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It solely took many years, however the movie and TV business is lastly attempting arduous to crack the code to creating good game-to-film/sequence diversifications. And perhaps one thing was within the water this week, as a result of I really feel like I heard about extra new tasks than I normally do. We’re getting a God of War sequence, a Death Stranding movie and a Warhammer 40,000 sequence (or probably movie; they weren’t completely clear). This is on high of the present tasks we already knew about, such because the upcoming Mario film and Last of Us reveals. Heck, the Dragon Age Netflix sequence simply premiered too.
The tiff between Sony and Microsoft, which is now sophisticated by a number of regulatory our bodies, continues. New experiences counsel that Microsoft’s supply to vow Call of Duty to Sony on paper included streaming choices. This would counsel that PlayStation would reasonably proceed this argument that begin releasing video games on PS Plus at launch. I’m undecided who to even care about on this dialogue anymore.
Amazon Games introduced this week that it’s publishing the new Tomb Raider recreation. I’m thrilled on the affirmation that we will be getting the sport and Tomb Raider wasn’t misplaced within the Square Enix-Embracer shuffle. As for different upcoming titles, we received extra footage of Hogwarts Legacy this week. I’m nonetheless undecided if I’m excited for it or not. I hope it’s fascinating no less than.
In different information, it appears like a lot of the video games business is beginning to shut up store for the yr. Most of the most important video games releases for the yr have occurred and firms are releasing their year-end wrap-ups. I’m gearing as much as do the identical, actually. It’s been a wild yr up to now — however we will speak about that in additional element within the coming weeks. Until then, I’m going to play some Crisis Core and loosen up. I’ll in all probability watch some Dragon Age, too.
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What to play this week
What’s new:
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy Reunion
- High on Life
- The Witcher 3 (next-gen replace)
- River City Girls 2
- Blacktail
- Master of Magic
- Wavetale
New on subscription providers:
- Potion Craft (Xbox Game Pass)
- Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan (Xbox Game Pass)
- Bladed Fury (Xbox Games with Gold)
- Roller Champions (GeForce Now)
- Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (GeForce Now)
- Floodland (GeForce Now)
- Marvel’s Midnight Suns (GeForce Now)
- My Little Pony: Mane Merge (Apple Arcade)
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