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Video Game News 5/15/2024

#AssassinsCreedShadows
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Installing Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Will Require An Internet Connection
For The First Time Since 2014, Assassin's Creed Is Skipping PS4/Xbox One
Assassin's Creed Shadows Revealed With 4 Minutes Of Bloody Action
Assassin's Creed Shadows: This November, fight to unify a nation gripped by brutality, unrest, and Samurai clashes in 16th Century Japan
Watch the Assassin's Creed Shadows reveal trailer here
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadow: Hereā€™s What Comes in Each Edition
When and Where Is Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Set?
Japan-Set Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Around the Same Size as Assassin's Creed Origins
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows: Inside Ubisoftā€™s Ambitious Open World Japan
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows: 40 Details You Need To Know
Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailer, Release Date, Dual Protagonists, and More Revealed by Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed Shadows is both a samurai and a ninja game, as it borrows Syndicateā€™s dual-character story
Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Confirms Dual Samurai And Shinobi Protagonists, Out This November
How Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Will Blend Two Distinct Adventures in One
New Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows cinematic trailer reveals launch date
Assassin's Creed Shadows trailer reveals first look at dual protagonists
Assassin's Creed Shadows details "premium" editions, collector's edition, plus season pass with exclusive quest
Watch the Assassin's Creed Shadows reveal right here
Ubisoft battling Assassin's Creed Shadows leaks, as main character art appears online
Ubisoft Cancels Free-to-Play Shooter The Division Heartland
Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Easter Egg Teases Iconic Weapon Return
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Takes the Game to Japan in November
Assassins Creed Shadows leaps into Japan this November
Assassin's Creed Shadows Officially Revealed, Launches In November
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Dual Protagonists Confirmed, Battle Pass Rumored (Updated)
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Coming in November 2024
Hereā€™s Our First Look At Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Launching November 15
The Division Heartland Is Dead

#Ubisoft
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The Division Heartland: Free-to-play spin-off set in a fractured America canceled as Ubisoft shifts focus to more open-world and GaaS titles
As Call of Duty Continues Attracting Skill-Based Matchmaking Complaints, XDefiant Goes In A Different Direction
Ubisoft Cancels The Division Heartland
Ubisoftā€™s Call of Duty Rival XDefiant Ditches SBMM, Says Itā€™s No Fun at All
Ubisoft cancels The Division Heartland, the latest AAA free-to-play game casualty
The Division Heartland Has Been Canceled
Tom Clancyā€™s The Division Heartland cancelled by Ubisoft
Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland cancelled three years after being announced
Ubisoft's reports record bookings for 2023
Ubisoftā€™s Skull and Bones teases season 2 content and resets for season 1
The Division Heartland Canceled by Ubisoft
The Division Heartland Has Been Cancelled
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows is Similar in Scale to Assassinā€™s Creed Origins, Says Creative Director
Ubisoft Cancels The Division Heartland
The Division Heartland Has Been Canceled
Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Confirms Dual Samurai And Shinobi Protagonists, Out This November

#NieR
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NieR Devs' New Mystery Game Is Definitely NieR 3, Right?
Yoko Taro and other NieR devs tease new project that "might be NieR, it might not be NieR"
NieR developers join forces for new project that "might be NieR, it might not be NieR"
Yoko Taro Making New Game with NieR Leads, But 'It Might Be NieR, It Might Not Be NieR'
NieR producer teases new project with director & composer
Yoko Taro is Working With NieR Series Producer Yosuke Saito For a New Project
Yoko Taro, Yosuke Saito & Keiichi Okabe working on new project which could be new NIER

#Hi-FiRush
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Hi-Fi Rush Devs Fix The Tiniest Bugs In One Last Update
Hi-Fi Rush encores with final update featuring bug fixes and smoother rhythm for its bittersweet, farewell performance
Hi-Fi Rush to Get Final Patch Amid Tango Gameworks Closure
Hi-Fi Rush Gets Final Patch To Fix Minor Issues, Reconfirms Limited Physical Edition
Hi-Fi Rush bows out with final Steam update, thanks fans for support
Hi-Fi Rush studio breaks silence to announce one last patch
Hi-Fi Rush PS5 Physical Edition Is Still Happening Despite Studio Closure
Final Hi-Fi Rush Patch and Physical Release Confirmed
Hi-Fi Rush gets final update as studio promises physical edition is still coming
Hi-Fi Rush Is Being Review Bombed, but Itā€™s Not What You Think

#Steam
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Struggling Action-RPG Ditching The Always-Online Microtransaction Model Everyone Hates
Watch out Manor Lords, Medieval rebellion game Bellwright shoots past 200,000 Steam Early Access sales
Diablo 4 Season 4's Loot Overhaul Is Going Over Very Well With Fans
Comedy RPG Athenian Rhapsody is a child of Undertale with GBA visuals in which playthroughs become postcards
Braid Anniversary Edition is out now, rewinding time approximately 15 years
This new soulslike sandbox survival sim has just launched on Steam
Baldurā€™s Gate 3 gets a whole lot cuter in this new Steam RPG, out now
Retro RPG finally hits Steam 1.0 with massive free content update
Sci-fi roguelike with Diablo style combat lands via Steam Early Access
Indie dev delists Steam game to remove all microtransactions
First Little Kitty, Big City Patch Fixes Clipping and Collision Bugs
Solo Leveling: Arise hits 15 million downloads in its first week, gives away 3,000 Essence Stones as a thank-you
For Hell's Sake Annoucement
The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat games appear on Steam
Bellwright Sees Explosive Success with Steam Early
Fabledom Raise Taxes Guide
Metroidvania-lite/cooking game Magical Delicacy comes to PC and Xbox this summer

