Dedenne will be one of the Pokemon GO Festival of Lights additions, and there will even be avatar clothing items inspired by it.
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Unpacking is a soothing puzzle game with incredibly detailed sprites that also offers a peek into a person's life as they grow up.
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The Japanese version of Idola Phantasy Star Saga will shut down in January 2022. Boltrend didn't note how this will affect the global version.
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As the calendar flips from October to November, and you pop that sexy calculator costume back in the cupboard for another year, Sony arrives with a fresh batch of PlayStation Now titles, which this month include Mafia: Definitive Edition, Celeste, and Final Fantasy 9.
Last year's Mafia: Definitive Edition is, of course, the fancied up version of Illusion Softworks' fondly remembered open-world mobster game from 2002. This new version certainly looks the part, reimagining the 1930s city of Lost Heaven for modern hardware, but Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell didn't feel the the tweaks to its ageing gameplay were quite so successful.
Another week, another DF Direct Weekly and our show kicks off with the re-reveal of Halo Infinite's campaign - the source of much controversy upon its initial showing last year. From my perspective, it's a solid showing with clear improvements in many areas of the visual presentation, plus a lot more thought put into the edit. However, questions persist: we're still only seeing just one environment when the initial engine reveal promised so much more. Also, it's not yet clear what Halo has to gain from its metamorphosis into a full open world beyond upgrade paths and resource management - but with just over a month before release, answers should be forthcoming in short order.
Beyond that, the team discuss last week's full-throated reveal of the Intel 12th Gen Core architecture, which is perhaps so radical, Intel might have perhaps considered dropping the Core brand altogether and coming up with something new to hammer home the scale of the achievement here. Running on a new fabrication node and combining more powerful performance processing cores with smaller efficiency cores, single thread performance looks state of the art, while multi-core capabilities seem to be up there with AMD's brilliant Ryzen 9 5950X - the CPU that I chose myself for my own workstation. Power efficiency? Well you can ramp up the processor to max power for best performance, but there are still remarkable perf per watt gains against prior Intel chips at lower power points.
Meghna Jayanth, the award-winning writer and narrative designer of games like 80 Days, Sunless Sea, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Sable, has confirmed she'll be working on the new game by Falcon Age developer Outer Loop.
She told me this during Episode 2 of The New Eurogamer podcast, which was made available to everyone today.
Uncharted 3's most memorable sequence is undoubtedly Nathan Drake's running battle through a cargo plane in midflight. It's peak Naughty Dog action design, steadily escalating until Drake finds himself hanging desperately from a cargo net over the desert.
Hard as it is to believe, Uncharted 3 is now 10 years old, having first released on PS3 on November 1, 2011. To mark the occasion, several of its original developers came together to share their memories of Uncharted 3's development. They include building the cargo plane sequence, which then-designer Kurt Margenau says was the first time in his career he had a chance to build such a setpiece.
"It was truly a collaborative effort with animators, programmers, sound designers, and anyone else who cared to contribute. It started with an off-the-cuff idea of, 'What if you could chase down a plane on the tarmac and board it,' which turned into, 'Ok, what if the plane crashed while you were in it?' and then figuring out how that could even work and be playable," Margenau remembers.
The scene was born of Naughty Dog's desire to keep escalating after Uncharted 2, which left the studio confident that it could "achieve whatever wild-ass blockbuster ideas we could think up to one-up ourselves."
Returnal's recent 2.0 update finally gave players a method to suspend their game, turn off their PS5, and return to the suspend point to continue their run. The catch? That suspend point erases when you return, meaning you can still absolutely bungle a run in the next area and have to run through the lengthy, punishing roguelike world all over again. Now players have discovered an exploit that turns that suspend point into a full-blown save point can be reloaded again and again like the save scumming monsters we are.
As described by Inverse writer Joseph Yaden (and reported by Kotaku), the exploit requires you to suspend your save in-game, upload your save to PlayStation's cloud servers, and then when you die, download the save from the cloud. This will allow you to return to your suspend point as many times as you want as long as it's in the cloud, since it can't be erased.
Call of Duty: Vanguard's PC specs have officially been revealed, giving players an idea of just how beefy their rig will need to be to venture into its alternate vision of WWII. Pre-loading time has also been announced, which will help you play as soon as the game releases on November 5.
