Lords of the Fallen Gets Improved Matchmaking, New Quest and New Spells in Latest Update

Bethesda's RPG has received a minor update that should get rid of interstellar stowaways.

Another weekend means another batch of streaming recommendations, and there's plenty of variety to choose from this week. Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Mahershala Ali star in new Netflix thriller Leave the World Behind, while Todd Haynes' May December, which is already generating Oscar buzz for actor Charles Melton, has made its way to the UK via Sky Cinema. If you're in the mood for something a little more festive and lighthearted, try animated movie Merry Little Batman or Christmas rom-com Your Christmas or Mine 2, both on Prime Video.

In a surprising yet wonderful twist, The Game Awards 2023 showcased a World of Goo 2 trailer. World of Goo 2 is coming. Cool. 

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, the latest from Life is Strange developer Don't Nod Entertainment, hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in February. Ahead of its release early next year, the studio released a new cinematic trailer to highlight the game's narrative at The Game Awards 2023. 

Developer Bethesda Game Studios is trying its hand at bringing paid mods to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim once more with its latest update. As part of the update—you can find the complete patch notes below—The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition now has a new unified Creations Menu housing both mods as well as items from the Creation Club.

Ubisoft has announced that The Crew Motorfest is partnering with motorsports brand Hoonigan for Season Two.

The patch notes for Cyberpunk 2077’s massive Update 2.1 are now available before it goes live tomorrow, detailing other changes coming to Night City alongside the new metro system, motorcycles, Radioport and more. Check out the trailer below for a quick overview of the major new features.

FromSoftware recently received a gong for Elden Ring at the Japanese PlayStation Partners awards, as part of which producer Yasuhiro Kitao picked up the trophy and said a select few words to the press. The conference was reported on by the publication Game Watch and, as Kitao was speaking in Japanese, this is a lightly edited machine translation of his remarks.

With Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dropping its controversial 247 test mode, the Visionary Realms team is in the process of getting things back on track. In the just-released November Producer’s Letter, they cover development updates, recapping the month’s changes, and announcing an upcoming NDA-free event that will enable more peeks into the game next month.

CI Games’ Lords of the Fallen has been a breakout hit, selling over one million copies in its first ten days. The publisher has ambitious plans for it, including a goal of $100 million in net revenue over “the next few years”, per CEO Marek Tyminski.

The critically acclaimed action-adventure game Batman: Arkham Knight is getting a new update very soon. 

A brand new teaser for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live has dropped, and it looks like this spin-off may hold the key to some of our unanswered questions from the original show’s last few seasons. The teaser also reveals that the show will officially premiere on AMC on February 25, 2024.