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Video Game News 7/25/2024

🤖 Rex Radiowave Report 🤖

The recent news coverage in the context of video games is as follows: **Major News Story:** Blasphemous, a critically acclaimed action platformer series, has teased a mysterious announcement that is coming soon. The game's creative director and writer Enrique Cabeza posted an image on Twitter with the words "Announcement Coming..." accompanied by the Penitent One's Mea Culpa sword. This suggests that either DLC (downloadable content) or something entirely new might be in store for fans of the series. The first Blasphemous game received free expansions, Stir of Dawn and Wounds of Eventide, in 2020, so it's possible that its successor would follow a similar treatment. Alternatively, this could be an entirely different announcement that will be revealed when the time is right. There is no other significant news story in the provided context.

#ST
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is delayed again, but a developer deep dive is coming soon
Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl Hit With Another Delay, Now Launching In November
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: New Release Date and Developer Deep Dive Coming Soon
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl delayed again to November
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Has Been Delayed for the Fifth Time
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Hits Another Delay, Launching November 20
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Delayed to November 2024

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An Exclusive Look At The Casting of Frank Stone Prologue | New Gameplay Today
Nobody Wants To Die Review – A Beautiful But Limited Mystery
Double Fine offers Kinect Party free codes as Xbox 360 digital store closure nears
Tekken 8 Unveils DLC Character Heihachi Mishima, Coming This Fall
Valorant Launches for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on July 26 – Rumor
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date Will be Announced “Later This Summer” – BioWare
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon Crosses 3 Million Units Sold
Xbox Game Pass Update Adds Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

#AI
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Video Game Actors Go On Strike For AI Protections
Video Game Voice Actors Are Going On Strike Over AI: "Enough Is Enough"
Videogame voice actors are officially on strike over AI: 'We refuse this paradigm'
iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for 'hitting our servers a million times in 24 hours' and even the AI company's own chatbot disapproves
Google's now the only search engine that will show new Reddit posts in search results and it's somewhat AI's fault
US video game performers announce strike over ongoing AI concerns
Video Game Performers to Strike Due to AI Concerns
SAG-AFTRA launches video game performance/voice actor strike
SAG-AFTRA calls for a "video game strike", effective from tomorrow
Xsolla appoints new chief financial officer, Cathleen Nilson
Former Activision staff concerned about gen AI tools used in development, including Midjourney
Activision-Blizzard artists express anxiety and disgust as the studio foists AI tools on existing workers
SAG-AFTRA performers call strike against major game studios over AI
Xsolla names Cathleen Nilson as new chief financial officer
Oasys Launches the beta version of Oasys Spring – A Groundbreaking Smart Contract Deployment Tool for Developers
After A Year And A Half Of Negotiations, SAG-AFTRA Is Calling For A Video Game Strike

#FalloutLondon
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As Fallout: London goes live, its devs speak on finally having been able to deliver a "labour of love"
Fallout: London - First 25 Minutes Gameplay
Massive Fallout 4 Mod Fallout London Out Now
You can now look forward to spending your weekend playing huge Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London
Watch Ian explore the new fan-made Fallout: London mod in today's livestream
Fallout: London fan-made mod out today
Surprise! Massive Fallout 4 Mod Fallout: London Is Available Now
Fallout: London mod for Fallout 4 has released today on GOG
Fallout: London – How to Install & Play on GOG or Steam

#Steam
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One of Steam's biggest mining and crafting indies is coming to Game Pass soon
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Verified For Steam Deck
After years, Fallout 4's much-anticipated 'DLC-sized' mod Fallout: London is out, here's how to install it
You won’t need the EA App to play Dragon Age The Veilguard on Steam
Resurgent MMO Stalcraft makes dramatic changes to weapon handling
Hunt Showdown 1896 sets the date for its stunning new Colorado map
Steam app for Sony's PlayStation VR2 out in August
PSVR2 App for PC Now Live on Steam
Concord May Have A Bleak Future On Steam After Failing To Crack Top 750 Most Wishlisted Games
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Can Be Played on Steam Deck
PlayStation VR2 Comes to PC via Steam Soon
The Switch Version of Tokyo Xanadu eX+ Is the One to Play
Concord’s Beta Peaked at 2,000 Concurrent Players
Earth Defense Force 6 Review Bombed for Using Epic Accounts
Hand-drawn metroidvania game DEVIATOR launches in August
Apocalyptic roguelike survival action game Dark Light: Survivor announced
PSVR 2 PC App Now Available on Steam, Release Date Revealed
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will be Steam Deck Verified
A Boy and His Bear – Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow Offers a Heartfelt Adventure

