It’s now February 2022 and I’ve never seen this month packed with big games releasing so close to each other during the shortest month of the year. There’s a lot to look forward to, but here are the big games to keep an eye on.

Sony Interactive Entertainment today has announced that they will be acquiring the Destiny studio Bungie for 3.6 billion. This isn’t the first time a major platform holder has purchased the company.

Publisher Boss Team Games and developer Saber Interactive have announced that their upcoming multiplayer game Evil Dead: The Game has been delayed yet again to May 13, 2022. The developers simply want more time to make it “worthy of the Evil Dead franchise”.

It was a good run but Ubisoft’s take on the battle royale formula is coming to an end as the company announced that they will shut down the free-to-play shooter for good on April 28.

Dying Light 2 releases next week and Techland has provided a roadmap of what kind of content you can expect after the game launches on February 4, and it looks like the first batch of free content will be factions-inspired DLCs.

Ubisoft announced that they are no longer supporting Watch Dogs: Legion with additional content, making Title Update 5.6 the final major patch.

From Software’s latest action RPG Elden Ring has officially gone gold, which means that core development of the game is now complete and mass production of the game has begun to prepare for it’s official launch next month. The studio announced this during a presentation video for Taipei Game Show 2022.

If you’re logging in on either Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2, or Dark Souls 3 to get some PvP action, you’ll notice that servers are down at the moment, and for good reason as the series’ community has discovered a severe security risk on the PC version of each game.

EA is offering three months of their monthly subscription service EA Play for the price of one. The offer will run until February 8, 2022. When three months are up, you’ll be charged the usual rate each month.

Rainbow Six Extraction is a co-op shooter best played with a group, but it doesn’t mean solo missions are out of the question. If you don’t want to play with random players and wish to earn experience while waiting for your friends to log in, this guide points out a few tips in the hopes that your solo mission runs smoothly.

Rainbow Six Extraction has a series of gadgets to unlock to handle specific situations, but you unlock them one by one as you progress through the game. In this guide, we highlight what gadgets players should unlock first once they hit a certain tier.

Ubisoft is playing the long game with Rainbow Six Extraction. Right now, you’re not missing much if you choose to give this one a pass on release, but there’s definitely potential here, making this title worth keeping an eye on in the near future.