League of Legends animated series Arcane is canon, Riot confirms

As Invincible's Omni-Man is making his debut in Mortal Kombat as the fighting game's first post-launch character, NetherRealm Studios has given us an extended glimpse of the supervillain in action in a new gameplay trailer. Just ahead of the season 2 premiere of Invincible and Omni-Man's debut in Mortal Kombat 1 on November 9, the gameplay trailer shows off Omni-Man's brutal and incredibly imposing combat style, including a fatality that's pulled straight from the gruesome season 1 finale.

Former Riot Games vice president Greg Street was heading up development of the studio's long-awaited League of Legends MMO when he announced earlier this year that he was leaving the company, saying that «it's time for something new.» Apparently that «something new» is a new MMO, as he revealed today that he's launched a new studio with Netease called Fantastic Pixel Castle, and that its first project will be a big-budget MMO.

Publisher Private Division and developer Roll7 will release third-person action shooter Rollerdrome for Xbox Series on November 28, the companies announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass for Console, PC, and Cloud.

Netflix has dropped a new manga adaptation with little fanfare, and viewers are already loving it. First announced six years ago, Pluto has finally made its way to the streamer in an eight-part series that’s being hailed as perfect.

ARK: Survival Evolved Unreal Engine 5 remake ARK: Survival Ascended is now available in Early Access for PC via Steam at a 10 percent-off launch week discount price of $40.49, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series launches to follow in November, publisher and developer Studio Wildcard, publisher Snail, and developers Grove Street Games and Instinct Games announced.

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.

Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number are now available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series, publisher Devolver Digital and developer Dennaton Games announced.

Alan Wake 2 is very well optimized across PS5 and Xbox Series, Remedy's Communications Director has said.

Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3 has received extensive acclaim since launching on PC and PS5. While the developer focuses on improving performance and adding other features, like cross-platform multiplayer, it’s also working to bring the RPG to Xbox Series X/S this year.

Nightdive Studios launched its ground-up remake of the original System Shock for PC earlier this year, with console versions still in the works, though the developer also has a remaster of System Shock 2 in the works that it announced back in 2019. It has, of course, been a while since we last got an official update on it, though recently at the Indie Horror Showcase, Nightdive premiered a new trailer for System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition.

In a surprising new update from Riot Games, you’ll only get to change your Riot ID every 365 days unless you pay the fee of $10 USD. This was announced alongside the reveal of the transition to Riot IDs from Summoner Names. For Valorant players who used to love changing their names every thirty days, you’ll now have to pick a name you’ll enjoy for the next year.

League of Legends Heartsteel is the name of the now very real boy band consisting of six champions and a handful of real-world artists representing them, as Riot Games shows off the first artwork of the characters. The group’s first single is also on the way later this month.