#Japan
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New Darkstalkers Morrigan Figure Leans on a Coffin
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is April's best-selling game | Japan Monthly Charts
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Features Seasons That Change the World (and Gameplay)
Assassinā€™s Creed: Shadows officially announced following countless leaks
Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Three More Classics
Assassinā€™s Creed Shadows Launching in November

#UK
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Square Enix Layoffs Underway in US and Europe as Restructure Begins
Raspberry Pi IPO likely headed for London Stock Exchange
UK government responds to Stop Killing Games campaign
Fallout 4 was Aprilā€™s best-selling game in the UK
PlayStation Store Being Investigated for Anti-Competitive Practices in Poland
UK Monthly Charts ā€“ Fallout dominates a quiet April

#RedDeadRedemption2
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Dares You To Finish It Now That It's Back On PS Plus
Red Dead Redemption 2 returns to PlayStation Plus later in May, offering free access to the sprawling wild west epic
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Additions for May 2024 Revealed
PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May: Red Dead Redemption 2, Deceive Inc., Crime Boss: Rockay City and more
Red Dead Redemption 2 headlines PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra games for May
May 2024 PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Games Announced
May 2024 PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Lineup

#NintendoSwitch
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Nintendo Switch Memorial Day Sale 2024 - Here's What to Expect
See the Fate/Samurai Remnant Saber Nendoroid Prototype
Review: Read Only Memories: Neurodiver Is Worth the Wait
Braid, Anniversary Edition launches on mobile courtesy of Netflix alongside PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC release
Rumor: Possible Nintendo Switch 2 Codename Revealed
New DLC Packs for Across the Obelisk Released b
Review: Berserk Boy (Nintendo Switch)
Review: Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! (Nintendo Switch)
Review: Ready, Steady, Ship! (Nintendo Switch)
Nintendo Switch is the most successful platform for the mainline Pokemon games
Japan: Latest Famitsu review scores

#Read
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Read Only Memories: Neurodiver review - a bright cyberpunk noir overdosing on easter eggs
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER Review
Nocturnals ā€“ Alpha Demo
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER Review
Toys For Bob website update might be teasing new game reveal coming soon
Stardew Valley creator updates on Version 1.6 console ports: ā€œextra workā€ ahead
3 Game Boy games available for Switch Online members

#PlayStation5
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PlayStation 5 outsold Xbox Series X/S nearly 5-to-1 the last quarter, according to estimates
How To Watch WWE King And Queen Of The Ring 2024: Match Card, Predictions, And Start Times
PS5 Shipped Almost 5x More Than Xbox Series X and S During Last Quarter, Analyst Reports
Sony reportedly shipped five times more PS5 consoles last quarter than Microsoft did with Xbox
F1 Manager 2024 Arrives July 23
PlayStation has shipped 5x more consoles than Xbox last quarter

#AI
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Netflix's Terminator anime finally gets a release date as it looks to answer the question: can humans make a good AI?
How Basecamp Research Helps Catalog Earthā€™s Biodiversity
Fire It Up: Mozilla Firefox Adds Support for AI-Powered NVIDIA RTX Video
Microsoft using AI to tackle community safety in voice chats, but there's still a long way to go
Behind Infinite Craft, one of the internet's favourite time-killers, its creator wrangles with AI "alchemy"
Xbox Releases Fourth Transparency Report Sharing Newest Applications of AI in Gaming Safety
The problem of compound interest

#June
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new company is creating an "open world action-adventure"
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Enemy Brings Back Traumatic Bloodborne Memories
Wayfinder Echoes Update Brings Offline Play, Drops Free-to-Play In June
Monsters & Memories opens registration for *two* June tests ā€“ a stress test and playtest weekend
Blending dungeon-crawling with horde-shooters Gauntlet Of Power launches in June
EVE Online Showcases New Ships Docking When Equinox Launches In June

#May
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Superb PS5, PS4 Brawler Street Fighter 6 Is Getting a Big Balance Update
Another 2,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Epic Sale
Save Up To 75% On eShop Indie Hits In Humble Games' Anniversary Sale (North America)
Chilled Adventure Game 'Overmorrow' Deletes Your Save Data Every 30 Days
Black Desert Online Celebrates 3000 Days Of Service With New Sale, Events, And More

#RPG
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Genshin Impact-like Wuthering Waves looks like itā€™s going to be the next must-play PC game
"Inspired by FF9" is all I needed to sell me on JRPG tribute Alzara Radiant Echoes, but "Dark Souls composer" and "Genshin Impact artist" help too
Wayfinder is ditching its free-to-play live-service model to become a paid, co-op RPG without microtransactions
Palworld guide, tips and tricks, and how to beat
The best new PC games 2024
Diablo 4 Season 4 release date
Starfield's new Xbox performance modes are thoughtful and comprehensive
GreedFall 2 May Not Be the Game You Think It Is
Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution Review
Wayfinder Will Remove All Online Requirements and Microtransactions, Expand RPG Content as Pay-Once Title

#Xbox
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Microsoft bosses reportedly pushing for no "red line" around which Xbox games launch on PlayStation
Xbox Layoffs Partially Blamed on Activision Blizzard Acquisition
Microsoft will launch its long awaited mobile game store in July
Fallout 76 Player Who Nuked Phil Spencer Says It Wasn't Personal
Turbo Dash Kart 2024 Racing zooms onto Xbox Play Anywhere
Heaps of Xbox 360 games discounted ahead of digital store closure
Review: Slayers X (Switch) - A Fun But Basic Boomer Shooter That Lacks An X Factor

#Access
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Canadian-Made, Vampire Survivors-Inspired Bullet Heaven Necromantic Is Coming To Early Access
Supergiant Games Reveals Plans for Hades 2's First Patch