The big takeaways are that you can still miraculously get away with a CPU as low as an Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300. If you want WWII to look its finest in 4K, however, you'll need a much more recent Intel Core i9-9900K/AMD Ryzen 9 3900X.
As previously reported, Vanguard will take up considerably less storage space than earlier Call of Duty games. You'll need a minimum of 36GB if you just want to play multiplayer and zombies mode, but getting 4K assets will cost you "up to 64 GB" or up to 32 GB with Vanguard's Hi-Rez Assets Cache feature, which streams high-resolution assets.
Read below for the full list of PC spec requirements for Call of Duty: Vanguard.
Operating System
Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
CPU
Minimum: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
Recommended: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Competitive: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Ultra 4K: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM
Minimum: 8 GB
Recommended: 12 GB
Competitive/Ultra 4K: 16 GB
Storage Space**
***Fair warning, the following content spoils a major twist in the Netflix original show, Squid Game. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want to be spoiled, come back after you’ve seen at least the first episode.***
Ever since it was released on Netflix back in November, the Korean thriller Squid Game has been the talk of the town. On top of the popularity it has found in terms of viewership and critical acclaim, the series has also had some pretty amazing crossover memes.
Arguably one of the funniest crossovers we’ve seen so far belongs to Twitter user DitzyFlama. Over the course of the past month, this artist has created multiple masterpieces by combining Squid Game and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Today Activision Blizzard released a brand new trailer of the upcoming FPS Call of Duty: Vanguard.
This time around, the video is dedicated to promoting the PC version and its features.
Of course, 4K support is included alongside ultra-wide resolution. Both Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution are also supported.
You can check out the trailer below, with the claim that all the footage was recorded on PC.
Call of Duty: Vanguard is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on Nov. 5.
It’s the day after Halloween, so we’ve all got some candy hangovers as we all head back to work. And what better way to help you get over those Monday Blues than with some amazing gaming memes.
Whether it’s Hades, Halo, or Yakuza-based content, these gaming memes will surely help you beat the Monday blues. So sit back, relax, and enjoy all of the hilarious gaming memes we found from across the internet last week.
And definitely be sure to let us know which ones were your favorites in the comments below. Also, don’t hesitate to leave any other great memes that we may have missed down there to help make us all laugh.
The release of Forza Horizon 5 is just around the corner, and Microsoft is preparing with a dedicated live-action trailer.
The trailer focuses on the game’s likely most relevant aspect, the ability to drive anywhere you like, on top of featuring the flavor of this installment’s location, Mexico.
You can watch it below, and see if it inspires you.
Forza Horizon 5 will release on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on Nov. 9.
The new open-world shooter Far Cry 6 quickly lets you become an unstoppable machine. Here’s a trick that’ll make you even less stoppable: By turning off the game’s camera shake, you’ll completely eliminate recoil for all weapons, including shotguns and extremely high fire-rate machine guns.
PlayStation Now subscribers have a new batch of games to play this month. Four games join the library tomorrow, November 2, and can be played via cloud streaming or installed directly to a console.
Mafia: Definitive Edition headlines November’s round-up. This ground-up remake of the classic Mafia was released in September 2020 and coats the 2002 sandbox title with the Mafia III engine's paint. Don’t worry if you’re a purist; Mafia still retains its classic design, for better or worse. You can read our review of the game here. Mafia: Definitive Edition exits PS Now on February 28.
In its wake comes the goofy party game Totally Reliable Delivery Service, a role-playing classic in Final Fantasy IX, and 2017’s critically acclaimed platformer, Celeste. These three titles will be available on the service until further notice.
With just four days left to go until launch, Activision Blizzard has released a new Call of Duty: Vanguard trailer, this time focused on PC gameplay.
Beenox is leading the development charge on the PC version of Vanguard, and its new trailer showcases some of the things PC players can expect. For example, it will launch with visuals up to 4K resolutions, ultrawide screen support, multiple performance options, and more.
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No doubt about it now; change is in the air, and fall is in full force. Time to head inside, pull up a seat by the fireplace, and get wrapped up in a few indie tales. As we step into November, it’s not just the leftover Halloween candy we can’t wait to get our hands on. Recent news from one of the scene’s biggest developers has us feeling warm down to our toes, indies are getting a new stage, and on top of it all, we’re positively rolling in game releases.
