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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
With GTA 6 delayed to 2026, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star celebrates: "We're in with a shot" to win Game of the Year 2025
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Amid the aftershock of Rockstar delaying GTA 6 to May 2026, some folks find themselves in the unique position of celebrating the waylaid release date, as it means they may now have a better chance of taking home a Game of the Year award this year. It's been something of a foregone conclusion that, if GTA 6 was to release in 2025, it would be poised to sweep all of the big awards shows this year, perhaps including our own Golden Joysticks. Even in a year already jam-packed with acclaimed releases like Split Fiction, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more, GTA 6 was all but destined to be a frontrunner. But not anymore! With GTA 6 out of the way, the best games of 2025 can all compete with each other for the top spot on a more even-looking playing field, and one Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 star, Hans Capon actor Luke Dale, is feeling optimistic. "WE'RE IN WITH A SHOT! GOTY!," he wrote on Twitter with a KCD2 hashtag, later doubling down with his fingers crossed for "Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 GOTY 2025." Although I've yet to see any widespread sentiment spreading across game dev world, I'd be surprised if this wasn't the third or fourth thing a lot of devs thought after hearing the news of GTA 6's delay. Dale is just saying the quiet part out loud. I mean, it's not like it's some great tragedy that a game got delayed, but considering so many people are probably reeling with disappointment right now, it might not be a terribly popular opinion to share on main today, even as other developers and publishers hungrily eye the vacuum created in the second half of 2025. "I don't think anyone benefits in 2025 from this": GTA 6 delay is bad news for the games industry, analyst says, adding to "nightmare scenario territory" following Xbox price hike.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Balatro: 18+ age rating overturned by PEGI
One of 2024's most successful video games has had its 18+ age rating game Balatro encourages players to build poker hands but allows them to modify decks and use special joker cards to boost their classification body PEGI slapped the highest rating on the game, but its anonymous creator LocalThunk argued that it doesn't allow players to bet or even spend money within will now be reclassified as a 12+. Another game, Luck Be A Landlord, has also been which works in the UK and across Europe, says it will now review its policies around gambling across all games. Shuffling the deck Balatro was one of 2024's breakout hits, made on a small budget but winning Best Indie Game at the Golden Joysticks and Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards. Its creator argued that the age rating rules it faced were not consistent or fair and called out PEGI's policies around loot lucky-dip style items contain new outfits, power-ups or other bonuses and can be bought with real argue that they amount to a form of gambling because players don't know what's inside when they buy 2018, Belgium banned loot boxes on the basis that they violated the country's gambling laws but they don't currently affect a game's PEGI age rating. One of the world's most popular video games, EA FC, a title specifically called out by LocalThunk, is rated 3+.It is often mentioned in discussions about loot boxes because of its popular Ultimate Team mode, which involves buying packs of virtual trading disagree that it counts as gambling because it's not possible to "cash out" or win money back from the game. PEGI said in a statement it will accept the decision of its Complaints Board, and that it "continuously evolves in line with cultural expectations, and the guidance of independent experts". New rules will mean gambling themes do not automatically lead to an 18+ rating. Instead, it will be limited to games that simulate casinos and betting a post on X after the decision, LocalThunk said "This is a good step from PEGI, bringing nuance to their ratings criteria that used to be 18+ or nothing. I hope this change will allow developers to create without being unfairly punished". Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.
