Game Releases

Notable game releases this week include:

4th December

  • Just Cause 4 (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
  • Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden (PC, Xbox One, PS4)

6th December

  • The Last Remnant (PS4)
  • Rebel Inc. (iOS)

7th December

  • Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Switch)

Release Date Announcements

March

  • We. The Revolution (21st Mar: PC) [link]

Upcoming Games

The Lego Movie 2 video game out 2019 [link]

10 new games will be announced at the game awards [link]

Breach entering early access in January [link]

Bioware teases Dragon Age announcement [link]

The Elder Scrolls: Blades delayed to 2019 [link]

Re-Releases

Guacamelee! 2 gets Switch, Xbox One release dates [link]

Path Of Exile PS4 delayed to early February [link]

Grid Autosport speeds onto Switch in 2019 [link]

Firewatch comes to Switch on 17th December [link]

DLC and Updates

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s first big story expansion begins next week [link]

Bethesda promises big Fallout 76 changes in December including bigger stash and ‘special respec’ [link]

Leaks & Rumours

The Legend of Zelda series creator seems to be teasing a Skyward Sword Switch release (although they may also have denied it) [link]

Here’s a brief look at Valve’s redesigned Steam UI [link]

Rocksteady not announcing anything at The Game Awards, especially not Superman [link]

Nvidia teases Titan RTX [link]

Hardware

ASUS unveils a big and fast Freesync 2 HDR gaming monitor [link]

Software

AMD’s latest GPU driver is optimised for Just Cause 4 [link]

Business

Fortnite gifting on iOS prohibited because of “Apple’s policies” [link]

Fortnite’s account merge option delayed to 2019 [link]

Nintendo gets Super Smash Bros. Ultimate pirates banned from YouTube [link]

Nintendo terminates creator’s program in favour of relaxed guidelines [link]

Stardew Valley dev announces decision to self-publish [link]

Valve adjusting revenue share for steam’s most popular games [link]

Charity

UK charity uses video games to help children reconnect with their estranged parents [link]

Cool Shit

Red Dead Redemption 2 zombie easter egg - could ‘Undead Nightmare 2’ [link]

The Sims 4 player recreates Red Dead Redemption 2’s Shady Belle [link]

Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe puts his source code collection on eBay [link]

Tesla tried to license Mario Kart for an in-car version [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.

Metro 2033

  • Braving the darkness in Metro 2033 [link]

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

  • Blind Play of Mutant: Year Zero [link]

Pathfinder: Kingmaker

  • Bringing Evil Back in Pathfinder [link]

And Finally…

Bethesda apologises for nylon bag in $199 Fallout 76 CE, offers $5 pretend money as compensation [link]

Turns out Bethesda did make Fallout 76 canvas bags and gave them out to influencers [link]

Red Dead Redemption 2 clothing line debuts [link]

Darksiders 3 UK physical launch sales a quarter of Farming Simulator 19’s [link]

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