Fall is all about transformation, but who would have known Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone AKA ConcernedApe, would get so into the spirit when dropping the first real details of his follow-up title? And that’s not all. Thunderful Games is putting on its debut digital showcase, and Mark Hamill is hosting!
As the release date draws nearer, the two returning SMT V demons being shown off on November 1, 2021 are Koumokuten and Poltergeist.
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Vice-President of Arika Ichiro Mihara announced that Tetris: The Grand Master is coming to consoles, with a sequel possible.
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Concerned Ape's latest Haunted Chocolatier update went over how combat will work, bringing up how shields will work and help against enemies.
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Earlier this year, developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone surprised fans with news that Stardew Valley was making the jump to the tabletop with an official board game adaptation. Unfortunately, the first batch went fast - but those that missed out on the initial run now have a second chance at acquiring the game, with orders re-opening this Wednesday.
Online orders will once again only be available for shipping within the US, but Barone says he's teamed up with a number of distributors in the UK, the EU, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand this time around, and that copies will be available directly from local stores in these regions. "It's not possible for us to keep track of which stores specifically," he adds, "so the best way is to contact your local store and ask if they are carrying copies.
In real life, moving is the worst. In Unpacking, described by its creators as a “zen puzzle game,” settling into a new place is surprisingly comforting. Unpacking takes you through a series of homes representing an invisible protagonist’s life from 1997 to 2018, and as it turns out, you can tell a lot about a person by the things they take with them. Though the mechanics are simple and the campaign can be completed in a handful of hours, Unpacking is a memorable, delightful game that shows that there are still new ways to tell stories in video games out there.
You might not think stacking plates and organizing books is compelling, but strangely, it really is. Part of that might have to do with how often you’ve pulled up stakes. For me, it was a lot: between the ages of 18 and 26, I moved more than half a dozen times. Packing and unpacking became an almost annual ritual as I transitioned through a series of apartments in various neighborhoods throughout the Philadelphia area. None of these places ever felt like home until I started unpacking: taping the David Bowie poster with torn edges to the wall, finding a flat surface for my ancient record player, and lining up my Harry Potter books in chronological order on the shelves. Settling into the next place always felt like a new chapter of my life was starting, and that’s a feeling Unpacking captures well.
The holiday season is nearly upon us, and that means it's time to start grabbing gifts for family members and friends. If you've got a Nintendo fan on your list this year, you'll want to check this out. We've rounded up a number of great gifts that are perfect for Nintendo fans of all ages. From popular Switch games and accessories to LEGO Super Mario-themed sets, we'll make shopping for the perfect gift this year a breeze.
If there's one thing many Nintendo fans will be looking for this year, it's the brand new Nintendo Switch OLED. With its larger, more vibrant display, it's sure to please anyone who can get their hands on one as they are highly sought-after. Aside from that, Nintendo Switch Lite is a great portable option, and you can't go wrong with Metroid Dread - Samus' first proper 2D adventure in nearly 20 years.
The Nintendo Switch isn't much without its great collection of games. This year, treat your friends and family to some of 2021's biggest hits including The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD and WarioWare: Get It Together!, or spring for some all-around family fun with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Walmart's Black Friday sale includes some incredible game deals, such as steep discounts on new releases like Deathloop, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Far Cry 6. Walmart is also slashing the prices on TVs, laptops, and many other tech and entertainment products. While in-store deals are live right now, we've also rounded up some of the best online discounts so that you don't have to risk going outside this weekend.
Walmart will have the PS5, PS5 Digital, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S in stock for Walmart+ members at 1 PM PT / 4PM ET.
It's unclear if restocks will also be available for non-subscribers later tonight, but Walmart has been staggering restocks lately, so we wouldn't be surprised to see more restocks at Walmart throughout the week. Walmart will also have the holiday Nintendo Switch bundle, which comes with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and three months of Nintendo Switch Online for $300.
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One of Halo's traditions is for new games to feature remakes of multiplayer maps from past games, but 343 is changing things up a little bit with Halo Infinite. Lead multiplayer designer Andrew Witts told IGN that the studio is more interested in creating all-new playspaces. That said, players will notice that some of Halo Infinite's maps are inspired by classic maps, and overall, 343 isn't ruling out the possibility of remakes. But the overall goal is to make Halo Infinite's maps feel distinct and new.
