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GTA 6 is a massive 210GB download on PlayStation 5
There wasn't really any chance Grand Theft Auto 6 wasn't going to be a big download. Thanks to some new information, though, we now have a hard number. Read more
Weekly Roundup #537
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Gamescom Asia touts new records for international attendance and showfloor size
No event has come back more strongly from its pandemic-enforced hiatus than Gamescom. The German event posted record attendance this year, driven in part by business attendance boosted by the demise of E3; its two-year-old South American spinoff Gamescom LatAm claimed an audience of 175,000, up 17% over the previous year. This week is Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show, which has also scaled rapidly from its launch in 2021: the 2026 edition will host visitors from 29 countries, contain 20 national pavilions and is aiming welcome more than last year’s total of 206,000 attendees to its expanded show floor. Read more
PSA: Minecraft Switch 2 Now Available, Switch Physical Owners Get A Digital Discount
Pay less for the "Minecraft Ultimate Edition". It's all happening on the Switch 2 this week, and to add to this, Minecraft is now available on the new hybrid system. While Mojang already confirmed it's a free upgrade for owners of the digital Switch version , we've now also got details about the upgrade for anyone who owns a physical Switch copy. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
VisionQuest episodes 5 and 6 Easter eggs: All the Marvel references explained
Breaking down all the MCU nods in the latest episodes of VisionQuest
PSA: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Adds Shipment To Its Map Rotation
The first post-launch map goes live. Just days after the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 , Activision has expanded the game's map rotation with Shipment. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
VisionQuest has returned to a major MCU location for the first time in 5 years
VisionQuest episode 6 returns to a controversial MCU location
Here's the Phantom Blade Zero release time for your region
Battle through the Wulin's monsters and martial masters.
Valheim released into Early Access because the solo dev "couldn't afford to keep working on it"
"Valheim never would have gotten as big as it did" without Early Access
Cyberpunk's Edgerunners 2 Update Isn't In The Best State On Switch 2
Not so preem. Last week, Cyberpunk 2077 celebrated the release of the new season of Edgerunners on Netflix with the reveal of a brand new game update. The Edgerunners 2 update is now officially live on the Switch 2, but unfortunately, it's not got off to the best start. Players are reporting all sorts of problems, including game crashes, loading bugs, performance issues, and profile & save glitches. Some Night City residents are even claiming the Nintendo version is "unplayable" after the 2.5 update . Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Multiple Capcom Console Classics Have Been Rated In Korea
Is it a sign? Capcom has a huge retro library, and it looks like it could be reviving even more classic games in the near future, based on new ratings from The Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea . As noted by our colleagues at Time Extension , all of the games featured on this list are titles that received home console releases, with some even exclusive to this format. Unsurprisingly, it's led to speculation Capcom might be planning a collection made up of 8-bit and 16-bit home releases. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Monarchs at Play is a 4X strategy city-builder about chaining hexagonal tiles that only takes an hour out of your day
None of us have any bloody time any more, do we? The economy being in the toilet is obviously part of that, but the other part is that we're all adults and now we have to do responsible adult things like our laundry, and buying toilet paper, and buying toilet paper again because it simply never ends. It all makes playing games just that little bit trickier, especially when it comes to lengthy strategy game runs. If you're longing for a quick dose of some 4X strategy, though, Monarchs at Play, a turn-based city-builder that only takes an hour, might be the thing you're after. Read more
Rockstar will hold union vote right on top of Grand Theft Auto 6 release
It's going to be a busy November for Rockstar workers.
Messages in certain large public Discord servers will be searchable on the web after December
Discord is attempting to solve the 'this should've been a forum' problem with specially-designated channels whose messages can show up in search engines.
Discord know they replaced forums, so they're making your messages in discoverable servers searchable, which immediately raises one question: what about AI?
You might want to hold off on that horny posting in your favourite discoverable Discord server. The chat service announced today that any servers that are listed as discoverable, meaning anyone can find them simply through Googling, no invite link required, will now also show messages and discussions posted in said servers on Google. Read more
Mass Effect composer Sam Hulick is working on a 're-scored' version of the leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer for N7 Day
Hulick says he wants the trailer to properly represent his "musical vision" for the cancelled Mass Effect game.
Avatar: Seven Havens fans think plan to release 26 episodes at once "would’ve killed the show"
The series opted for a three-a-week release schedule instead
The day GTA 6 pre-loading starts, unionizing Rockstar developers will vote on the studio's future
Rockstar union agreement covers "pay and bonuses, overtime, redundancies, flexible working, and generative AI policies"
CD Projekt Red can't stop updating Cyberpunk 2077: "Keeps giving us reasons to return to it"
Cyberpunk 2077's 2.5 update adds a new Edgerunners 2 quest and more
Former Halo boss is now in charge of Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro Digital Games
Dan Ayoub joined WotC in 2024 and previously served as the company's SVP of digital games.
Report suggests Bloober Team's Silent Hill Remake Will Launch in 2027
Outlook Bleak. Bloober Team is still sifting through the development fog in efforts to bring us a slick new remake of the classic 1999 survival horror title, Silent Hill . While no official release date has been announced, a new report suggests that the studio is eyeing a 2027 release. According to frequent spoilers Mp1st , Silent Hill is currently being developed at Bloober Team under the codename of "Project Noise", with the studio confident that the remake will be creeping onto shelves next year. Mp1st's report also reveals the identity of two actors - Gabrielle Fritz ( Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus , Battlefield 2042 ) and Jade Matthew ( Torchwood, River Song ) - both supposedly cast in the project. Read the full article on timeextension.com
UK-based Rockstar devs will be putting their union recognition to a vote during GTA 6's launch next month
November is potentially going to be big for Rockstar Games, and not just because of that GTA 6 thing they're doing. As shared in a press release from the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB), recognition of the IWGB Union at Rockstar will be voted upon by staffers at the studio, with votes being held from November 12th (a week before GTA 6's launch date) and November 26th. Read more
The leaked Mass Effect 5 trailer is being re-released by a veteran BioWare composer
Sam Hulick is re-scoring his own Mass Effect 5 trailer
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review
This is what it looks like when Call of Duty is in the pocket.