Game News Round-Up

Astro Bot free update adds new levels, bots, and a PS5 Pro boost

• The five levels will appear on a weekly basis as follows:
• Feb 13: Tick-Tock Shock
• Feb 20: Thrust or Bust
• Feb 27: Cock-A-Doodle-Doom
• Mar 6: Hard to Bear
• Mar 13: Armored Hardcore

Overwatch 2 is bringing loot boxes back, two years after they were removed from the series

• The loot boxes will be available from weekly and event rewards. Players will be able to earn "1 Legendary Loot box in the Free Battle Pass, and an additional 2 Legendary Loot boxes in the Premium Battle Pass". The boxes themselves will allow players to earn various cosmetic pieces, such as skins and emotes.

Square Enix has shut down the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles due to an ongoing bug

• Players had reported they were unable to access additional content purchased for the iOS game, which the publisher has stated was due to changes made to the in-app purchases model.
• "Further investigation revealed that we are unable to completely fix the bug and implement the new changes, making it unlikely to resume service for the game," a notice from Square Enix reads. "Thus, we must regretfully announce that we will end support for the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles."
• Square Enix has confirmed the other versions of the game remain unaffected.

Ubisoft Financial Results

• For the nine months ending December 31, 2024
• Revenue: €990 million (down 31.4% year-on-year)
• Net bookings: €944 million (down 34.8%)
• Digital net bookings: €784 million (down 33.8%)
• Back-catalogue net bookings: €762.3 million (down 27.7%)
• For the three months ending December 31, 2024
• Net bookings: €301.8 million
• Digital net bookings: €257.4 million

Thunderful Gothenberg rebrands as Stormteller Games

MTG closes $620m acquisition of Plarium

• Raid: Shadow Legends developer to be fully consolidated into the firm