That’s certainly an achievement for any title, although it’s not really a surprise given how well it was received when it was released alongside a remaster of another beloved classic. We certainly had a lot of fun with it. It was certainly enough to bring us back to the Switch 2 version with glee last year.

With a presence across a wide variety of playable platforms, the lasting appeal of Sonic as everyone’s favorite hedgehog, and of course, the return of Shadow to the spotlight, this one has had a lot going in its favor on the way to reaching a sales volume that any title would be envious of.

We think congratulations are in order, and there’s hope that we’ll be seeing both Sonic and Shadow a lot more in the near future with adventures as good as, and hopefully even better than what’s on offer in Shadow Generations. The real question is: Will that be in a sequel to Sonic Frontiers or something brand new? Time will tell, so stay tuned for more updates in the future.

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It’s not much to go on, but given the last showcase, we could be in for a lot of new information. Thus far, we know that Crossroads isn’t a simple sequel but a reimagining of the franchise, set in Vilasapara on Nusalibre Island. With multiple districts, from Chinatown to the voluminous jungle, players will have much to explore.

Which may sound weird to the average fan, since Virtua Fighter is a fighting game series. However, producer Riichiro Yamada actually considers it an “open sandbox RPG” with tons of side content, where you’ll encounter new fighters, including protagonists like Cielo Salinas and Stella Bridge. Don’t worry, as series regulars like Pai Chan, Wolf Hawkfield, and Akira Yuki will also appear.

Virtua Fighter Crossroads launches in 2027, with platforms yet to be announced. Perhaps RGG Studio and Sega will provide a concrete release window later this week? Stay tuned for more details, and in the meantime, check out the trailer for the Bakunawa Killer, a mysterious antagonist roaming the streets and targeting fighters.

Of course, his conversation with Polygon went on to elaborate on there being enough depth to the many experiences the studio is aiming to bring to the table, all of which are rooted in the eras they’re set in, which should feel eccentric enough.

“When we began researching the eras we wanted to depict in this title, we found that the world of several decades, or even a century, ago already felt striking and unusual. The differences in values and common sense from that time are, in themselves, surprising and fascinating. So rather than deliberately creating situations solely for laughs, we felt that simply allowing players to encounter the social norms and values of the era could be an incredibly surprising experience.”

That makes sense when you think about the game’s opening act sees Makoto stow away on a ship with a smuggler played by none other than Snoop Dogg before facing prejudice in Japan. We’re hoping to see more of those moments in a game whose cast is as intriguing as its premise. It’s nearing its January 15th, 2027 release on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, so we won’t have to wait long to find out.

The studio has explained that this launch preview for Football Manager 27 replaces what used to be referred to as the beta or advanced access typically offered through more expensive editions of the franchise. Along with this, players won’t have to worry about starting from scratch if they decide to pick up the full game, as their save data will transfer over in its entirety.

The announcement comes a year after Football Manager 26 was released to mixed reviews, sitting at an aggregate critic rating of 68 on Metacritic and a user score of 3.0. The title was widely panned due to a variety of technical issues, with many players also criticizing the brand-new interface that made its debut with the game. Players also said that the game’s simulation of football matches didn’t quite work well, with none of the players’ decisions having major impacts on the outcome of any match.

In our own review, we gave Football Manager 26 a score of 8 out of 10, praising its overhauled gameplay, matchday experience, and detail-oriented management systems, while criticizing its frustrating UI issues and a host of technical bugs and glitches. At the time, we ended up praising the game for laying the foundation on top of which the franchise can continue to evolve.

As for Football Manager 27, Sports Interactive has said that the title features enhancements to the match engine along with new layers of control throughout its various management systems thanks to the addition of new systems like Tactical Tweaks and Tactical Effectiveness. The match day experience is also getting some improvements with new dynamic cutscenes that can build up excitement during the pre-match build-up. Along with this, crowds, weather, and lighting effects have also seen upgrades.

