Shy Guys Weekly #1846
Game Releases
Notable game releases this week include:
13th November
- Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (Xbox One, PS4)
14th November
- Fallout 76 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
15th November
- Battlefield V (PC, Xbox One, PS4) *deluxe edition only
16th November
- Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee! (Switch)
- Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu! (Switch)
Re-Releases
Path of Exile coming to PS4 [link]
Titan Quest gets re-released on iOS again under a different developer account [link]
A Mortician’s Tale is coming to iOS with pre-orders now live with a limited time discount [link]
Beat Saber is coming to PSVR on 20th November [link]
Tiny Bubbles finally hitting Android on 21st November [link]
Early Access Graduations
After half a decade, DayZ heading into beta [link]
DLC and Updates
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s November update brings new story content, events, and more [link]
The Sims 4 is getting a first-person camera [link]
Final Fantasy XV director resigns, most DLC cancelled [link]
The Long Dark’s third story episode will no longer release this year [link]
Jurassic World Evolution gets ‘Secrets of Dr. Wu’ paid DLC later this month alongside free v1.5 content [link]
Dead Cells 1.1 is here, but it feels like 1.5 [link]
Overwatch’s next patch requires reinstall [link]
XO18
I sat through possibly the cringiest 2 hours of Microsoft announcements since the rambunctious goatherder incident of 2011 all in the hope of Sunset Overdrive on PC being announced. It wasn’t, but there were some interesting bits:
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds coming to Xbox Game Pass this week
- Crackdown 3 dated for mid-February 2019 (for realz this time.. honest)
- Final Fantasy 13 trilogy joins Xbox One backward compatibility program
- Sea of Thieves announces a new, fast paced PvP mode
- State Of Decay 2 getting free ‘Zedhunter’ update this week
- Xbox One gains mouse and keyboard support this week, starting with Fortnite and Warframe
- Microsoft acquires inXile Entertainment and Obsidian Entertainment
- BioShock director announces Void Bastards
- Forza Horizon 4’s first expansion takes players to ‘Fortune Island’
Leaks & Rumours
Leaked photos suggest Valve is working on its own VR headset [link]
Hardware
AMD rolls out the first-ever 7nm GPU, but it’s not for gaming (yet) [link]
Software
Nvidia’s latest driver preps your PC for Battlefield 5 (and fixes The Witcher 3 texture issue) [link]
AMD’s newest GPU driver is optimised for Battlefield V, Fallout 76, and Hitman 2 [link]
There’s an Xbox Game Pass app for iOS and Android [link]
Business
Riot Games sued for gender-based discrimination [link]
Red Dead Redemption 2 sold more copies in eight days than Red Dead Redemption sold in eight years [link]
Strategy guide maker Prima Games is shutting down [link]
Forza Motorsport 7 removes random prize crates [link]
$20,000 bounty awarded to researcher for finding Steam CD key bug [link]
Nintendo to suspend all Wii video streaming services in early 2019 [link]
Physical edition of Hollow Knight cancelled [link]
Cool Shit
After five years, players have reached Payday 2’s secret ending [link]
Ron Gilbert’s forgotten edutainment games [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.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
- Evil Party with Custom Mods! [link]
Rocket League
- Rocket League Wednesday [link]
And Finally…
PUBG is charging $25 for a Harley Quinn Suicide Squad skin ($20 for The Joker) [link]
Help! My Xbox One X has started turning on my electric fire! [link]
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