Evening Reading - May 16, 2025
Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.
Following up on the reveal of Persona 5: The Phantom X from earlier this week, here's the official story trailer.
Operation Daybreak is coming to Rainbow Six Siege. We'll learn more this weekend and Shacknews will be watching.
It's been a minute since we've checked in on Ravenswatch. Here's a look at the next DLC.
— Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks (@speedfreeks40k) May 16, 2025DA SPEEDWAAAGH! IS COMIN’!
Early Access is endin’ boyz… Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks zooms into FULL LAUNCH on May 22nd during Skulls! 💥
It's new publisher @WiredP is joinin’ da fight, and as a big thank you, every current player gets da full game for FREE!#Warhammer40K pic.twitter.com/k4kf9AHZXO
Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks is ending its early access stint. The 1.0 update will arrive on Thursday just in time for Warhammer Skulls 2025.
And here's a look at the Guardian in Elden Ring Nightreign.
Be sure to play Bubbletron today!
Darth F***ing Vader
Loserfruit made the AI Darth Vader Swear 😂 pic.twitter.com/bJmPpqGXvf
— Cordial (@ImCordial) May 16, 2025
This AI experiment in Fortnite is going great, you guys.
— Lynda Carter (@lyndacarter.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 11:44 AMJim Henson left us 35 years ago today. I loved being on the Muppet Show!! Here’s a video of me with my buddies!
Jim Henson passed away 35 years ago today. Here's Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter remembering one of her most memorable moments on The Muppet Show.
Like Shacknews, Games Done Quick also went to PAX East this year. We've embedded their full three-day journey, so pick your favorite run and enjoy.
GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.
Chuck tries to overcome his knee-jerk candor and practices being a nice guy.
Wrestling lost one of the greats this week when Sabu unexpectedly passed away at the age of 60. One of his fiercest rivals, Taz, tries to keep it together as he remembers his old friend.
Let's rip and tear with this Doom mix.
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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?
