Games Done Quick to hold Hurricane Helene disaster fundraiser next week
- Donations will go towards humanitarian aid organisation, Direct Relief.
Monday, 7 October 2024
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 7 October 2024.
General5 stories
Halo’s 343 rebrands and confirms ‘multiple games’ coming, using Unreal Engine 5
- 343 Industries is now "Halo Studios"
- Currently working on "multiple projects" in Unreal Engine 5
- The studio claims it's changed its culture and workflow
Halo Infinite is getting a third-person mode
- The new viewpoint is coming to the game next month
- Third-person controls will be “supported at a mode level”, senior community manager John ‘Unyshek’ Junyszek said. This means players won’t be able to manually switch between first-person and third-person mode – it will be set for them.
- The third-person view will also be added to Forge mode allowing creators to switch individual players (or all players) between first- and third-person perspectives as desired.
The Until Dawn movie has finished filming
- The film is planned for release in October 2025
Astro Bot’s 87-song soundtrack is now available on streaming platforms
- The soundtrack includes PlayStation homages such as "Bot of War"
- The majority of tracks were composed by Kenny CM Young. Additional tracks are contributed by Hirofumi Sasaki, Tadashi Yatabe, Kemmei Adachi, and Sachiko Miyano.
Business1 story
Epic bringing free games to its mobile store in a bid to entice new users
- Arriving alongside third-party apps in Q4
- In total, Epic expects to have "between 10 and 50" third-party applications available on its mobile store by this "holiday season", with Ark: Ultimate Mobile Edition already to confirmed as one of those games
- When it comes to enticing developers, it's also pushing a similar self-publishing strategy to that seen on PC, alongside a reduced cut of earnings on app sales and in-app purchases - 12 percent - compared to Apple and Google's share. Epic also waives its cut entirely for six months if a developer agrees to release its game as a six-month Epic store exclusive.