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Gaming News – 3rd October 2024

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Padraig Fahy
Gaming News – 3rd October 2024
  • Davide Soliani, the director of the Mario + Rabbids franchise has launched a new studio called “Day 4 Night” which also include Christian Cantamessa (Red Dead Redemption) and other members of Ubisoft Milan, Cristina Nava, Gian Marco Zanna and Luca Breda. Cristina left Ubisoft after the release of Star Wars Outlaws
  • Horizon Zero Dawn has been delisted from Epic Games Store ahead of the release of the Remastered version, which release on October 31st.
  • Depending on the perspective that you play, would depend on how difficult Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be. If you opt for the new “third-person visual perspective”, it will be easier compared to the original “fixed perspective”
  • James Allard, the co-founder of the Xbox, has joined Amazon as a VP of its devices and services team. After leaving Microsoft, he created “Project 529”. A service to prevent bike thefts and advocating for cycling.
  • Riot Games is currently working on transitioning VALORANT to Unreal Engine 5 and that there would be new “playable experiences” coming to the VALORANT universe.
  • The CEO of Level-5 was convinced by Nintendo to make another Professor Layton game after the series came a conclusion. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam was announced back in February 2023 and is set to come out in 2025.
  • Krafton (PUBG Studios (PUBG: Battlegrounds) and Striking Distance (The Callisto Protocol)) has signed a licensing deal to bring Palworld to mobile.
  • Microsoft is discontinuing the HoloLens MR headsets
  • Square Enix is looking to bring Final Fantasy XVI (16) to Xbox consoles, but the director Naoki Yoshida couldn’t share anything specific about the release.
  • Shutaro Ida (Designer for Castlevania and Bloodstained) has stepped down from the development of Bloodstained 2 as he was diagnosed with cancer.
  • Tango Gameworks was already 6-months into developing Hi-Fi Rush 2 before Krafton and Tango met. They say that the game is currently on hold until Microsoft has transferred all the related assets to Tango’s new owner.
  • Games coming to Xbox Game Pass
    • MLB The Show 24 – Console – Out now
    • Open Roads – Console – Out now
    • Sifu – Console, Cloud and PC – Out now.
    • Mad Streets – Console, Cloud and PC – Out October 7th
    • Inscryption – Console, Cloud and PC – Out October 10th
  • 72 out of the 84 staff that work at XR Games are set to be laid off following the poorly-received release of Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded – It is unclear if other projects such as Zombie Army VR and Starship Troopers; Continuum are affected by this.
  • A co-op mode for Assassin’s Creed Shadows in currently in development.
  • Fallout TV show has become the 2nd show on Amazon Prime Video to have been watched by 100 Million viewers. The only other show to do this was Season 1 of Rings of Power
  • The new season of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League has been played by less than 300 people on Steam.
  • Epic Games is now “financially sound” after their mass lay-offs, which saw 830 people leave the company.

Padraig Fahy

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