Game News Round-Up

Black Ops 6 will require a persistent internet connection for all game modes

• Keeps install size to just 309.85 GB, Activision says
• Base version is £70, available day one on Xbox Game Pass

Starship Troopers: Extermination is leaving early access just in time for a console release

• PC via Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X on 11th October, 2024
• Features Johnny Rico from the movie

Fable gets a gameplay trailer and a release window

• The game will be released in 2025 for Xbox Series S/X and PC
• Eidos Montreal confirms it has been helping with the development of Fable

New Avowed story trailer confirms Obsidian’s RPG is still set for a 2024 release

• PC and Xbox Series S/X "later in 2024"

Doom: The Dark Ages is an origin story for the Doom Slayer's rage

• "2025" for Xbox Series S/X, PC (via Steam) and PS5

Fallout 76: Skyline Valley launches next week

• Skyline Valley presents the multiplayer survival RPG's first map expansion
• Releasing June 12th
• Free update to all players
• This gives players two days to complete the controversial battle pass - causing a stir in the F76 community
• Players have realized it was not possible for many of them to finish the battle pass without Fallout 1st - the subscription service
• Players can opt for a Ghoul-ish makeover starting early 2025

Valorant on PS5 won’t support gyro aiming, to ensure Xbox players aren’t at a disadvantage

• "We'd be heavily favbouring PS5 over Xbox, which we don't want to do"

Starfield’s story expansion Shattered Space gets a trailer, but no release date yet

• However, creation kit, new locations, gear, bounties and community created content has been added via the June update

World of Warcraft: The War Within launches in August

• August 26, 2024

Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater gets its first story trailer

• No release date

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 gets a release date

• November 19
• Xbox Series S/X and PC, Xbox Game Pass on day one

Perfect Dark gets first gameplay trailer, but doesn’t yet have a launch window

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets a new trailer, still set for a 2024 release

• "Later this year"
• Xbox Series S/X and PC, Xbox Game Pass on day one

The Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred expansion launches in October

• Vessel of Hatred releases October 8th

Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel told through the eyes of Marcus Fenix

• The game will depict the locust invasion on Emergence day
• Fans have been left confused as the Gears 5 storyline finished on a cliff-hanger
• No release date

Age of Mythology: Retold is coming to PC and Xbox in September

• "Definitive edition treatment" to the 2002 RTS
• September 4 on Xbox Series S/X, PC and Steam