Witts pointed out that the Big Team Battle map Fragmentation is a good example of what 343 is trying to achieve. The map is seemingly inspired by Halo 3's Valhalla, which itself takes cues from Halo: Combat Evolved's Blood Gulch.
"I think that what we've done with [the Big Team Battle map] Fragmentation is something we want; we want things to feel new, but we want things to be a bit reminiscent without giving you the exact same layout or the same layout with slight differences, because we're a different game with different needs," Witts said.
"There are some maps that have been coming out in almost every single iteration of Halo. So I wouldn't say we would never do a remake," Witts added. "But again, we're doing a spiritual reboot, so we look at how we kind of put our own twist on it, but still make it feel like a little bit of a nostalgia trip when you kind of run through them."
Lead multiplayer designer Cayle George said the team experimented with one-to-one ports of previous Halo maps, but "they don't work well."
Microsoft has released a new advertisement for the upcoming racing game Forza Horizon 5 featuring Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernandez and singer Karol G.
Called "The Getaway Driver," the video features Fernandez escaping a boring life of driving people around and embracing a life of white-knuckle fast driving in Mexico. And then Karol G shows up and challenges Fernandez to a race. The video is pretty slick, and it does a good job at selling the fantasy of Forza Horizon 5's open-world racing ambitions. Check it out below.
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Forza Horizon 5 launches on November 9, though the more expensive editions of the game unlock on November 5. For more, check out GameSpot's Forza Horizon 5 unlock time guide to find out precisely when the racing game unlocks depending on each version.
To say it's been a turbulent few months at Blizzard would be an understatement. Leadership changes, in-game protests, employee walkouts, and campaigns calling on players to cancel their World of Warcraft subscriptions have caused Blizzard to go from one of the most beloved names in the video game industry to one associated with deeply troubling sexual harassment and discrimination allegations outlined in multiple lawsuits and investigations.
Changes both big and small have come to Blizzard and its flagship title as a result. The World of Warcraft team put out multiple statements laying out their plans to make Azeroth a more welcoming and inclusive place, and while some of those changes are already live, many of them are set to happen with the release of the upcoming patch 9.1.5 for World of Warcraft's latest expansion, Shadowlands.
As the first patch to be released in the wake of the ongoing fallout from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing's initial lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, it's clear based on a recent interview that World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas intends for patch 9.1.5 to be a major turning point for both the development team and for Blizzard's MMORPG. Whether it's looking to create a more open, safe work environment or attempting to cast off nearly two decades' worth of assumptions about what World of Warcraft can be, Hazzikostas described patch 9.1.5 as the start of a "new perspective" for the game going forward.
After a year of being sequestered to PlayStation platforms, PC and Xbox players can finally try out a new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's Zombies mode starting tomorrow. The mode, titled Onslaught, has players fight against waves of the undead in a desperate, difficult attempt to survive.
Unlike Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's main Zombies mode, Onslaught places players on one of the game's multiplayer maps rather than one specially designed for zombie-fighting. Players won't be able to run around as much as they want either, as they spawn next to a Dark Aether Orb that serves as their safe zone. Moving outside of the zone deals players constant damage.
In regular Zombies fashion, players have to survive waves of the undead, as well as periodic special waves where elite zombies spawn.
The game mode initially launched in October 2020, but starting at 9 PM PT on November 2 / 12 AM ET on November 3, players on PC and Xbox will be able to give Onslaught a try.
Looking towards the future of Call of Duty, the franchise could get a lot gorier. Before Call of Duty Vanguard has even released, a sweeping amount of information on Call of Duty 2022 has reportedly leaked out. According to the leaked information, the game will include a morality system akin to Red Dead Redemption 2's as well as extremely graphic depictions of gore. Enemies will lose their limbs and apply pressure to wounds to stop bleeding, and when shot, may insult the player, beg for their mother, or convulse.
UFO Gaming is a decentralized social gaming platform that is bridging the gap between blockchain and traditional mobile and PC games. It uses a Game-Fi consisting of multiple Play-to-Earn (P2E) games, with each one allowing gamers to join their friends, create clans, own and trade virtual land, and earn NFTs and cryptocurrency by completing quests. Normally, only pro-gamers and popular streamers could profit from their passion, but UFO Gaming and its crypto-powered version of P2E will allow anyone to make a profit by playing video games.