When it comes to moment-to-moment gameplay, Football Manager 27 is also bringing in UI enhancements which the developer has noted will give players the ability to switch between various important windows with fewer clicks. This was achieved with “smarter navigation” and a “more intuitive full screen experience” that can scale with the size of a player’s display without having to hide important information.

The introduction of Tactical Effectiveness to the training system gives players a greater degree of control over the performance of their teams. Among other things, it features the return of the ability to replicate training schedules, with the interface itself providing plenty of visual cues to make sure that the player knows exactly what each one of their athletes is doing and how well they are doing it.

Football Manager 27 is making its way to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and smartphones through Netflix and Apple Arcade.

Getting to  Japan in the Kokura era might have been tough enough, but what about when he’s seen as an outsider even by his own people? Well, that’s the question the opening act seems to set up, and possibly dive deeper into once we get into the nitty-gritty of an era where modern development often clashed with rigid traditions and worldviews. Suffice it to say, Daito’s arrival into the center of it all puts him on a path of harsh realities.

Of course, we hope the pain translates into an act that sees him take over stages with style and substance, eventually bringing performances to life as a music producer without compare. Maybe even take down some bad guys with the game’s well-tuned combat system while he’s at it. We’re looking forward to when Stranger Than Heaven drops on January 15th, 2027, for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Check out the new trailer below for an early sneak peek of Act 1.

It’s a bit of a messy situation, with complaints about performance, issues with mods, the return of some familiar bugs even as new ones have crept in and accusations of the undisclosed use of upscaled AI-generated images for its in-game artwork since its release. With previous versions of the game being pulled from the marketplaces they were on to make way for a new version that should have been optimized well enough for it to be the definitive version (that too costing $40 for new players0, it’s easy to see why it’s drawing the ire of the gaming community.

Sega has since taken to Bluesky to acknowledge problems with the game and announce it’s pulled it from stores and reinstated previous iterations until it can iron things out. If you already bought the Complete Edition and are having fun with it, you can continue playing. New interested players, however, will have to wait. We’d say it’s better to wait than be disappointed by a game that isn’t meeting your standards, though. Stay tuned for more details and potential updates in the meantime.

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There was that banger of a soundtrack which accompanied a look at San Francisco and the promise of other cities to come. Well, the game has now taken us to Brazil, where the streets and coastlines blend into a playground where the cabbies have places to go and a very short window to get there. The energy of its vibrant, busy streets is evident, and we can’t wait to race along the coastline, desperately trying to earn our fare, while hapless pedestrians dive out of the way. As is the Crazy Taxi tradition.

Crazy Taxi: World Tour is coming to Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, and PS5. It’s the franchise’s first mainline title since 2002 and has faced backlash because of its use of generative AI. Check out some more gameplay, specifically from Pickup Race. We’re especially interested in Cops N’ Cabbies, a mode we’re sure will be a lot of fun when our pals join the fray. Stay tuned for more details on its release date in the future.

“I did another one! It doesn’t have a name yet. I did a Sega one. I’ve done one since. It hasn’t come out yet. It was fun to do. It’s hard. It’s a whole different job, man.”

While Cox didn’t reveal any details about this project, he did share an anecdote from his time working on the project which revolved around a funny incident where crew members for the production didn’t know that he wasn’t American. Through this anecdote, Cox also inadvertently confirmed that the character he will be portraying in Sega’s project will be American.

“I’m not sure what I’m allowed to say, but I showed up for it, and I met them for the first time. They asked me to do this game, and so I agreed to it. Then I had to do 40 hours or whatever it was, and I showed up for the first day, and I was like, ‘Hi guys, nice to meet you! How are you?’ And all of them went, ‘…oh, he’s English.’ They’d hoped, they’d wanted him to be American. But now I’ve got to do 40 hours of lines I’ve not prepared in an accent. Yeah, I think they thought I was American.”

Cox has previously only worked on one game – 2025’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He played the role of one of the game’s central protagonists, Gustave. The role also helped establish Cox as a capable performer for video games when it comes to potential future projects.

