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Video Game News 5/16/2024

#Ubisoft
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Who Is Yasuke, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black Samurai Protagonist?
Installing Assassin’s Creed Shadows Will Require An Internet Connection [Updated]
Don't worry, Assassin's Creed Shadows is playable offline in its entirety, even if you'll need an internet connection to install it
Assassin's Creed Shadows Has Day-One Missions Only Available Through Season Pass or by Preordering
Assassin's Creed Shadows Requires an Internet Connection to Install, But Not to Play After
Ubisoft quietly cancel The Division Heartland
You Can Play All Of Assassin's Creed Shadows Offline, But You Need A Connection To Install It
Star Wars Outlaws release date, trailers, and latest news
Ubisoft focusing on open world and live service games, continues to invest in generative AI
Assassin's Creed Shadows boxed copies still require internet connection to first play
Assassin's Creed Shadows Can Be Played Entirely Offline, Once You've Installed It
At Least Two Expansions Planned for Assassin's Creed Shadows
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Won’t Be an Always Online Game
Ubisoft's two big mobile releases are still in the works
Assassin's Creed Shadows will be fully playable offline
Is XDefiant on Steam or Epic Games?
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Won’t Be Always Online After All
Assassin's Creed Shadows Officially Revealed, Launches In November
Ubisoft cancels The Division Heartland in spite of record annual corporate revenues
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Can Be Played Offline
Ubisoft says it’s going to focus on open worlds, live-service games and generative AI
Ubisoft Cancels Free-to-Play Online Shooter The Division Heartland
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Revealed, Wil Feature Two Protagonist Set in Feudal Japan
Ubisoft Has Canceled The Division: Heartland To 'Focus On Bigger Opportunities'
Assassins Creed Shadows Takes Players To Feudal Japan This November 15th
Skull And Bones Talks Up New Content Coming In Season 2: Chorus Of Havoc Next Month

#AssassinsCreedShadows
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Creative director confirms Assassin's Creed Shadows will be roughly the same size as Origins
Assassin's Creed Shadows will make you actually take in the nice views from its tower-top sync points
Assassin’s Creed Shadows release date, trailer, story, and gameplay
"Complete Interest Killer": Assassin's Creed Fans Aren't Happy With Shadows' Online Requirement
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Ignites Ghost of Tsushima Reddit Debate
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Will Not Require a Mandatory Internet Connection

#Activision
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Activision Finally Opens A Studio To Make Something Other Than Call Of Duty
CoD: Warzone And MW3 Season 4 Confirms The Return Of Iconic Rifle
Activision Opens New Studio Tasked With Creating Narrative-Based AAA Franchise
Xbox's Activision Opens New Studio To Develop Narrative-Based Triple-A Franchise
Activision opens Polish studio to develop "narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise"
Activision opens new Polish studio Elsewhere Entertainment
Activision Announces New Polish Studio Elsewhere Entertainment
Activision opens new studio Elsewhere to develop triple-A franchise
Activision Opens Elsewhere Entertainment, A New Studio Based Out Of Warsaw
Xbox's Activision Opens New Studio To Develop Narrative-Based Triple-A Franchise
Activision Opens New Studio, Elsewhere Entertainment, Focusing On 'Narrative-Based' AAA Franchise

#Steam
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Manor Lords has over 2 million people playing the historical city-builder less than three weeks after launching into Early Access
Helldivers 2 players rally around an unlikely hero who just wanted to make friends
Summer Game Fest To Have More Than 55 Studios And Publishers, Including PlayStation, Xbox, And More
Popular Medieval Strategy City-Builder Manor Lords Surpasses 2 Million Sales In Early Access
Baldur’s Gate 3 gets biggest Steam discount yet in new sale
DayZ dev’s free looter shooter hits Steam and actually costs $20
Darksiders developer's Wayfinder ditches free-to-play and online following split from Warframe studio
Hi-Fi Rush Swamped with Positive Reviews in Reverse Review Bombing
5 Year Old Game Gets Sudden Player Count Spike
Cyberpunk 2077 Finally Has Overwhelmingly Positive Reviews On Steam
Manor Lords has sold over 2 million copies in under three weeks
Core Keeper releases in full on PC and console this August
Cozy Caravan is out now on Steam Early Access
Balatro Achievements Guide
Homeworld 3 Achievements Guide
Dread Delusion Achievements Guide
Wayfinder Finding Its Way To An Offline Mode

