EA Sports College Football will launch in 2024, not 2023, as many had expected, according to two letters obtained and posted by a sports business journalist on Tuesday morning. The communications — a note from the Collegiate Licensing Company to its clients, and a draft news release from Electronic Arts...
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s big Toy Story update arrives in December
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s next update is coming on Dec. 6 and will add a Toy Story realm and questline to the game, developer Gameloft announced Tuesday. It’s coming to all platforms — Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X — on that day....
The Witcher 3’s next-gen upgrade brings photo mode, cross-save, and more
CD Projekt Red detailed the new features coming to the next-gen upgrade for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in a Twitch stream Wednesday. They include a photo mode, cross-progression, a quick cast control system for Signs, a new camera, and a raft of new UI options and quality-of-life improvements. As...
The Xbox 360’s white gamepad is coming back for modern systems
The Xbox 360’s original, white controller, which launched with the console — oh dear heavens, now 17 years ago to this very day — will return to life as an Xbox Series X peripheral thanks to Hyperkin, the peripheral makers behind the phat-and-phabulous Duke reboot for modern hardware. Called “The...
SpongeBob and Skyrim are coming to Fall Guys
In Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout’s season 3, Sunken Secrets, the beans are heading to an underwater city filled with mysteries. Sunken Secrets goes live Tuesday and will introduce five new themed rounds, all set in a crumbling deep-sea world. The season pass will get more than 100 new levels along...
Destiny 2 Xur location and items, Nov. 18-22
The weekly Exotic item merchant Xur hangs out in random locations around the world of Destiny. In Destiny 2, he can appear all over the map, as well as inside the Tower. This week, you can find Xur in the EDZ, hanging out in the Winding Cove on the cliff...
Marvel’s Midnight Suns leans on superhero friendships to form XCOM bonds
Because it’s made by Firaxis Games, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, launching Dec. 2, already gets the rep that it’s XCOM meets X-Men. It’s actually not, says Jake Solomon, the game’s creative director. Both might be turn-based strategy games, but only one of them was made in partnership with the best storytellers...
You can play Warhammer 40K: Darktide on PC right now
The beta for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the upcoming sci-fi cooperative shooter, is now live for players who pre-order the game on PC. As of today, the beta grants players access to the game’s central hub, the mission board, character creation, and four rotating missions across four different zones, according to...
Overwatch 2’s battle pass and progression are changing so players ‘feel more rewarded’
Overwatch 2’s launch and inaugural season as a free-to-play game hasn’t always gone to plan. The game’s creators said before the game’s launch they wanted its battle pass to feel like an “overwhelming, obvious value,” but much of the conversation around rewards and cosmetics for Overwatch 2 has been around...
Nier’s next big crossover is coming to Rainbow Six Siege
The wild world of the Nier series is crossing over with Ubisoft’s venerable tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege soon, according to a new video released Tuesday that shows Rainbow Six operator Maverick all dressed up like the protagonist of Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Naturally, the talking, flying book known as Grimoire...