The Callisto Protocol Dev Striking Distance Hit with Layoffs, But Future Projects Confirmed

Western Digital is facing a class-action lawsuit that claims the company’s portable SSDs can corrupt and wipe data stored on the devices.

Alan Wake 2 has been a long time coming, but fans will have to wait a little bit longer as the game has been pushed from October 17 to October 27.

Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon arrives in less than two weeks, and FromSoftware and Bandai Namco have revealed the full PC requirements for the game, both with and without ray tracing. Overall, the specs are very reasonable, which seems to be in line with a game that looks polished, but not necessarily boundary-pushing in terms of tech. Even ray-tracing requirements aren’t that high, although it should be mentioned ray-tracing is only present in the garage when you’re designing your mechs, not during regular gameplay. You can check out the full PC requirements for Armored Core VI, below.

Over in Japan, the  Blue Protocol devs had a recent livestream sharing some of the changes in the works forthe Japanese version of the game.

During a recent Lords of the Fallen preview event, Wccftech's Kai Powell went hands on with the upcoming Soulslike game developed by Hexworks and published by CI Games.

In his first stream since an attempted PlayStation giveaway caused chaos in New York City's Union Square Park, Twitch streamer Kai Cenat said he's now facing «multiple charges» as a result of the incident, and so he's going to have to slow down his streaming schedule for a little while.

With the likes of Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield on our minds, RPG fans obviously have plenty of AAA megatons to talk about right now, but there’s some real potential gems coming from the industry’s indie side as well. Mega Cat Studio’s retro-inspired wrestling RPG WrestleQuest has been on many radars for a while now, though as it turns out, it’s been hit with an unexpected delay right at the time of its launch.

Now let me tell ya something brother, this here WrestleQuest is one happening game, dude! It’s got some of the most famous faces to step into a square circle, even some the younger MMOamaniacs might not even remember, jack! The turn-based battle system turns a match into a RPG battle in a really cool way, even in the later stages of the game, chief. Whatcha gonna do when WrestleQuest-a-mania runs wild on you?!?!

Babylon 5: The Road Home is set to be something of a Babylon 5: No Way Home, with multiple timelines involved in the animated movie. Luckily, though, now that the exploits of Rick and Morty, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and both the Marvel and DC universes have brought multiverses into the mainstream, most modern viewers should be comfortable with The Road Home's exploration of quantum mechanics and parallel timelines.

The FCC is making good on a threat, and penalizing a pair of scammers $300 million for bombarding US residents with robocalls. 

It's a rough time for Destiny 2's community right now. I'd argue the game itself isn't in too bad of a place, but the combined effect of Lightfall's disappointing campaign and more general burnout with the seasonal model has meant the mood around online discussion has been grim for months now. Step forward today's 'State of the Game' post from Destiny 2 game director Joe Blackburn and the wider team, which attempts to tackle some of the recurring complaints and concerns being raised.

Striking Distance Studios, the developer behind 2022’s The Callisto Protocol, is laying off some developers. The company confirms it has left 32 employees go in a move to “realign” the studio, for current and future projects.