Game Releases

Notable game releases this week include:

9th October

  • Mark of the Ninja: Remastered (PC)
  • Space Hulk: Tactics (PC, Xbox One, PS4)

12th October

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
  • Luigi’s Mansion (3DS)
  • The World Ends With You: Final Remix (Switch)

Release Date Announcements

November

  • The Quiet Man (1st Nov: PS4) [link]

Upcoming Games

Devolver Digital has announced Weedcraft Inc., a tycoon game about growing marijuana [link]

Big Bash Boom is bringing arcade cricket to consoles and PC this November [link]

Re-Releases

After nearly two decades, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine gets an official digital release on GOG [link]

The Room is coming to Switch in a rebuilt and remastered format [link]

Kairosoft is bringing a bunch of its sims, including Game Dev Story, to Switch [link]

Early Access Graduations

Rimworld is finally leaving Early Access after 5 years [link]

DLC and Updates

Free XCOM 2 DLC will bridge the gap between Enemy Unknown and War of the Chosen [link]

The Sims 4 update will add new career and long-awaited terrain tools [link]

Overcooked 2 goes tropical with new Surf ‘n’ Turf DLC [link]

Civilization VI for iOS is now a universal game with iPhone supported added [link]

Total War: Warhammer 2 is getting pirate-y dlc featuring giant enemy crabs this week [link]

Surviving Mars is getting its first paid DLC in the form of Space Race [link]

“The Forge” is Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s first DLC release [link]

No Man’s Sky now has motorbikes [link]

Leaks & Rumours

Some footage of an unannounced Harry Potter RPG being developed by Avalanche has been leaked [link]

Cyberpunk 2077 is coming in 2019 according to Turkish publisher’s deleted tweet [link]

Nintendo could be releasing a new Switch model in second half of 2019 [link]

Hardware

If you want to use two RTX cards in SLI, 3rd party NVLink bridges have now arrived [link]

Software

Windows 10 October Update adds ray tracing support (but may also delete all of your files) [link]

Nvidia has released a new driver to support the Windows 10 October Update [link]

Business

CD Projekt refuses to pay Andrzej Sapkowski’s new demands of $16 million for rights to Witcher stories [link]

Dragalia Lost earned $3.5 million worldwide in 5 days [link]

Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime is stepping down after 27 years [link]

Skybound Games will complete Telltale’s The Walking Dead: The Final Season with the original dev team [link]

Cool Shit

There’s a Tomb Raider board game coming early next year [link]

Banjo-Kazooie and Conker are the latest additions to the Totaku figurine range (I refuse to say it is “amiibo-like” has it has no RFID functionality) [link]

Nintendo has patented a working Game Boy shell for phones [link]

What You Missed On Shy Guys

Streams

You can follow us on Twitch as Orendil_ and ShyGuysTheDod. We play various games on our individual streams but also do some Rocket League and co-op streaming together every week.

Alien: Isolation

  • Brown trousers time with Friday fright night! [link]

Pathfinder: Kingmaker

  • Monday Night RPG with Rules Explained [link]

Rocket League

  • Wednesday Night Styroleague! [link]
  • Winding down with some Rocket League [link]

And Finally…

A Dance Dance Revolution movie is in the works where dancing will save the world [link]

Mega Man is also getting a live-action hollywood film [link]

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