This is reflected in the UFO Gaming 10k Cup, as anyone was able to join and compete for the prize money, giving the community a chance to play against popular Twitch streamers and pro gamers alike.
With Halo Infinite's release now just about a month away, it appears the Microsoft marketing machine is set to kick into high gear. The Halo Twitter account posted a teaser on Monday that suggests some kind of new Halo Infinite marketing campaign is about to begin.
"UNSC Archives accessed. Contained within are the untold stories of humanity and heroism behind the Master Chief. Stay tuned for further transmissions," the tweet said, with the word "Become" as a hashtag. You can check out the video below and see if you can spot any secrets.
UNSC Archives accessed. Contained within are the untold stories of humanity and heroism behind the Master Chief. Stay tuned for further transmissions.
#Become #UNSCarchives #HaloInfinite pic.twitter.com/lUaadMRtFq
343 Industries has revealed a brand-new multiplayer map for Halo Infinite. Called "Streets," the map takes place on the streets of New Mombasa. It is a smaller-sized map made with 4v4 matches in mind. As you can see in the overview trailer below, Streets is an asymmetrical map with no specific bases. Instead, players will spawn at different points throughout the match.
Additionally, the map features environmental elements like palm trees to help limit sightlines so snipers won't have such an easy time. Lead multiplayer designer Cayle George says in the video that Strongholds and Oddball are two of the modes that play the best on Streets. Because it's an asymmetrical map, Capture the Flag won't be officially supported, but players can create it themselves in Custom Games. Check out the video below to see the map in action.
Streets joins the maps Bazaar, Recharge, Live Fire, Behemoth, and Fragmentation that were featured in the Halo Infinite beta tests earlier this year. Microsoft has not announced how many maps Halo Infinite will have in total, but the game's multiplayer leans heavily into the live service category, so fans can presumably expect more to be added over time.
Naughty Dog's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception was released on November 1, 2011, meaning today is the game's 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the studio published a blog post featuring insights and behind-the-scenes stories from the team that worked on it. The whole post is well worth a read, but there is one story that really stands out.
Naughty Dog vice president Christian Gyrling revealed in the post that, just days before the studio planned to send the game to Sony for manufacturing, what turned out to be a very serious set of bugs were discovered in the testing process. The bugs and glitches--which in some cases turned the ocean blood red and completely zapped some levels--were serious enough for the studio to question whether or not it could release the game.
"I myself brought the game home and started playing the game from the beginning. After a few hours of playing, the game started having glitches. The glitches got worse and worse until enemies would be invisible, the ocean became blood red, and levels would be outright missing. I freaked out, and the next morning, I walked into [Naughty Dog president Evan Wells'] office saying, 'We can't ship the game like this,'" Gyrling said. "Playing the game for a few hours on older PS3s would in almost all cases result in a broken game experience."
But Gyrling had an idea for what was causing the issue, and to test the hypothesis, the team created two versions of the game.
In addition to announcing all the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the first half of November, Microsoft has listed off six games that are leaving the subscription catalog this month.
A total of six games will leave Xbox Game Pass across console, cloud, and PC on November 15, including Final Fantasy VIII HD, Planet Coaster, River City Girls, Star Renegades, Streets of Rogue, and The Gardens Between. You can see the full list below with platform details, too.
In terms of games that are coming to Game Pass, November is yet another very busy month. In the first half of the month alone, subscribers will get titles like Forza Horizon 5, GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition, and Minecraft for PC, among others. See the full November Game Pass lineup.
The Battlefield franchise has always been at home on PCs rather than consoles, and that isn't changing with Battlefield 2042. When the game launches in just a couple of weeks, PC players who have the right hardware in their gaming rigs will be able to run the game with some of Nvidia's choice gaming features including DLSS, Nvidia Reflex, and some light ray tracing.
DLSS, Nvidia's AI upscaling technique, is why a majority of ray tracing compatible games can run at a 4K resolution at the same time. For Battlefield 2042 players, the feature's inclusion should mean a clearer picture of the battlefield, and all the enemies in it. That being said, players won't necessarily need to turn on DLSS to run Battlefield 2042 at 4K even with the game's ray tracing options enabled.
