Game News Round-Up

Xbox Cloud Gaming coming to Amazon Fire TV in select markets

Frostpunk 2 release delayed to "guarantee the best possible experience" at launch

• 11 bit studios is now planning to release Frostpunk 2 on 20th September.

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter gets a remake courtesy of Aspyr

• Set for release on 1st August
• Aspyr has released a number of Star Wars re-releases and remakes, including most recently Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection

Ubisoft CEO confirms multiple Assassin's Creed games are getting remakes

Amazon Prime is giving away an additional 6 ‘free’ PC games in July

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
• Cat Quest 2
• Maneater
• Midnight Fight Express
• Masterplan Tycoon
• YouTubers Life 2

Layoffs at Gameloft Toronto

• Affects 49 people.

Layoffs at Chinese developer Perfect World

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree sells 5m units

More users choosing to play games on Steam with controllers

• Since 2018 daily average controller use has increased from 5% to 15%
• Xbox is the most popular controller among players 59% of sessions compared to 26% for PlayStation controllers and 10% on Steam Deck

Bethesda Montreal files for unionisation

• Bethesda Montreal is the second ZeniMax studio to form a union