#Entertainment
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Activision announces Elsewhere Entertainment, a Warsaw-based studio creating a brand new narrative-based triple-A IP
A week after Microsoft closed 4 game studios, Microsoft-owned Activision announces a new game studio

#Access
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Hades 2's First Early Access Patch Makes Sprinting Faster and Gathering Easier
Undisputed Releases on October 11 For PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam - Trailer, Screenshots, Early Access
Phoenix Labs lays off staff, cancels games in major restructuring
Underground sandbox adventure Core Keeper hits 1.0 on August 27
Manor Lords has sold over two million copies in under three weeks
GreedFall II: The Dying World Gets New Trailer, Roadmap Revealed

#Take-Two
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Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms
GTA 6 Release Date Now Set For Fall 2025
Take-Two CEO on Intercept, Roll7: 'We Didn't Shutter Those Studios'
Grand Theft Auto VI Targeting Fall 2025 Release Window
Take-Two CEO says he's 'not trying to be cute or difficult' with vague answers about the fate of the Kerbal and OlliOlli studios, but is kind of being cute and difficult
Randy Pitchford is 'a hit maker,' says Take-Two CEO: 'We've already identified many potential growth opportunities for the Borderlands series'
GTA 6 release date window, trailers, and latest Rockstar Games news
Take-Two boss claims publisher hasn't shut down OlliOlli and Kerbal Space Program 2 studios
Grand Theft Auto 6 narrows release window to "fall" 2025
GTA Publisher Claims It 'Didn't Shutter' Roll7, Intercept Games
GTA 6 PS5 Release Window Narrowed to Fall 2025
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) Q4 2024 earnings results miss EPS, beat revenue expectations
Take-Two confirms no Grand Theft Auto 6 in current fiscal year

#SummerGameFest
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2K Games Will Reveal Sequel to One of Its 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises' at Summer Game Fest
2K to reveal new game in one of its "biggest and most beloved" franchises next month
Summer Game Fest Hosts New Game Reveal from One of 2K's 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises'
Summer Game Fest Partnering with Over 55 Devs and Publishers for June Blowout
Summer Game Fest 2024 to Feature Over 50 Publishers and Studios
2K will reveal a new game from one of its “biggest and most beloved franchises” at Summer Game Fest – What could it be?
More than 55 partners confirmed for Summer Game Fest 2024
Summer Game Fest To Have More Than 55 Studios And Publishers, Including PlayStation, Xbox, And More

#Xbox
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Report: Microsoft CEO Wants More Xbox Games On PS5 And Switch
Snag An Xbox Wireless Controller For $36 At Verizon
Madden NFL 25: Here's What Comes in Each Edition
Fae Farm, Dauntless Studio Phoenix Labs Lays Off Staff, Cancels In-Development Games
Hi-Fi Rush Director 'Emotional' As Xbox Shutters Acclaimed Tango Gameworks Team
Microsoft Leadership Reportedly Want No 'Red Line' Stopping Xbox Games Coming to PS5
Team Talk: Those Xbox layoffs and the closure of Mighty Doom
Xbox President Responds to Studio Closures
Microsoft Wants No Limit on Xbox Games Launching on PlayStation – Report
Download Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER to your cerebral cortex now
Anime or Ramen? You decide with the latest Kairosoft releases on Xbox
The classic returns in PO’ed: Definitive Edition
Vigor Now Available on PC
Xbox marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day with controller, game updates.

