Game News Round-Up

December’s PlayStation Plus Essential games are now live

• It Takes Two, Aliens: Dark Descent and Temtem

New Xbox Game Pass titles for console, PC and Cloud revealed

Ubisoft shutting studios, laying off 277 employees as it pulls plug on live-service shooter XDefiant

• A month and a half after denying reports it was poised to pull the plug on its free-to-play live-service shooter XDefiant - which launched back in May - Ubisoft has confirmed it's doing just that, resulting in the closure of three production studios and - 277 employees losing their jobs
• Studios closing: San Francisco, Osaka. "Ramping Down" Studios: Sydney
• Season 3 will launch as planned and servers will remain online until 3rd June, 2025

Phasmophobia has sold 1m copies on consoles

• Torn Banner Studios cuts staff after No More Room in Hell 2's EA launch: <https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/torn-banner-studios-cuts-staff-after-no-more-room-in-hell-2-s-ea-launch>
• The developer affirmed it was committed to fixing No More Room in Hell 2's issues and growing the game into a full, 1.0 release for a 2025 launch