Game News Round-Up

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 bans another 136,000 cheaters

Tomb Raider 4 - 6 Remastered restores unused dialogue (and adds QOL features) to Angel of Darkness

• Tomb Raider 4 - 6 Remastered will restore Kurtis Trent's ability to wield the Chirugai in-game. He will also be able to project a psychic shield around himself, shoot around corners while making his way about in stealth mode, and sprint like Lara does.
• The remaster team has restored some unused voice lines from Lara Croft and Kurtis. These lines will be able to provide players with "more context" about what is going on, which should help them "better understand the story".

Pokémon TCG Pocket gets trading later this month, but rules will limit what you can swap

• Trades can only be done between friends and only with cards of the same rarity
• The Pokémon Company also stated that only certain cards from both the Genetic Apex and Mythical Island booster packs will be available to trade. "We are planning to continue to expand the selection of booster packs that you can trade from," it said.
• Cards with a rarity of 1-4 diamond and 1 star can be traded. This excludes both Ex cards (generally the rarest of all) and Promo cards found in events.

Poppy Playtime developer Mob Entertainment is suing Google for failing to remove "scam" apps from the Google Play store

• Poppy Playtime's creators accuse Daigo Game 2020 Inc. of releasing "scam" apps intentionally advertised with names like Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3 and Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 well before the instalments had been officially released for mobile devices.

Genshin Impact maker agrees to pay $20m in FTC case accusing it of violating children's privacy and deceiving players

• Allegedly hid true cost of rare loot box items

Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche leaves BioWare

Winking Studios announces proposed acquisition of Mineloader

• The total consideration amounts to £16.3 million, comprising an upfront payment of £14.7 million and a deferred balance dependent on performance over the next five years.
• The proposal is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025.
• Mineloader is a shanghai-based outsourcing studio responsible for projects such as Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars Outlaws and various other AAA titles.