Video game news in review: The biggest news from the week of February 21, 2025

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Video game news is all over the map this week with plenty of new rumors churning the rumor mill, a solid new release, and another game delay, so let's jump right in!

Hollow Knight: Silksong page temporarily removed from Nintendo eShop store

Another week, another theory about the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. This time, it's the fact that the store page for Hollow Knight: Silksong in the Nintendo eShop was taken down. Albeit temporarily! It's back up now, but it had fans in a frenzy thinking it was taken down because it'll be a launch title with the Nintendo Switch 2.

So many Tony Hawk's Pro Skater rumors

We'll take more Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Earlier this week, it was pro skater Tyshawn Jones was on the podcast "The Breakfast Club," saying he's in an upcoming Tony Hawk they're remastering.

And then! @CharlieIntel on Twitter noticed an Easter Egg in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 that looks like March 4 will bring us more news:

Final Fantasy MTG cards revealed

Magic: The Gathering has gone all-in with their Universes Beyond sets, and they've finally given us a nice taste of what this next set will bring, crossing over with Final Fantasy. And it's all of the Final Fantasy games, not just VII or XVI.

IGN revealed the first look at some of the new cards, including a look at the Commanders of the upcoming Commander decks. My personal favorite is Cactuar.

Avowed releases this week

Avowed was on our list of games we can't wait to play in 2025. It released this week and came out to pretty decent reviews. As always, we'll leave it in the hands of Gameranx and their "Before You Buy" to give you a little guidance on if you should pick it up.

The Last of Us season 2 official release date

Finally, we have an official release date for the second season of HBO's The Last of Us: Sunday, April 13 at 9pm. This season takes place five years after season one ends and will run for seven episodes. We can't wait to see how it compares to Part II and what things they've added in to add to the story.

Game delay: Tales of the Shire

I feel like it's been a while since we've had a game delay (aside from Assassin's Creed), but we have one this week: Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings game has been delayed until July 29th (it was supposed to be March 25th). Unfortunately, us cozy gamers will have to wait to play our cozy game.

What video game news has you excited this week? Are you happy for new Tony Hawk Pro Skater? Will you be playing Avowed? Let us know in the comments!