Shy Guys Weekly #1842
Game Releases
Notable game releases this week include:
16th October
- LEGO DC Super-Villains (PC, Switch, Xbox One, PS4)
- NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (PC, Switch, Xbox One, PS4)
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Switch, Xbox One PS4)
18th October
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (PC, iOS)
19th October
- Dark Souls: Remastered (Switch)
- Dark Souls Trilogy (Xbox One, PS4)
- Soulcalibur VI (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
Release Date Announcements
November
- Steel Rats (7th Nov: PC, Xbox One, PS4) [link]
Upcoming Games
Amanita Design’s next game is a sidescrolling platformer called Creaks [link]
Red Dead Redemption 2 is 60 hours long even though Rockstar has cut 5 hours of “superfluous” content [link]
The engine behind Paradox Development Studio’s future games (an interview with our own John Wordsworth) [link]
Re-Releases
Guacamelee and it’s sequel are headed to Switch (the first is available now, the second next year) [link]
Borderlands 2 is getting full-scale PSVR port in December [link]
Stardew Valley is coming to iOS next week with preorders now live on the App Store [link]
DLC and Updates
Planet Coaster is getting a “World’s Fair” expansion this week that will let you build your own Epcot [link]
Civilization VI expansion “Rise and Fall” confirmed for iOS release [link]
The Sims 4 is getting a “Get Famous” expansion pack [link]
Two DLC packs have been announced for Darksiders 3 [link]
Crusader Kings 2 will get “Holy Fury” DLC on November 13th [link]
Leaks & Rumours
Microsoft is close to buying Obsidian [link]
EU funding document details 30 new indie games including Trine 4 [link]
Software
Nintendo surprises Switch Online subscribers with stealth release of a “souped-up” The Legend of Zelda (I love that people are calling the NES stuff on Switch “NESflix”) [link]
October 2018 Xbox update has rolled out to all users including new look avatars [link]
Nvidia’s latest drivers bring support for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Soulcalibur VI, and GRIP [link]
AMD’s latest driver aim to boost performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 [link]
Steam Link now allows streaming to multiple devices for local multiplayer [link]
Developers
Magic Leap announces grant program for indie developers [link]
Business
Microsoft announces global game streaming service, Project xCloud, with beta next year [link]
Cyberpunk 2077 enlists help of studio which built Dying Light PvP [link]
Minecraft for Apple TV discontinued due to lack of players [link]
Sony will let you change your PSN id in early 2019 [link]
Cool Shit
Red Dead Redemption 2’s NPCs will describe routes and areas to you if you disable the mini-map [link]
Reigns: Game of Thrones features iPhone X face tracking to make suspicious characters look away from you [link]
The Resident Evil 2 remake deluxe edition includes an outfit to make you look like Elza Walker, the protagonist of the scrapped Resident Evil 1.5 [link]
Ninja Theory announces Hellblade-inspired scholarship to fund mental health training [link]
What You Missed On Shy Guys
Streams
You can follow us on Twitch as Orendil and The_Plainswalker. We play various games on our individual streams but also do some Rocket League and co-op streaming together every week.
Dead Cells
- Let’s Do This (Twitch Integration Enabled) [link]
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
- Evil Playthrough with WebCam Portrait Mod [link]
Rocket League
- Playing Duos with The_Plainswalker [link]
And Finally…
Twitter bans Elite Dangerous player for writing a poem about killing thargoids [link]
PS4 users warned to set messages to private after receiving message that bricks their console [link]
Uber Eats delivered free copy of COD: Black Ops 4 if you ordered cod and chips (geddit?) [link]
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