Shy Guys Weekly #1850
Game Releases
Notable game releases this week include:
13th December
- Tony Hawk’s Skate Jam (iOS, Android)
14th December
- Below (PC, Xbox One)
Release Date Announcements
February
- Ape Out (7th Feb: PC, Switch) [link]
Upcoming Games
Toejam And Earl: Back In The Groove has been delayed again until March [link]
Epic’s new Unreal Tournament no longer in development [link]
Conan Unconquered, by C&C’s remaster studio, coming in 2019 [link]
Super Meat Boy Forever gets a new release window and teaser trailer [link]
Re-Releases
Gorgeous metroidvania Sundered comes to Switch and Xbox this month with added co-op [link]
Tropico releases on iPad this month [link]
Annapurna Interactive is bringing Gone Home to iOS this week [link]
DLC and Updates
Resident Evil 2 Battle Royale event headed to PUBG Mobile [link]
Elite Dangerous “Big Beyond: Chapter 4” update is out this week [link]
Battlefield V’s first big DLC update has been delayed [link]
The second Rocket Pass for Rocket League launches today (10th Dec) [link]
Planet Coaster ‘Magnificent Rides Collection’ announced for 18th December [link]
Two Point Hospital dropped a surprise ‘Bigfoot’ DLC [link]
Fortnite “Creative” has launched for battle pass owners [link]
CS:GO adds a battle royale mode and goes free-to-play [link]
Forza Horizon 4 ‘Fortune Island’ is arriving this week [link]
The Walking Dead: The Final Season ‘Episode 3’ shuffles into view in January [link]
The Game Awards 2018
- Game of the Year: God of War
- Best Action Game: Dead Cells
- Best Action/Adventure Game: God of War
- Best Role Playing Game: Monster Hunter: World
- Best Game Direction: God of War
- Best Narrative: Red Dead Redemption II
- Best Ongoing Game: Fortnite
- Best Art Direction: Return of the Obra Dinn
- Best Score/Music: Red Dead Redemption II
- Best Audio Design: Red Dead Redemption II
- Best Independent Game: Celeste
- Best Performance: Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption II
- Games for Impact: Celeste
- Best Mobile Game: Florence
- Best VR/AR Game: ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission
- Best Fighting Game: Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Best Family Game: Overcooked 2
- Best Strategy Game: Into The Breach
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Forza Horizon 4
- Best Multiplayer Game: Fortnite
- Best Student Game: Combat 2018
- Best Debut Indie Game: The Messenger
- Best eSports Game: Overwatch
- Best Esports Player: Dominique “SonicFox” McLean
- Best Esports Team: Cloud9
- Best Esports Coach: Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu
- Best Esports Event: League of Legends World Championship
- Best Esports Host: Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Best Esports Moment: C9 comeback win in triple OT vs FAZE
- Content Creator of the Year: The Shy Guys (oh wait, it was Ninja)
Announcements at The Game Awards 2018
- Joker from Persona 5 is to be the 76th fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mortal Kombat 11 Unveiled, coming to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on 23rd April
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order announced as a Switch exclusive, arriving next year
- Far Cry: New Dawn, a post-apocalyptic entry in the franchise set just after Far Cry 5 and releasing on 15th February for Xbox One and PS4
- Ancestors, previously announced in 2015, now has a 2019 release date and trailer
- Rage 2 given a 14th May release date
- A new Dragon Age game was briefly teased
- Stranger Things 3: The Game was announced and is not the Telltale Games thing
- Obsidian and the creators of the original Fallout unveiled a new RPG: The Outer Worlds
- The creators of Ark: Survival Evolved announced Atlas, an open-world survival MMO that is said to be 1200 times bigger than Ark and is in early access on PC this week
- PUBG’s new snow map, “Vikendi”, will focus on tracking gameplay thanks to the snow
- The Pathless is the ABZÛ team’s beautiful follow-up
- Ashen, an action RPG inspired by Journey and Dark Souls, is out now
- The Last Campfire is a surprise new adventure from Hello Games
Leaks & Rumours
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order story details leak along with November release window [link]
Hardware
Nvidia’s Titan RTX doubles down on extreme pricing [link]
Software
Nvidia touts up to 50% ray tracing performance gains in Battlefield V with new drivers [link]
AMD’s oddly named 18.12.1.1 driver update adds support for the Epic Games Store [link]
Developers
Nvidia’s physics engine is now open source [link]
Business
Starbreeze in desperate need of a payday after Overkill’s The Walking Dead flop (not improved by arrest after office raid) [link]
Layoffs at Jam City as mobile studio “reallocates resources” [link]
Former Final Fantasy XV director Tabata announces JP Games [link]
THQ Nordic buys Carmageddon IP [link]
A Steam bug has reportedly halved the revenue of some indie developers [link]
Bethesda will send proper canvas bags to Fallout 76 Power Armor Edition owners [link]
Epic launches digital games store with 88 percent revenue going to developers [link]
Ubisoft uplay points now have an expiry date [link]
Bioware veteran Mike Laidlaw joins Ubisoft [link]
Layoffs hit Daybreak; former boss says 70 lose jobs [link]
Cool Shit
Resident Evil 2 remaster extended hands-on preview [link]
Valve’s Steam Link app lands on raspberry pi (still no sign on iOS) [link]
A-Ha, an awesome easter egg in Just Cause 4 [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.
Hollow Knight
- Hunting Bugs - Not in code for once! [link]
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
- Blind Play. Hard Mode. No ducks given. [link]
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
- Evil Campaign. Modding. Chat Interaction. [link]
And Finally…
Halo TV series production delayed as director Rupert Wyatt steps down [link]
Bethesda support site leaks Fallout 76 customers’ personal info [link]
Fan recreates Friends opening in Red Dead Redemption II [link]
Valve reveals bold new plan to literally feed indie developers to AAA publishers (don’t miss the URL) [link]
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