Welcome, Shackers. It’s the end of the night and the start of a month as we trail into February. This month is going to be our first stacked gaming month of the year, featuring Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Civ 7, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and Monster Hunter Wilds, to name a few. We’ll have plenty of coverage for all of it and more, but for this fine Monday, it’s time to bring it to a close. Here’s your Evening Reading!
In case you missed it at Shacknews…
- Fallout: New Vegas lead story writer rejoins Obsidian Entertainment
- Battlefield Labs will let fans shape the future of the franchise
- ESA shares statement on Trump tariffs, cites potential harm to video game industry
- Battlefield Studios rolls four studios working on the franchise into one global group
- Need for Speed franchise put on hold as Criterion Games works on Battlefield
- Mario speedrunner Kosmic reaches new Donkey Kong kill screen
- Trump to establish sovereign wealth fund, could be used to acquire TikTok
- Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To review: Tetris Chillax
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review: For king and country
- Sid Meier's Civilization 7 review: That's my river
And now… More stuff from The Internet!!!
Happy belated birthday to an instant classic
WIZARD BEER pic.twitter.com/rjxRQrKCgg
— Worthi 🦇 (@Worthikids) January 19, 2024
Most Worthikids animation is great, but this one takes the cake. I’d watch a whole series based around fantasy-fiction TV commercials.
Retro Bowl continues to get better
Ok, because you asked so nicely. Here is a short video clip of TRUCKING in action. Please remember that this is still very much a work in progress feature. pic.twitter.com/NrQssVY7ir
— Retro Bowl (@retro_bowl) February 3, 2025
Looks like Retro Bowl players are going to be able to break through some tackles if this ends up working right.
The coolest little drawing by the coolest little Koopa
he put it on the evil fridge right after#myart pic.twitter.com/cTMEBX7hVJ
— CherryFennec (@FennecCherry) February 3, 2025
Going right on the evil fridge (the fridge where you put evil stuff).
Kendrick keeps winning
Looked like an easy deal. Heinz knows what’s up.
Can’t stop, won’t stop
Never stop believing in Godzilla pic.twitter.com/7bGUm5FUvH
— Mr. Goji (@Mr_goji54) February 2, 2025
He's out there, just waiting to come ashore.
Fantasticuck Four
— fantastic four out of context (@f4panels) February 2, 2025
Sue Storm can do what she wants, but I’d still be a bit concerned in what she wanted with Wade Wilson.
Sus wall
— Nostalgic Gamer (@16bitnostalgia) February 2, 2025
Definitely just asking for a bomb flower or a Pegasus Boots ram attack.
That covers our Evening Reading for this February 3. We hope you have a good February, and thank you for stopping by and reading. If you’d like to lend a bit of love to the site, consider supporting via Shacknews Mercury for as little as a dollar. Don’t have a dollar? Don’t need one to play Shackpets. It’s our free app on iOS and Android where you can upload cute pet pics and vote for the best in the ultimate battle of cuteness. There’s also our pal Bubbletron, who will help you come up with your next trillion-dollar idea from a collection of rotating prompts.

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Have a good night, y’all. We’ll catch you bright and early with the latest news and stories tomorrow.
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TJ Denzer posted a new article, Evening Reading - February 3, 2025