#PlayStation
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We're almost certainly going to see Xbox's biggest games on PlayStation soon - report
LEGO Horizon Adventures Reportedly a New PlayStation Game Set for Reveal Soon
God of War Ragnarok PC Announcement Coming Soon – Report
Helldivers 2 Sales Cross 12 Million Copies Driving Strong PlayStation Year
Initiate that neural handshake as Pacific Rim Pinball is 1 of 5 new tables to hit Pinball FX
Free Godzilla DLC Storms Into 'Dave The Diver' Next Week On Switch

#May16
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Please Fix The Road Review - Clever Construction
Eiyuden Chronicle PS5 Patch Fixes Resolution, Progression Problems
Mountain Dew FFXIV Dawntrail Event Adds Mountain Zu Mount
Today's Coin Master free spins & coins links - updated daily (May 2024)
Nintendo Download – May 16, 2024 (Europe)
The next free Epic Games Store title will be a ‘mystery game’
FFXIV players are partying with Big Sippin, Mountain Dew’s neon green OC
Introducing Jurassic World Evolution 2 Park Managers Collection Pack!
What is Gakuen Idolmaster and Will It Ever Be Released in North America in English?
New activations get $29/40GB 4G plan & $15 talk/text.

#Read
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How the names Arrowhead Game Studios and Helldivers 2 came to be
Story-rich adventure Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is out now
Read Only Memories NEURODIVER Out Now
Teeny Tiny Trains – Beta Demo
Nintendo Download: 16th May (North America)
Nintendo apparently not allowing retailers sell physical version pre-orders of games online
Danny DeVito says he’s open to voicing Wario in Mario Movie 2
Midori: Nintendo using Switch 2 & New Switch names in conversations with SEGA
Midori: Nintendo game codenamed Banquet in the works, being developed by NDcube & SmileBoom

#RPG
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New Xbox Feature Could Save Players Loads Of Time
The best offline games for PC 2024
Towerborne release date estimate, trailers, gameplay, and latest news
One of the greatest RPGs ever is currently free, but not for long
Dragon Age: Inquisition free on Epic Games Store as Mega Sale 2024 begins
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Actor Wraps Up 508 Hours of Studio Time
Farm life RPG Garden Witch Life coming to Switch
Strategy RPG Covert Crew planned for Switch
Book Excerpt: Ultima and Worldbuilding in the Computer Role-Playing Game
New Trailer for Action-Packed Magical RPG REYNATIS Released
Final Fantasy XIV TTRPG Offically Gets a Second Printing Before This Month's First Print Launches

#RockstarGames
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Grand Theft Auto 6 now expected out in fall 2025
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new studio is making an "open world action-adventure" game
Guide: GTA 6: Everything We Know So Far
Grand Theft Auto 6 set for Fall 2025 release window
GTA VI set for fall 2025 release

#AAA
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5 new mobile games to try this week - May 16th, 2024
EA Considering Adding Ads into Games

#EpicGamesStore
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While you wait for Dreadwolf, you can pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition for free on the Epic Games Store, but it's not around for long
How to get the free Fortnite Overclocked Combo Pack on consoles and PC
Epic Games Store Mega Sale: Big Deals & Free Games

#Japan
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Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade PS5 Sales Hold Strong
Ghost of Tsushima
New Trio-Try-iT Hatsune Miku Figure Is All Dressed Up
SEGA Is Considering A Global Release For Persona 5: The Phantom X

#Wayfinder
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Wayfinder pulls a reverse live service, takes out microtransactions and offers offline mode in its biggest update ever
Wayfinder Echoes Update Brings Offline Play, Drops Free-to-Play In June
Interview: Wayfinder’s AJ LaSaracina on the Echoes transition, launch, and long-term plans
Wayfinder Relaunching As Buy-To-Play Co-op With This Summer’s Echoes Update

#GrandTheftAuto6
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Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Launch in Fall 2025
Grand Theft Auto 6 To Launch Fall 2025

#May
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Final Fantasy 14 director Yoshi-P says the ongoing DDoS problems are the 'largest scale' attacks seen since the game's original 2010 launch
Dave the Diver gets hunted by the biggest sushi in free Godzilla DLC
Godzilla Invades Dave the Diver with Free DLC on 23rd May
Stylish Racer Horizon Chase 2 Powerslides onto PS5, PS4 Later This Month
Gargantuan Gacha Wuthering Waves Targeting PS5 At a Later Date
Iconic PS1 Sci-Fi Flight Sim G-Police Coming to PS5, PS4 with PS Plus Premium
Sunny Souls-Like Enotria: The Last Song Debuts Lengthy PS5 Gameplay Overview Trailer
Dave the Diver x Godzilla DLC confirmed for Switch, out in May
RetroArch Is Now On The iOS App Store
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