VGW: With the raft of games coming out this holiday season, it’s pretty easy to spot the pattern of rehashed franchise entries. For years, game publishers have had a bad case of sequelitis, and it only seems to be getting worse as the economy slogs downward and businesses become more risk-averse, turning to their trusty “been there; done that” stables to milk more from their existing cash-cows.
But not all sequels are bad, franchise-milking cash-ins, and indeed many of the most innovative games have come along well into long-lived series. Here are our top picks for sequels that stand out for truly improving on their predecessors instead of offering more of the same.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
i thought super mario galaxy 2 was an amazing sequel along with super metroid
Where's the Red Dead Redemption? Phsh.
Metal gear 3: snake eater
Fatal frame 2,3,4
where is killzone 2 and infamous 2?
I find the assasin games pretty boring