Defense Matrix – Text Chat Changes, Stopping Cheating, and Improving Reporting

With the Season of Blood coming October 17th, the Diablo 4 team has set a date for their next Campfire Chat livestream to talk about the season and upcoming improvements. 

Shadows Of Doubt is in many ways my ideal game: a procedurally generated detective sim set in an open, rain-slick noir city. I'm waiting for it to get further along in its Early Access journey, and to that end, its first major content update is here now.

Embers Adrift has a recap of what the Stormhaven team has added and patched in September.  The monthly update includes a series of changes, new features, technical improvements, and additional content.

The original Dragon’s Dogma, released in 2012, gained popularity as a one-of-a-kind, open-world action RPG. It delivered a polished combat experience and the freedom to explore a truly immersive, classic fantasy world. Its Pawn system – support NPCs that’d join adventurers on their quests – meant you never ventured forth alone. Its RE Engine-powered PS5 sequel, due out next year, follows in those footsteps.

Payday 3 has had a rough launch, with matchmaking issues preventing many from playing throughout the weekend. Starbreeze explained the situation in further detail while global brand director Almir Listo and lead producer Andreas Häll Penninger hosted a Q&A session on Twitch (transcription via GameSpot) to address concerns.

Resident Evil 4 VR Mode invites players to dive into the world of Resident Evil 4 and directly step into Leon’s shoes to take on grueling survival missions in the ultimate immersive experience. Offered as a free DLC for the PlayStation 5 version of the game and releasing this winter, this will allow you to experience Leon’s full story campaign in VR. At last week’s Tokyo Game Show, we slipped on a PS VR2 headset, donned our Sense controllers and plunged into the dark heart of survival horror.

New Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator builds that were shared online today promise to bring emulation improvements as well as widespread performance enhancements across several titles.

The game's third patch is massive, just like the two before it.

Yes, you’ll be able to play as Sephiroth. As part of a new gameplay trailer earlier this year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth confirmed a key scene from the original would feature in this, the second entry in a three-game project of the seminal PS1 classic. In 1997, that moment – a younger, revenge-driven Tifa facing off against Sephiroth – formed part of an extended playable flashback. Back then, the SOLDIER legend was but an NPC in your party. In last week’s State of Play, a new trailer revealed not only would that flashback be present in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in some capacity, but an accompanying interview confirmed the One-Winged Angel will be DualSense ready. And now, thanks to a new hands-on with a preview build of the game, we know what playing as Sephiroth will feel like.

Star Ocean The Second Story R brings classic RPG action to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 2. This is a complete remake of the RPG Star Ocean the Second Story (SO2), which was released on the original PlayStation in 1998, critically acclaimed for its Dual Protagonist system, 3D combat, deep skill systems, Private Actions, multiple endings, and much more.

OpenAI has a new version of its AI image generator, dubbed Dall-E 3, which it says can handle "significantly more nuance and detail" than Dall-E 2.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.