RDR1 PC Port, 343 Industries is No More, Epic’s 10 Year Plan, + More!

Duration: 09:20

NEWS SOURCES:

SPOOKTOBERFEST

Rockstar confirms Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare coming to PC October 29, 2024

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/o3314a19koo147/red-dead-redemption-and-undead-nightmare-coming-to-pc-october-29

Trailer https://youtu.be/mnvc6uC6xZE

Description says PC-specific enhancements like 4k rez at up to 144Hz, Ultrawide and Super Ultrawide support, HDR10, DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.0, (only DLSS Fram Gen tho?), adjustable draw distances

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/red-dead/after-14-years-the-original-red-dead-redemption-finally-hits-pc-this-month-with-undead-nightmare-in-two/

Pathologic series getting a 3rd installment

https://www.eurogamer.net/acclaimed-plague-horror-pathologic-is-getting-a-third-instalment-this-time-with-time-travel

Announcement trailer https://youtu.be/Bcqbg8tW9kU

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/pathologic-3-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc

Alien: Isolation 2 confirmed, original director attached

Confirmed in post from official Twitter account https://x.com/AlienIsolation/status/1843305291322200488

HALO, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN

343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios, announces switch to Unreal Engine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgR1FRJnF8

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/a-new-dawn

What this means for the studio https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/06/halo-studios-unreal-engine-interview/

Multiple Halo games in development right now https://lmg.gg/9ljq3 (Xbox Wire)

Apparently reorganizing the studio to accommodate https://lmg.gg/iMK6X (Xbox Wire)

Digital Foundry’s Richard Leadbetter says this would make PS5 ports easier to achieve

https://www.eurogamer.net/what-halo-on-unreal-engine-5-means-for-ps5

https://www.ign.com/articles/halos-move-to-unreal-engine-5-would-make-a-ps5-version-easier-to-achieve-tech-experts-say

For its 20th anniversary, Halo 2’s E3 2003 demo that never made it into the final game is coming to Halo: MCC

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/halo/for-its-20th-anniversary-halo-2s-infamous-e3-2003-demo-that-never-made-it-into-the-final-game-is-coming-to-halo-mcc/

Halo Infinite is getting a 3rd person mode

https://x.com/Halo/status/1842316353719402932

For its 20th anniversary, Halo 2’s E3 2003 demo that never made it into the final game is coming to Halo: MCC

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/halo/for-its-20th-anniversary-halo-2s-infamous-e3-2003-demo-that-never-made-it-into-the-final-game-is-coming-to-halo-mcc/

Community-made “Helldivers 2 mode” for Halo Infinite releasing on October 25th

https://www.pcgamesn.com/halo-infinite/helljumpers

Features orbital weapons https://youtu.be/UcIyI0yM_YA?t=88

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/halo-infinites-helldivers-2-mode-just-got-an-october-release-date-and-its-gameplay-trailer-has-me-more-hyped-than-ever

SOUNDS UNREAL

Tim Sweeney teases Unreal Engine 6, will be a “metaverse” joining Unreal games

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/epic-boss-tim-sweeney-says-unreal-engine-6-will-be-a-metaverse-joining-fortnite-and-other-unreal-games-including-an-upcoming-persistent-universe-in-development-with-disney/

Decade-long plan https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/5/24262376/epic-unreal-engine-6-fortnite-metaverse-plans

Combining Unreal Engine and UEFN

Let devs “build an app once and then deploy it as a standalone game for any platform” https://lmg.gg/OTh6r (The Verge)

Launching Fab digital marketplace https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/fab-content-marketplace-launches-in-october-publishing-portal-opens-today

Will host assets that work across contexts, context that can be moved between Unreal Engine, Roblox, and Minecraft https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-detail-plans-for-unreal-engine-6-and-share-vision-of-a-metaverse-spanning-roblox-minecraft-and-fortnite

Epic hasn’t talked to other publishers about interoperability, but they will https://lmg.gg/loTdo (RPS)

QUICK BITS

BIG SAD, 10/10

Silent Hill 2 reviews

https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/silent-hill-2-remake-review-born-from-a-wish/1900-6418296/

Mid review https://www.pcgamesn.com/silent-hill-2/remake-review

OG Silent Hill 2 director “very happy” with Bloober’s remake https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/original-silent-hill-2-director-very-happy-with-bloobers-remake/

Or at least, the new camera angle https://x.com/tsuboyama2024/status/1842185991496614263

ATLUS SLUGGED

Metaphor ReFantazio reviews are in, looks damn good

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/metaphor-refantazios-reviews-are-in-and-the-persona-follow-up-looks-like-2024s-unanimous-rpg-hit/

director studied the best fantasy worlds to prepare

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/jrpg/for-fantasy-jrpg-metaphor-refantazio-persona-director-gave-himself-a-crash-course-featuring-classics-like-the-lord-of-the-rings-but-if-we-tried-to-copy-that-it-would-just-be-a-copy/

Making beautiful menus “actually really annoying”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/7/24262357/persona-metaphor-menu-design

OVERINFLATED

Roblox alleged to inflate player numbers to investors by as much as 42%

https://www.wsj.com/tech/short-seller-hindenburg-says-roblox-inflates-user-metrics-compromises-child-safety-92c77b5e?st=NV9qAB

Report by Hindenburg Research (they also call it a “Pedophile hellscape for kids”) https://hindenburgresearch.com/roblox/

https://www.eurogamer.net/damning-roblox-report-claims-company-inflates-player-numbers-to-investors-by-as-much-as-42

LITTLEBIGBUMMER

LittleBigPlanet 3 and series DLC are being delisted from PlayStation Store at the end of the month

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/littlebigplanet-3-and-lbp-dlc-are-being-delisted-from-the-playstation-store/

Statement https://x.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1843652568389480651

Also surprise shutdown the online servers this year after “temporarily” shutting them down in January https://x.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1781427669801820406

PUT AWAY YOUR 2D’S

VTubers must cover up now, according to Twitch

https://www.dexerto.com/twitch/twitch-rule-changes-make-vtubers-cover-up-and-theyre-furious-2921591/

Hips must be covered for VTubers, but rules DON’T apply to video game characters? https://x.com/leahkitties/status/1843340152250474714

Creating questions I never thought would need to be asked https://x.com/Wyldosis/status/1843378732867952964