The release date of Alan Wake 2‘s DLC ‘The Lake House’ has been leaked. It is set to be released next Tuesday (22nd October) alongside the physical edition of the game.
Riot Games is cutting 32 employees, with 27 being from its League of Legends team and 5 from publishing. This is in addition to the 530 jobs that were cut in January.
Mark Rubin is working on a recovery plan for XDefiant and has admitted that there are no plans to shut down the game after Season 4. There were meetings last year regarding their Year 2 plans.
Nobuo Uematsu has stated that Fantasian Neo Dimension is his final game project as a composer but has emphasized that he is not retiring. He is going to be cutting back on the video game music work so he works on other music that he wants to make. He will continue working on jobs for one theme song (Like he did with ‘Dragonsong’ the theme for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward)
Activision has released the PC specs requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 which is out next Friday. Preloading will begin on Monday at 5pm. Game Pass players, the game will launch between 12pm on Thursday and 7am on Friday. Steam and Battle.net will have to wait until 5am on Friday.
Xbox has announced the following games are coming to Xbox Game Pass.
South Park: The Fractured but Whole – Console, Cloud and PC – Released today (October 16th) for Ultimate/PC/Standard Game Pass.
Donut Country – Console, Cloud and PC – October 17th for Ultimate/PC/Standard.
MechWarrior 5: Clans – Series X|S, Cloud and PC – October 17th for Ultimate/PC.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Console, Cloud and PC – October 25th for Ultimate/PC.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III – Cloud – October 25th for Ultimate.
Call of Duty: Warzone – Cloud – October 25th for Ultimate.
Ashen – Console, Cloud and PC – October 29th for Ultimate/PC/Standard
Dead Island 2 – PC – October 31st for Ultimate/PC
Starcraft: Remastered – PC – November 5th Ultimate/PC
Starcraft 2: Campaign Collection – PC – November 5th Ultimate/PC
Bioware has released the PC specs for Dragon Age: The Veilguard and has confirmed that there is no 3rd party DRM (Such as Denuvo)
Sony is going to be holding PlayStation: The Concert in over 200 cities in the next 2 years. The show will feature performances of music originally composed by Gustavo Santaolalla (The Last of Us), Joris De Man (Horizon), Ilan Eshkeri (Ghost of Tsushima), Bear McCreary (God of War) and more. The first show will be in Dublin’s 3Arena on April 19th 2025. Tickets are on sale now.
It Takes Two has sold over 20 million units.
Resident Evil 4 remake has sold over 8 million units.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has sold over 3 million copies within the first 24 hours.
Hades II is getting its first major update in a free update today ‘The Olympic Update’ – Trailer – They have also added native support for Mac’s with Apple Silicion.
The source code for Rogue Legacy 1 has been made available for free – Github
Bandai Namco has cancelled or paused development of several games including an upcoming Naruto and One Piece game. It is not known how many jobs are at risk.
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:
