War Thunder’s Kings of Battle update is here, with new vehicles, new game mechanics, and a brand new map.
18.10.2023 - 18:55 / venturebeat.com / New / Xbox Game / Space
Xbox Game Pass is getting a surprisingly rich mid-October update, with the headliners being relatively new games — 2023’s Dead Space remake and Like a Dragon: Ishin. The platform’s first update for the month had relatively few games, but the new update has almost double the amount of content, with three day-one launch titles in addition to the aforementioned 2023 titles. The trade-off is that we are losing one of 2022’s biggest titles at the end of the month.
The three launch titles for the month are city-building sim Cities: Skylines II (Oct 24), rhythm battler Headbangers: Rhythm Royale and climbing adventure game Jusant (both Oct 31). Dead Space and Like a Dragon: Ishin round out the 2023 original titles (having originally been released in January and February, respectively). Ishin is available now and Dead Space joins on October 26.
Cozy sim title Mineko’s Night Market is another 2023 game joining this month, having been released for PC and Switch last month. It makes its debut on Xbox and Game Pass on October 26. Other titles include sim title F1 Manager 23 (Oct 19) and mystery game Frog Detective: The Entire Mystery (Oct 26), which contains all three Frog Mystery cases.
These games all come in addition to Game Pass’s earlier October update, which included Forza Motorsport and The Lamplighter’s League. As stated, we’re losing several games at the end of the month, including Persona 5 Royal, Gunfire Reborn, Kill It with Fire and Solasta Crown of the Magister. It also includes Signalis, one of 2022’s best games and certainly its best horror game. All of them leave Game Pass on October 31.
GamesBeat's creed when covering the game industry is «where passion meets business.» What does this mean? We want to tell you how the news matters to you — not just as a decision-maker at a game studio, but also as a fan of games. Whether you read our articles, listen to our podcasts, or watch our videos, GamesBeat will help you learn about the industry and enjoy engaging with it. Discover our Briefings.
War Thunder’s Kings of Battle update is here, with new vehicles, new game mechanics, and a brand new map.
Polyphony Digital has revealed what it’s billing as Gran Turismo 7’s “largest” update since the game’s release last year.
Gran Turismo 7 is nearing its second birthday, but Sony and Polyphony Digital are giving the game a bit of a revamp via the new “Spec II” update. This update will add a variety of new content, including 7 vehicles and the new Lake Louise track set in the Canadian Rockies, but it also offers a variety of other features as well, including new challenges, an updated version of the GT Sophy racing AI, and 4-player splitscreen multiplayer on PS5. You can check out a trailer for the Gran Turismo 7 Spec II update, below.
Airship Syndicate and Digital Extremes have released the final mid-season update before Season 2 of Wayfinder, titled The Reaver King. The update for the Action RPG MMO brings a trove of new content ahead of Season 2 which is expected to release later this year. Players with any Wayfinder founder’s pack can jump into The Reaver King starting today.
The next batch of titles headed to Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and Xbox Cloud Gaming has seemingly leaked.
This article is sponsored by Gravity
Palia has added regional servers for European players in its new update, which also sees the game arrive on the Epic Games Store.
Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is available worldwide, and while perfectly playable for those physical edition owners, it’s recommended to download the day one update. Patch notes are now available, revealing additional accessibility features and improvements.
Spider-Man 2 will receive a New Game+ mode as part of a post-launch update, later this year. As per Insomniac Games Community Director James Stevenson, just like the 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man, those looking to replay the title and mop up all the side quests might have to wait a bit, though for now, simply beating it once grants access to an ‘Ultimate' difficulty setting for a fresh playthrough. For the uninitiated, a New Game + mode generally allows players to plunge back into a game's campaign in an overpowered state, as the in-game character carries over all unlocked abilities, tools and weapons, and gear upgrades.
poncle’s Vampire Survivors has received a new update, which makes light of preparing for Christmas while it’s still October. The Chilling Update adds Whiteout, a 20-minute bonus stage where enemies take more damage from fire weapons and move slower. Check out the launch trailer below.
Netmarble, the South Korean company behind Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross and Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds has announced a new update for Tower of God: New World, including new characters, story content, and more.
Atlus has been busy on lots of things recently, and even if some of those things aren’t exactly what fans want, you can’t deny that they’re doing good with what they are working on. Case in point: the Persona 3 Reload title that is coming out early next year has gotten many fans talking. The third entry in this RPG franchise was the one that both saved the series and saved Atlus. It was where many of the key elements and gameplay features that became staples later on started out. Since its announcement, Atlus has been dropping tons of details to prepare players for the remake.