LoL Sets Esports Record, BioWare News, Stardew Valley Update, + More!

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NEWS SOURCES:

MR. WORLDS WIDE

League of Legends Worlds 2024 becomes most-watched esports event in history

https://esportsinsider.com/2024/11/league-of-legends-worlds-2024-viewership

Viewers tracked by Esports Charts https://escharts.com/tournaments/lol/2024-world-championship-lol

Does not include Chinese numbers because the platform considers them unverifiable https://escharts.com/news/chinese-streaming-platforms-nuances

T1 won again, team with star player Faker of skin fame

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2024/11/02/t1-wins-the-league-of-legends-world-championship-again/

Sports Illustrated reports Faker will have more skins than 10 LoL champions https://www.si.com/esports/league-of-legends/faker-more-skins

But actually this will be like Faker’s 9th skin, so it’s more like 62 https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1gjg6x7/with_his_5th_win_faker_will_have_more_skins_than/

WON’T BE DRAGON ON FOR LONG

Dragon Age: the Veilguard getting first patch https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bioware-shares-details-on-dragon-age-the-veilguards-first-patch/

Dragon Age: the Veilguard won’t have DLC as team is focused on ME5 https://www.polygon.com/news/474429/dragon-age-the-veilguard-no-dlc-mass-effect-5

According to interview with RollingStone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/dragon-age-the-veilguard-john-epler-interview-1235147001/

Ironically N7 Day will be “quieter” because of DA: TV launch

https://www.eurogamer.net/bioware-damps-down-expectations-for-mass-effect-5-news-this-week-ahead-of-franchises-n7-day

ONE NICE UPDATE

Stardew Valley update 1.6.9 finally lands across all platforms

Changelog https://www.stardewvalley.net/stardew-valley-1-6-9-changelog/

Stardew Valley update 1.6.9 adds cheat codes and a “new friend” who can restore rare items “for a price”

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/stardew-valley-1-6-9-adds-the-sims-style-cheat-codes-and-a-new-friend-who-can-restore-some-of-the-games-rarest-items-for-a-price/

Stardew Valley’s latest update added “secret, experimental, mobile multiplayer” mode

https://9to5google.com/2024/11/05/stardew-valley-multiplayer-android-ios-mobile-update/

Requires the Konami code

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/life-sim/stardew-valleys-latest-update-added-a-secret-experimental-mobile-multiplayer-mode-and-you-have-to-use-the-konami-code-on-a-bunch-of-leaves-to-unlock-it/

Eric Barone blames disappearing Stardew Valley chicken bug on wild coyote

https://www.ign.com/articles/stardew-valley-creator-explains-why-chickens-are-disappearing-in-patch-16-and-blames-it-on-a-wild-coyote

QUICK BITS

LATE SUBSTITUTION

Star Wars Outlaws already shipped, yet gets new creative director

https://kotaku.com/star-wars-outlaws-update-director-stealth-mission-1851688959

Promising many improvements https://www.gamesradar.com/games/open-world/star-wars-outlaws-devs-are-promising-so-many-good-improvements-that-im-starting-to-feel-bad-about-playing-and-liking-this-open-world-game-at-launch/

Dev update https://www.ubisoft.com/en-ca/game/star-wars/outlaws/news-updates/7n2akTSlEV3Wk1aRRwONFZ

ATTACK ON THE BROTHERSHIP

Reviews for Nov 7’s Mario & Luigi Brothership are apparently widely divided

https://kotaku.com/mario-luigi-brothership-nintendo-switch-review-roundup-1851688609

The Guardian says 4/5 https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/nov/04/mario-luigi-brothership-review-nintendo-switch

Polygon says it’s “only fine” https://www.polygon.com/review/473457/mario-luigi-brothership-review-nintendo-switch

Digital Trends quote

HEADING FOR THE SLITTER

Slitterhead released yesterday, reviews are mixed

https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3838255/slitterhead-review-a-lack-of-polish-drags-down-a-promising-game/

Fairly positive review https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/slitterhead

IGN gave it a 5/10 so it must be irredeemable (that’s a joke) https://www.ign.com/articles/slitterhead-review

NEURAL NETFLIX

Days after Netflix shuts down its AAA studio, it announces “new initiative” powered by AI

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/god-of-war/days-after-shutting-its-aaa-game-studio-filled-with-former-god-of-war-and-overwatch-talent-netflix-announces-a-new-initiative-powered-by-ai/

In post from Mike Verdu, once VP of Netflix Games and now VP of “GenAI for Games” at Netflix

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7259029850827423744/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/netflixs-mike-verdu-reveals-new-role-as-vp-of-genai-for-games

START THE DAY WITH DEMON SLAYING

Alarmo can now play Doom

https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-alarmo-doom-2000520102

footage from modder GaryOderNichts https://youtu.be/5IOVYvSMAoU