The launch of The Outer Worlds from Obsidian is right around the corner, so it's little surprise that the game got a fancy launch trailer to build up hype (or, perhaps, to tempt people who may be on the fence). Indeed, if you were already excited for The Outer Worlds, this trailer will probably just get you even more ready to become a spacefarer.
At launch, one of the main complaints about Fallout 76 was that its world didn't feel very lively. This was down to the lack of NPCs in the game, despite their presence in every other Fallout game before it. At E3 earlier this year, Bethesda announced that it would be fixing the problem of Fallout 76's empty world by adding NPCs to the game.
After a ton of speculation and rumors claiming as much, earlier this month Rockstar confirmed that Red Dead Redemption 2 will at last be coming to PC. This marks a first for the Red Dead franchise, and of course, a jump to PC means that Rockstar is making a number of improvements to the way the game looks. The developer has already covered the enhancements it's making in previous announcements, but today, it showed us some of them in a new trailer.
Earlier this year, Paradox Interactive and Hardsuit Labs surprised us all by announcing a sequel to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. That game was first released way back in 2004, so 15 years down the line, there probably wasn't anyone left with hope that someone would one day create a sequel. Unfortunately, those of you who have already waited 15 years for Bloodlines 2 will have to wait a little longer, as the game has been hit with a delay.
Analogue is no stranger to making retro consoles, but today, it revealed one of its most impressive yet: the Analogue Pocket. As the name suggests, the Pocket is all about playing old school handheld games, and the company says out of the box it will support "2,780+ Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance" titles. This is no mere emulation box either, since you'll need the cartridge if you want to play a particular game on the Pocket.
As promised, today The Pokemon Company revealed new information about Pokemon Sword and Shield, and it did so with a new trailer. This trailer shows off a collection of new Gigantamax Pokemon, which is a battle mechanic coming to Pokemon Sword and Shield. The Pokemon that are getting these Gigantamax forms are all classic monsters from the franchise's early days, so anyone who has a soft spot for Pokemon Red and Blue will want to check the trailer out.
As they've done for the past couple of years, Taco Bell and Microsoft today announced that they've teamed up once again to giveaway some console bundles. Just like last year, there's a limited edition Xbox One X at the center of this bundle, with a design that isn't normally available. There are also a number of other items in the bundle, including the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2, which was revealed back at E3 and is launching on November 4th.
Thanks to the former popularity of MOBA games, League of Legends developer Riot Games became one of the better-known names in the industry. What isn't that well-known, however, is that the company actually doesn't have any other product that isn't League of Legends or related to it. With the age of MOBAs seemingly waning, the company may have realized it was time to get ready to move on beyond LoL and create a future that may not involve it. And that is what Project A is really all about.
With the popularity of battle royale games like PUBG and Fortnite, it's almost too easy to forget that Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas or MOBAs once ruled gaming industry news. Unlike PUBG and Fortnite, hits MOBA titles like Dota 2 and League of Legends missed the opportunity to jump on the mobile gravy train. LoL developer Riot Games is making up for lost time with League of Legends Wild Rift which is both LoL for mobile and consoles but also not LoL for mobile and consoles.
This has been quite the exciting week for Fortnite. Over the weekend, Epic basically hit the reset button on the game, deleting the map and leaving players staring at a black hole. The game was inaccessible for more than a day as players continued to be greeted by that black hole in-game and across Epic's social media. Then, today, Fortnite sprung back to live, with Epic kicking off Fortnite Chapter 2, which brings a new map and new mechanics along with it.
The release of Pokemon Sword and Shield is on the horizon, and those of you waiting for new information won't have to wait very long. Today The Pokemon Company announced that the next Sword and Shield info drop will be arriving tomorrow morning. We're not sure what we'll learn from it just yet, as The Pokemon Company's tweet was purposefully vague.
Google has spent the better part of 2019 talking about its incoming game streaming platform, Stadia. All the while, the company has been telling us that it's targeting a November release date for the service, never getting any more specific than that. Today, that all changed, as Google finally gave Stadia a release date.