Game News Round-Up

Until Dawn remake launches on PS5 / PC October 4th

Square Enix could switch to Unreal Engine 5 for Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3

• The company is exploring whether changing engines would accelerate development

Antstream Arcade is coming to PlayStation consoles

• The subscription service lets players access a streaming library of over 1,300 retro games.
• The full list of games available currently stands at 1,357, including 200+ Amiga games, nearly 300 arcade games, 350+ C64 games, 50+ Mega Drive games, 40+ SNES games and 350+ ZX Spectrum games.
• Players can either buy a year’s subscription to the service for $39.99 / £39.99, or a Lifetime Pass Edition for $99.99 / £99.99.
• It was also announced that the PS1 Net Yaroze games will soon be coming to Antstream, while Pico-8 developers can now submit their games to be included on the service. The first Pico-8 games will be Puzzles of the Paladin and Manbomber.
• Release date TBA

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is officially delayed until February 11th

Among Us adds Critical Role cosmetics, ahead of Ashley Johnson's role in series

Let's Build a Zoo studio is making a game dev management sim where you design your own MMO

• Let's Build a Dungeon will release on Xbox and Steam at some point in the future

August’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles announced

• Extra and Premium:
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | PS4/5
• Wild Hearts Standard Edition | PS5
• Cult of the Lamb | PS4/5
• Ride 5 | PS5
• Watch Dogs 2 | PS4
• Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris | PS4
• Sword Art Online: Last Recollection | PS4/5
• Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet | PS4
• Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization | PS4
• Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker | PS4
• Premium:
• Vacation Simulator | PS VR2
• TimeSplitters | PS4/5
• TimeSplitters 2 | PS4/5
• TimeSplitters: Future Perfect | PS4/5
• Sword Art Online: Lost Song | PS4

Supercell appoints new CFO

• Supercell has appointed Gerard Griffin as its new CFO.
• Griffin has over 25 years of experience in finance and business leadership roles, having previously assumed senior positions at firms like EA, Zynga, NBC, and Sportradar.
• Outgoing CFO Janne Snellman will remain at Supercell "with a focus on supporting existing and future growth initiatives like working with investee companies."

TerraTech developer Payload Studios is laying off 25 percent of its workforce

• TerraTech and spin-off TerraTech Worlds will be "maintained and developed without interruption," and implored studios with vacancies to consider those impacted by the layoffs.