Not the Hero

Sony's best first-party studio hasn't published a new game for almost a decade, and that's a problem.

A quick-match basketball game that plays more like a distant descendant of NBA Street than a true successor.

The movie that got snubbed by the Oscars in 2015 is getting the boot from Netflix in 2026

N++ is an absolutely stellar game. I even like the unconventional name and appreciate developer Metanet Software's continued embrace of the N name first used for its original Flash creation more than two decades ago. But it's also a name that comes with some issues, perhaps best demonstrated by the game's name on Steam being followed by "(NPLUSPLUS)." So what do you do when you're making a multiplayer follow-up and need to come up with a name? "It's always been hard for us to name these things," Metanet's Raigan Burns said when asked about the name of the newly announced N+ Infinity Times Two.

The Guitar Hero series made be dead and gone, but in its place comes a new game called Stage Tour, and it's made by the latest evolution of the same studio that created Guitar Hero. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kckXRmcp_Uk A critical component of any good music games is its tracklist, and the Embracer-owned RedOctane Games has announced the first seven tunes for Stage Tour. The officially licensed setlist includes songs from a range of genres, and features big-name bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, and Ghost. Stage Tour songs, so far "RATATATA" by Babymetal & Electric Callboy "G