#PS5
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PS5's Most Overlooked Samurai Game Gets A Free Demo
PS5 beta firmware brings the slim model its first exclusive feature, adds something teased way back at PS5 reveal
The First Descendant tech review: broken frame-gen, an unstable RT mode, and performance issues on top
Concord's Seemingly Unlimited Promo Budget Now Includes Animated Shorts
Stellar Blade's Eve Is Ready for the Summer in New Swimsuits Update for PS5
Special Concord PS5 Controller Looks More Appealing Than the Game
Highly Acclaimed Roguelike Deckbuilder Monster Train Finally Pulls Up on PS5
Not Much Is Known About PS5's Loulan Yet, But We Bet It'll Be a Soulslike
Aim Your Blaster with the PS5 Controller's Gyro in Star Wars Outlaws
Fallout: London Mod Launches
Hello Kitty Island Adventure 1st Anniversary Update Arrives
Honkai: Star Rail Moze Voice Actor Lines Updated After 2.5
Rise of the Ronin gets a playable demo
Limited Edition Concord DualSense Wireless Controller Pre-orders Now Open
Hunt: Showdown 1896 Announced for PS5 With Original Game Ending Support Next Month
Earth Defense Force 6 (PS5) Review: EDF! EDF! EDF!
Popular Xbox Party Game Leaked for PS5 by Sony

#DragonAgeVeilguard
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard won't require the EA App on PC
Dragon Age: The Veilguard voice actors & cast list
Dragon Age: The Veilguard gets Steam Deck Verified well ahead of release
EA Reveals the Main Voice Cast for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Announces SDCC Plans

#HuntShowdown1896
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'This is the most polished map we've ever shipped': Hunt: Showdown 1896 director goes deep on Hunt's first new map in 3 years
Hunt Showdown sequel might actually be happening
(Updated) Hunt: Showdown Sequel Possibly Leaked via ESRB Rating
Hunt: Showdown 1896 announced

#Japanese
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It might not be Elden Ring Numbers, but Armored Core 6 sailing past a sales milestone proves the people still yearn for mecha action
Nintendo death threats suspect sentenced to year in prison
Famitsu sales (7/15/24 – 7/21/24)
Japanese councilman caught playing Disney Tsum Tsum during meeting
Japanese Charts: Nintendo World Championships Can't Outrun The Competition
Famitsu: Emio The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club tops Japanese pre-order charts

#25
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Exclusive Preview: HasLab Takes To The Sky With Cobra Rattler Campaign
SDCC 2024: The Biggest News, Announcements, And Trailers From Comic-Con
Free Play Days – Sand Land, For Honor, Dead by Daylight and Unturned
Free Monopoly Go dice links July 2024
Honkai Impact 3rd Top-Up Center Double Bonus Temporarily Removed
Stellar Blade Summer Update Gives Eve New Outfits
Nintendo Download – July 25, 2024 (Europe)
Nintendo Download – July 25, 2024 (North America)
PS Portal Update 3.0.1 Improves Connectivity, Patch Notes Released

#EarthDefenseForce6
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Earth Defense Force 6 review
Review | Earth Defense Force 6 (PC)

#Stalker2
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Stalker 2's been delayed again but the new release date trailer shows that, despite everything, the devs are in good spirits
Stalker 2 Delayed Again, This Time by 2 Months So the Dev Can Fix More ‘Unexpected Anomalies’
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl delayed again, now arriving in November
Stalker 2's "Final Release Date" Not So Final As GSC Game World Delays Sequel To November
Stalker 2 Delayed Once Again Ahead of First Developer Deep Dive

#September
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Iron Meat release date set for September, physical release confirmed
The Sandbox Announces an Exciting Memecoin-Themed Event
Tribunal announce West Coast tour

#MonsterHunter
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One year and 15 million players later, Niantic is finally adding a killer missing feature to Monster Hunter Now - and it’s going to make hunting so much easier
Monster Hunter Now Drops Dimensional Link Update And An Epic Collab With MrBeast!
Monster Hunter Now Collaboration with MrBeast Coming July 27