Category: Gaming

  • Gaming News – 25th September 2024 & PlayStation State of Play Notes

    Gaming News – 25th September 2024 & PlayStation State of Play Notes

    • 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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    PlayStation State of Play Notes

    • 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 Hell Is Us for PS5 – Trailer
    • Metro game for PS5 and PSVR 2 – Metro Awakening VR coming November 7th – Trailer
    • Trailer for ArcheAge Chronicles Releasing 2025 to PS5 – Trailer
    • Trailer for Palworld – Coming to PS5 today! – Trailer
    • Lunar Remastered Collection Coming to PS5 and PS4 in Spring 2025 – Trailer
    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Shredders Revenge Radical Reptile DLC and OST update coming today! – 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
  • Gaming News – 20th September 2024

    Gaming News – 20th September 2024

    • 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:

  • Gaming News – 18th September 2024

    Gaming News – 18th September 2024

    • 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

  • Gaming News – 9th September 2024

    Gaming News – 9th September 2024

    • 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)

  • Gaming News – 3rd September 2024

    Gaming News – 3rd September 2024

    • 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.
  • Gaming News – 27th August 2024

    Gaming News – 27th August 2024

    • FOAMSTARS will go free-to-play starting October 4th for PS4 and PS5 users.
    • The trailer for SONIC 3 has been released. In Cinema on December 20th. Shadow is voiced by Keanu Reeves.
    • Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC on November 7th. It was originally released on Switch in September 2022. Demo is available now.

    Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase + Indie World Notes

    No notes regarding the Switch successor.

    • The Witcher, Vampire Survivors, Among Us and Dave the Diver decks are coming to Balatro today.
    • NEVA from the creator of GRIS is releasing on October 15th.
    • Moth Kubuit announced. It will be released in Spring 2025.
    • Coffee Talk Tokyo announced. It will released in 2025.
    • Sea of Stars Throes of the Watchmaker DLC releasing for free in 2025.
    • Powerwash Simulator is getting Shrek DLC later this year.
    • Morsels announced. Releasing in February 2025.
    • Date Everything releasing October 24th.
    • Peglin is out today exclusively on Switch. Other platforms at a later today.
    • Wobby Life is releasing December 2024.
    • Pico Park 2 is out later today.
    • Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope DX releasing in 2025.
    • Europa releasing October 11th with a demo available now.
    • Cuisineer releasing January 28th 2025.
    • On Your Tail releasing November 21st 2024
    • Metal Slug Tactics is available this Autumn.
    • The Plucky Squire releasing September 17th.
    • Pizza Tower is releasing later today on Switch.
    • Tetris Forever has been announced and will include 15 playable versions of Tetris that has not been made available outside of Japan until now. Available later this year.
      • The games are:
        • A recreation of Tetris on the Electronika 60
        • Tetris (1988 Famicom)
        • Tetris 2 + Bombliss
        • Tetris Battle Gaiden
        • Hatris
        • Super Bombliss
        • Super Bombliss DX
        • Super Tetris 2 + Bombliss
        • Super Tetris 3
    • Tetris (NES) is available later this year for Nintendo Switch Online
      • Tetris 99 Maximus Cup – Tetris 40th Anniversary is available this winter.
    • Star Overdrive will be out in 2025.
    • Goat Simulator 3 is available for the Nintendo Switch later today. Physical release in November.
    • The Legend of Heroes: Trials in the Sky the 1st is releasing in 2025.
    • Star Wars: Hunters Season 3 begins on September 26th
    • S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Legends of the Zone Trilogy will be out in November.
    • Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition will release on September 26th
    • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game announced. Out October 4th.
    • Fitness Boxing 3 releasing on December 5th.
    • Capcom Fighting Collection 2 announced. Will include Capcom vs SNK 1 +2, Project Justice, Capcom Fighting Evolution, SFA3 Upper, Plasma Sword, PowerStone 1 + 2 – Available 2025.
    • Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection is available September 12th digitally. Physically on November 22nd
    • Atelier Yumia announced. No release date
    • Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster releasing March 6th.
    • Dragon Quest 3 HD releasing November 14th – Preorder available today on eShop.
    • Castlevania Dominus Collection (Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia and Dawn of Sorrow are available later today.
    • Sid Meier’s Civilization VII will be released on Switch on February 11th 2025
    • Tales of Graces f Remastered announced. Out on January 17th.
    • MySims Cozy Bundle (Original and Kingdom) available November 19th.
    • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 is out this winter.
    • Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed releasing September 24th
    • Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game out this winter.
    • Just Dance 2025 Edition out on October 15th.
    • Funko Fusion out this winter.
    • EA Sports FC 25 out on September 27th
    • LEGO: Horizon Adventures out this winter.
    • Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma announced. Out in Spring 2025.
    • Yakuza: Kiwami coming to Switch on October 24th 2024.