Game News Round-Up

Reikon Games' Ruiner to receive film adaptation by Universal Pictures

• The 2017 sci-fi shooter's film adaptation is being headed up by Wes Ball, director of Sony's upcoming Zelda movie.

Black Myth: Wukong opens to 2.2 million Steam players in one day

• Beats previous day one records set by Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077

Atsuko Tanaka – the Japanese voice of Chun-Li and Bayonetta – has died

The Finals studio's PvPvE extraction shooter ARC Raiders resurfaces, and it's no longer free-to-play

• Will be available on Steam, Epic, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X when it launches next year

Civilization 7 gets February 2025 release date and first gameplay trailer

• PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, Switch, and PC on 11th February next year

2K announces Mafia: The Old Country for release in 2025

• Mafia: The Old Country will be released in 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series S/X and PC via Steam.
• The game, which is set during the origins of the Sicilian mafia, is in development at 2K’s Hangar 13 studio.

Peter Molyneux unveils new god game Masters of Albion

• Ex-Media Molecule boss Mark Healey is also working on the project
• The game, which according to Molyneux takes elements from all of his previous work, is descroned as an “open-world God game.”
• “After messing around on mobile – what the hell was I doing? – I thought to myself, I need to come home to PC and console. So I looked at Dungeon Keeper… I’ve taken some things from Black & White, I’ve done the same with Fable, and this is what I’m showing tonight.”

Xbox’s Indiana Jones game is officially coming (back?) to PS5

• The game will be released first for Xbox and PC on December 9, followed by Sony‘s console in Spring 2025

Path of Exile 2 early access release date revealed

• November 15, 2024 early access for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store

Amazon reveals series based on Mega Man, Spelunky, Unreal Tournament, and more

• The anthology series (titled Secret Level, made from the team behind Love, Death & Robots) will include episodes based on:
• Armored Core
• Concord
• Crossfire
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Exodus
• Honor of Kings
• Mega Man
• New World: Aeternum
• PAC-MAN
• Various PlayStation Studios games (such as Ghosts of Tsushima and God of War - possibly some sort of collab episode)
• Sifu
• Spelunky
• The Outer Worlds
• Unreal Tournament
• Warhammer 40,000
• Secret Level will arrive on Prime Video on December 10

Dune Awakening is coming to PC early access in 2025

• Coming to consoles "at a later date"

Marvel Rivals is launching in December, and all heroes will be free

• December 6, 2024 for Steam / Epic Game Store, PS5, Xbox Series S/X

Genshin Impact is officially coming to Xbox

• Launches November 20 for Xbox Series S/X
• Will also arrive on Game Pass - though not sure how a free game can be any free-er

New Monster Hunter Wilds gameplay shown at Gamescom Opening Night Live

A new mini console based on the Atari 7800 has been revealed

• The Atari 7800+ is billed as a scaled down and faithful recreation of the console that first released in 1986.
• It will launch worldwide on November 29, 2024, and is now available to pre-order for $129.99 / £99.99 / €119.99.

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 has been delayed again (as in, again, again, again, again)

• Originally set for release in 2020, the new release date given is "first half of 2025"

New Xbox Game Pass titles for console, PC and Cloud have been announced

• Arriving:
• Atlas Fallen (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series S/X) - August 22
• Core Keeper (Cloud, PC and Xbox Series S/X) - August 27
• Star Trucker (Cloud, Console and PC) - September 3
• Leaving (August 31st):
• Atomic Heart (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Guilty Gear Strive (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• NBA 2K24 (Cloud and Console)