🎮 Prince Of Persia Remake Update, PUBG Extraction Shooter and Release Date For Reanimal...

Prince Of Persia Remake Update, PUBG Extraction Shooter, Release Date For Reanimal, Golden Joystick 2025 - Winners and more!

Hello friends,

Today is December 2nd 2025 and I hope you’ve had a great week 🙌

In today’s news:

• 🎮 Prince Of Persia Remake Update

• 🎮 PUBG Extraction Shooter

• 🎮 Release Date For Reanimal

• 🎮 Golden Joystick 2025 - Winners

• ⚡ Lightning Round!

• 🫡 True Tribute!

• 😄 Personal Update

All of this is brought to you in a 5 min format ⏲️

Let’s dig in!

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🎮 Prince Of Persia Remake Update

Image: Ubisoft

The long-awaited and troubled remake of a game that conquered our hearts in 2003 may be released sooner than we realised.

Exclusively reported by Insider Gaming recently, sources close to the game revealed to the outlet that the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake is scheduled to release in mid-January 2026, and a more detailed reveal is set to be during The Game Awards show on December 11, 2025.

Which is quite surprising, considering how much turmoil this little project experienced during its relatively short lifespan. Announced back in 2020, then delayed multiple times until the studio developing it went completely silent. And of course, a cherry on top, announcement back in 2022 that the project was being started from scratch.

I have a lot of fond memories about this game, unlike a lot of people, I even enjoyed the 2008 attempt to revive it after Ubisoft made a decision to switch to Assassin’s Creed. So, you can imagine how excited I was (and still am) that this series is getting a remake. Hopefully, this time is the charm.

Are you excited? 😍

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🎮 PUBG Extraction Shooter

Image: Krafton

Another company is ready to jump on this extraction shooter train that’s gaining new projects by the minute, and it’s Krafton with a recently announced PUBG: Black Budget.

While the recently announced addition to the PUBG family doesn’t have a lot of footage, it does have a Steam page now with a bunch of info, screenshots and gifs of gameplay. Also, Krafton announced a closed Alpha test for next month, with sign-ups now open, and there are no NDA restrictions with the experience.

Designed as an FPP-first experience, PUBG: Black Budget is a tactical extraction shooter built around tension, survival, and the unknown.

You are a Contractor, a hardened veteran hired for a classified operation on an island at the edge of the world. Your mission is to recover top-secret technology from an abandoned research facility. But there’s a catch: the island is trapped in a time loop, consumed by a supernatural phenomenon known as the Anomaly. Extract artifacts, research your findings, and uncover the truth behind the black-budget initiative, SAPIENS.

In between missions, you’ll expand your personal Base, craft new equipment, and improve your character’s skills and proficiencies. Prepare to face PvPvE threats in an environment that grows more unpredictable with every loop – and the longer you stay, the harder it is to make it out alive.

This game definitely looks more impressive than its battle royale counterpart.

Honestly, I don’t understand what all the fuss is about with this genre. I mean, it’s ok, I played Arena Breakout Infinite for a while, and it was more or less ok, but similarly to Tarkov, if you are not a hardcore fan of the genre, you can quickly get tired of the same rinse and repeat cycle. I guess this is the only alley that is still not overflown with different games, so everybody wants to be the one to fill it 🤷‍♂️

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🎮 Release Date For Reanimal

Developers of Little Nightmares were also busy this past year as they finally revealed a release date for Reanimal: February 13th, 2026.

Xbox Partner Preview, Tarsier Studios revealed a new gameplay trailer, showcasing co-op playthrough as well as some elements of the game, which looks quite scary. This time it’s even more unsettling than the first two games, with the synopsis being the following:

In this co-op horror adventure game, you play as a brother & sister who go through hell to rescue their missing friends. Exploring by boat and on land, you must use your wits to survive, work together to escape the hellish island, and the dark secret that haunts you.

Along with the release date and the trailer, Tarsier Studios also made a demo that’s available on Xbox, PC and PS5, which will consist of Reanimal’s opening chapters.

I’m not too fond of horror games, but this one looks quite intriguing. I’m now thinking about buying it, just for the sake of playing it with my partner and seeing whether she is easily spooked by games or not 😁

What are your thoughts about Reanimal?

