Wednesday, 5 June 2024
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Top News Items |
- Ubisoft launches yet another Subscription service. Ubisoft certainly has caught the subscription bug. After rebranding Ubisoft Plus several times, the company will launch another dedicated subscription service, this time for its hit live service game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
- Nintendo will acquire US game developer Shiver Entertainment from Embracer Group (which acquired the company in 2021 as part of a package involving five companies worth $339M) for an undisclosed sum. Shiver is best known for its port work and most recently handled the Switch ports of Warner Bros’ Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat 1.
- Building on the tremendous success of the Mario and Sonic movies and the sales boost in the Fallout franchise following the Prime TV show, numerous video game IPs will now receive the big and small screen treatments. The Hollywood Reporter states that Square Enix’s Just Cause movie is in the works. Additionally, a new animated Minecraft series has been announced for Netflix. The series was revealed as part of Minecraft's 15th year anniversary celebrations.
- Microsoft plans to integrate the AI tool Copilot into Minecraft and all future Xbox games. Microsoft Copilot is a suite of tools based on OpenAI's ChatGPT and Dalle-3 language models designed to assist users with everyday queries.
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New games |
Week commencing Monday 20 May 2024
| Date | Title | Platform(s) | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
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| May 20 | Songs of Conquest | Win, Mac | Turn-based strategy | Lavapotion | Coffee Stain Publishing |
| World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Classic | Win, Mac | MMORPG | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | |
| May 21 | Neptunia: Sisters vs. Sisters | XBO, XSX | Role-playing | Compile Heart | Idea Factory |
| Paper Trail | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, iOS, Droid | Puzzle adventure | Newfangled Games | Newfangled Games | |
| Senua's Saga: Hellblade II | Win, XSX | Action-adventure | Ninja Theory | Xbox Game Studios | |
| System Shock | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Action-adventure | Nightdive Studios | Prime Matter | |
| XDefiant | Win, PS5, XSX | First-person shooter | Ubisoft San Francisco | Ubisoft | |
| May 22 | RKGK / Rakugaki | Win | Action-adventure | Wabisabi Games | Gearbox Publishing |
| Venture to the Vile | Win | Metroidvania | Cut to Bits | Aniplex | |
| Wuthering Waves | Win, iOS, Droid | Action role-playing | Kuro Games | Kuro Games | |
| C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield | Win, NS, PS4, PS5 | Strategy role-playing | Acquire | Acquire | |
| May 23 | Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2[a] | NS, PS4, PS5 | Third-person shooter | Yuke's | D3 Publisher |
| Hauntii | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Adventure | Moonloop Games | Firestoke | |
| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 | NS | Role-playing | Compile Heart | Compile Heart | |
| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation | NS | Role-playing | Compile Heart | Compile Heart | |
| Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation | NS | Role-playing | Compile Heart | Compile Heart | |
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | NS | Role-playing | Intelligent Systems | Nintendo | |
| The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer | NS, PS4 | Visual novel | Mages | Spike Chunsoft | |
| The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You | NS, PS5 | Visual novel | Mages | Spike Chunsoft | |
| Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 | PS5, XSX | Fighting, role-playing | Dimps | Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| May 24 | MultiVersus | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Fighting | Player First Games | Warner Bros. Games |
| May 28 | Tevi | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Metroidvania | CreSpirit, GemaYue | CreSpirit |
| Capes | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Turn-based strategy | Spitfire Interactive | Daedalic Entertainment | |
| May 29 | Nine Sols | Win | Action-platformer | Red Candle Games | |
| Astor: Blade of the Monolith | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Action role-playing | C2 Game Studio | Versus Evil | |
| May 30 | Horizon Chase 2 | PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Racing | Aquiris | Epic Games |
| Humanity | XBO, XSX | Puzzle | THA | Enhance | |
| Picross S Namco Legendary edition | NS | Puzzle | Jupiter Corporation | Jupiter Corporation | |
| Tokyo Psychodemic | Win, NS, PS4, PS5 | Mystery adventure | Gravity Game Arise | Gravity Game Arise | |
| Umbraclaw | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Side-scrolling, action | Inti Creates | Inti Creates | |
| WiZmans World Re:Try | NS, PS4, PS5 | Role-playing | Lancarse, City Connection | City Connection | |
| May 31 | F1 24 | Win, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Racing | Codemasters | EA Sports |
| Nightmare Kart | Win | Racing | LWMedia | LWMedia | |
| Hypercharge: Unboxed | XBO, XSX | First-person / third-person shooter, tower defense | Digital Cybercherries | Digital Cybercherries | |