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.
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows has been delayed from November 12th to February 14th 2025. It will no longer include the Season Pass. Starting in February, all Ubisoft titles for PC will be released on Steam on Day 1.
In Japan, the $1300 collector’s edition of Monster Hunter Wilds comes with a bike! (pictured below)
Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury is now available in Street Fighter 6
PlatinumGames (Bayonetta) have acquired the trademark for The Wonderful 101 from Nintendo.
Behaviour Interactive (Dead by Daylight) is acquiring Red Hook Studios (Darkest Dungeon)
Stardew Valley is to get Version 1.6 update on 4th November.
Star Wars Outlaws is coming to Steam on November 21st.
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1 version 2.0 is now available on Steam which includes resolution/upscaling options, control settings, Steam Trading Cards support – Notes
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New content for Astro Bot announced including new speed run levels and 10 new bots, coming later this year. – Trailer
The Midnight Walk announced for PS5 and PSVR2 – Trailer
Trailer for Sonic x Shadow Generations – Sonic 3 Movie Pack which has Keanu Reeves VA for Shadow – Coming December 12th
Fantasian Neo Dimension coming to PS5 and PS4 on December 5th – Trailer
New gameplay trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Releasing October 31st for PS5 – Trailer – Mage Deep Dive
New trailer for Alan Wake 2 The Lake House expansion coming this October – Trailer
PSVR2 trailer for Hitman World of Assassination coming this December. Trailer
**Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered ** coming December 10th on PS5 and PS4 – Trailer
Fear the Spotlight from Blumhouse Games coming October 22nd on PS5 and PS4 – Trailer
Towers of Aghasba early access this November – Trailer
Split screen update for Lego Fortnite update coming. New Fortnite themed controller also announced Ad
Dynasty Warriors Origins launching on January 17th for PS5. Trailer
New trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds – Releasing February 28th 2025. Trailer
Trailer for Lego Horizon Adventures November 14th for PS5 and PC. Trailer
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered announced for PS5 and PC on October 31st 2024. PS4 players can upgrade for $10 – Trailer
Photo mode coming to Steller Blade – OST available today on streaming services. Steller Blade x Nier Automata collaboration coming later this year. Trailer
WWE 2K24, Dead Space (Remake) and Doki Doki Literature Club are going to PlayStation+ in October
Dino Crisis and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is coming to PS1 classics
The Last of Us Part 1 to the PS+ game catalogue for Last of Us Day
New controller colours and console covers coming titled “Chroma Collection”. Ad
Advert of games which have been enhanced for PS5 Pro. Ad
Ghost of Yotei announced. Coming 2025 for PS5. Trailer
It was reported on a PlayStation podcast that Concord costed $400 million to make. Internally, the game was referred to as “The future of PlayStation”. Additionally, it was claimed that any negativity about the game was shutdown.
Separately, it has been reported that the director of Concord, Ryan Ellis, has stepped down and will be transitioning to a support role.
A new trailer was released for Silent Hill 2 remake noting that the game will be a timed exclusive on PS5 for one year, with the game releasing on other platforms on 8th October 2025. Trailer
Xbox will be holding a Toyko Game Show event on Thursday, 26 September 2024 11:00 (UK/Ireland Time)
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was revealed today by RGG Studios featuring Goro Majima as the protagonist – The game will release on February 28th 2025 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One and PC.- Trailer
As part of Netflix’s Geeked Week, they have released trailers for upcoming TV shows for some video game franchises including:
Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered has been rated by the ERSB for the PS5 and PC which would be an improved version compared to the version that was released in 2020. It would bring the game in line with the PS5 version of Horizon Forbidden West
Freedom Wars Remastered has been announced by Bandai Namco. Originally released on the Vita in 2014, this remaster will be releasing on January 10th for the PS4, PS5, Switch and PC. – Trailer
Co-op PvE shooter set in the Dead By Daylight universe, Project T has been cancelled.
skate will launch in Early Access next year
A new Battlefield is in the works, with a major testing programme being held early next year.
Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series S|X on October 15th with free upgrades for PS4 and Xbox One users.
New games are coming to Game Pass soon:
Wargroove 2 – Cloud, Console and PC from tomorrow (September 19th)
Frostpunk 2 – PC on Friday, September 20th
ARA: History Untold – PC on September 24th
Overwatch 2 – Launch before October 21st and get 6 hero skins and 30 Mythic Prisms.
