Game News Round-Up

Anno 117: Pax Romana announced for release in 2025

• 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series S/X and PC
• Based in Rome

Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia The Sands of Time remake gets a 2026 release window

• A couple weeks prior to its original release date, it was taken from Ubisoft India and moved back to pre-production.
• Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto are now the development teams working on the title

XDefiant Season 1 revealed ahead of July launch

• The July 2nd season release brings a new faction, GSK from Team Rainbow, plus three free new weapons.

More Resident Evil games are coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac

• Resident Evil 7 Biohazard will be available via the App Store from July 2, 2024, for iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and all iPads and Macs with the M1 chip or later
• Resident Evil 2 in development for the same platforms

‘I think we should have a handheld too’, says Xbox boss Phil Spencer