This year's Call of Duty game, Vanguard, isn't even out yet, but rumors surrounding 2022's game continue to take shape. New information suggests the campaign will take inspiration from movies like Traffic, No Country for Old Men, and Sicario, and is described as "gritty and unrelenting." The game could have a morality system like Red Dead Redemption 2, and the campaign will apparently feature a new level of gore for the series. As reported previously, 2022's game is rumored to be a sequel to 2019's Modern Warfare from Infinity Ward, focusing on Colombian drug cartels.
Twitter user @ralphsvalve unearthed a trove of unannounced details about 2022's Call of Duty game, and some of the pieces were corroborated by VGC's own sources. The site has accurately reported on unannounced Call of Duty details many times before.
According to the leak, 2022's Call of Duty game is described as "grim" and gruesome." Enemies who are shot may not die immediately and could call out for their mothers, hallucinate, and convulse before biting the dust, according to the report. The gore is described as "realistic," and bullet penetration will be based on the calibre of the bullet, according to the report. Players can also apply pressure to wounds to stop the bleeding, the leak suggests.
The game is also rumored to have a "moral compass" system similar to Red Dead Redemption 2 where key decisions could impact moments later in the game. For the story, the tagline is apparently, "There's no winners in this story," which might be commentary on the war on drugs.
It's a new month, and that means a fresh set of titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft has now listed off nine titles coming to the catalog in the first half of November, with presumably a second wave to be announced later, if history is any indication.
Starting off, Minecraft: Java and Bedrock editions are coming to Game Pass on PC beginning November 2. The game is already available on Game Pass for Xbox, but this is the first time the open-ended sandbox game will be on Game Pass for PC, and it features cross-play with all versions. Also arriving November 2 is the puzzle game Unpacking for console, cloud, and PC. Then on November 4, the critical darling co-op game It Takes Two comes to Game Pass for console, cloud, and PC through EA Play for Game Pass Ultimate members.
Also arriving on November 4 is Kill It with Fire, a first-person action game about killing spiders, for console, cloud, and PC. The immensely popular Football Manager series coming to Game Pass on November 9 with the day-and-date launch of Football Manager 22 for PC. Football Manager 2022: Xbox Edition is also available day one on Game Pass for console that day.
Fortnite Chapter 3 may be much closer than people once thought, according to a fan theory growing in popularity. With Season 8 set to turn over in early December, conventional wisdom said that would usher in Season 9 with its own new theme and gameplay mechanics. Instead, a number of pieces of evidence now suggest we may be in the final days of Fortnite Chapter 2. We've compiled all the evidence so far. You be the judge.
While some clues are older, the suggestion of Season 9 being wiped out in favor of Chapter 3 really began to pick up steam when Fortnite influencer FNChiefAko (aka Ako) pieced together a few hints from the in-game items that seem to suggest reality as we know it on Apollo is coming to a dramatic end.
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Today Square Enix revealed the look of new gear that will be introduced with Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming expansion Endwalker.
To be more specific, we get to see images of the artifact gear that crafting and gathering classes will be able to earn when the expansion releases later this month.
As a bonus, we get to see artwork of the Three Magus Sisters that we’ll encounter during the story.
You can check everything out below.
The Xbox Game Pass team, as they do each month, has updated all of us on what to expect this month and the lineup is looking pretty, pretty, strong.
For starters, the excellent co-op game and dare I say game of the year contender, It Takes Two will arrive on the service this week on Nov. 4. If you got a buddy to play with, we highly recommend giving It Takes Two a go as it is one of the most charming and fun co-op games to release in quite some time.
The big-time Xbox Series X|S and PC exclusive, Forza Horizon 5 arrives on Nov. 9 as well and is the case for all Xbox in-house developed games, you’ll be able to pick that one up for free on Xbox Game Pass on day 1 if you’re a subscriber.
Finally, If you are in the mood for some PS1 nostalgia or somehow haven’t played GTA: San Andreas yet, then you can pick up GTA: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition this month as well on Nov. 11. This version of the game, unlike the original Xbox version of it, includes improved controls, lighting, and textures for a smoother experience.
Other games coming this month include:
If you want a little more info on all of the games releasing this month, you can check out the full blog post from Xbox right here.