Producer for Final Fantasy XVI Naoki Yoshida has discouraged PC players from making ‘offensive or inappropriate’ mods for the game, since is now available for PC.
Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy XVI have underperformed according to a new results briefing. They have stated that they will ‘shift to a multiplatform strategy’
The following games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online – Battletoads Double Dragon, Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen’in Shūgō, COSMO GANG THE PUZZLE, Big Run
A 9-minute presentation introducing the new Playstation 5 Pro is to be held tomorrow at 16:00
Embracer Group support studio Lost Boys Interactive who has worked on supporting games such as WWE 2K, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Diablo IV and New World are set to have a round of layoffs. The number of people who have lost their jobs is unknown.
Aimbots and homing ammo are 2 cheats that are available for Valve’s new game Deadlock which is still in early beta.
Hironobu Sakaguchi (Creator of Final Fantasy) was set to retire after the release of Fantasian, but has decided not to and is excited for the future.
Apple Arcade is to get 8 new games this month, including Balatro
It has been claimed by an industry insider that the new Nintendo Switch console will be backwards compatible with the original Nintendo Switch games. To what extent, we do not know.
The first 90 minutes of Silent Hill 2 remake is now live on YouTube. Japanese audio/text though – Video
Fallout TV show has won 2 Emmys for Outstanding Music Supervision and Outstanding Emerging Media Program
John Garvin (Director for Days Gone) has spoken out about an image of a bot from Astro Bot dressed as Deek relaxing on a beach: “Kinda sad that Deek has been reduced to promoting other games … well done Bend Studio! Way to protect your legacy!”
Netease has said the feedback for the new season of Once Human has been “quite demoralising” – They say that they “values players opinions” and hopes to “fulfil all requests in future updates” – No other information was provided.
Bungie has announced that they are switching their release model for Destiny 2 expansions titled: Codename Frontiers
2 ‘medium-size’ expansions will be released per year – Starting next summer, a new expansion, codenamed “Apollo” will contain 2 major ‘Season’ updates in Summer (Codename: “Arsenal”) and Autumn (Codename: “Surge”). In Winter 2025 (going into 2026), will be another expansion, codenamed “Behemoth”. This expansion contains 2 more ‘Season’ major updates in Winter 2025 and Spring 2026 (no codename for these)
Xbox Game Pass additions include: Star Trucker (Cloud, Console and PC) from today!
Age of Mythology: Retold (Xbox Series S|X, Console and PC) tomorrow (September 4th)
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game (Cloud, Console and PC) available Thursday September 5th.
Riders Republic (Cloud, Console and PC) from September 11th.
Train Sim World 5 (Cloud, Console and PC) from September 17th
Leaving Xbox Game Pass on September 15th are a handful of game including FIFA 23, Payday 3, Slime Rancher 2 and *You suck at parking
AimJunkies (Cheats for Destiny 2) have lost their appeal in court for a new trial after they lost their last one. In addition, they appealed the $4.3 million settlement, which was also denied.
Numerous employees at Rocksteady have been made redundant over the past month citing poor sales of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League – Since January, there has been over 11,500 lay-offs in the video game industry.
EA Sports FC and eFootball competitor, UFL that was supposed to be released this month has been delayed by 3 months. The game will release on December 5th.
Stephan Bole has stepped down as president of Nintendo of Europe. He has been replaced by Luciano Pereña, their current CFO.
According to an IGN report, it is possible that Concord may have only sold approx 25,000 copies of the game. 10,000 appear to be sold on Steam and the other 15,000 on PlayStation. According to SteamDB, Concord hit a peak of 607 players on launch day. In the last week, it has peaked at 240 players. At the time of writing, there are currently 45 people playing the game.
Nintendo has ended repair support for the ‘new’ Nintendo 3DS. Only the 2DS and 2DS XL can still be repaired by Nintendo.
A PS5 Pro could be announced this month. According to a leaker, an image was released of what the console may look like. It is not clear if this is the only version of the PS5 Pro that will be available, or if there would be a disc-based version as well.
Hopoo Games (Risk of Rain) has stopped development of their new upcoming title called, Snail to join Valve Software to work on game development. It is not clear if they are going to be working on Deadlock or perhaps an entirely new IP or an existing IP.
Sony is taking Concord offline on Friday, September 6th to “explore options, including those that will better reach our players” after the “initial launch didn’t land the way we’d intended”. New sales of the games are being ceased and refunds are being issued.
