Cities: Skylines 2 Will Not Use Steam Workshop for Mods, Will Feature Mods for Console Versions

has already released on PC, but it's a bit harder to find a quick answer to plans for a PlayStation 5 launch. The game is set to make the transition to console in November, but the status of the planned sequel as an Xbox Series S/X launch exclusive suggests a partnership between developer Studio Wildcard and Microsoft that could apply a similar exclusivity situation to Luckily, speculation isn't necessary, as Wildcard has referenced console plans in more detail than the vague references made in some of the development updates.

In her one-room home on a quiet street in Agara, a tiny village three hours southwest of Bangalore that's fringed by rice paddies and groundnut fields, Preethi P. sits on a stool near a sewing machine. Normally, she would spend hours mending or stitching clothes, averaging  less than $1 a day for her work. On this day, however, she is reading a sentence in her native Kannada language into an app on a phone. She pauses briefly, then reads another.

In an unprecedented move in modern times, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast is suspending shipment of its next physical release, The Deck of Many Things, due to defect. The announcement was made Friday, a little more than two weeks ahead of its expected release on Nov. 14. Polygon spoke with executive producer Kyle Brink ahead of the announcement.

Itch.io has put together a new bundle of more than 250 games to raise funds in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians, a UK-based charity founded in 1982 that «works in partnership with Palestinian communities to uphold their rights to health and dignity.»

Cyberpunk's 2.02 patch has hit, bringing with it a surfeit of tweaks, fixes, and improvements to Night City in the wake of the game's sweeping 2.0 update and accompanying redemption arc. As usual there's a whole lot of bullet points here, and I'll put the full patch notes below, but there are a couple of entries worth highlighting in particular.

IKARO Will Not Die has been revealed by Futurlab, who has stated this is the spiritual successor to the Velocity series. It was back in 2021 when Futurlab announced its partnership with Thunderful to confirm the Velocity spiritual successor, and now we have the first look at what to expect. As you imagine there is a lot of fast paced action and neon lighting.

IKARO Will Not Die has been revealed by Futurlab, who has stated this is the spiritual successor to the Velocity series. It was back in 2021 when Futurlab announced its partnership with Thunderful to confirm the Velocity spiritual successor, and now we have the first look at what to expect. As you imagine there is a lot of fast paced action and neon lighting.

Publisher Thunderful Games and developer FuturLab have announced Velocity series spiritual successor IKARO Will Not Die for Xbox Series and PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.

Ikaro: Will Not Die is a new game from Powerwash Simulator and Velocity developer Futurlab that made its debut during today’s Xbox Partner Preview. Players presumably control Ikaro, who, as far as we can tell, has one purpose in life: to move really fast and look really cool.

Dark Souls is an interconnected game—if you datamine out a full model of Lordran, you're able to look at the entire breadth of it like it's a model train set, from the swamps of Blighttown to the hallowed halls of Anor Londo.

Mighty Boy Studio, a studio founded by veterans of Flying Wild Hog, Saber Interactive, Owlcat Games, MY.GAMES, and other studios based in Yerevan, Armenia, has announced Babylon X, a new fantasy action RPG coming to unspecified consoles and PC. A release date was not announced.

Xbox head Phil Spencer has shed more light on what Microsoft's recent acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision will mean for the series, and no, it isn't about using timed exclusivity deals for the franchise in order to sell consoles.