As for what project he is working on right now, Sega has a number of confirmed projects in the works. However, considering the fact that, according to Cox, the game “doesn’t have a name yet”, his role is unlikely to be for upcoming games like Stranger Than Heaven, Persona 6, Alien: Isolation 2, or Virtua Fighter Crossroads. Rather, the fact that it doesn’t yet have a name indicates that the project is still quite early in its development.

Gustave, Cox’s last role, is a volunteer for the eponymous Expedition 33, serving as the main point-of-view character for the RPG’s earlier sections. The character was defined by his optimism about the potential defeat of the Paintress despite the rest of Lumière consistently growing more cynical by the year, as more and more expedition members are lost on a yearly basis.

In gameplay terms, Gustave had the Overcharge mechanic in the combat system of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, allowing him to use his engineering skills and swordsmanship to unleash devastating attacks by building up charges through his less powerful moves. Through this, the character is able to dish out massive single-target damage.

For more details, check out our review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The title is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

“I can’t really answer that right now,” he said on the subject of a new Bayonetta game. “We have a strong desire to further develop the character of Bayonetta and expand her world. Please look forward to seeing what form that takes in the future.”

The subject was broached thanks to Inaba talking alongside Hyung-tae Kim of Stellar Blade developer Shift Up as part of the two companies promoting the Bayonetta crossover with Stellar Blade for the latter’s Nintendo Switch 2 version. It is also worth noting that PlatinumGames hasn’t really worked on a Nintendo Switch 2 project, with its last Nintendo game being Bayonetta Origins. Since then, the company has worked on major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4.

PlatinumGames is also confirmed to be working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin. A trailer for the title was released back in June, confirming that the Bayonetta developer would work on the action game. While we didn’t get too many details about the title from the trailer, it will presumably adapt the comic mini-series published between 2020 and 2022.

The story of The Last Ronin comics revolved around a dark future timeline where the Foot Clan was able to successfully take over New York City. In the meantime, only a single Ninja Turtle has survived the ensuing battles and, taking on the mantle of “the Last Ronin”, has sworn revenge against the grandson of Shredder for the death of his brothers.

Back in 2025, PlatinumGames celebrated the 15th anniversary of the franchise by releasing things like wallpapers and a limited-edition music box produced by Wayo Records that plays “Mysterious Destiny”. At the time, however, the company had said that there are “a few things in store to celebrate this milestone” with “various” planned announcements that are yet to come.

In the meantime, many of the developers who had worked on Bayonetta, including series creator Hideki Kamiya, have left PlatinumGames. Kamiya notably helped found a brand-new studio – Clovers – which is working with Capcom on a brand-new Okami game. Back in August, the company announced a major expansion to its audio team, bringing in Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hitomi Kurokawa, and Aoba Nakanishi, among others.

The new additions to the audio team are long-time industry veterans and have even worked with Kamiya on projects ranging from the Bayonetta franchise to games like The Wonderful 101. Misaki Shindo and Hiroki Niwa have also joined Clovers, with the former having previously worked on The Wonderful 101 and NieR: Automata, and the latter having done sound design on Ninja Gaiden 4 and Bayonetta 3.

This seems at odds with the rise of show business. The latest trailer highlights a theater, one of the largest in the city, but there are several others. As much as the glamor and glitz excite people, competition is pretty fierce. Naturally, Makoto Daito will be in the thick of it as a showman who organizes musical performances.

However, it’s also worth noting the backstreets and alleys, where you’ll find various vendors selling all kinds of goods. At least one is about weapons, so this may be a place Makoto frequents to ensure he’s properly armed at all times.

Launching on January 15th, 2027, for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, Stranger Than Heaven follows him across five different eras. Two more remain to be showcased: Atami in the Shizuoka Prefecture in 1951 and Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1965. Stay tuned for more details, and hopefully, Sega will release the full, official version of the theme before long.