Tuesday, 23 July 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 23 July 2024.

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NetherRealm is shutting down free-to-play mobile game Mortal Kombat: Onslaught

  • Onslaught will be pulled from iOS and Android stores today, 22nd July, but in-app purchases will continue until 23rd August. The game will be playable until 21st October this year.
  • News of Mortal Kombat: Onslaught's impending closure comes after claims from NetherRealm employees last week that the studio's mobile division had been laid off.
Eurogamer

Heihachi Mishima is coming to Tekken 8

  • Arriving Autumn 2024
  • Heihachi has "died" more times than I can count at this point, somehow always surviving being thrown down cliffs or into lava - a running joke within the Tekken community
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Capcom shows off gameplay of Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6

  • Terry is one of two Fatal Fury characters planned for the game
  • Terry is currently planned for autumn 2024.
  • Terry is the second character in Street Fighter 6’s second year of content. He’ll be joined by Mai Shiranui, also from Fatal Fury, and Elena, a Street Fighter veteran
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Business2 stories