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🎮 Golden Joystick 2025 - Winners

Image: Golden Joystic

The first big award ceremony has concluded, and now we know which games won the Golden Joystick this year. Unsurprisingly, the biggest trophy went to Expedition 33 😅

An award ceremony was held in London on November 20, with a lot of nominations, and some results are a little more surprising than others. Here’s the full list:

• Ultimate Game of the Year - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Best Audio Design - Ghost of Yotei

• Best Early Access Game - R.E.P.O.

• Best Game Adaptation - Arcane Season 2

• Best Game Expansion - Lies of P: Overture

• Best Game Trailer - Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer 2

• Best Gaming Hardware - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

• Best Indie Game - Blue Prince

• Best Indie Game - Self-published - Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Best Lead Performer - Jennifer English

• Best Multiplayer Game - Peak

• Best Remake / Remaster - The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

• Best Soundtrack - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Best Storytelling - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Best Supporting Performer - Ben Starr

• Best Visual Design - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Breakthrough Award - Schedule 1

• Console Game of the Year - Ghost of Yōtei

• Critics’ Choice - Donkey Kong Bananza

• Most Wanted Game - GTA 6

• PC Game of the Year - Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Still Playing - Mobile - Pokemon Go

• Still Playing - PC & Console - Minecraft

• Streamers’ Choice - Peak

• Studio of the Year - Sandfall Interactive

Honestly, I think with all the nominations and especially nominees, Golden Joystick does a better job than The Game Awards. A lot of games that should’ve been on the list for the latter were at least represented in the former. I think Expedition 33 definitely deserves the award, even if it’s not my cup of tea 😅

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⚡ Lightning Round!

1…2…3…Go!

🎮 Ubisoft Is Doing Well

Image: Ubisoft

While Ubisoft took its sweet time this year publishing a new financial report, with some people starting to speculate that something weird was going on, the company seems to be doing incredibly well.

According to the report, Ubisoft’s net bookings in H1 FY increased 20%, soaring to €772 million. Digital revenues made up a huge chunk of that, and the shining gem is “player recurring investment”, which soared by +52% in H1 FY26.

Outperformance driven by stronger-than-expected partnerships, demonstrating the power and attractiveness of the Group’s portfolio as well as meaningful contribution from live TV and animated series.

Excluding partnerships, back-catalog was robust and in line with expectations, but marked by contrasted dynamics.

I was honestly not expecting that 😅

🎮 Tides Of Annihilation: New Gameplay Trailer

Another game that made an appearance during the Xbox Partner Preview event was Tides of Annihilation, or as some people like to call it, “Stellar Blades meet Elden Ring”.

Aside from amazingly impressive visuals, Eclipse Glow Games also shared some minor bits about the narrative, but hasn’t shared anything about the potential release date:

We’ve created a world that reimagines Arthurian Legend where themes of courage, loyalty, and heroism intertwine with an epic story set in a strange-yet-familiar setting that will test the mettle of true gamers and push the genre forward.

We are thrilled to share the next chapter of Gwendolyn’s journey, and this is only the beginning.

Looks absolutely stunning!

🎮 Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival - Gameplay Reveal

And just one more gameplay trailer, this time for another gory horror from Saber Interactive, Hellraiser.

If you have ever watched the movies, you probably know why this trailer is age-restricted, as it is just like you could’ve imagined, every bit of violence and sadism rolled into a video. The combat, the story pieces, and the environment look like pure Clive Barker!

I missed this style ever since I played Jericho!

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🫡 True Tribute!

Today I wanted to salute Kathy Enriquez and The KATacombs !

The Con Life in Review

I just wanted to say congratulations to a fellow creator. What you’ve managed to do is beyond impressive! With so many different physical products, merchandise and a lot of writing, it’s all just amazing. Very inspirational to see someone actually achieving their dream, and great to have such talented creators here with us!

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😄 Personal Update

While I’m still thinking about taking some time off, I’m accumulating a bunch of other ideas that I want to try with this publication. The good news is that each week, I’m getting more and more done on my backlog of QA and Game Development content. I’m still less than 10% done (there is a lot of stuff there), but it’s still progress.

It’s a little bit slower than expected since we are working on our last update this year, and the fact that I’m constantly switching between several different projects. With that said, I’m actually feeling very productive. Quite exciting end of the year 😁

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This is all the news I have for you folks today.

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Have a great week!

Alex from Gamedev Relay.