Game News Round-Up

Gibson and CRKD are releasing new Les Paul guitar controllers

• The new guitar controllers work with Fortnite Festival and some legacy Rock Band and Guitar Hero games

Gex Trilogy trailer confirms a summer release window

• The compliation consists of all three GEX games

Indie studio introduces a unique temperature-based pricing system for its snowman game

• A Good Snowman is Hard to Build is a puzzle game that was originally released in 2015, and is usually priced at $14.99.
• However, to celebrate the game’s 10th anniversary, the game’s price will change every hour on itch.io depending on the current temperature in London, according to weather forecast website OpenWeather.

Games being added to the GOG Preservation Program

• The program is a commitment from GOG to ensure each game remains playable on modern PCs for as long as possible.
• Lego Batman: The Video Game
• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
• Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
• Lego City Undercover (new to GOG)
• Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
• Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
• The Lego Movie Video Game (new to GOG)
• The Lego Movie 2 Video Game (new to GOG)
• The Lego Ninjago Video Game (new to GOG)
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
• Lego The Lord of the Rings
• FEAR Platinum ("by next month" "to ensure Molonith's legacy")

A new 2D game based on Terminator 2 (Terminator 2D: No Fate) is coming in September

• PS4/5, Xbox One /S/X, Switch, and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store) on September 5

Pokémon Champions announced for Nintendo Switch and mobile

• The new battle-focused game is being developed by Pokémon Works and Game Freak
• The game will connect to Pokémon Home and will be compatible with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Palworld studio is giving developers the day off to play Monster Hunter Wilds

For the first time, Nintendo is delisting a game (Super Formation Soccer, SNES) from the Switch Online retro library

Metro dev 4A Games rebrands to Reburn with new game reveal

• Reburn is pivoting away from Metro to a new IP, the sci-fi shooter La Quimera

EA deploys various Command & Conquer games' source code to the masses

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command & Conquer: Generals' Zero Hour expansion, Command & Conquer: Renegade, and a remastered collection of the first two games. Mod support for those games—and Command & Conquer: Kane's Wrath and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3—has also been included.
• Shared under GPL v3 license. Game files must be provided and are not included as part of the license.

Tekken 8 sales punch up to 3 million copies in first year