Game News Round-Up

Final Fantasy 14's Patch 7.1, Crossroads, is coming in November

• Expected mid-November, the patch, called "Crossroads", will also include new Allied Society quests for Dawntrail, focusing on a new Pelupelu trader.

Valve croaks down on Deadlock cheaters by letting you turn them into frogs

• When a cheater is detected, opponents are given a choice; instant ban or turn the offender into a frog for the remainder of the match (after the match they'll be banned)

Kojima says Death Stranding 2’s release date is decided, but he can’t reveal it

• Speaking during a special stage presentation for Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, the director claimed that the release date for the game has been decided, but couldn’t be announced during the presentation due to “unforeseen circumstances”.
• “Since we are talking about 2025, it will be released next year, so we will announce it at some point next year. But, due to some unforeseen circumstances, we cannot announce it today. ”

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom named best game at Japan Game Awards

• It also picked up the Best Sales award and an Award For Excellence

Dome Keeper sells 1m units

Manor Lords reaches over 2.5m units sold

Steam updates subscriber agreements to remove arbitration clause

• Change now dictates "disputes are to go forward in court instead".

Alan Wake, Control developer agrees €15m convertible loan from Tencent

• This type of loan is an agreement that can be converted into a predetermined number of equity shares at a later date.
• Tencent's loan is still to be approved by Remedy's Extraordinary General Meeting, which is scheduled to be held by 24th October. Following its approval, Tencent will "have the right to convert the loan into new Remedy shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the convertible rights" three years after the drawdown.