Welcome, Shackers, to the end of another fine Tuesday. It’s been an incredible day of reviews and previews. Much of our team is away at GDC 2025 in San Francisco this week, so that means much more thrilling content is on the way. That said, today’s posting is coming to a close and it’s time to settle it with another Evening Reading. Please enjoy.
In case you missed it at Shacknews…
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves second open beta test dates confirmed for late March
- BYD has new charging tech that is twice as fast as Tesla's newest Superchargers
- LEGO & Pokemon tease collaboration for 2026
- Former COD Zombies Director Jason Blundell reveals new PlayStation studio called Dark Outlaw
- STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Patch 1.3 notes rebalance 'Weird' Artifacts
- NVIDIA (NVDA) & General Motors (GM) announce AI, factory & next-gen vehicle deal
- Attacks on Tesla property labeled 'domestic terrorism' by Attorney General Bondi
- 33 Immortals will be a long, coordinated climb to the heavens
- Is This Seat Taken? is a puzzle game about seating charts
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition review: The marvelous return of Mira
- Assassin's Creed Shadows review: Move like water, strike like lightning
And now… More stuff from The Internet!!!
Them wild-eyed Shacknews boys
Day 2 #GDC25 #GDC @shacknews @Ozz_Mejia @Donimals_ pic.twitter.com/eAMkqxgMof
— Gregors (@GregBurke85) March 18, 2025
Away team is killing it at GDC 2025 this week. Good luck to Donovan, Ozzie, and Greg as they work hard to bring you all sorts of good content!
Don’t tell the king his kingdom is dead
That time of the year again when big single player games are declared dead.
— Swen Vincke @where? (@LarAtLarian) March 18, 2025
Use your imagination.
They're not.
They just have to be good.
You will never convince the director of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin that single-player games don’t have still a place in this world.
Square Enix goes HAM on its new sale ad, with Ben Starr’s help
Final Fantasy 16 is the best thing that ever happened, if only because it introduced us all to the absolute gem that is Ben Starr.
Put the fries in the bag and he appears
https://t.co/aNXg0waKqH pic.twitter.com/2CZrCADkup
— Joe Hendry (@joehendry) March 17, 2025
Joe Hendry is quickly becoming my favorite current wrestler. Stellar in the ring, stellar on the mic, stellar on socials. The whole package.
Sorry Nata
By order of the guild#MHWilds pic.twitter.com/YbULEx2moQ
— Frantic ☕ (@FranticKohi) March 18, 2025
Actually, based on what happened to him, I’d think Nata would be all for the killing.
T-1000 almost makes me want to play MK1
Ok Guys, Part 3 of the biggest tease fatality for T1000, The most Iconic Walk in film history, was a huge undertaking to get this right. This scene is burnt literally in my head. So trying to animate/duplicate this in 3d and was a Challenge. Hope I did it justice… pic.twitter.com/FHaDCumyB5
— Brad Faucheux (@BradFaucheux) March 18, 2025
The liquid terminator walk out of the fire is pretty damn good, I have to admit.
RDE does Q moves
— rde (@rde_irl) March 18, 2025
This guy is always hilarious, but he caught me off guard with the Q move set tonight.
That’s the Evening Reading for this March 18, 2025. We hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage and invite you to dig deeper into our space if you enjoy what we’re doing. There’s always more coming. You can support us through programs like Shacknews Mercury, where you can pitch in as little as a dollar a month to help us out. Don’t have a dollar? Don’t need one to play Shackpets. It’s our free app on iOS and Android where you can engage in the ultimate battle of pet cuteness. If that’s not enough, there’s also Bubbletron, which lets you create your next billion-dollar idea from a daily randomized set of prompts. Can you figure out the right combo to get the day’s highest valuation and the Money Hat?

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Have a great night, readers. We’ll see you tomorrow for a fresh day of gaming and tech news.
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TJ Denzer posted a new article, Evening Reading - March 18, 2025