Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 5 February 2025.
General2 stories
Xbox confirms it’s bringing two real-time strategy games to PS5 this year
- Age of Mythology: Retold (March 4) and Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (Spring) are coming to PS5
Free Games / Subscription1 story
February’s PlayStation Plus Essential titles are now available, including Payday 3
- Payday 3 (PS5), High on Life (PS4/5) and Pac-Man World Re-Pac (PS4/5) now available
Business3 stories
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero tops 5m global sales
- Netflix cancels six game launches as it "adjusts" portfolio to better match "what members like": <https://www.gamesindustry.biz/netflix-cancels-six-game-launches-as-it-adjusts-portfolio-to-better-match-what-members-like>
- This means Compass Point: West, Thirsty Suitors, Tale of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game, Don't Starve Together, Lab Rat, and Rotwood will now no longer join the streamer's gaming library.
Hideki Kamiya video reveals five more leads have quit Platinum, including Bayonetta 3’s director
- In addition to Kamiya, the “former PlatinumGames directors’ drinking party” was attended by Bayonetta Origins director Abebe Tinari, Bayonetta 3 director Yusuke Miyata, Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura, Metal Gear Rising director Kenji Saito, and Anarchy Reigns and Resident Evil character designer Masaki Yamanaka.