Xbox's latest third-party digital showcase airs this Wednesday (www.eurogamer.net) Microsoft's occasional Xbox Partner Preview series returns this Wednesday, 25th October
Final Fantasy 14 Shows Off New Viper Class Alongside Final Fantasy 11 and 16 Crossovers - IGN (www.ign.com) The upcoming Dawntrail expansion for Final Fantasy 14 will add a new Viper class as well as collaborations with Final Fantasy 11 and 16. Additionally, Final Fantasy 14 will be getting an open beta in mid-January or February 2024.
System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition - Official Trailer | The Indie Horror Showcase 2023 (www.youtube.com)
AI in big budget games is inevitable, say dev vets from Assassin's Creed and Everquest 2: 'Developers hate it … the money is still going to drive absolutely everybody to do it' (www.pcgamer.com)
Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s leveling journey shows how much retail has lost its way (massivelyop.com)
Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announce layoffs and "organisational review" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Dragon Dogma 2 Developers Reveal How They Improved on The Beloved Dragon's Dogma for The Sequel (techraptor.net)
Cities: Skylines 2 devs warn players of performance problems: 'we have not achieved the benchmark we targeted' (www.pcgamer.com) Ahead of the city builder's release on October 24, the devs want to "manage expectations on performance."
Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game (www.gamesradar.com) Something Wicked Games snatches another veteran for their horror-RPG
Coming Soon to Game Pass: Cities: Skylines II, Dead Space, Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, and More - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com) Coming soon to @XboxGamePass and @XboxGamePassPC: Cities: Skylines II, Dead Space, Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, and more!
Welcoming the Legendary Teams at Activision Blizzard King to Team Xbox - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com) Today we welcome the teams at Activision Blizzard King to Team Xbox. It's a good day to play.
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (blog.playstation.com) Also included are Alien: Isolation, Dead Island Definitive Edition, Outlast 2, and more.
Diablo 4’s Season 2 patch rebalances each class and nearly every Unique item (www.polygon.com) Diablo 4’s second season is shaping up to be a major upgrade to Blizzard’s flagship action game
Introducing the new Godot Development Fund (godotengine.org) We are excited to introduce a major improvement in terms of funding the development efforts of the Godot Engine.
Xbox's latest third-party digital showcase airs this Wednesday (www.eurogamer.net)
Microsoft's occasional Xbox Partner Preview series returns this Wednesday, 25th October
Final Fantasy 14 Shows Off New Viper Class Alongside Final Fantasy 11 and 16 Crossovers - IGN (www.ign.com)
The upcoming Dawntrail expansion for Final Fantasy 14 will add a new Viper class as well as collaborations with Final Fantasy 11 and 16. Additionally, Final Fantasy 14 will be getting an open beta in mid-January or February 2024.
Super Mario RPG Remake: Release Date, Gameplay Updates, and Latest News - IGN (www.ign.com)
System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition - Official Trailer | The Indie Horror Showcase 2023 (www.youtube.com)
AI in big budget games is inevitable, say dev vets from Assassin's Creed and Everquest 2: 'Developers hate it … the money is still going to drive absolutely everybody to do it' (www.pcgamer.com)
Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s leveling journey shows how much retail has lost its way (massivelyop.com)
Halo Infinite Season 5: How Forge's New AI Toolkit Works - IGN (www.ign.com)
Elite Dangerous studio Frontier Developments announce layoffs and "organisational review" (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Dragon Dogma 2 Developers Reveal How They Improved on The Beloved Dragon's Dogma for The Sequel (techraptor.net)
Cities: Skylines 2 devs warn players of performance problems: 'we have not achieved the benchmark we targeted' (www.pcgamer.com)
Ahead of the city builder's release on October 24, the devs want to "manage expectations on performance."
Intel is Desperate: i7-14700K CPU Review, Benchmarks, Gaming, & Power (www.youtube.com)
Starfield's lead quest designer leaves Bethesda to join other RPG veterans making a new open-world game (www.gamesradar.com)
Something Wicked Games snatches another veteran for their horror-RPG
Coming Soon to Game Pass: Cities: Skylines II, Dead Space, Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, and More - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com)
Coming soon to @XboxGamePass and @XboxGamePassPC: Cities: Skylines II, Dead Space, Jusant, Mineko’s Night Market, and more!
Welcoming the Legendary Teams at Activision Blizzard King to Team Xbox - Xbox Wire (news.xbox.com)
Today we welcome the teams at Activision Blizzard King to Team Xbox. It's a good day to play.
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for October: Gotham Knights, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (blog.playstation.com)
Also included are Alien: Isolation, Dead Island Definitive Edition, Outlast 2, and more.
Meta Quest 3 review impressions - one of VR gaming's best options (www.eurogamer.net)
Forza Motorsport's RT Controversy: Misleading Marketing? (youtu.be)
Diablo 4’s Season 2 patch rebalances each class and nearly every Unique item (www.polygon.com)
Diablo 4’s second season is shaping up to be a major upgrade to Blizzard’s flagship action game
Introducing the new Godot Development Fund (godotengine.org)
We are excited to introduce a major improvement in terms of funding the development efforts of the Godot Engine.
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON – Gameplay Preview (www.youtube.com)
Austin recommends: Exoprimal…but not for $60 (Review) (www.youtube.com)
FTC withdraws its in-house challenge to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal (www.theverge.com)
Austin recommends: Exoprimal…but not for $60 (Review) (youtu.be)