Capcom Opens Exoprimal Season 2 With New Map, New Mode, and a Street Fighter 6 Collaboration

Videogames can sometimes feel like the Ship of Theseus paradox: if you slowly replace every single part of a ship over time, is it even the same ship anymore? The question perplexed philosopher Thomas Hobbes who talked for a very long time before concluding, and I'm heavily paraphrasing here: «Sorta!»

Next week marks the third year since PS5 launched and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank the more than 40 million players who’ve joined our global PS5 community. In these first three years, PlayStation Studios and third-party developers have introduced more than 2,500 PS5 games for players to enjoy, including fan-favorite titles in recent months like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Final Fantasy XVI.

The chips we know and love are made with some of the most advanced manufacturing methods on the planet. The smallest nodes require billions of dollars in capital expenditures, a big part of which goes to Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography machines manufactured by ASML, the current market leader. But there's a new challenger and some exciting tech on the horizon that aims to change the status quo, potentially leading to a fall in the cost of chips.

The Invincible, a retro futuristic sci-fi adventure game based on motifs created by Polish author and futurologist Stainslaw Lem for a novel by the same name, is out now. 11bit Studios and Starward Industries released a brand new trailer to celebrate the occasion.

New World Season Four, “Eternal Frost” is coming on December 12th. The team dives into the next major update, features, and some roadmap updates and changes.

Capcom says mods for its PC games can cause «reputational damage» thanks to content which causes offence to «public order and morals», resulting in a blow to the games' (and presumably the company's) images.

Wizard101 has been teasing the arrival ofthe Wallaru update for a while now, and today marks the opening of the test realm. Check out the Guild Museum, which you can help to fill up, all the new spells to learn, and a number of other updates.  

RuneScape has a lot planned in November, and in addition to the new combat beta beginning today, the team is giving a rundown of the next month. 

Torchlight: Infinite has launched its Season 3 preseason, Hunter’s Odyssey, with a new map, new preseason gear, and more to lead into the new season. 

Ankama Games has opened up a brand new season, Lance Dur, in Waven with Chapter 1: Cire Momore starting today. The update to the Early Access tactical MMO adds a new competitive PvE mode, rewards, an overhauled Battle Pass, and the spooky challenge  coincides with Halloween.

Spider-Man 2 is packed with classic villains from the web-slinger’s deep roster of bad guys. If you’re eager to dig in and see all the villain bosses you’ll encounter with Peter Parker and Miles Morales, check them out in the full gallery below. Whether these villains appear as bosses or they’re teased for future encounters, we’ll list them and offer a (brief) explanation for those of you that don’t know who the heck these bad guys even are. There are a lot of fan-favorites appearing in Spider-Man 2, and even a few left-field inclusions we didn’t see coming. Here’s a quick look at Spider-Man’s massive rogues gallery.

Insomniac has a tendency to cram its games full of additive bells and whistles at launch, with plenty of modes and additional features being available in the developer’s titles to allow players to get the most out of the games. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, however, will have one or two such features missing at launch- though they will be coming in the not-too-distant future.