Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 20 August 2024.

General4 stories

Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release

  • "The End is Near" is the 35th update to the game
  • The original designer of Dead Cells, Sébastien Benard, formed a new studio and has a new roguelike game on the way called Tenjutsu in which players take the role of a renegade yakuza.
  • Earlier this year, Benard called the decision to end Dead Cells development "the worst imaginable asshole move".
Eurogamer

Final Fantasy 16 gets a September release date for PC

  • Free demo available to try now
  • Originally released for PS5 in June 2023, it will make the jump to PC on September 17, 2024, with the base game priced at $49.99 / £44.99 via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
  • Final Fantasy 16 Complete Edition, which includes the base game plus its story expansions Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide, is priced at $69.99 / £64.99.
VGC

Funko Fusion gets a PC demo and Mega Man reveal trailer

  • The free PC demo includes the first level of Funko Fusion’s world inspired by 1982 horror classic The Thing.
  • The game will be released on September 13 for PS5, Xbox Series S/X and PC, and on November 15 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
VGC

Gamescom Opening Night Live today

  • 2 p.m. EDT / 11 a.m. PDT / 7 p.m. BST / 8 p.m. CEST
Business1 story

Climax opens new studio in Scotland

  • Climax Studios has opened a new location in Edinburgh.
  • The studio opened its doors in February, and has been recruiting a team over the past few months.
GamesIndustry.biz