Game News Round-Up

Nintendo announces new app that will deliver daily information and content and "functions like a daily calendar"

Classic PSP rhythm adventures Patapon 1 & 2 are shaking off their PlayStation exclusivity with PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC collection PATAPON 1+2 Replay published by Bandai Namco

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond gameplay trailer shows Samus’ new psychic abilities

Nintendo announces Rhythm Heaven Groove for Nintendo Switch

• Coming 2026

Nintendo reveals major Switch and Switch 2 digital games shakeup with ‘Virtual Game Cards’

• Users can opt-out and remain with the original system currently in place
• This system allows users to locally share their games with other devices / family members for up to two weeks at a time.

Nintendo’s Tomodachi Life is getting a sequel next year

Epic Games Store's latest free games revealed

• Cat Quest and Neko Ghost, Jump!

Crystal Dynamics lays off 17 employees

Tencent invests $1.25bn in new Ubisoft subsidiary focused on Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six

• The new subsidiary has been granted a "worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual license" in respect to the IPs listed above, and includes teams developing those franchises in Montréal, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Barcelona, and Sofia, although it will be headquartered in France and "100% owned" by Ubisoft.
• Through a "formal and competitive process," Ubisoft selected Tencent to invest a minority stake of €1.16bn ($1.25bn) to focus on expanding those games' "truly evergreen and multiplatform ecosystems."

PowerWash Simulator tops 17m players