen Ash Ketchum and his pals seemed to be facing in the world of Pokémon the Series: Black & White was a breath of fresh air. And it was headed to an explosive two-parter, one that promised a shake-up in a change-resistant series. The kind of event that fans would spend years talking about.

As they do their final shakedowns before EA Sports WRC is released on 3rd November 2023, Codemasters has opened up a about what will feature within their renewed and officially licensed depiction of the World Rally Championship, and all the authentic details that they’re looking to include.

As they do their final shakedowns before EA Sports WRC is released on 3rd November 2023, Codemasters has opened up a about what will feature within their renewed and officially licensed depiction of the World Rally Championship, and all the authentic details that they’re looking to include.

EA Sports FC 24 player ratings are now available, and one footballer who has seen a meteoric rise to stardom is none other than Jude Bellingham.

EA FC 24 ratings are now rolling out — and naturally, one of the biggest focuses surrounds Cristiano Ronaldo.

Producers Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements have long-term plans for Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation. 

Diablo III’s Season 29, Visions of Enmity, arrives this week. While the 29th season is the final all-new themed season, the team has a message about the future, and how this season lays the foundation for what’s to come.

Looks like Diablo 4 is headed for the annual expansions model, with seasonal releases in between. The info came via a new interview with Diablo GM Rod Fergusson, who confirmed Blizzard’s plans for its latest big release.

Blockchain party MMO Blankos Block Party is poised to make some changes in the near future. Released in September 2022, this figure collecting, hub-based party game MMO will finish out Season 4, before it rolls out a new ongoing “live event” that will shift how players earn rewards. Unfortunately for the team at Mythical, the player base has not warmed to the idea that the Mobile port is taking precedent over the PC.

With Season of Blood newly announced as the second season of Diablo 4, the question immediately was posed: when does it start? Thankfully, Blizzard was quick to answer the question, and Season of Blood will begin on October 17th. Many players quickly noticed, however, that this leaves no break time between Season 1 and Season 2 — in fact, the end of Season 1 is the immediate beginning of Season of Blood. Season 2 Begins Immediately After Season 1 Ends on Reddit While some players are concerned that this will lead to Seasonal Burnout, others welcome the immediate seasonal shift.

Diablo franchise lead Rod Ferguson says Diablo 4 will feature more ambitious seasons than earlier games in the series because it's trying to appeal more to traditional RPG fans as well as action-RPG grinders.

Destiny 2's big 2023 showcase has unveiled what's to come in The Final Shape expansion, the Season of the Witch that starts today, and perhaps most importantly, what's due in 2024 as a new Episode model replaces the seasons that the MMO has had (and been struggling with) for years.  

The Last of Us was a massive hit when Naughty Dog first delivered it into the marketplace. Since then, the game has seen a remastered edition along with a remake. But what made a new resurgence for this franchise lately was the hit HBO live-action adaptation. It might have been a relatively easy game to adapt as well since Naughty Dog was known for delivering detailed and cinematic video game experiences. However, while the show’s first season was a hit, there might already be an end on the showrunner’s horizon.

The Last of Us co-showrunner Craig Mazin has teased a season count for the HBO show – and it’s a little longer than we were expecting.

Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin has suggested that the popular HBO series could run for four seasons.

Cities Skylines 2’s season and weather systems provide a much more in-depth simulation of time and climate than the original city-building game. In the first Cities Skylines, though the night would turn to day and you could get rain and disasters, the map fell short of a dynamic simulation. Now, with the Cities Skylines 2 release date on its way, Colossal Order offers a huge insight into how the geological world of CS2 is changing to become much more realistic. There are some confusing elements to Cities Skylines 2 weather and seasons, but for the most part, they seem very welcome indeed.

“Don’t be afraid. There’s the two of us now,” may be one of the most romantic lines ever written, but when Outlander author Diana Gabaldon penned it, it’s doubtful she realized how much of an anchor it would become not just for her main characters, but for their millions of fans.

It’s taken a few years of me recommending it nonstop, but it finally seems like Taskmaster is catching on in America (you’re welcome). Of course, I can’t take total credit for the concerted effort by the show (and its devoted fans) to make itself known stateside, but I’d like to think that my endless evangelism has had at least a little bit to do with it.

Diablo 4 players have found a weird glitch that'll let you bring over characters from the Eternal Realm to its Seasonal equivalent.

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life introduces a range of new events, enhanced festivals, never-before-seen crops, and a variety of delightful recipes to try out. Whether players are returning fans of the series or newcomers, they will indeed be enchanted by the charming world of Forgotten Valley and its memorable characters. Now, to celebrate a month after the game’s successful release, Marvelous and XSeed have released a new festal costume — the Red Happi Coat. This delightful outfit will bring a vibrant touch to their farming adventures in Forgotten Valley.

The two classic Game Boy Color games are now available on the Switch.

Nintendo has added two more classic Zelda games to the Switch.

When Nintendo announced earlier in the year that it was adding Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance libraries to the Nintendo Switch Online catalog, it confirmed that the beloved GBC duo of The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons would also be added to the service down the line. The wait for that is now over.

We’ve already had one legendary Legend of Zelda game released in 2023, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for more. Starting today, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons are now available for the Nintendo Switch Online service. Like with other classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, you only need the standard NSO subscription to access these two bizarre and wonderful games.

Subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online can now access two of the most beloved Game Boy Color games of all time. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons join the roster of playable classic games as part of the Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy catalog. 

Game Boy – Nintendo Switch Online has added The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, Nintendo announced.

The Walking Dead universe lives on. AMC has ordered a second season of both Dead City and the upcoming Daryl Dixon spin-off.

Mining has taken on many forms in Story of Seasons games, from simple nodes inside Safari Zone Areas in Story of Seasons 3DS, to the elaborate mines introduced in Pioneers of Olive Town. However, A Wonderful Life revives a particularly peculiar way of digging in the first – the archeological dig site.

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