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Assassin's Creed Shadows devs "felt there was a stickiness in the parkour," but the delay allowed time for it to be fixed along with improvements to parrying mechanics
News "The team is making something we are all proud of with this extra time," says creative director Jonathan Dumont
Move over, Mewtwo – Pokemon TCG Pocket is getting new cards next week in a fresh expansion, with a powerful Mew card that looks like it's going to dominate battles
News Pokemon TCG Pocket's Mythical Island expansion will release on December 17
Path of Exile 2's latest patch is "build-destroying," and action RPG fans are now stuck with heavy nerfs thanks to astronomical respec costs
News "How am I meant to farm for respec gold on a broken build?"
Hours before Mafia: The Old Country's "full world premiere reveal," a trailer and summer 2025 release window appear to leak early via a YouTube ad
News It sounds like Mafia: The Old Country and GTA 6 could be launching fairly close together
As Rockstar continues to give nothing away about GTA 6, notoriously chatty Vice City and San Andreas dev thinks "secrecy is a good thing" as knowing too much "ruins the experience"
News "When the game comes out it will be truly exciting"
Marvel Rivals revives another classic Overwatch issue – insta-locking DPS players who won't switch – and with it the debate over whether role limits are a good idea
News Some players suggest there should be a limit on the number of DPS heroes on each team
Assassin's Creed Shadows' main story could apparently be between 30 and 60 hours long as dev says it's "comparable to Origins/Odyssey and Valhalla"
News But the length of open-world games is "always hard to evaluate," says creative director Jonathan Dumont
Staff at FromSoftware parent company reportedly "thrilled" to see Sony in talks to buy them, but one analyst says the sale would be a "bad choice" for the house of Elden Ring
News Kadokawa would "lose its independence" if it was acquired, one analyst says
Pokemon and Wallace and Gromit animation studio Aardman are collaborating on a new "special project," but it's a full 3 years away
News Wallace and Growlithe, anyone?
A month after approving free versions of Unreal games that "started it all," Fortnite creator Epic shouts out a group of fan devs "for their continued support in keeping the legacy alive"
News OldUnreal is home to a "devoted community of developers and fans," Epic says
As ex-PlayStation boss suggests consoles are becoming "irrelevant," veteran analyst predicts they'll become "more open," but "Nintendo will be the absolute last people to do that"
News For Nintendo, "you're probably looking 2040 something, if not later," Mat Piscatella predicts
Marvel Rivals gets its first post-launch patch, taking aim at bugs that were making players get stuck in various places and an overpowered Doctor Strange strategy
News Doctor Strange can no longer get terrain kills on his own team to charge up his Ultimate
Path of Exile 2 devs know the action RPG is "not rewarding enough," so a patch is making Rare monsters less stingy and introducing "'unlucky' drop protection" for the truly unfortunate
News Good loot should now be easier to come by
Borderlands 4's reveal this week includes "a lot of in-game footage" and "a sick, never-before-seen original cinematic sequence" that'll bridge the gap between Borderlands 3
News Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says "I AM EXCITE!"
Indie game marketplace Itch.io goes down as it claims Funko Pop company used "AI-powered" brand protection to create "some bogus phishing report"
News Itch.io says it took down the "disputed page" immediately
The Witcher 4 may not have Geralt after all: his actor was "slapped by CD Projekt" for accidentally sharing a rumor that he'd be in it, just not as the protagonist
News Doug Cockle says The Witcher 4 is "a complete mystery to me"
Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a surprise update a year after its once-final update, even after CDPR moved basically every dev to other games: "Sometimes, you want to do it ONE MORE time!"
News Update 2.2 will include new features
Lego Fortnite channels The Sims with a new mode that'll let you customize a house, get a job, and hang out with friends in an "ever-evolving city"
News Lego Fortnite Brick Life is launching this week
Path of Exile 2 developer says "we are trying to avoid nerfing skills and builds," but as it sets its sights on a popular explosive build, players argue it "discourages creativity"
News Grinding Gear Games is taking aim at the Gas Grenade and Gas Arrow, and players aren't happy
Ubisoft reportedly in talks for yet more buyout consideration on the heels of another high-profile flop with XDefiant's pending shutdown
News It's claimed that Ubisoft's founding family wants to maintain its control over the company
Fresh off Arcane season 2, Project K is a League of Legends trading card game, but it's not just a physical version of Legends of Runeterra
News Riot Games reckons "we've created the best social TCG out there"
GTA 5 dev says Rockstar stays quiet about GTA 6 on purpose because it creates "really cool theories" from fans: "All the developers over there are geeking out about it, trust me"
News The more Rockstar is silent, "the better it is," former Rockstar dev Mike York suggests
Open-world dress-up game Infinity Nikki is giving out around $20 of free gacha pulls as dev apologizes and rolls out fixes for day-1 issues, promising more improvements to come
News "We truly appreciate the high expectations you have for the quality of the game"
